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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
1 star for camera work and performances.
Another star for Elisabeth Olsen dropping that baby
The highlights here are the cast's performances and chemistry. Couple that with solid and creative camera work, all that's left is the script. What about the script, you ask? It's ass.
The premise holds weight: human society on a new world, resources are scarce, people can live forever as long as they medicate. What to do when you want a baby? The state tests you…
I was talking shit about crime movies during the previews LMAOO (Black Bag)
Hoyyyyever, I did come into this with faith in the Koepp-Soderbergh combo off of the strength of Presence (still my favorite American release so far this year) and they didn't disappoint. Tongue-in-cheek, stylish, kinda sexy directing mixed with this tight storytelling made for a really compelling spy vignette. Again, this genre is not my normal cup of tea because the writing and characters are usually what fall short for me, but this was a fun exception to the norm
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Budget blown on set production and practical effects. The score was super solid and even moving some moments, other moments its placement felt awkward.
It felt like the twist ending was a cop-out that ignored what I think are the two most feasible outcomes: let the 'haunting' be a result pf the group's desperation and mania that makes it collapse in on itself or let the monster be a real seaweed brain zombie they have to burn down