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Risen (2010)
What the...
Okay I watched this film based on the other reviews on here. I'm not entirely sure they have seen it! Or maybe it was the filmmakers themselves that have made bogus accounts and reviewed it? The film is so bad I really don't know how it has won so many awards, or has it? I know there is such a thing as festival rigging, filmmakers creating these festivals just to give their own films awards. But hey that's just speculation isn't it? Kudos to anyone that manages to get a film released let alone made, it really is tough. But 'Risen' has so many faults it's a wonder it got a release in the first place. From the highly awful Stuart Brennan to the highly awful production value. I understand it was low budget but there were hardly any set pieces involved, I'm not sure where the money went, all 200k of it!!! Brennan clearly is out of his depth, it's not the first film I have seen him in. The actors pause to remember lines, the emotion and drama is laughable and the score is absolutely dreadful. The whole film pivots on the all important fight scenes, but they are confusing at best, lots of 'in the action' shots which clearly demonstrates the lack of budget, or lack of how to spend it properly.
The outcome of this film is very disappointing, especially for the Winstone family, they obviously thought they were making a film with a bunch of filmmakers that know what they are doing. It had the potential to be the next 'Raging Bull', a biopic of a guy who fought with a disability to the top of the pile, a proper rags to riches story, but instead they produced a film that is flat, thin, horrendously acted and well..... boring.
I read on the director's page (Neil Jones) that he is touted as the Welsh Martin Scorsese, are you kidding??? Neil, it's okay to big yourself up but come on, let's be realistic, one of the replies to that post touts you as the Welsh Uwe Boll, now that's more like it.
7 Lives (2011)
***If Aldi Made Quantum Leap***
I had heard that this was awful, but nothing could prepare me for what I was about to view. I thought at least it could be "So bad it's good" but alas, no, it's "So bad it's bad" It just seems that part-way through the production they either gave up or didn't know where to take it. The story was peppered with plot holes and an abundance of terrible acting apart from performances from Tom Goodman-Hill, Martin Compston and Craig Conway.
I'm not going to ramble on about this film as I think I've wasted too much time on it already.
Avoid at all costs!!!