Synopsis
Awaken the Evil
A distressed couple become stranded on an isolated island only to get hunted by an unforeseen force.
A distressed couple become stranded on an isolated island only to get hunted by an unforeseen force.
Two extremely unlikable people go into the woods to see if they can like each other, but they can't, because they're unlikable, so no one likes them, not nobody nowhere nohows, and neither will you, as you sit there for 80 goddamn minutes watching these tragically unlikable people wander the woods before the final 4 minutes reveals a cgi monster out of absolutely no-fucking-where that sticks out like a sore thumb, and guess what, is also unlikable.
Pop quiz, hot shot - you’re the husband in a dysfunctional hetero marriage with deteriorating communication and a soon-to-be bankrupt failing business. What do you?
Option A: Tell your wife that you’re taking her to a remote island for a weekend hiking getaway when in fact it’s to steal an ancient artifact from a mysteriously vanished indigenous tribe so you can sell it to pay your business’s overdue bills, whilst also lying to her about the satellite phone not working and about not still having the gun she told you to get rid of, and ultimately doing absolutely nothing when shit goes south…
OR…
Option B: Marriage counseling.
Obviously the correct answer is Option A! Right?? RIGHT????
smh.
One star for the one star in this movie that makes the whole movie worth watching.
2 insufferable people go on a trip to try n fix their vibe after a pregnancy loss puts a bit of a weird rift between them (yeah, guess who should of trigger checked this one but is too numb today to care? meeeee). This had 0 tension, 0 fun, 0 horror really. The acting is bad, the CGI is bad and honestly its a complete waste of 80 minutes. I can't think of a single person I'd rec this to??
Sort of like 2022's Significant Other, only with downgraded leads and a narrative stripped of anything even remotely interesting. Also, everything's blue-gray for some reason.
Me: Can we get this deluxe horror experience
Mom: We have a deluxe horror experience at home
The Lux horror experience we have at home...
This was apparently directed by Lux and, quite frankly, a bar of soap might have made a more interesting film.
Oh that's rather unfair, I'd actually say, especially as Red Island is no better or worse than the trillion and half horror films we've been 'treated' to over the last seven or eight years where nothing happens until some mad shit happens at the end.
People will keep making these films and I'll still keep watching them, like a tosspot, and fail to understand what anybody sees in them. In fairness I had a better reason than usual for watching this, and that's because Alex Essoe is in it. It's really sad to see her slumming it in this sort…
War der Regisseur ein ehemaliger Kameramann? Denn ich denke die Kamera war wirklich gut, auch die Tiefe gut gewählt und die Schattierungen am richtigen Ort gut eingesetzt. Dieses Boot ,wie er im Schwarzen Meer und unter dem dunkler Himmel schwamm und hinter sich den weissen Schaum liess , war eines der Schönsten Szenen in diesem Film.
Der Autor hatte eine romantische Ehevorstellung, wieder einmal musste die Frau ein Problem darstellen und dann änderte sie sich so sehr dass der Mann sich von ihr distanzieren musste… sie wurde kurzerhand ein Monster!
Keine Spannung , kein gutes Drehbuch, keine guten Konversationen, Hintergrundmusik fad, Schauspieler theatralisch.
Yeah sure.. Now she's the monster. Kinda felt like some pretentious unlikable misogynistic bs. Spare your time - unless you want to see another badly made cg monster (in the fuckin dark because they think it'll make it less noticeable). Yawn!