I really don't like giving an independent film a poor review. But how could you not with this one?
Its biggest sin is completely wasting an actress as good as Alex Essoe. If you've seen "Starry Eyes," you know what I mean. She's freaking spectacular.
But she's not utilized at all here. She has perhaps 100 words (I'm estimating) of dialogue in the entire film.
She's listed first in the credits here (and I don't blame the filmmakers for doing so), but the male lead has probably twice as much screen time as Alex does.
And I'm sorry, but the guy has the charisma of drying paint. He's not in the same league as Alex. He's not even playing the same sport.
And they were given an absolute dreck script to work with.
I'll readily admit that the makings for a good film are there. But the script needed a complete overhaul/fine-tuning. Little (if any) of it made any sense at all.
Why the hell did Amy turn into some sort of creature? I guess because she was scratched by it? Who the hell knows?
I don't regret watching this, as I'm obviously a big fan of Miss Essoe. And there were some really aesthetically beautiful nature shots.
But other than that, there's nothing there. This film deserves the "3" rating it's got.
Its biggest sin is completely wasting an actress as good as Alex Essoe. If you've seen "Starry Eyes," you know what I mean. She's freaking spectacular.
But she's not utilized at all here. She has perhaps 100 words (I'm estimating) of dialogue in the entire film.
She's listed first in the credits here (and I don't blame the filmmakers for doing so), but the male lead has probably twice as much screen time as Alex does.
And I'm sorry, but the guy has the charisma of drying paint. He's not in the same league as Alex. He's not even playing the same sport.
And they were given an absolute dreck script to work with.
I'll readily admit that the makings for a good film are there. But the script needed a complete overhaul/fine-tuning. Little (if any) of it made any sense at all.
Why the hell did Amy turn into some sort of creature? I guess because she was scratched by it? Who the hell knows?
I don't regret watching this, as I'm obviously a big fan of Miss Essoe. And there were some really aesthetically beautiful nature shots.
But other than that, there's nothing there. This film deserves the "3" rating it's got.