I'm not sure if it's just a coincidence but lately I'm seeing a lot of films of this type on Netflix: A partial story. Vague storytelling.
I don't understand this recent trend of disaster / post-apocalyptic films that purposefully leave out major portions of the story. Maybe it's an attempt to narrow the viewer's focus to "what matters", but I can't stand stories that leave out major world-building bits, because it makes me care a lot less about the story itself and the characters in the end.
In this film, for example, there's a war in Europe (bad timing movie, bad timing), but we don't know how long it's been going on, why it's happening, what the protagonists role in everything is, etc. Everything is just really bleak, all the time. So, why should I care about anyone when I don't know much about anything?
I suppose it's an action film of sorts, but the action is pretty poorly done as well, and rarely makes sense. Why did the original CO of the mission drown in like 5 seconds when she went underwater, for example?
Then it ends eventually...but due to the overall bleakness the ending is unfortunately portended a mile away. Just a sad film to make you feel even more sad about the state of the world. Avoid.
I don't understand this recent trend of disaster / post-apocalyptic films that purposefully leave out major portions of the story. Maybe it's an attempt to narrow the viewer's focus to "what matters", but I can't stand stories that leave out major world-building bits, because it makes me care a lot less about the story itself and the characters in the end.
In this film, for example, there's a war in Europe (bad timing movie, bad timing), but we don't know how long it's been going on, why it's happening, what the protagonists role in everything is, etc. Everything is just really bleak, all the time. So, why should I care about anyone when I don't know much about anything?
I suppose it's an action film of sorts, but the action is pretty poorly done as well, and rarely makes sense. Why did the original CO of the mission drown in like 5 seconds when she went underwater, for example?
Then it ends eventually...but due to the overall bleakness the ending is unfortunately portended a mile away. Just a sad film to make you feel even more sad about the state of the world. Avoid.