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Infinity Pool (2023)
All garnish with none of the fixings
Really interesting concept but ultimately disappointing due to the story just wandering off into the dark with no direction.
The set up for the film was really intriguing but the rest of it just fails to deliver. The story wasn't all that strong going into the second half and it struggles to justify why the movie was even made in the first place. The whole time the movie just felt like it was a bad rip off of something better that already exists.
Good performances from the actors and some really cool sort of dream sequence scenes peppered through out, really good visual effects as well. The more violent and disturbing scenes weren't overly gratuitous.
Wouldn't call it completely terrible but definitely not essential viewing. All style and not much substance.
Ekusute (2007)
Bizarre but Entertaining Villain
Really interesting film. Great story, interesting characters and a very different villain. I was curious as to how the film would turn out, assumed it would either be campy or gross out but actually turned out to be neither. Story was well paced, emotional and the actors were all enjoyable. Using something so mundane as the "monster" did make it quite hard to take the movie seriously at times and there's a few moments that I found very similar to Takashi Miikes style of absurdity, the film still came together and resulted in a really unique horror experience.
El bar (2017)
Really strong start with a piss take ending
Really disappointed with how this movie finished. The acting was good, the filming and editing was very strong and the premise wasn't all that bad however the script fell apart, almost like they changed writers a third of the way in.
The set up was great and even left wiggle room for the story to kind of go anywhere. The potential the movie gave itself, especially when the character emerged from the bathroom looking very unwell it could've easily gone that route but instead we get this mindless mental breakdown film.
There were some good moments but one moment bugged me to write this review.
There's a scene where there's a group of people trapped in the bars basement. There's a sewer drain as well, small but someone small would fit.
Enter our homeless religious fanatic character who after struggling and squeezing even after being covered in oil. Not long after this scene, the characters are forced to all squeeze through the hole. At one point they find something to
Break the concrete and widen the pole.
What the hell?
This movie is an okay watch but not worth the rewatch, it goes from being a fairly interesting premise and a very interesting collection of people to a frustration fest where everyone loses their goddamn minds.
4/10 because the actors did fantastic, the post processing team did an amazing job and the casting team did excellent with these people. The script writer however, maybe try another field.