Reviews

Pros: 1. The practical effects are really well done with the gore helping to ram home the horror.

2. Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid) and Amber Freeman (Mikey Madison) are on the receiving end of extremely satisfying deaths.

Cons: 1. In the beginning, somehow Ghostface (Jack Quaid/ Mikey Madison) manages to sneak inside Tara Carpenters' (Jenna Ortega) house even though it's only unlocked for a millisecond.

2. The 20-30 year old high-schoolers are really distracting.

3. The stock horror score is incredibly boring and imbues the film with a rather flat tone.

4. Most of the acting is ridiculously stale and uninteresting. It doesn't help you to care for any of the characters.

5. The movie bizarrely critiques fans for not wanting their beloved stories and characters to be corrupted and ruined, whilst upholding their high standards for said stories and characters. It even goes so far as to cast Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman as the villains, with their motive being that their favourite film franchise was being ruined. It's lazy, uninteresting and completely out-of-touch with reality.

6. The film mocks brainless slasher horror films only to be one itself. It doesn't mean anything if you're self-aware of how idiotic something is if you're that very same thing.

7. There's far too many tedious jump-scares and forced tension build-up.

Pros: 1. James McAvoy (Dennis) and Anya Taylor-Joy (Casey Cooke) give amazing performances, with both of them having to carry the film. James McAvoy, in particular, did an amazing job at portraying different people by altering his facial expression and vocal intonation.

2. The score helps to imbue the tense scenes with an uneasy feel and it's never overused.

Cons: 1. For some strange reason, The Beast (James McAvoy) lets Casey Cooke go because she's got scars from her cutting herself. The only explanation we get for this is because she is "impure" thus she is not worthy to be consumed. It's ridiculously ambiguous.

2. The Beast could have killed Casey Cooke near the beginning of the chase scene but conveniently decides to let her run away.

3. There are a plethora of needless flashbacks to Casey Cooke (Izzie Coffey). Not only do they pointlessly add on more runtime but they also decide to show her Uncle John (Brad William Henke) abusing her. It's utterly forced and head scratching.

4. Claire Benoit (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula) serve no other purpose than to take up scenes as their characters don't do anything after the first half of the movie.

5. The plot is completely ridiculous with Dennis suffering from a dissociative disorder which, with The Beast, somehow causes him to change his physiology to become faster and stronger - he somehow absorbs two shotgun blasts. It also doesn't help that his entire purpose is to cleanse via his pseudo-religious mission of devouring the pure - it's nonsensical and boring.

Pros: 1. The practical effects are surprisingly well done and they make for some grisly kills.

2. Vince Vaughn (The Butcher) gives an enthusiastic and fun performance as a teenage girl trapped in a grown mans' body.

Cons: 1. Millie (Kathryn Newton) is supposed to an unpopular girl who gets bullied but it's a little too unbelievable as Kathryn Newton is conventionally attractive.

2. The basic horror/ action score imbues film with a flat tone.

3. There's a bizarre scene between Millie, when she's trapped in The Butcher's body, and Booker Strode (Uriah Shelton) as they decide to kiss with Booker Strode claiming he doesn't care what body she's in. It's obviously played for comedy but it just comes across as awkward and uncomfortable.

4. The police decided to shoot The Butcher just for slowly turning around. However, that is not standard police procedure at all for any criminal regardless of their crimes.

5. The insertion of Coral Kessler (Katie Finneran) as an alcoholic and over-bearing mother is both pointless and forced. It's done to kick-start the plot whilst it also tries to force emotion between Millie and her mum. It just falls flat and adds nothing.

6. All of the characters feel hollow and one-dimensional which dilutes the tension.

7. The awful soundtrack was chosen to try and be cool.

8. The last showdown between The Butcher, Millie, Coral Kessler and Charlene Kessler (Dana Drori) is utterly unnecessary as it obviously is supposed to function as a scene where the initial dysfunctional family works together and becomes one. Once again, it is contrived and boring.

