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We Summon the Darkness 2019
Great core idea, bad execution with some of the worst written dialogue in the history of cinema.
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The Power of Fear 2006
It's a bad retelling of "Viy" but not because of the script, which is actually quite good and an example of how to modernize an antique. Hell, the script is decent enough that you won't be able to help but wonder what if someone with more talent and money did this movie. But yeah, in this incarnation it's amateur hour most of the time, with only a few worthy minutes.
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Horsemen 2009
A study in how to slowly corrupt a great movie until it becomes a total mess.
This serial killer mystery begins perfectly: with truly amazing cinematography and an interesting premise (even if the hero and the set up are a bit cliché). There's just something in the air and while you don't have any illusions that it's going to be another Se7en, the movie seems to be of high enough quality and polish.
And then with each minute it keeps…
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Safe House 2012
Denzel being Denzel in a movie not really about Denzel. Would be a decent forgettable thriller if it was not so constipated and ooh-so-serious, and filmed by a man who believes that shaky cam comes only in "extreme" and "ridiculous" flavors. So bad. So. Bad.