Origin Unknown (2020) User Reviews

It was essentially pointless...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 10 April 2021]

I have to say that I was initially lured in to watch the 2020 "Origin Unknown" (aka "Sin Origen") because of the movie's cover. It was an interesting looking cover, so of course I was going to give the movie a go.

And turns out that writer Michael Caissie didn't really provide me with anything overly interesting or worthwhile watching. In fact, I gave up on the movie shortly before reaching the halfway milestone. Yeah, the movie was that boring and uneventful.

Sure, the concept of the storyline sounded interesting, and yes, there definitely was some potential here. But director Rigoberto Castañeda just didn't step up to the plate when it mattered. And my interest was slipping well before reaching the halfway marker. But I opted to give the movie a chance, because I hoped it would pick up.

It just never did. The storyline just trotted on in a very monotonous pacing, and I can't claim to have been entertained by the events that transpired on the screen.

The acting in the movie was adequate, just a shame that the storyline and script was working against the actors and actresses and serving as an anchor around their legs.

"Origin Unknown" is not a movie that I will be returning to watch the rest of. It just utterly failed to entertain me, and I can't claim to have any interest in the storyline or characters.

I am rating "Origin Unknown" a generous three out of ten stars.

Deal with ... it

[kosmasp · 5/10 · 28 December 2022]

No pun intended - and while I am referring to something in the movie (or is it someone?), you may take this as point of reference when it comes to the movie as a whole ... as in this being a B-horror movie and having the usual things you may expect or even fear in it (another pun? Very likely if you know me).

The effects are good for the low budget this has - but you may have issues. We may have seen similar movies and yet this can be exciting and suspensful. If you can suspend your disbelief that is of course. As the poster of course also suggest, there will be blood (no pun intended) and it will go places that some sensible souls may have issues with too ... be aware of all those things ... and if that is something you want to see or not.

OMG! waste of time

[sandreano · 2/10 · 7 February 2021]

The most pointless movie ever!

They mix Ninja + Parkour + Ouija Board + Vampire + a lot of blood.

I think the writer was delirious when wrote this plot. Only the parkour scene was fine!

Without sense

[faer_kr · 1/10 · 14 February 2021]

A crazy Mexican attempted horror movie. It is about a girl who comes to a house and beings from another world arrive for her, believing that it is an attack for a debt and not for a girl. Quality. It starts well, it falls and in the end it has the right moments. Parsimonious to the extreme. Good shots and most of the dismemberment effects are well done. Some poorly executed action stunts. Too much obscene language. Some good performances and some exaggerated. The girl's story is poorly planned, she is a girl who later turns out to be a vampire. She never reveals who the attackers are, things just happen and nonsense or undeveloped. The ending taken from Twilight the saga. Even Chabelo and Pepito against the monsters were scarier. Moral: Don't accept a vampire girl in your home.

A crazy mix!

[BandSAboutMovies · 6/10 · 28 October 2021]

Pedro del Toro, a family man and drug trafficking ally, is ready to get out of the crime life. But is the crime life ever ready to be done with you? As Alan, one of his henchmen, asks him to make one last deal to protect themselves from a rival family, a young girl shows up out of nowhere, just as a small team of Romanian killers known as the Arcana decimate every one of Pedro's guards.

Lina explains to the survivors that the Arcana are after her because she's a vampire a part of the Cuervo clan. But while Pedro wants to give in, Alan is going after the Dreadnok-looking army of killing machines.

This movie has quite the cocktail: young vampire vs. Warrior caste of Romania bloodsuckers + Mexican mov drama + home invasion thriller. Shake it all up, throw some cool fight scenes, an arrow through the mouth and glowing vampires into the mix and you have a pretty full drink.

Director Rigoberto Castañeda and writer Michael Caissie have combined nearly every movie on their DVD shelves -- a little John Carpenter stuck in a fortified place against the odds here, some of The Raid martial arts there, some post-apocalyptic movie looking villains here -- and plenty of little hints as their source material, naming the family del Toro and the young girl Lina after Let the Right One In.

I had a blast with this, as its really intriguing to see vampires not be slow moving creatures of the night but instead ninja-like fighting machines. Making cocktails of disparate ingredients is always challenging; here's to a film that pulls it off.