INTRODUCTION
This is a pretty interesting show, a show with hardly any advertisement with nothing more to guess from then that it is from the producer of dawn of the dead the zombie flick. So to be clear and to set things straight, this show has nothing to do with
I repeat, it has absolutely nothing to do with that guy above.
Time for the official movie poster, its over here
ambiguous ain't it? well don't worry, as you go along in the show proper you will realize that the antagonist of this show hardly looks like that either.
This show is classified by wikipedia to be sci-fi horror, but I suppose a more appropriate genre would be thriller, because unlike the common horror flicks that we see this is not a ghost story. The bad guy is made known early, and yet due to the nature of the bad fella, the show is able to retain its thrill right to the end. To be any more descriptive would be to spoil the show for you and hence you either have to wiki it yourself or see it.
Apparently this movie was already made in the 1982 and this movie actually manages to tie in into the beginning of the 1982 movie which is in some way, pretty cool.
Storyline
The storyline for this show is actually pretty strong, being sci fiction explains a lot of the things that happens, i.e. Fiction and the reaction of the people are actually pretty realistic. In fact this show works because the reactions of the people are pretty realistic and I would believe that I myself would act in this manner given the circumstances.
Also points for how it ties into the past movie which would be a plus point for all the followers of the previous show.
Another good point about this show is that the characters don't just stand there being all helpless and neither does it end too early like some other movies whereby the character merely just runs away and its all over. We can see the attempts of the characters to carry out certain actions and this keeps the movie fresh and interesting throughout.
Character
There are many characters in this show, in fact many characters seem to play a rather significant role, which is the problem. There are probably too many characters that lack distinction from each other to the extent that some characters that we thought are less important turn out to be pretty important and some that we originally view as very important characters die a bit too quickly.
Also because of the dying nature of the characters, there is pretty minimal development of the characters. As we do not see these characters often, the problem arises that we have no clue who and where did certain characters come from and who are they, and this detracts from the immersiveness of the show. None the less the show was brave in killing of quite a number of people and it seems to kill them in a pretty fair way. (meaning seemingly important characters do not seem to magically avoid death just cause they are important)
Cinematography
The cinematography for the most part is pretty good and believable, aside from revealing the bad guy too quickly, which is fine considering it is a thriller and not a ghost horror show, there ain't anything else that particularly sticks out. CGI is above average although there is room for improvements.
Music
Didn't notice anything particularly special about the music, probably not the focus of this movie but as it didnt hinder the show it is pretty fine.
Spectacle
Now this is where the show makes cuts above the rest. Its premise is pretty good in making it hard to dicern who is the bad guy and who is the good guy. It does a good job because in the end, everyone you see feels like a 50% chance to be good or bad. You might not understand what i am saying here but if you see the show for yourself you will know that this is a good thing. Overall it does the genre of being a thriller very well.
Overall
Storyline : 4.5 (It is that special and well done i guess... as it is able to not lose its thrill till the end)
Character : 3.5 (Little development, too many characters)
Cinematography : 3.5 (Ok Cinematography, don't see any particular special emphasis)
Music : 3.5 (Ok Music, at least it didn't detract from the show)
Spectacle : 4.5 (In the end it provided the audience with the chance to do some guessing)
Overall : 3.9 (Overall a good attempt, fans of the thriller genre should be able to appreciate this show but for all other genre lovers, if you just go in with hopes to just try to enjoy the show and appreciate the genre, you probably will find it a good attempt )
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