Pros: 1. The fight/ action scenes are choreographed well. The tight spaces they take place in help to make them feel more compact and impactful.

2. Bob Odenkirk (Hutch Mansell) plays a veteran tough guy immensely well. Everything from his voice to his stare is nailed on.

3. The soundtrack is used effectively to enhance the feelings felt by Hutch Mansell to help the audience feel them also.

4. The editing adds a lot of kinetic energy to the movie, particularly during the fighting and car chases.

5. The last fight sequence is entertaining, bloody and over-the-top. It's everything you want in an action film.

Cons: 1. There are really weak attempts at dark comedy that, for the most part, are so weak you don't even realise it was supposed to be humour until about a minute later.

2. As most of the films focus is on the action and combat, the surrounding plot is rather bland and boring. You're often impatiently waiting for the action to kick back in as those scenes play.

3. The story feels far too reminiscent of John Wick (2014), even down to how the protagonist unwittingly gets involved with Russian gangsters because of an altercation with a relative of the boss.

4. There is forced racial commentary with Harry Mansell (RZA) lamenting to Hutch Mansell about how he'll have to save his "white ass", or with the insertion of Pavel (Araya Mengesha) being a black gangster for the Russians. It feels like heavy pandering to the American audience.

Pros: 1. The grainy cinematography gives the movie a gritty and grounded tone which helps to make the events feel realer.

2. The murders, and the torture games, are incredibly grisly, disturbing as well as strangely introspective. The gore isn't the main focus unlike most horror films of this genre.

3. The editing helps to imbue the torture and murder scenes with a chaotic and frenzied feel thus keeping you on edge.

4. The score is remorseless in its intensity.

5. Cary Elwes (Dr. Lawrence Gordon) and Leigh Whannell (Adam) carry the film which is impressive seeing as it's mostly just them conversing.

6. The last 30 minutes have got to be some of the most heart-palpitating, insane and mind-blowing bit of cinema ever created. The ultimate pay-off, paired with the shock twist, is amazingly built up to and then executed.

7. The movie offers an uncompromising, but truthful, view of human nature. Particularly how survival is hard-wired into all of us above anything else.

Cons: 1. Why didn't Detective David Tapp (Danny Glover) and Detective Steven Sing (Ken Leung) remove Jigsaws' (Tobin Bell) hood? Instead they kept allowing him to move with his hood still up.

2. How did Jigsaw survive both a bullet and a shotgun shell whilst just walking off with a limp?

3. Somehow Jigsaw was able to remain completely stationary for over 6 hours.

Pros: 1. The setting of the apartment provides an appropriately constricted and trapped feeling as the survivors have little room to manoeuvre.

2. The practical and special effects are magnificent as they work in tandem to produce copious horrific scenes of gore and horror.

3. Alyssa Sutherland (Ellie) delivers a mesmerisingly evil performance. Her mannerisms and facial expressions are the stuff of nightmares.

4. The cinematography incorporates some incredibly creative and ingenious shots which really help to increase the tension and dread.

5. The final fight between Beth (Lily Sullivan) and the unleashed evil is insanely entertaining. It involves an extremely satisfying death with the classic Evil Dead chainsaw and a super gory ending.

6. It was a creative and interesting decision to introduce the film with the aftermath of the events of the actual plot. It immediately grabs your attention.

Cons: 1. The drama between Beth and Ellie in the beginning is utterly boring and pointless as it doesn't go anywhere and adds nothing to the plot.

2. It made no sense for Danny (Morgan Davies) to retrieve the book and vinyl record, unlike in the first film. It was obviously done to force the events to unfold.

3. Even though the movie is only 1 hour and 36 minutes long, there are still scenes that feel pointlessly prolonged with needless dialogue. Probably 30 minutes could have been shaved off.

4. Characters such as Caleb (Richard Crouchley), Jake (Billy Reynolds-McCarthy), Scott (Tai Wano), Gabriel (Jayden Daniels) and Mr. Fonda (Mark Mitchinson) clearly just existed to be killed off. They were thus given far too much screen-time.

