lizade-47159 Review of Realms

Realms (I) (2017)

Got me so distracted... and confused at the end

[1/10 · 24 September 2019]

I started with some hope it may be good as other review said it was going to be. I simply wasnt lucky... Most of time i thought acting was over the top, but then i realised the acting itself seemed good and mostly believable in its context. It really wasnt overacting, but rather the way the script had the story flowing. Everything was so over the top, it just wasnt logical. And at the end of the movie, most of those out of ordinary characteristics didnt impact the story at all, rather it all just contradicted the final twist in their shallow attempt to make it a big twist. Also, i just didnt get why the main actress, whos supposedly a villainess of the plot, played to be a brave victim, a heroine of the movie until the very end. And what was the point of having western actor/ actress..?? And in such an old mansion, thered be so little soundproof, yet robbers had no idea their hostage got loose...? Etc.etc.etc. Talking of their final twist itself, nothing really gave any significant clue to it neither until the near end when the main actor and actress started talking about not remembering anything before the bank robbery (so random... and convenient). Also, in such context, i dont really understand why it started as bank robbery. I understand the concept of 2 different realms, but bank robbery itself has no impact to main story and what of other people involved in bank robbery?? Wouldnt it been better if the whole story started from the haunted mansion with their memory loss or burglary attempt of the mansion??? I feel like at least it couldve given more insight to plot/character and build suspension in the mansion earlier on, and also avoided the unnecessary violence, which i hate seeing in 3rd rate movie without any meaning or impact to it whatsoever... I have to admit i was nowhere near 100% focused with the movie watching it multi tasking, so i may have missed finer details, but it was enough to make watching this an disappointing waste of time.