I went to see this movie with minimum expectation: to be entertained by nice monsters, ass- kicking fights and a minimum of story. I did get nice monsters, but that is all. The plot is pretty much inexistent, which would be OK if the action was entertaining but it's just... not.
First, the "found footage" thing... I know, this is not real life, but Russian soldier in WWII didn't have color camera with integrated microphone. it just makes the action harder to see because you only have one point of view at a time. It can be interesting, but not here
The people are just... there. there is nothing really to make you care about them, so you don't. The movie is really slow so there was time for more, but instead you just watch them walking in a forest, walking in a village, walking with monsters walking around. Cause yeah. you'd think they would fight those monsters, but they don't. sometime the monsters attack then disappear, sometime they don't even bother and are just there.
And then, you meet the "doctor" responsible for those creature and hear his motivation and you think "well why wasn't that the beginning of the movie" and then everything blow up and you feel like you just lost too many minutes of your life for a shitty movie.
First, the "found footage" thing... I know, this is not real life, but Russian soldier in WWII didn't have color camera with integrated microphone. it just makes the action harder to see because you only have one point of view at a time. It can be interesting, but not here
The people are just... there. there is nothing really to make you care about them, so you don't. The movie is really slow so there was time for more, but instead you just watch them walking in a forest, walking in a village, walking with monsters walking around. Cause yeah. you'd think they would fight those monsters, but they don't. sometime the monsters attack then disappear, sometime they don't even bother and are just there.
And then, you meet the "doctor" responsible for those creature and hear his motivation and you think "well why wasn't that the beginning of the movie" and then everything blow up and you feel like you just lost too many minutes of your life for a shitty movie.