movies like this make me appreciate the battle royale genre of film more. there’s beautiful looking films like battle royale and ugly looking films like this. the problem is that filmmakers forget that creating violence on screen should be like poetry or a painting not some lifeless artificial excuse for blood. although i did think the gore explosions look pretty sick, the action sequences are sloppy as fuck.
along with the sloppy sequences, there are bland ass characters with little to no redemption or significant importance. especially the priest who had a loss of faith arc kinda like the exorcist but he’s just like that to be like that. usually i’m fine with characters being under fleshed but the visuals are also boring so there’s no win to be found there. and ving thames is not him.
movies like this make me appreciate the battle royale genre of film more. there’s beautiful looking films like battle royale and ugly looking films like this. the problem is that filmmakers forget that creating violence on screen should be like poetry or a painting not some lifeless artificial excuse for blood. although i did think the gore explosions look pretty sick, the action sequences are sloppy as fuck.
along with the sloppy sequences, there are bland ass characters with little to no redemption or significant importance. especially the priest who had a loss of faith arc kinda like the exorcist but he’s just like that to be like that. usually i’m fine with characters being under fleshed but the visuals are also boring so there’s no win to be found there. and ving thames is not him.
