Until Midnight (II) (2018) User Reviews

seriously, all these reviews are ridiculous

[baddillard · 7/10 · 28 June 2018]

This isn't a crazy excellent movie and neither is it a bad movie, if everyone here could stop making stuff up as they go would be good.

Acting: Decent Cinematography: Decent Story: Pretty good to decent (some ups and downs)

is it fun to watch? Yes, it is, some boring points should be expected, but it's fun is there a deep artistic message behind it? no, it's just for fun

The twist isn't that crazy good, it's just good, second, another significant someone here is just insulting the film rather than giving a review, it's pretty obvious you have some beef with the director, given his name is mentioned a hundred times in your review, i would never trust that kind of review at all and would like to advice to also give real events, because in the film, he doesn't do the laundry and calls his mother, he does the laundry and calls his wife, an example of bad reviewing.

if no one is going to ackknowledge the titles and credits, then I will, everything was done by the director, and he's now in the cinemas, jealously is excepted, but the hard work must be respected. In my opinion, I don't believe it should have been given a wide release, however, it sure must be appreciated and respected for it's hard work.

A great beginning, not so much for the movie...

[sallatifaae · 8/10 · 22 June 2018]

I'll go ahead and respect the team, because they've earned it.

The movie truly expresses the power of cinema. that with no big budget, great things can happen, and this film does so. the film comes and goes quickly, everything to the point, which is a plus one from me, though at a certain point it drags, but that's about it. the sound and visuals is decent, the performances was good, but for some reason a burst of overexageration in one scene, forgiven though, given the circumstances of the film.

overall, I highly recommend the movie, the one thing that sells it is the plot twist, seriously freaked me out.

Wow! Wow! Wooooow!

[rockyheart · 9/10 · 22 June 2018]

Seriously, I didn't see the twist coming!

until midnight caught me by a surprise! It begins off a little slow, throughout, it gets better and better until that explosive twist, which totaly sells the twist!

Highly recomended!

Quit while you're ahead, Mr Kazim.

[danegem · 1/10 · 26 June 2018]

Just like it was with his feature film debut, "A Tale of Shadows" (2017), the director, his cast and crew, seem to be heavily deluded in thinking that the films they're making are fun, significant, well-acted and witty, when in reality they are amateurish, boring, corny, self-important, silly, and unintelligent. Thankfully shorter than "A Tale of Shadows", "Until Midnight" is, nevertheless, a tedious exercise in endurance with no sense of character, plot or story. Worst than all of that, is that there is no sense of danger throughout the "suspense" forced onto us.

The film thinks that, by unraveling the mystery through a non-linear structure, it is as clever as "The Hateful Eight" (which happened to be made by an actual filmmaker), when in reality it is no more interesting than the irrelevant perspectives of "Vantage Point" (2008).

There is a scene in the film where the lead character does his laundry, sits down and observes the running cycle just before his mother calls to ask him whether he is doing the laundry. Cinema in its essence.

Again, like in "A Tale of Shadows", selecting your favourite actor is like choosing your favourite fast-food restaurant; different flavour, all crap. However special mention should go to the house cat in the film. Sublime to a fault.

The cinematography is poor, as are the lighting and sound design, making one wonder what the film's budget was spent on.

You're probably wondering if this review will mean anything in the grand scheme of things, and you shouldn't worry. It won't, because that would imply that this movie has scratched the surface of the cinematic landscape, when it won't even find a crevice to shout at audiences from.

If this movie was a short student project, you could forgive the bland state of nothingness its "heart" & "soul" flows through. However, as it stands, this is a movie to be ignored.

Unless the director is willing to receive constructive criticism, useful feedback, and listen to professionals in how to craft a compelling, thoughtful narrative and how to shoot a film, he really ought to find a new hobby so that audiences won't feel exactly like what they're watching.

slow and a lot of fillers

[ammm-48899 · 1/10 · 10 September 2021]

In my opinion, the plot is weak, at the beginning of the film I thought it would be like Shutter Island where the main character was hallucinating ( at that point I thought it would a cheap rip off but it would still be an enjoyable version), then I thought it would one of the cliche films were the robbers would harm/kill the wife of the main character then it transformed into one of the most predictable/ stupid plots where there is a gang trying to rob the house with the most stupid plan, and super exhausting to count plot holes.

In terms of film quality, the acting is below average and the sounds are below zero, you can hear the main character breathing then later on you can barely hear the conversation between characters.

2/10

[rooya-22253 · 2/10 · 21 May 2021]

I like the story as written story but the film is fail The actors they didn't give the best it's mistake of the director like he just want to finish the shoot!!!.

The sound and light is the worst. I need to raise and reduce the sound many time. It seems they want to the cheapest montage in UAE.