A Netflix impulse watch here... NOT disappointed. Up-front note: playing in background during other activities but listening/watching throughout so I may have missed a point or two.
Provisional recommendation due to: don't try to figure out a few questions that may arise. Go with the flow and it'll take you to the edge of that seat many times. Quick check of storyline blurb "oh, guy goes after his missing daughter in 1910 (or so) that joined a cult" will NOT do justice. I still don't know for sure what I just saw but don't care; good ride! For those liking this genre and mostly knowing what you're getting, then it's HIGHLY recommended. Frankly too bizarre to pass up no matter what your tastes. Helps with outstanding cast and top-notch production values throughout.
Can't help think too much on THIS unique... um, gem I guess. These won't spoil the fun buuuuut:
Some Questions & Observations.
Hero sneaks onto the remote island cult village with group of new recruits. Not too bad a place (for 1910 farming village). Modest attempt at a "utopia" without government meddling. Even gotta like the intense leader. So WTF with all the rest? Namely (in no order; no notes till last half):
#1: Why the Dark Ages punishments for transgressions? That just a necessary part of the cult thing? Nobody would risk it, esp with a justice system that seemed to consist of simply pointing your finger.
#2: Speaking of, with the expressed difficulty getting to the location, impossibility (for some reason) of mainland resupply and all that frontier logistic nightmares, WHY waste cargo space hauling in several large items from the ACME Heavy Metal (TM) torture catalog? (Admittedly the head vice/drill combo was clearly DYI yet what lunatic used key tools for THAT?)
#3: Miss Miracle Grow of 1910: um, ah... what... who was that now? Witch of some kind? Part of a really bad invasive tree root infestation nourished through her drinking of human blood? Where's that biology text? Oh, forget it. But they just find her there? And "worshipping" here is beneficial in what way exactly?
#4: Barechested care worker with head wrapped in mummy cords. Nice beehive. Breath okay in there? Show up for the job interview in THAT getup? Just wander over to the cafe for meals? "Well, break time over. Gotta get over for Miss Grow's four o'clock feeding. Glad that wasn't in the brochure as a lot comes from recruits!" Anybody notice your style?
#5: All security goons need matching black dusters.
#6: No real excuse needed for 90% of civil townsfolk to simulataneously flip lids.
#7: Easy group suicide? Levitate 80 feet up 100-foot tall trees and impale selves on thick branches somehow retaining smaller branches that would have broken off if... sigh. Good shot, of course. Just move on... nothing to see here, folks...
#8: Every task deserves flair and teamwork is essential when dispatching bad guys.
#9: Basement fires easily spread to entire villages of seperated structures as well as the crowns of 100-foot trees at far edges.
Finally: despite years in trauma centers, ambulance duty and ERs, still impressed with the heartfelt final speeches by mortally-wounded individuals. Generally in my experience and all due respect, it's not flowery oration but "Ouch! Ouch! I've got a spear/knife/driveshaft in my belly!"
But don't mind me.
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