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Children of Sorrow (2012)
So confusing
I was anticipating "Children of Sorrows" to be watchable, to say the least. I did not have any high expectations.
After 30 minutes i switched it off. The storyline was so confused and unstructured. It left one trying to interpret what the hell was happening. Sure, a girl goes looking for her sister in a cult, but there is not real background story.
Nor was there any explanation as to why the cult leader was so obsessed with having to film everything.
There was also a jump in the protagonist's video diary. We are at "Day 2" and then all of a sudden we are at "Day 7"! What happened to the other 4 days?
The whole movie was poorly thought out. The concept may have actually worked if the makers of this movie put more effort thinking about the execution.
Overall, do not waste your time watching this! It is so poorly thought out, with no storyline or structure!
Vendetta (2013)
Cookie Cutter Action movie
I went into this movie, not expecting anything too crappy, but nothing too brilliant either. I was pretty much bang on the money.
So a guy seeks revenge on the guys who killed his parents. He bumps off the offenders one by one, yet the police have a hard time trying to figure out who is doing all the killing. The writer tries to make the protagonist into a hero but, in my opinion, fails.
Vendetta is just another standard revenge movie, with predictable scripting and a character that you try and empathise with. However, I felt that I could not relate to the character (there was just no dimension in any of the acting) and just enjoyed the action.
If you want to watch a run-of-the-mill action movie, then Vendetta is worth a look. Just be prepared to look beyond some scripting holes.
The Taking (2013)
Artsy fartsy crap!
Okay...so I gave this about 10 minutes and thought "What the hell is going on?".
I understand that the idea was trying to make an "art-house" horror flick. but the only thing that was made was - me being nauseous with all the image flicking in bad editing! If I was epileptic I would of had half a dozen seizures within the first 20 minutes! (That's right, I endured for a while longer after reading the "Critics reviews")
The sound track was pathetic. I flicked the movie after 30 minutes of enduring what I can only refer to as crap!
Please do not waste your time watching this rubbish. The writers themselves should be tied to trees in the forest and left there...