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The Belko Experiment - 2017 (currently 2288 views)
Dreamscale
Posted: March 22nd, 2017, 9:02am
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Have you heard about his one yet? Very little advertising that I saw, but once I did see it, I knew immediately that I had to go.
Written by James Gunn and directed by my boy Greg McLean, this is a little action/horror potboiler, set in Bogata, Columbia with a cast you'll recognize and a plot/theme you've seen a hundred tomes before.
First of all, I liked it. Secondly, it's a good movie, with good flow, constant action and tension, and good gore.
But, there's something...or several things missing. The movie comes off very cold, much like the office building it's set in. Characters don't jump out at you, and therefor, aren't portrayed strongly enough to really matter. Maybe it just needed an extended lead in, like most McLean flicks get. I'm not sure exactly, but as much as I enjoyed it, I don't have very fond memories.
I think there were some poor choices by writer Gunn, that easily could have been changed to make this stronger - like the entire premise itself of "how" the majority are killed, as well as "how many" needed to be killed up front.
What I'm saying is basically something I always try to have my scripts live by, and that's the roller coaster affect - long climbs, long screamers. Here, the action is so fast and furious throughout, it's really hard to even know who is still alive, or how/where someone you were rooting for bit it.
I will say one thing that this flick did very well...for me, at least, and that's keeping me guessing until the very end, who would survive.
One more thing I'll say is that I was not a big fan of the ending or wrap up. Just too handy and neat for me.
Hasn't this been done before with Adrian Brody? Anything new to experience here?
With Adrian Brody? No clue what that means.
Concept-wise, it is not new at all, and resembles that Asian flick I can't think of the name of where everyone is pitted against each other in a Battle Royale...uhhh...is that the name?
Haven't seen this film, but I have seen THE EXPERIMENT with Brody and Whittaker. I liked that one. That one has people being split into two groups. Prisoners and guards. It does not sound anything like The Belko Experiment, to me.