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The last scene was the only saving grace....

posted 8 years ago by reapwhatyousow
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In what was a painfully predictable slowburn which offered nothing new on the subject of maniacal cults. Of course they were going to kill all of them in the end while being reunited in a "better place", the video of the woman dying made that perfectly clear.

I thought the performances overall were terrible, especially the lead actor who played "Will" was horrible.

I have no idea how this got such high ratings... hot pile of garbage was what it was.

[–] stugood-07006 8 years ago

The last scene was the worst part for me.

[–] SWLinPHX (246) 5 years ago

In what was a painfully predictable slowburn which offered nothing new on the subject of maniacal cults. Of course they were going to kill all of them in the end while being reunited in a "better place", the video of the woman dying made that perfectly clear. I thought the performances overall were terrible, especially the lead actor who played "Will" was horrible. I have no idea how this got such high ratings... hot pile of garbage was what it was.

Wow, I couldn't disagree more and for several reasons. Not gonna list them all unless someone wants me to.

[–] NigerGolden (67) a year ago

Agreed. I think the part was tailor-made for Logan Marshall-Green. He finally had a character with a legitimate reason to be rude and disagreeable. I liked the movie overall. It had a realistic-bent imo but not a mundane realism and some of the twists were welcome and new.

[–] vilafire (655) 2 years ago

I thought some of the performances sucked but the main couple was good. The script was the problem. Made him very one note.

[–] NigerGolden (67) a year ago

I'd be one of the first to call several of Logan Marshall-Green's performances one-note such as Prometheus, Cold Comes the Night and that new movie where he is a Navy Seal who kidnaps his daughter. This movie I feel is a realistic take on it and also subversive in a way because we don't get any look at how his character comports himself under otherwise nonstressful circumstances. Similarly who kills who in the end is both subversive and realistic in my opinion.