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Reviews
The Darkness (2016)
Go Kevin
Thirst for thrills and demonic apparitions has dissolved our appreciation for the perfect paragraph. The critic that is rating a film based on their failed expectations, is engrossed in a dream to recapture a past experience. The Darkness is not a failed attempt to produce a well developed story, it is the audience who have failed to appreciate the production. How many spooky movies could you watch with family members who are still studying in middle school? There is no embellishment of blood and death, or terrifying fear, only a perfectly written paragraph with a predicted climax. This cast reflects the typical conflicts that an upper class family fight through,incorporated into a supernatural entity that drives The Darkness in them to hate each other. 1Cup of Poltergeist 3 Cups of Goosebumps and a Teaspoon of Paranormal Activity.
Vengeance Is Mine (2021)
a darker noir
Vengeance is Mine adds darkness to film noir. Because sometimes in noir -- no matter how hard that good leading figure tries -- the blackness is inescapable. There's the fate of the situation that the leading figure tries to overcome, tries to correct; he or she just wants to do what's right. And they do. I think our very lost hero here even finds his way. Why isn't that enough to free him? He's good enough to escape this awful cobweb of events. But there is no one spider who has spun the web. It's a stark, dark case of the way things are. This is not a "fun" film. It takes its subject very seriously. Vengeance is Mine grapples with moral issues and leaves the viewer still wrestling. In Vengeance is Mine's cinematography there are qualities of a first film, a touch of the new by Rami Bartholdy the dop. But this oddly enhances its quality and gives the story the air of a dream like drama. With all the rough edges and awkwardness of the surreal life. You don't know why. The story is too solid to answer its questions. Life is more like wrestling than dancing.