A very entertaining film overall. A bit slow to get going, sure, but to be honest, I probably liked the slower, more grounded first half even more than the second, where things start exploding — figuratively and literally. There's a kind of old-school charm to it, the kind of storytelling that takes its time setting up characters, relationships, and the slightly ridiculous but compelling ambition at its core.
The dynamic between the two leads, played by Sean Connery and Michael…
starts off in a way I usually appreciate — a sci-fi film that takes its character seriously, gives her some personal space, and builds around that. Ellie’s relationship with her father and her fixation on the stars is handled well, and for a while, it feels like the film is going to dig into that loneliness and her obsession in a rather subtle way. It starts small, focused and highly personal.
But then, the film slowly shifts gears. The…
No, couldn't get it and no, it wasn't in a good way.
First of, I had no idea what kind of a movie this was; but watching a French New Wave movie, you, of course, can expect anything to come out from it and more often than not get glorified, for both the right reasons or wrongs. "Before Sunrise sequel goes the other way" kind premise drew me into this but no, this was just a very very surreal dreamlike…
A Japan-occupied Chinese village in WWII: one Japanese soldier and a Chinese translator who works for the opposition are brought to a house, and the village is forced to keep them there for a year. We don't know the reason for this, but we do know it’s a very risky situation. Devils are indeed on the doorstep. Hell, as soon as they loom on that doorstep, we might as well say evil has arrived—and it’s planning to stay a while.…
