The Void (I) (2016)
4/10
Avoid the void.
8 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Is what I would say to all the characters in this movie.

It is really what you pick and choose with this movie whether you will like it or not. The screenplay is very weak in explaining things and leaves to much open for interpretation of what's going on and how much this is based in reality.

It seems to be more concerned of displaying practical make-up and FX instead of going the way of telling a cohesive story which could have made this movie great.

Having said that,this is not a bad movie but it relies strongly on you to fill in the blanks that this movie chooses not to explore. Also the scenes with a lot of practical effects feel very staged and with lighting that sometimes really annoyed me (swinging lamp from the ceiling being one of 'm).

So,the story,police officer stumbles on what he thinks is a drunk guy in the woods but when he takes 'm to the hospital finds out he was attacked by some cult. Another cop arrives from a related crime scene and things go from bad to all out weird from than on.

People go crazy for no appear ant reason and cult members gathering outside the hospital are there to make sure that no one can leave the hospital which is soon to be closed anyway because of a fire some weeks before.

Shortly after the attackers of the guy show up and the situation gets more intense between them but also everything happening around them. People start coming back from the dead and transform in to monsters (which is often not shown)and it seems to come from an evil force brought to life by this cult. They team up when the ex girlfriend of the police officer is taken in to the morgue that has changed in to a living nightmare and into a portal beyond death.

This movie reminded me of hell raiser and the evil dead remake but than without a good back story or a satisfying point of redemption. I found out this was based of an H.P. Lovecraft but if so I feel they took a lot of Lovecraft main themes out of this.

The story as a whole has a nice beginning an end but there is to much set up that eventually leads nowhere that waists a story that could have been good or even great.

It was entertaining enough for a one time viewing for me,but for a mainstream audience I think it is way to messy and confusing what it's actually trying to tell.

I recommend you check it out some time but don't go running to the theater for this one.

The actors were good enough in the role given but I also I found it strange that who I thought was the lead was credited fourth in this movie (at least on IMDb) so I don't know what that is all about.

So,you don't have to avoid the void but you can very well put it on hold.

Saw Kong skull island before this one,it really surprised me.

So,next up....
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