I sat down to watch "From Parts Unknown" (aka "Fight Like a Girl") with the impression that I was in for either a monster movie or a zombie movie. Turns out that it wasn't really much of either.
"From Parts Unknown" is a low budget movie, no doubt about it. And while you shouldn't just write it off just yet based on that fact, some low budget movies are actually fun to watch, either from having heart and spirit, or from being so phenomenally bad that they are good. "From Parts Unknown" wasn't either of those as well.
Turns out that this movie is somewhat of a strange mixture of movie genres put into a blender and served all mixed up, for better or worse. The comedy aspects of the movie didn't really work for me, and the zombie aspect was just half-hearted and once the zombies started talking I was done.
Sure, there were aspects of the movie that showed potential, but writer and director Daniel Armstrong just never really fully took advantage of that and used it to the best possible solution. As such, the movie just felt low budget and amateurish. That might be a harsh judgment, but that is the impression I was left with once the movie ended and I had endured some rough testing of my will to go on.
The acting in the movie was subpar, but that was mostly because of a poor script and underdeveloped characters in the story.
I am rating "From Parts Unknown" a mere three out of ten stars, because the movie didn't capture my interest and there was so very little in the movie that was actually worthwhile sitting through. I did endure the entire movie, but I can honestly say that I will not be returning to watch it a second time.
"From Parts Unknown" is a low budget movie, no doubt about it. And while you shouldn't just write it off just yet based on that fact, some low budget movies are actually fun to watch, either from having heart and spirit, or from being so phenomenally bad that they are good. "From Parts Unknown" wasn't either of those as well.
Turns out that this movie is somewhat of a strange mixture of movie genres put into a blender and served all mixed up, for better or worse. The comedy aspects of the movie didn't really work for me, and the zombie aspect was just half-hearted and once the zombies started talking I was done.
Sure, there were aspects of the movie that showed potential, but writer and director Daniel Armstrong just never really fully took advantage of that and used it to the best possible solution. As such, the movie just felt low budget and amateurish. That might be a harsh judgment, but that is the impression I was left with once the movie ended and I had endured some rough testing of my will to go on.
The acting in the movie was subpar, but that was mostly because of a poor script and underdeveloped characters in the story.
I am rating "From Parts Unknown" a mere three out of ten stars, because the movie didn't capture my interest and there was so very little in the movie that was actually worthwhile sitting through. I did endure the entire movie, but I can honestly say that I will not be returning to watch it a second time.