The Wicker Man is an absolutely jarring experience. It's a remake of the 1973 edition but fails to vastly improve anything the original properly presented. It follows a police officer investigating a mysterious case leading into uncharted territory that initially sounds intriguing but unfortunately goes nowhere. It's a film with tediously confusing moments that makes audiences more frustrated than Nicolas Cage's character.
Despite some otherwise interesting scenery and ideas, they're often middlingly redeeming as the film continues with elongated nonsense. Cage's character utilizes his time questioning everything and everyone, which would be helpful in better writing, but involves himself into a boring wild-goose chase that leaves audiences feeling either uninterested or unsympathetic towards everyone's stupidity.
The acting is bland, the storytelling is insulting, and the result of poor pacing and enthusiasm lead to an outright terrible film. It's a disgraceful remake of David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual and has nothing newer to offer even to original fans. Had the film been written, directed, and acted differently in another time then it would justify itself as a desired redo.
The Wicker Man isn't just a confused man, but a boring man.
Despite some otherwise interesting scenery and ideas, they're often middlingly redeeming as the film continues with elongated nonsense. Cage's character utilizes his time questioning everything and everyone, which would be helpful in better writing, but involves himself into a boring wild-goose chase that leaves audiences feeling either uninterested or unsympathetic towards everyone's stupidity.
The acting is bland, the storytelling is insulting, and the result of poor pacing and enthusiasm lead to an outright terrible film. It's a disgraceful remake of David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual and has nothing newer to offer even to original fans. Had the film been written, directed, and acted differently in another time then it would justify itself as a desired redo.
The Wicker Man isn't just a confused man, but a boring man.