"No One Lives" is an aggressively stupid movie. It depicts a family of criminals who look, dress and act like a twelve-year-old's idea of how such people might act in the real world, ie. they have tattoos, slicked back hair, and say a swearword every sentence. And why do they all dress the same? Wouldn't it be helpful if criminals did that in real life?
Of course, some criminal organizations DO do that, eg. biker gangs. But we're not dealing with a gang here in this movie; it's more like one family.
The movie feels like it was made with as much violence and swearing as possible taking top priority in the screenplay, and story coming distant third. The plot is hard to follow, and the movie injects supernatural aspects that aren't explained and seem like an after-thought, as though they knew they needed some kind of an explanation for the absurd carnage the bad guy is capable of, and invoking the supernatural at the last minute was the easiest way of getting this done.
Another problem, which would impact a better movie but here is hardly noticeable amongst everything else, is that the movie gives you nobody to root for. The fact that the protagonists are criminals doesn't have to stop at least one of them from becoming sympathetic. The movie also features a kidnapped girl, but she never becomes a character in her own right, and is more like a prop.
What we end up with is just a series of violent scenes with pointless, boring parts in between.
Of course, some criminal organizations DO do that, eg. biker gangs. But we're not dealing with a gang here in this movie; it's more like one family.
The movie feels like it was made with as much violence and swearing as possible taking top priority in the screenplay, and story coming distant third. The plot is hard to follow, and the movie injects supernatural aspects that aren't explained and seem like an after-thought, as though they knew they needed some kind of an explanation for the absurd carnage the bad guy is capable of, and invoking the supernatural at the last minute was the easiest way of getting this done.
Another problem, which would impact a better movie but here is hardly noticeable amongst everything else, is that the movie gives you nobody to root for. The fact that the protagonists are criminals doesn't have to stop at least one of them from becoming sympathetic. The movie also features a kidnapped girl, but she never becomes a character in her own right, and is more like a prop.
What we end up with is just a series of violent scenes with pointless, boring parts in between.