5. The gore was a little tamer than I thought it would be which ultimately dampened the fun as it is an Evil Dead film after all.

Pros: 1. The camera-work is amazing. The camera floats around giving off an eerily off-putting feel whilst the centred shots force the audience to constantly be aware of the surroundings.

2. Sosie Bacon (Rose Cotter) delivers a wonderful performance. Her characters' descent into madness is both captivating and terrifying.

3. For the most part, the tension is built-up well via well-timed jump-scares and the slow panning of the camera.

4. The score is incredibly chilling and utilised to great effect in highlighting Rose Cotter's descent into madness.

5. The movie does a great job at showcasing the unrelenting potency of trauma. How it never leaves in addition to how trauma begets trauma.

6. The reveal of the demon is masterful. Both of its' designs are nightmare fuel.

Cons: 1. The movie, especially towards the end, devolves into a jump-scare-fest.

2. Most of the male characters are often treated with contempt and disregard which makes it really difficult to like the female characters - including Rose Cotter.

3. Somehow Joel (Kyle Gallner) knew where to find Rose Cotter at her old house even though she'd never told him where to find her. It's clearly a lazy plot device to keep the trauma demon going.

4. Because the demon essentially serves as a personification for trauma, it does make the story feel rather wafer-thin as it clearly comes second to the topic of trauma.

Pros: 1. The film does a good job at shifting the morality of the characters based off of their decisions which does help to add an extra layer of complexity to the plot.

2. The messaging of being yourself and not putting on a façade just to fit in, whilst overdone during the 90s and 2000s, hits home with firmness and clarity.

Cons: 1. There's so little focus on Scott (Penn Badgley) and his relationship with his brother John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) that you easily forget they're even related.

2. Scott is utterly useless in regards to the plot as just exists to be the brooding, musically-talented loner.

3. There's far too much reliance on pop-punk music. It plays in almost every scene. It seems to have been incorporated because that was the 'cool' music of the day.

4. The film is supposed to have a romantic bent however there's very little focus on that aspect as the vengeance plot takes centre stage.

5. The comedy is mostly invisible and, at most, will elicit a chuckle or two.

6. Kate (Brittany Snow), the protagonist, is incredibly bland and forgettable. Her entire personality consists of: no one pays attention to me; I wish they did.

Pros: 1. Cillian Murphy (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Benny Safdie (Edward Teller), Robert Downey Jr. (Lewis Strauss), Emily Blunt (Kitty Oppenheimer) and Jason Clarke (Roger Robb) are utterly phenomenal.

2. The score not only infuses every moment with tension and intrigue, but it also mirrors the atomic with its deafening audio thus locking in the audience's attention.

3. For the most part, the dialogue is intense and does a great job of bringing the story to life, particularly with the engaging back-and-forth between the characters and the ethical dilemmas proposed by the events.

4. The film is shot beautifully providing many gorgeous and awe-inspiring shots.

5. The detonation of the atomic bombs are handled deftly by the movie showing just how devastating they were, and the morality of dropping them.

6. The editing does an amazing job at adding dynamism to the scenes.

Cons: 1. The dialogue is never-ending which inevitably leads you to lose focus and attention at some points. As it's a 3-hour long film, there definitely could have been some breaks here-and-there.

2. The pacing is lightning quick, moving through plot points at breakneck speed which not only leads to minimal character development (outside of J. Robert and Kitty Oppenheimer), but it also leads to scenes blurring into one giving you little time to digest what you've just seen or heard.

Pros: 1. The character development of both Dave Lockwood (Jason Bateman) and Mitch Planko (Ryan Reynolds) is somewhat solid in addition to feeling natural and earned.

2. The comedy is definitely at its best when both Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are firing off of each other.

3. The film gives an appropriately heart-warming message of accepting responsibility for your failures as well as the importance of taking care of your family.

