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It Comes at Night (2017)
Anticlimactic and very predictable
Recently, the thriller and horror film genre has been producing A+ work, through films like "Don't Breath" and "Get Out." The pacing of such films builds to different peaks with an ultimate climax that is unexpected, yet enjoyed. "It Comes at Night" failed in this department.
With incredibly strange pacing, the viewer was left waiting for something that was ultimately never given. The ending summarized is essentially "don't trust anyone who's not family, because they will bring a disease into our home and kill the character the audience most relates with."
And some point after the film, I realized that the filmmakers intended for me to feel sad at the end. Sad for the nice family who was killed, sad for the baby that was shot, sad for the nice boy who got the disease, sad for the mother and father for having to kill him. But the only time I genuinely felt sad was when the dog died. And that's saying something
I Am Jane Doe (2017)
A heartbreaking inspiration
When I first pressed play, I did not expect I AM JANE DOE to affect me in the way that it has. I had to pause multiple times to collect myself and reason through the horrors that were being portrayed. I am in shock that there is so much violence and ingenuine conduct occurring beneath what we see on the internet.The film is made in such a way where each scene, interview, and story builds you up for heartbreak. However, it simultaneously manages to inspire every viewer to do his or her part in stopping the terrible crime of child sex trafficking. My praises go out to the filmmakers, for giving voices to all the Jane Does and putting the power in the hands of the people.