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The Abyss 2023
Full review: filmblitz.org/abyss-2023/
The sinkhole stuff is adequate, rather than well-handled, and with only one major scene of the expected large-scale urban carnage. There’s rather more going on beneath the surface, and the claustrophobic intensity down there might be the movie’s strongest weapon. What definitely is not, is the clichéd family drama. This is nothing we haven’t seen many times before, in intent, execution and resolution. You can virtually check off the boxes along with the story e.g. heroic sacrifice,…
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Nobody is Crazy 2019
Full review: filmblitz.org/nobody-is-crazy-2019/
There’s a revelation about Nadie in the middle that upends things, and I do wonder if the script quite played by its own rules thereafter. But it still does succeed in being a thought-provoking (albeit low-key, to the occasional point of approaching somnambulism) meditation on whether we, as a society, is too quick to treat people whose identities and personalities may simply be different. People we used to call eccentrics, are now diagnosed with ailments by the…
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Jesus Christ Saviour 2008
Klaus Kinski vs. 5,000 annoyed hippies.
What could possibly go wrong?
Full review: klaus.kinski.us/jesus-christus-erloser-2008/
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Avarice 2022
Full review: girlswithguns.org/avarice/
The final third does make an energetic attempt to make up for this earlier shortfall, and to quite satisfactory effect. Some of the subsequent pointy violence is rather effective. This is especially the case when Kate, for justifiable reasons (again: think smaller family gatherings…) decides to take the fight to the invaders, and goes into the warehouse from which they are operating. While a bit contrived, this provides a fine location for a spot of stalk ‘n’ shoot, as she picks off the minions one at a time.