Cons: 1. It seems that Ryan Reynolds plays the exact same character in almost every film he does. This character is no different.

2. The downbeat score that plays every time the movie wants the audience to feel sad or engage in introspection is overbearing and annoying.

3. The humour mostly relies on crude language, and poo and sex jokes; it gets boring very fast.

4. The character of Sabrina McKay (Olivia Wilde) is pointlessly shoehorned in to act as a device for Dave Lockwood to do some soul-searching, whilst providing Mitch Planko with a weak love-interest.

5. There's nowhere near enough scenes with Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds together which is a shame as they carry the comedy.

6. The sub-plot of Mitch's Dad (Alan Arkin) being disappointed in Mitch Planko is just plonked in to force some deeper emotion into the film; it fails miserably.

Pros: 1. Emilia Clarke (Lou Clark) gives a really warm and cheerful performance which helps to imbue the film with much needed light and brevity. Sam Claflin (Will Traynor) delivers a solidly emotive performance which is especially impressive as he could only use his face and voice.

2. The film handles the subject matter of sudden disability and all of the aftermath with tenderness and thoughtfulness.

3. The ending is surprisingly bittersweet which usurps the traditional cheesy and happy endings to romantic-dramas. It feels a lot more real and grounded than most of the others.

4. Both Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke have amazingly subtle, but soft and intimate, chemistry together.

Cons: 1. Patrick (Matthew Lewis) only exists to create a false love triangle as he's constantly portrayed as clueless to his girlfriend's wants and needs.

2. The score is annoyingly continuous as it tries to force emotion.

3. The editing is far too overzealous at times with constant cutting which is massive eyesore.

4. Emilia Clarke's crying scene is unintentionally hilarious; it's the only bad bit of acting from her.

5. Jenna Coleman (Katrina "Treena" Clark) is wasted as she's barely in it. When she is, she lights up the scene whilst providing more depth to Lou Clark. She gets given a half-baked sub-plot about her being a single mother thus prompting her to get back into education, but all of that comes across as an excuse to get her out the picture to just focus on Lou Clark.

Pros: 1. The film contains a heart-warming message to value family and family-time, in addition to not taking your loved ones for granted. Which is what you want from this type of comedy.

2. Adam Sandler (Lenny Feder), Kevin James (Eric Lamonsoff), Chris Rock (Kurt McKenzie), David Spade (Marcus Higgins) and Rob Schneider (Rob Hilliard) all have amazing chemistry together, it's obvious they're good friends off screen.

3. The comedy entails the friends ripping on each other. Not only does it produce hilarious moments, but it feels firmly grounded in reality as that's how male friends are.

Cons: 1. The stock score enlisted to ram home emotions the film wants you to feel is annoying and insulting as the film clearly feels the audience incapable of understanding context.

2. All of the main characters get together because of their high school coach's death, but after the first 15 minutes, it's quickly forgotten about. It's obviously used as a cheap plot device to get the movie going as it has no lasting impact on the movie.

3. Most of the soundtrack is stale and seems as if it was used solely to fill up the silence.

4. Steve Buscemi (Wiley) is criminally underused as he's just brought in as a minor side character towards the end.

5. The messaging, though commendable, is rather forced via its execution.

Pros: 1. If you decide to shut down your brain-cells, you can find enjoyment in the absurdity of the events that occur.

2. Ashton Kutcher (Tom Stansfield) tries his best, and seems like the only actor actually trying.

Cons: 1. The romance is utterly dead in this film, as Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid (Lisa Taylor) possess absolutely no chemistry together at all.

2. The comedy is dreadful; it's forced edgy humour for the sake of being edgy. As someone who loves dark comedy, the desperate attempts to make jokes on sensitive and contentious issues just to get cheap laughs, are just annoying and cringy.

3. Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp) is presented as a ruthless, intelligent and highly perceptive man, but somehow didn't realise that his own son was involved in drug dealing right under his nose.

