At first the idea of a horror movie set in the world of British soccer sounds intriguing, but already 20 minutes into KICK it becomes obvious that this is just a lazy by-the-numbers production with a highly predictable ending.
The plot might have worked in a much shorter form as part of the 80s and 90s versions of 'Outer Limits' or 'Twilight Zone', but as a 76 minute movie it fails on so many levels. The acting is wooden, the villain character ridiculous and the directing and script are bland and without any imagination. I don't know which movie the reviewers who gave it 10 stars are referring to (maybe another one with the same title?) but this KICK is as far away from an intelligent horror/thriller as you can get and there are so many plot holes it's just painful to watch. Those were 76 minutes of my life I will never get back!
Funnily enough the 10 stars reviewers talk so much about technical details like post-production and camera it feels like those are written by the movie crew themselves... and that would just be sad, wouldn't it?
The plot might have worked in a much shorter form as part of the 80s and 90s versions of 'Outer Limits' or 'Twilight Zone', but as a 76 minute movie it fails on so many levels. The acting is wooden, the villain character ridiculous and the directing and script are bland and without any imagination. I don't know which movie the reviewers who gave it 10 stars are referring to (maybe another one with the same title?) but this KICK is as far away from an intelligent horror/thriller as you can get and there are so many plot holes it's just painful to watch. Those were 76 minutes of my life I will never get back!
Funnily enough the 10 stars reviewers talk so much about technical details like post-production and camera it feels like those are written by the movie crew themselves... and that would just be sad, wouldn't it?