Review of The Djinn

The Djinn (2021)
5/10
In defense of this movie
18 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
If you like hard-core horror movies, this movie isn't gonna do anything for you. Don't think you're going to get anything like The Wishmaster movies. You'll be so disappointed that you'll probably leave a 1 star review here. And I can't blame you. However...

If you have young teens who like horror movies, I think they'd get a kick out of this. The movie is well shot. The child actor does a good job and isn't annoying in the way so many child actors are. I think kids between like 10-13 would probably root for him and be scared for the situation he was in. This movie is rated R, but there's hardly any blood and the violence is nothing you wouldn't see on network television. There's really no reason this should be an R rated picture. It's gonna make people think they're getting a bloodbath, and it's gonna make them mad when they don't get that. This movie has a nice downbeat "Monkey's Paw" kind of ending, which will make kids think twice the next time they try to summon a demon. It'll scare your kids, and they'll learn a lesson. Give it a try in that context.

Everyone else should avoid this movie like the plague. It was incorrectly marketed to be something it's not. But if your kids like Goosebumps and that kind of tame stuff, this should be right up their alley.
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