4. None of the character decisions make any sense. From Jack Taylor allowing a subordinate to house sit his home, to Tom Stansfield allowing strangers into the house because he doesn't have the gumption to tell them to leave, to characters randomly showing up for the sake of it.

5. The entire premise of the movie, wherein an employee agrees to house-sit his boss's house because he has a crush on the boss's daughter and then strangers show up for nonsensical reasons, is just wholly uninteresting. You can also tell the writers were struggling to stretch the concept into a feature-length film, as most of what happens is just filler.

6. Most of the characters are given nothing, or barely anything, to do and are clearly just there to prolong the run-time.

7. The commentary on strict and neglectful parenting is laughably shallow and boring.

8. Tara Reid cannot act to save her life. Now wonder she had to create her own production company last year to actually start landing roles again.

Pros: 1. For the most part, the movie has exceptional visuals and produces some stunning scenes, especially in the water. This film definitely serves as a love letter from James Cameron (Director) to the ocean.

2. There are some touching scenes when it came to Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) caring for their family, and teaching them to care for each other.

3. There are some entertaining action sequences that are engaging.

4. The strong emphasis on family, and the importance to said family, is refreshing and a positive message to take away.

Cons: 1. Plot-wise, this film was pretty much a rehashing of the first one as the evil humans come to conquer Pandora, but are beaten back by the virtuous Na'vi's.

2. The run-time is far too long, and the script definitely isn't expansive enough to effectively fill out the 3 hour runtime. At least an hour could have been shaved off, especially with the boring teen-melodrama between the Jake's kids and the water tribes' kids.

3. There are moments where the animation looks a little janky.

4. Jack Champion (Spider) cannot act, and his character is both annoying and pointless. Spider just exists as a weak conduit to humanise Quaritch.

5. Quaritch (Stephen Lang) and his marines are supposedly deadly and well-trained, but they pretty much lose every conflict, no matter how big or small, that they're engaged in. Moreover, the whole point of them coming back to Pandora as Na'vi was to infiltrate the world and get closer to Jake to kill him. However, they retain their marine get-up and weapons (which makes them stick out like a sore thumb), and their tactics used to flush Jake out, consists of them laying siege to Na'vi villages, torturing and killing the villagers, and then setting said villages aflame.

6. Jake is depicted as virtuous and brave as he decides to leave the forest to protect his people from Quaritch, but he has no problem in seeking sanctuary with the water people and putting them in danger. He just saves one people at the expense of others.

7. It seems almost every drama and conflict is initiated by Neteyam (Jamie Flatters) and Lo'ak (Britain Dalton) disobeying Jake. It quickly becomes a tired and overused plot device to move the story along.

8. The pro-environmental message is far too preachy and in your face. It also lacks subtlety in presentation like the anti-colonial messaging in the first movie.

9. There's no nuance at all. The humans, who have actually travelled to Pandora in order to seek survival for humans, are portrayed as unequivocally evil, polluting and selfish, whereas the Na'vi are noble, courageous and in touch with nature. A deservedly more balanced viewing of the motivations of the humans could have added a lot more depth and intrigue into the story.

10. This film ret-cons one of the most interesting plot points of the first movie, wherein the humans needed to link their live bodies to a machine which would transfer their consciousness to a Na'vi avatar. In this film however, it's revealed that humans have invented a microchip which allows them to upload their thoughts, emotions and personality traits to it. This not only now makes their second invasion of Pandora redundant as they're effectively immortal now, but it removes a big source of tension that the first movie had when Jake's human body was being hunted down by Quaritch. Moreover, as established in this film, they had invented this technology during the timeline of the first movie, so why didn't they use it?

Pros: 1. Owen Wilson (Rick) and Jason Sudeikis (Fred) have really good chemistry together. It's like you're actually watching two good friends traverse their marriages together.

2. The costume design is spot-on, as Fred and Rick genuinely do appear to be two dorky suburban dads.

3. The comedy is mostly carried by Jason Sudeikis and his comedic timing and sardonic delivery.

4. The soundtrack has some fantastic songs, as well as clearly having some thought behind it as the songs feel like they were chosen appropriately for specific scenes.

