The plot for this Singaporean horror film is simple.
A reptilian beast is released by the mother of it's owner after her child dies (implied); where it takes up residence in the subway system; and accidentally triggers a switch, to route one of the trains onto an unused track...where it gets stranded...and open to attack by said monster.
But not a whole lot in the film makes sense.
There are so many questions that go completely unaddressed.
First and foremost, what the hell the alien looking beast even is.
How the kid in the intro came to own it?
How big it got before they released it?
How long it was running rampant in the underground tunnels for?
How it survived?
What it was feeding on?
Not to mention all the gaping plotholes we are supposed to ignore.
Mainly...how you could conceivably "lose a train" in a modern subway system, in this day and age.
How the student's father was able to find them...while the rest of management was left in the dark about their location (despite the fact he told them where he believed they were).
And how they lost contact with him.
Not to mention, how the beast managed to procreate...when there is only one of them.
Though, I guess we are to assume it possesses the capability to reproduce parthenogenetically.
It certainly requires quite a bit of assumption, to simply engage with the storyline.
Which isn't exactly "good" writing.
(I won't even get started on the lop-sided character development)
On top of this...the monster is rendered with rather choppy CGI.
To be fair, it's not the worst CGI I've ever seen.
It's certainly better than the what we see in Cocaine Bear (to offer a reference point), for example.
That's for sure.
But they were way too ambitious with the action scenes...when their tech (or budget) just couldn't handle it.
Plus...the acting is quite bad.
Particularly in regards to the mother and son characters (who are the main characters in the film).
The kid was so damn annoying...I found myself rooting for his death.
I just wanted him gone.
And the mother wasn't much more tolerable.
But, alas...
I don't think you can blame Singapore for this.
It was a valiant effort.
I place the blame on Netflix for producing this type of high concept trash on the reg.
It's always been their policy to aim for quantity over quality.
I've no doubt this was a one-line pitch when it was green-lit.
Cause it shows.
2 out of 10.
A reptilian beast is released by the mother of it's owner after her child dies (implied); where it takes up residence in the subway system; and accidentally triggers a switch, to route one of the trains onto an unused track...where it gets stranded...and open to attack by said monster.
But not a whole lot in the film makes sense.
There are so many questions that go completely unaddressed.
First and foremost, what the hell the alien looking beast even is.
How the kid in the intro came to own it?
How big it got before they released it?
How long it was running rampant in the underground tunnels for?
How it survived?
What it was feeding on?
Not to mention all the gaping plotholes we are supposed to ignore.
Mainly...how you could conceivably "lose a train" in a modern subway system, in this day and age.
How the student's father was able to find them...while the rest of management was left in the dark about their location (despite the fact he told them where he believed they were).
And how they lost contact with him.
Not to mention, how the beast managed to procreate...when there is only one of them.
Though, I guess we are to assume it possesses the capability to reproduce parthenogenetically.
It certainly requires quite a bit of assumption, to simply engage with the storyline.
Which isn't exactly "good" writing.
(I won't even get started on the lop-sided character development)
On top of this...the monster is rendered with rather choppy CGI.
To be fair, it's not the worst CGI I've ever seen.
It's certainly better than the what we see in Cocaine Bear (to offer a reference point), for example.
That's for sure.
But they were way too ambitious with the action scenes...when their tech (or budget) just couldn't handle it.
Plus...the acting is quite bad.
Particularly in regards to the mother and son characters (who are the main characters in the film).
The kid was so damn annoying...I found myself rooting for his death.
I just wanted him gone.
And the mother wasn't much more tolerable.
But, alas...
I don't think you can blame Singapore for this.
It was a valiant effort.
I place the blame on Netflix for producing this type of high concept trash on the reg.
It's always been their policy to aim for quantity over quality.
I've no doubt this was a one-line pitch when it was green-lit.
Cause it shows.
2 out of 10.