Lethargic, disjointed, meandering, unconvincing, and boring.
With five words I describe the overall plot, the scene writing, the acting, the sequencing, love scenes, violent scenes, special effects, music, and all else and everything in between. The halfway mark rolls around and whatever advancement there has been in the narrative up to that point has been not just minimal in the first place, but further feels flat, hollow, and flimsy in light of the film's craft from all angles.
There is a modicum of more meaningful story development in the second half, perhaps. But by that point we've endured entirely too much tedium to feel compensated for our patience by anything but the greatest of payoffs, and that just doesn't happen. And still the same flaws persist, testing our fortitude.
There are sketches of good ideas here, yet that's truly the nearest we get to worthwhile value - which is to say, for all intents and purposes, there is none. It's difficult to truly express just how dull and lifeless this movie is, and laborious to sit through. It's total dreck. The very title portends potential that does not exist, let alone manifest: 'Death smiles on a murderer' is extremely poorly made mediocrity that's not at all worth your time.
With five words I describe the overall plot, the scene writing, the acting, the sequencing, love scenes, violent scenes, special effects, music, and all else and everything in between. The halfway mark rolls around and whatever advancement there has been in the narrative up to that point has been not just minimal in the first place, but further feels flat, hollow, and flimsy in light of the film's craft from all angles.
There is a modicum of more meaningful story development in the second half, perhaps. But by that point we've endured entirely too much tedium to feel compensated for our patience by anything but the greatest of payoffs, and that just doesn't happen. And still the same flaws persist, testing our fortitude.
There are sketches of good ideas here, yet that's truly the nearest we get to worthwhile value - which is to say, for all intents and purposes, there is none. It's difficult to truly express just how dull and lifeless this movie is, and laborious to sit through. It's total dreck. The very title portends potential that does not exist, let alone manifest: 'Death smiles on a murderer' is extremely poorly made mediocrity that's not at all worth your time.