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Well, hello! Thanks for stopping by to read my opinions about movies that I see. Some are older and most are new. Some I go to see in the theaters (both live performances and movies) and some I watch from the comfort of my own couch and even more, I will watch from the amazing Netflix app. Of course, these will be my personal thoughts about the targeted item, however, it will give you an idea of whether it's a colossal waste of time or worth a shot!

Thursday, February 4, 2016

The Veil

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 19 January 2016
Running Time: 1 House and 33 Minutes
Staring:  Jessica Alba, Lily Rabe, Thomas Jane
Rating? R
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 4.8 of 10
MY RATING: 3

 STORYLINE
Twenty-five years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow.


 MY REVIEW:
I stayed home for my birthday and while everyone else
was at work, I watched a scary movie.

I saw this pop up on Netflix and decided to give it a shot. I mean, Yeah, it was straight to Netflix from what I could tell, but Jessica Alba, so could it be that bad? The short answer is yes.

The premise seemed to have some promise. A cult suicide that resembled the Jim Jones- Jonestown tragedy, perhaps in an intended idea leads to 25 years of life-stopping agoraphobia for Sarah Hope, played by Lily Rabe. You'd recognize her from the TV Show American Horror Story and a few other things.

A review is ALWAYS personal and there's no genre in movies more personal than Terror/horror movies - what works for me might work for a few and not work at all for many.


That being said, movie starts well, good balance between the lost-footage style that I generally HATE and normal camera view. There is definitely an eerie music and atmosphere here and this movie is good and then it starts going down and down the drain, with a very predictable story and ending.

Thomas Jane playing the cult leader Jim Jacobs (almost too close to Jim Jones for me) as a serious case of over-acting here and just gets worst and worst towards the end. Jessica Alba is almost a secondary role. Movie turns into a possession average flick, with a twist in the end that every one is expecting already.
End-shot before the end sums it all perfectly. A movie full of holes that lacks charisma, suspense and surprises.

Nothing new here, the same old "get in a shack, kill'em all" style of movie that's been tirelessly done for some decades now.

On a personal note: I got a pretty cool hat in the mail today in my Nerd Block (Link to Nerd Block Website) Pikachu! I think I look super cute!!

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