Reviews

This film misses the mark in more ways than one for me. It's a real slog to get through, the constant monologue being delivered by our lead is draining to listen to. Yes we get the whole stay on the mission, be proactive not reactive, all witnesses must die, blah, blah, blah.

So after having botched a hit, a scene which was done really well. Our hitman doesn't even have the presence of thought to call his partner to warn her she might be in danger. For someone so organised, this is a bit of a basic oversight.

Returning home, surprise, surprise, associates of his employers have paid him a visit. Finding his partner at home, they logically tortured her for information. However, illogically out of the kindness of their hearts they decided not to kill her.

Incensed by this predictable (not to our hitman though) outrage, he decides retribution is on the cards. And so he starts working his way up the food chain.

What ensues is par for the course, with some excellent action but super slow pacing in-between. All acceptable enough, if not exactly inspiring, or to be honest that interesting.

Then we get to the scene with The Expert. Dear lord, what was the message she was trying to convey with that ridiculous parable about the hunter and the bear.

So a hunter goes hunting a bear with a pistol, shoots the bear. The bear turns to the hunter and says, is that all you got little man.

Incensed by such impudence, the hunter returns the next day with a shotgun or was it a rifle, not really sure it matters either way. The hunter takes another potshot at the bear. The bear getting a little peeved that this rather annoying chap didn't get the message yesterday, pushes him to ground and precedes to dry hump him for several minutes.

Obviously having enjoyed this experience, the hunter returns the following day with a Bazooka. Boom, the hunter fires at the bear. Seriously, again says the bear? At which point he pulls the Hunters trousers down and, well I'll leave you to fill in the rest.

Seriously, I would have shot her there and then just for spouting such drivel.

Then we get to meet the client..... The End.

The first 15 minutes of this film offered much. A creepy opening scene. Followed by what I thought was the set up for a really interesting concept piece on the pressure's on women to have babies before the inevitability of the menopause. Unfortunately, the next 80 minutes was absolute drivel.

So our strong willed lead decides after a conversation with her father to seek help from an experimental therapy centre. Whilst there she takes some pills, then paricipates in some hackneyed psychology card game, starts seeing spiders everywhere, along with a rather comical tall supposedly scary lady. Oh and let us not forget the piece of metal she willingly submitted to having inserted into her.

She then returns home, eats raw eggs, freezes eggs, then licks them, starts seeing spiders everywhere, goes to see her father, smashes his grandfather clock (yeh like we didn't all guess the twist at this point), paints spiders on the nursery wall of her friends house, has sex with her husband who wait for it, had a bag with the same infinity sign used to promote the therapy centre she went to.

Point here, if her husband was involved, why did he have sex with her knowing he would be exposed to the pointy piece of metal.

She runs back to the therapy centre, removes the piece of metal with pliers. Gets chased by the police, has a conversation with her husband on the phone (the not so big reveal). Then gets handcuffed, jumps of a cliff, and thankfully finally, is seen lying face down on a rock at the waters edge (no handcuffs) watching a creature slowly climbing up the rock.

I do love the way some people try to interpret or see deep and meaningful messages in films such as this.

For me and I suspect most people who watched this film, the only message I got was...... YOU WERE AN IDIOT FOR WATCHING THIS FILM TO THE END.

Four episodes in and I'm hooked, yes it's total hokum but boy is it fun to watch. The end of episode one was a pleasant surprise, didn't see that coming. Trooper Legarski is a riot, seriously off his trolley and totally OTT. The story is not exactly original but is interesting enough to keep you watching. Not sure why there is so much hate for this, as it's an easy watch, and I for one like the totally illogical interactions between some of the characters and even more so their illogical actions. Keeps you guessing, as nothing is off the table. I will keep watching, as I want to see where this goes. Only thing I would say is, unlike with most shows involving people being abducted, in this case I wouldn't shed a tear if any or all three of ladies being held met a grizzly end.

Well there can be no sitting on the fence with this film, you are either going to love it or loath it. As you can tell by my rating, I'm in the latter category. I'm a big fan of possesion films, but this one misses the mark for me. The demonic presense comes out of nowhere, is not scary and the possesion is immediate. No interesting build up or backstory to explain why the demonic presence chose to manifest itself or why it chose to possess the person it does. No amount of extreme violence thrown in near the end can make up for a poor story. Even the exorcism is boring and uninspired. There is nothing wrong with the acting but when the script is uninspired, good acting alone can't save a movie. This film quite frankly is complete garbage, with a fittingly bad ending.