I like where this film was going. A modern homage to Twilight Zone, albeit they didn't seem to have the rights to use the actual name. Sadly it never quite got there.
The good bits first. The cinematography was very nice. Some really clever shots at various points. The long monologues on the phone and interviewing old lady were well acted and quite suspenseful. The production values definitely exceeded the budget so well done on that front.
Now the bad. There was way way too much filler. The first fifteen minutes were just awful, poorly acted, and pointless. Honestly added nothing to the movie. It was kinda frantic and felt unscripted which could have been clever if it had been done as a single take. But it wasn't. It was just edited together like that. That continued as a theme through film. Every scene with the two main characters was drawn out with really awkward clunky lines to deliver.
The end was okay but in all honesty I was expecting something a bit more dramatic to counter the leisurely pace up to that point but, no, it really did just kind of fizzle out.
I'd say film is watchable. It probably won't fully satisfy most sci-fi fans. It definitely won't satisfy action fans. For me I'd have enjoyed it more if it had been 60 minutes long rather than 90. It felt like that was how much material was actually there.
The good bits first. The cinematography was very nice. Some really clever shots at various points. The long monologues on the phone and interviewing old lady were well acted and quite suspenseful. The production values definitely exceeded the budget so well done on that front.
Now the bad. There was way way too much filler. The first fifteen minutes were just awful, poorly acted, and pointless. Honestly added nothing to the movie. It was kinda frantic and felt unscripted which could have been clever if it had been done as a single take. But it wasn't. It was just edited together like that. That continued as a theme through film. Every scene with the two main characters was drawn out with really awkward clunky lines to deliver.
The end was okay but in all honesty I was expecting something a bit more dramatic to counter the leisurely pace up to that point but, no, it really did just kind of fizzle out.
I'd say film is watchable. It probably won't fully satisfy most sci-fi fans. It definitely won't satisfy action fans. For me I'd have enjoyed it more if it had been 60 minutes long rather than 90. It felt like that was how much material was actually there.
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