This film is the fifth in the "Children of the Corn" franchise and was released directly on video, without knowing the big screen. It was better that way, it's the weakest movie in the franchise so far, and it doesn't justify our attention, unless you like the franchise a lot or are curious enough to see it anyway.
The story told is even weaker and has even more problems of logic and credibility than the previous films, so don't even try to see the film unless you resist the temptation to think hard about what you are going to see. It all happens when six young university students (here we have this film blinking an eye at the teen films' genre) are going to spread a friend's ashes among a field of corn. However, they are caught and four of them end up at the home of a man who is using local children to organize a diabolical cult around a satanic deity. What follows is basically the youth's struggle to save children.
I think the film could hardly be worse than it is. Directed and written by Ethan Wiley, it is a boring film, unable to surprise or even interest us, and it was difficult to see it until the end and resist the temptation to stop in the middle. There is no substantial connection between this film and its predecessors, except for the use of cornfields and the devilish cult. There are no surprises or twists, and everything happens as we imagine it would. Nor were the deaths captivating this time.
The cast has some big names involved, but the dramatic work is poor and limited to the most basic. David Carradine is the best known name involved, but the truth is that he never seemed to me to be an excellent actor, and this film just confirms that opinion that I already had. He's weak and never seems to be really committed to the character. In this film, Eva Mendes made her debut as an actress, but is limited to being a pair of breasts that she talks about. Fred Williamson also appears in this film but has very little to do.
The film has no notable technical characteristics, quite the contrary. Conceived for video, it is a film that lacks cinematic elements and really smells like "television". Special and visual effects are weak and rarely used. The sets and costumes are satisfactory, but uninteresting. Cinematography is televised, to say the least.
The story told is even weaker and has even more problems of logic and credibility than the previous films, so don't even try to see the film unless you resist the temptation to think hard about what you are going to see. It all happens when six young university students (here we have this film blinking an eye at the teen films' genre) are going to spread a friend's ashes among a field of corn. However, they are caught and four of them end up at the home of a man who is using local children to organize a diabolical cult around a satanic deity. What follows is basically the youth's struggle to save children.
I think the film could hardly be worse than it is. Directed and written by Ethan Wiley, it is a boring film, unable to surprise or even interest us, and it was difficult to see it until the end and resist the temptation to stop in the middle. There is no substantial connection between this film and its predecessors, except for the use of cornfields and the devilish cult. There are no surprises or twists, and everything happens as we imagine it would. Nor were the deaths captivating this time.
The cast has some big names involved, but the dramatic work is poor and limited to the most basic. David Carradine is the best known name involved, but the truth is that he never seemed to me to be an excellent actor, and this film just confirms that opinion that I already had. He's weak and never seems to be really committed to the character. In this film, Eva Mendes made her debut as an actress, but is limited to being a pair of breasts that she talks about. Fred Williamson also appears in this film but has very little to do.
The film has no notable technical characteristics, quite the contrary. Conceived for video, it is a film that lacks cinematic elements and really smells like "television". Special and visual effects are weak and rarely used. The sets and costumes are satisfactory, but uninteresting. Cinematography is televised, to say the least.