Ashes of Eden is depressingly bad. While the story is trite and predictable, the real problem is that it is so hard to watch. The actors are way too old to be believable in the parts they are playing. They deliver lines that we have all heard a thousand time before in so many "urban crime movies" that they end up being stereotypical stock characters that lack any kind of reality. You feel no empathy for any of them. The scenes are poorly shot and end up looking exceptionally flat and dull. It is clear to just about any viewer that many scenes were not shot anywhere near where they want you to believe they were shot. All in all, this gives the whole movie the feeling and consistency of bland gray oatmeal. There is nothing clever or even interesting about this movie. I cannot think of a more supremely dull and depressing experience than watching this film.
Review of Ashes of Eden
