Nothing of interest

Rating: 4/10 (13 December 2018)

I was looking forward to watching this but was pretty disappointed - it's very slow but unlike say Solaris where the main character has some depth and the tension builds over the course of the film, there's nothing to draw the viewer in and the film ends in a bizarre and unsatisfying way. The few action scenes are reasonable but it's all visual shock and there's no concept of an underlying menace - if the film was thought-provoking it'd be forgivable, but the premise is slightly childish and far-fetched - most people could probably come up with a better one over a few drinks - and the final 'battle' is decided more by luck than skill. It didn't really seem to matter who won anyway. It's not the worst film I've ever watched but it's not far off, so I'm writing this in the hope I'll spare someone else 2 hours to use in a better way.