5. The movie does a decent job at highlighting the fundamental differences between men and women, in the dating market particularly. For example, where Rick and Fred struggle to pick up any women in a week, Maggie (Jenna Fischer) and Grace (Christina Applegate) instantly pick up men without even trying.

Cons: 1. Whenever Jason Sudeikis isn't on screen, the supposed comedy falls flat. Luckily he is there most of the time.

2. There's no need for the ridiculous over-the-top drama that goes on between Fred, Rick and Brent (Derek Waters) at the end. Not only does it add nothing, or feel needed, but the placement of it right when Fred hears that his wife has been in a car accident is jarring.

3. It's extremely difficult to buy that Richard Jenkins (Coakley) is some sort of successful lady-killer. Caking him up in fake tan does nothing alleviate this doubt.

4. There's criminal underuse of Stephen Merchant (Gary), Larry Joe Campbell (Hog-Head) and J. B. Smoove (Flats). They help to flesh out the two main characters and are therefore sorely missed when they disappear halfway in.

5. The coupling of Grace and Fred is extremely dubious. Not only do both of them end up cheating on each other, but Grace routinely chastises and patronises Fred, and she admits to perpetually refusing to sleep with him.

6. The film paints the wives in a favourable light, and shifts the blame of the hall passes onto Fred and Rick. However, it was Maggie and Grace who voluntarily handed out the hall passes. It was Maggie and Grace who admitted to denying them intimacy, but then wondered why their husbands were sexually frustrated and looking elsewhere. It was Maggie, who when Rick tried explaining the valid differences between men and women in regards to sex, Maggie waved it away and decided not to listen. Moreover, Fred and Rick checking out other women is chalked up to them having "foggy memories of their single days", instead of the actual reasons, a lack of sex from their wives and the biological wiring men have which leads to men becoming tired of hooking up with the same woman, with sexual interest only heightening via new females - it's called the Coolidge effect.

Pros: 1. There are some cute and heart-warming moments, like when Dylan (Justin Timberlake) sings along to Jump by Kriss Kross to make Jamie (Mila Kunis) laugh.

Cons: 1. Makes fun of corny Hollywood romantic comedies, but ends up being one itself with most of the same tropes.

2. The soundtrack, though it contains some great songs, is incessant. You can't go 30 seconds without a song blasting out.

3. Woody Harrelson (Tommy) is absolutely wasted; he's just there to be the horny gay best friend to Dylan.

4. There's forced emotional drama with the insertion of Mr. Harper (Richard Jenkins) who has dementia. The character doesn't need to be there, and if removed, nothing would change. As someone who's late grandad had dementia, I don't appreciate the disease being used as a cheap prop to induce sympathy from the audience.

5. Most of the jokes fall so flat, that the only way to understand they were even jokes, is to watch the characters laugh.

6. The director clearly loves New York City and Los Angeles, because all throughout the movie he can't resist putting in lines of dialogue singing their praises. This film serves as a de facto advertising campaign for both cities, and it's just annoying and distracting.

7. At best, Mila Kunis and Justine Timberlake deliver average performances, but they're stale and boring for most of the time. Neither of them have the charisma to be leading actors which leaves you disengaged from the film.

8. As usual, the movie pins the lions share of the blame onto the man, with the female getting almost no blame.

9. Shaun White can't act, and his cameos are just bizarre.

Pros: 1. Both Sean Harris (Philip) and Alun Armstrong (Maurice) deliver incredible performances. Sean Harris with his facial expressions and subtle mannerisms, and Alun Armstrong with his grimy gravelly voice and intense stare.

2. The score is both haunting and uncomfortable, with flutes being employed to create a jarring contrast with the dark subject and goings-on.

3. The puppet Philip uses as a tangible manifestation of his past trauma is genuinely creepy and imposing with its' arachnid body and uncanny humanoid face inspiring fear.

