Thank you YouTube Shorts for putting the first scene of this movie into my feed and making me watch it a few times until I finally gave in and watched the full film!
The Good:
There ain't much here. Batista is underrated as an actor and honestly the best part of this film.
The Middling:
Milla Jovanovich is her consistent and entertaining self in this, but there's nothing new here.
The Witch hunter villain is cool because you hate her sooooo much, but SPOILER her death is apt if unsatisfying.
The plot is ok. Predictable, nothing much new, story skips beats and doesn't spell it out like most Paul WS Anderson films, but this world needed a bit more worldbuilding. It was as if this was a sequel that we were supposed to understand the world already.
The Bad:
Why is there witches and werewolves suddenly? And only a couple of them? The demon guys I kinda get as they were corrupted by the nuclear reactor (?) maybe? But you only have a couple of supernatural people and the "Church" in charge doesn't control them at all? The story just ain't storying.
If you can't tell already I make fun of the washed out colors. It's bad. Because 99% of this is shot on a green screen, it's already not looking great, so adding in the washed out palate just makes distance shots tough to decipher and figure out what the hell is actually going on.
Overall there are worse movies out there to watch (still thinking of you right now Greenland 2: Migration), but there are a hell of a lot better too. Leave this one be unless you're a fan of the actors, the director, or wasting time.
3/10
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