Review of Penguin

Penguin (2020)
3/10
Pile of nonsense thrown at you.
19 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I was so so excited for it ever since the trailer dropped. But I'm so sorry, This has no story. None. No justified motivations behind the story. Only 3 stars are for visuals, cinematography is top notch. But it couldn't salvage the rest. The background score is added where it's not necessary, it's only noise/loud at times. Background is more pronounced in first half and quite blank during second half. Screenplay is disaster. Sound effect ( breaths/hmm/sighs) are so loud and added continuously to the point that it tires you, plus these 'breath' sounds are only of main protagonist, rhythm. So, it means that the other characters don't breathe? Whatever is shown is idiotic(organ trade, a single man job? & Only two kids missing? Question gameby Doc?, Why??? , He isn't even a significant character, why waste precious screen time? ) Go watch, waste your time and come back to this review. The most hilarious sequence is climax 'game' - the killer doc asks the question to the main protagonist, rhythm? - "how do you get this courage?" I mean what the hell? Movie attempts to be too many things at the same time.... Psychological? - fail. Thriller? - boring. Mystery? - there is none. You cannot create a killer without justifying his/her existence. There are so many logical falls - 1. How did doc know that the kid responds to commands if he did not kidnap him? 2. How does doc knows all the answers? 3. How can you barge into a hospital, throw things around, kidnap kid and still guards are sleeping. 4. The final reveal is a joke. We all go through the experience of comparison with other children all our lives. We don't turn into killers. 5. Her(KIDNAPPER'S) husband somehow follows her to jungle? (Yea, right). How did she manage such an elaborate setup in jungle? 6. Dog is the go to detective in movie. If he can sniff so many things. Why did he not sniff in the first place when the kid was kidnapped eariler.

This is a mess. Save your time please.
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