4. The cinematography is simple but effective, with the close-ups, for example, in the final confrontation between Maurice and Philip, forcing the viewer to watch everything with unwavering intensity.

5. The set design of the house is dark, decrepit and disgusting which not only compliments both main characters, but it successfully creates an atmosphere that is heavy and oppressive.

6. The final 20 minutes are so disturbing and unnerving that even after the credits roll, the film leaves you with an appropriately icky and distasteful feeling.

Cons: 1. The movie relies too heavily on symbolism to tell its story. This heavily distracts from the plot as you're forced to constantly think about what something means or what it stands for.

2. The reveal of Michael's (Charlie Eales) imprisonment is rather underwhelming as there are only two possible suspects.

Pros: 1. The special effects are well done. It helps they're implemented seamlessly to create the world, instead of taking centre-place.

2. When used appropriately. The score with the strings and thumping heartbeat, sets you on edge.

3. The death of Bradley Trevor (Jacob Tremblay) is uncomfortably gruesome and horrifying to watch.

Cons: 1. Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has got to be one of the most uninteresting and bland characters to ever exist. Considering his past and his gifts, that's an indictment on Mike Flanagan (Director).

2. The movie is over-reliant on The Shining (1980) references to remain interesting, as otherwise it's a vapid and boring vampire thriller.

3. The True Knot feels utterly pointless. Not only do most of the members not have anything to do, but they're also killed off exceptionally easily (which is surprising as they're supposed to be powerful, near-immortal, beings).

4. The film skips over the aftermath of The Shining events and its impact on Dan Torrance. Seeing as the movie is supposed to follow on from the original film, this is rather baffling and disappointing.

5. Some of the supposed horror moments are accidentally hilarious e.g. The CGI demon baby, and the remakes of iconic The Shining scenes.

6. Kyliegh Curran (Abra Stone) delivers one dimensional acting. As she's the main protagonist, this makes for rather poor viewing.

7. The score is incessant, and for the most part, you have to tune it out to focus on the events.

8. The character progression and development is extremely rushed and half-baked. Abra turns into a confident pyscho very quickly, and then just as quickly, inverts and becomes timid and innocent. The entire Dan Torrance arc showcasing his youth, to his alcoholic phase, then to his redemption and recovery, lastly ending in him embracing his powers to save Abra feels hollow because of how rushed it is.

Pros: 1. Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/ The Scarlet Witch) gives a really amazing performance. She nails the emotional arc of The Scarlet Witch/ Wanda Maximoff.

2. There were Sam Raimi (Director) horror undertones, with the help of well-timed jump-scares, and they help to keep you on edge.

3. The fight scenes, for the most part, are fun and engaging.

4. The Scarlet Witch makes for a brilliant villain with her emotional pull, complexity and ruthlessness.

Cons: 1. Some of the CGI is really bad. For example, the third eye on Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) looks like it's just been copy-and-pasted.

2. The information Wong (Benedict Wong) gives to The Scarlet Witch on the Dark Hold seems to be done, just to set up the tower setting. Which is bizarre, because she went to the length of attacking the sorcerer stronghold for said information.

3. Jett Klyne (Tommy Maximoff) and Julian Hilliard (Billy Maximoff) both deliver wooden performances.

4. The new heroes introduced are extremely underwhelming. They're introduced, and then pretty much killed off in the next scene, leaving their introduction pointless.

5. There's not enough focus on the multiverse. The characters just hop from one different universe to the next, with little aim. The multiverse ended up feeing like a gimmick, rather than a relevant plot point.

6. The new Professor Charles Xavier wheelchair looks utterly ridiculous; it looks like it belongs on Pimp My Ride.

7. The musical note fight scene between two Doctor Strange's from different universes was just plain bizarre and distracting.

8. The constant melodrama going on between Doctor Strange and Dr. Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams) was absolutely uninteresting.

9. The movie was all over the place, both tonally and plot-wise.