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The Vigilante (2023)
Liberal version of Sound of Freedom
This is just a bad movie. The acting is pretty atrocious. The story goes way beyond suspension of disbelief. The plot is full of holes.
Of course, sex trafficking is a real problem. A huge problem. But the movie is like Sound of Freedom in the sense that it goes over the top. For instance, this movie would have us believe that child sex traffickers are abducting teenagers from cars in peaceful suburbs in daylight (what happens in the movie is even a step sillier than that).
My main problem with the movie is that it embellishes the reality of child trafficking with fantasy elements that too many people are going to be willing to believe. Basically, it is like a liberal version of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, or the previously mentioned Sound of Freedom.
One final comment, the fight scenes are silly and inconsistent. The main woman character can beat two guys twice her size in a street fight, even disarming one holding a gun in the process. But later, a 'soccer mom' almost takes her out in hand to hand combat. I assume this is to 'teach' us that a woman is strong, and can only be matched by another woman. Meh.
Doeorak (2018)
A poor remake of Sleep Tight
This movie is apparently a remake of Sleep Tight. Except, Sleep Tight actually had a very interesting, multi-layered plot, with some great actors, and an excellent ending. This remake, Door Lock, is just meh.
Girl Next (2021)
Wow so bad
This movie is so bad, it gives the word 'bad' a bad name. Avoid at all costs.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
A surprisingly enjoyable movie, give it a chance.
I almost never post reviews, but I'm making an exception just because the comments I see here are mainly negative and I think the movie is actually very good and quite enjoyable. It's worth a watch, unless you are some SAW fanboy who is going to be critical about any movie that does not feature John Kramer front and center. It sets up for sequels, and I hope they can film a few.
Circle (2015)
Boring, tedious, pointless
The three words in my review's tell you all you need to know about this movie.