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My feelings on this one are complicated. I think there’s quite a lot to appreciate about this movie, though I can’t help but feel emotionally distanced from the story’s outcome.
The inherent mystery of this family drama is unraveled by oscillating scenes between the twins’ present-day efforts to uncover their mother’s past, and flashbacks of their mother’s life until the time of her death. Both parts serve to bring the audience closer to the promised revelation about their family’s lineage,…
Quite disappointing - this is my least favorite of the BJH movies I’ve seen. Felt tonally muddled throughout, and at least for me the jokes didn’t land while the ‘serious’ bits didn’t stick. They toyed with some fun sci-fi and political motifs but was too timid to really make a statement.
Certainly not a bad movie but I wouldn’t recommend it.
When this movie isn’t spewing stereotypical, mystical proverbs, it delivers crude prosaic musings such as, “This desert is hot.”
There’s little worth praising here. An extremely campy isekai with serviceable action scenes.