Saw 'Vengeance' because the idea was somewhat intriguing, despite not being a novel one by any stretch, and revenge have been done well numerous times. Didn't have high expectations but was hardly dubious and was genuinely hoping it would fare better than the less than great, to put to mildly, reception makes out.
The sad news is that count me in as another person who was not impressed by 'Vengeance' at all. If asked whether it was as bad as has been said by most, my answer would be by subjective standards yes it is. Have seen worse but nothing in 'Vengeance' works on any level, am not giving a negative review for malicious reasons. Was actually hoping it would be watchable regardless of how problematic it was, but there is a fine line between that and a film that doesn't look as though it tried particularly hard and 'Vengeance' falls into the latter.
Visually, it is far from slick or stylish. Instead it looks cheap and low budget and hasty time constraints are betrayed in every scene in especially the editing, which is one of those films that was edited on a broken down bacon slicer. The music is intrusive and is one of the film's most annoying assets, also felt it didn't fit at all with the style or the atmosphere of the film and like it was intended for another film.
Direction is never more than static, which is not a good position to be in. At its worst, it is hard to detect any direction as it does struggle maintaining momentum or telling a coherent story, but it is especially bad with the direction of the actors and the character interaction as both are seldom detected.
Furthermore, 'Vengeance' is a dreadfully scripted film. Have not in a while heard dialogue this juvenile or senseless, Key Stage 2 primary school students have written better and that is being serious. The story does nothing new with a less than novel concept, there is no tension or suspense and it is all non-stop predictability and dullness. Complete with sloppily edited and clumsily and seldom, if at all, coherently choreographed action, which lacks excitement and felt 30+ years out of date.
Not a single interesting or likeable character, Sandra is excruciatingly irritating beyond belief. Have come across some annoying characters recently but she takes the cake. The acting is terrible, with Stu Bennett badly lacking the charisma for a role clearly intended to be gritty, parts are over-compensated but most of the time this is a lazy effort for him.
Overall, a failure on every level. 1/10 Bethany Cox
The sad news is that count me in as another person who was not impressed by 'Vengeance' at all. If asked whether it was as bad as has been said by most, my answer would be by subjective standards yes it is. Have seen worse but nothing in 'Vengeance' works on any level, am not giving a negative review for malicious reasons. Was actually hoping it would be watchable regardless of how problematic it was, but there is a fine line between that and a film that doesn't look as though it tried particularly hard and 'Vengeance' falls into the latter.
Visually, it is far from slick or stylish. Instead it looks cheap and low budget and hasty time constraints are betrayed in every scene in especially the editing, which is one of those films that was edited on a broken down bacon slicer. The music is intrusive and is one of the film's most annoying assets, also felt it didn't fit at all with the style or the atmosphere of the film and like it was intended for another film.
Direction is never more than static, which is not a good position to be in. At its worst, it is hard to detect any direction as it does struggle maintaining momentum or telling a coherent story, but it is especially bad with the direction of the actors and the character interaction as both are seldom detected.
Furthermore, 'Vengeance' is a dreadfully scripted film. Have not in a while heard dialogue this juvenile or senseless, Key Stage 2 primary school students have written better and that is being serious. The story does nothing new with a less than novel concept, there is no tension or suspense and it is all non-stop predictability and dullness. Complete with sloppily edited and clumsily and seldom, if at all, coherently choreographed action, which lacks excitement and felt 30+ years out of date.
Not a single interesting or likeable character, Sandra is excruciatingly irritating beyond belief. Have come across some annoying characters recently but she takes the cake. The acting is terrible, with Stu Bennett badly lacking the charisma for a role clearly intended to be gritty, parts are over-compensated but most of the time this is a lazy effort for him.
Overall, a failure on every level. 1/10 Bethany Cox