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Legend of the Red Reaper (2013)
Amateur movie with no soul
I had a chance to watch this movie at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo as I was waiting for another event and decided to kill some time and check out this indie film. All I can say is... for an event like Comikaze... What the heck were they thinking on letting this be shown at a respectable comic book convention of this magnitude?!?! Let's get down to business: The creator of this movie is very attractive, which probably what got her to be able to get the help she needed in order to do this movie. It gets even better, not only did she created this but directed, starred, apparently edited (which shows), as well as written this, a book and comic for it... My only response is, she should have focused at one thing at a time before trying to assume that she can bank on its "success". There is only so much brain power one can do at a time.
The movie itself is very bad quality... as in like it's obvious that certain scenes are from different cameras and probably royalty free footage here and there to give that "grand" feel that we are in a giant world of forest. The transitions are just so forced and doesn't really ease or please the eyes as the movie progresses. The acting is flat bad and you cannot relate to the characters. The action is... meh. The only thing that was OK was the music. Overall 2/10.
I am not against female leads or heroes and love indie films. But I found Lucy, Buffy, Xena and Underworld much more better and entertaining than this movie. Though I am not a girl, I can at least relate a bit to those female leads as well as having a little crush for them.
This movie just fails... and after the event I decided to research more about Tara Cardinal and this movie and was glad to not be the only one who hated it. I am very surprised that Uwe Boll's name is attached as Executive Producer... I bet him and the other cast & crew are very embarrassed and ashamed for being a part of this so called "movie" and why it wasn't promoted by them. Tara seemed to have done all the work on promoting it as well as herself... attention craving much? Let's talk about her real quick: Apparently she has credits in acting. There are articles that interviewed her and all of them are all very similar... Tara thinks that by making us feel sorry for her will we be able to watch this movie and forgive its flaws as well as understand it better... Honestly, this made the opposite happen... Not only did it make me feel uncomfortable as a viewer, but it clearly shows how desperate she is on trying to become a celebrity...
If you are going to do anything... focus on the positive, make yourself a better leader as well as crafting your art to be as near perfection as possible... Tara lacked all of these, which she quickly blamed on others (immature much?). All I can say is, if you are going to represent yourself and/ or a project... at least make sure it will not damage your reputation before showing it to everyone. If I were her, I would have scrapped this project and start everything from scratch. Better to take a loss than salvaging a doomed project to begin with.
In conclusion, Don't waste your time. Don't waste your money. Don't judge a book by its cover. This movie is false advertising at its best. The creator herself may look pretty... but lacks true heart & soul of a real actor and/or film maker.