Reviews

Ok, so a house kidnaps Kevin Bacon.

And apparently Kevin read this script and thought this would be a good idea.

The ending is horrendous.

Before the ending, things were't too bad. It had Kevin Bacon and other decent actors. It had a nice modern house. It was enthralling. But it had no worthwhile story.

Update: I've now looked more into the story behind this movie, and I like it more now. The story that I said was too far-fetched was far-fetched on purpose to see how a writer can make an audience go along for the ride (it was originally a novel). And now all of a sudden we do have something worthwhile and original. This is also made by a very good director and the same guy who did Stir of Echoes.

I appreciate anything in this genre that is attempted, and I'm glad this was made.

I was reading the other reviews and noticed a lot of people talking about an apparent camera problem -- the camera bumping around too much, and so on.

I never noticed it the first time. And I didn't notice it the second time either.

As for the movie, it was a bit dark in general. And by dark I mean there wasn't much lighting all throughout the movie. It started off quite baron, similar to RE Extinction and then went quite dark.

I was also a bit disappointed it completely skipped how the previous movie finished. RE Retribution ends with loads of zombies coming toward her, and I would have loved for the movie to pick it up from there.

But those are the only negatives. I did not notice too much CGI like others apparently did. Obviously we need CGI to create the mutants and other "monsters" of the T-virus.

It has its usual unique "monsters" and very nicely crafted action scenes battling against them.

I also enjoyed how the story wrapped up. This was arguably my greatest concern. I didn't want my favorite movie series to be wrapped up poorly. And it didn't let me down. The ending was very impressive how it alludes to her still battling and likely surviving.

There aren't too many films that have a meaning behind them more powerful than Revolutionary Road.

It was of course a novel by Richard Yates, who deserves all the credit as far as story goes. But this is the movie based on that book.

I call this contemporary fiction. And the meaning of the story is that toxic relationships do not work.

I didn't necessarily love watching the film. It wasn't necessary all that captivating. At times it also wasn't exactly clear what happens. If you're willing to do a bit of searching around the internet for clarification after watching, you cannot leave this experience a changed person. You will now know why toxic relationships are doomed.

I put this film right up there with Mystic River as far as meaning goes.