I can say that the acting is mostly pretty good, it was shot well, and the sound is fine. The rest of the movie isn't so great. It's pitched to us as the story of a boy slowly getting a taste for murder, but that's not exactly what we get. I was expecting something like The Prodegy or Brightburn, but it's not on that wavelength. This is a very slow and meandering movie about a kid who lives in an our of the way motel with his father who runs it and how messed up he's become. There isn't really a slow burn as much as there are a series of sparks that are followed by a lull. It's not really scary, thrilling, or disturbing; it's just a bunch of uncomfortable moments where you cringe in anticipation of what comes next, but your predictions are often much worse than what we get. It's almost like they want to go all the way, but are too afraid to. There are quite a few plot lines that just fizzle out and in no way is the ending a satisfying conclusion to any of them. Much like The Prodigy and Brightburn, there is an amazing movie that could be made with these elements, but unfortunately we got this instead.
I can say that the acting is mostly pretty good, it was shot well, and the sound is fine. The rest of the movie isn't so great. It's pitched to us as the story of a boy slowly getting a taste for murder, but that's not exactly what we get. I was expecting something like The Prodegy or Brightburn, but it's not on that wavelength. This is a very slow and meandering movie about a kid who lives in an our of the way motel with his father who runs it and how messed up he's become. There isn't really a slow burn as much as there are a series of sparks that are followed by a lull. It's not really scary, thrilling, or disturbing; it's just a bunch of uncomfortable moments where you cringe in anticipation of what comes next, but your predictions are often much worse than what we get. It's almost like they want to go all the way, but are too afraid to. There are quite a few plot lines that just fizzle out and in no way is the ending a satisfying conclusion to any of them. Much like The Prodigy and Brightburn, there is an amazing movie that could be made with these elements, but unfortunately we got this instead.
