"Sechzehneichen" is a German movie from 2012 made by Hendrik Handloegten and Achim von Borries. It is a small-screen release and as such it runs for the usual 90 minutes. German movie buffs will find familiar faces in here. Makatsch, Borgmann, Wilson, Taubman, Hosemann, Beyer and others have all appeared in relatively well-known movie. I was kinda surprised that Waschke, Makatsch's co-lead, was not really known to me in here. There is certainly a lot happening in this movie. A couple move to a new place and there seems to be something strange about the inhabitants. What follows next is about group sex orgy videos, missing children and a mysterious male-only cult that the protagonist quickly feels a temptation to be a part of. And honestly, all this is just the first half of the movie. Honestly, I wished they could have kept it down with all the plot developments and twists and instead tried to elaborate more convincingly on the supporting characters as they quickly feel really important, but I as an audience member hardly cared for any of them because they were just not written in a way I found convincing. This hurts the overall perception of the film in my opinion and while the acting is fine for the most part, the story just gets too absurd and over the top in my opinion. It feels like style over substance and becoming as sensational as possible. This one certainly could have needed more of the quietly convincing element. I give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
Review of Sechzehneichen
Sechzehneichen
(2012 TV Movie)
Turns out very little while trying to be too much
17 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers