Sinners
This review contains spoilers
If sharks can jump, so too can vampires! I have never seen a movie with such an amazing set-up that so efficiently drops the ball.
The editing, the action, the acting—all of it was sublime. The issue really is that there were scratches, and those formed some cracks. To me, my first issue was actually the scene where the vampires were first revealed. If you avoided spoilers for this movie like I did, it would have been an even more amazing set-up! After that, there were a lot more amazing scenes, and I loved ALL of the music in this movie. The romance was definitely one-note, and there really was not the payoff I was expecting.
I felt that this movie has a lot of the same trappings of vampire movies, and I felt a lot of the characters were dumb when it served speeding up the movie, when other writing would have been better. I just could not stand the finale by the time I got to it, and it was actually saved by the over-the-top shootout at the end. I mean, I had fun with this, but there’s a lot I would change with this one.
That all changed with the end-credits scene, though! Oh man, that was an extremely profound way to end this movie, and I wish that we had a better final act. I do wonder if it was the pacing, or just that it irked me that the vampires played their cards too openly. Some might find it refreshing, but I could not sink my teeth into this one, it seems.
So far, Thirst is the closest vampire movie I have seen to come to a 10/10. Maybe I will find one someday, and maybe I will love this on my second watch—but for now, hainters gonna haint!
The editing, the action, the acting—all of it was sublime. The issue really is that there were scratches, and those formed some cracks. To me, my first issue was actually the scene where the vampires were first revealed. If you avoided spoilers for this movie like I did, it would have been an even more amazing set-up! After that, there were a lot more amazing scenes, and I loved ALL of the music in this movie. The romance was definitely one-note, and there really was not the payoff I was expecting.
I felt that this movie has a lot of the same trappings of vampire movies, and I felt a lot of the characters were dumb when it served speeding up the movie, when other writing would have been better. I just could not stand the finale by the time I got to it, and it was actually saved by the over-the-top shootout at the end. I mean, I had fun with this, but there’s a lot I would change with this one.
That all changed with the end-credits scene, though! Oh man, that was an extremely profound way to end this movie, and I wish that we had a better final act. I do wonder if it was the pacing, or just that it irked me that the vampires played their cards too openly. Some might find it refreshing, but I could not sink my teeth into this one, it seems.
So far, Thirst is the closest vampire movie I have seen to come to a 10/10. Maybe I will find one someday, and maybe I will love this on my second watch—but for now, hainters gonna haint!
Mini Review: If sharks can jump, so too can vampires! This movie had an incredible setup but ultimately fumbled the payoff. The editing, action, and music were all fantastic, and the first vampire reveal was thrilling if you went in spoiler-free. But the romance was flat, characters made dumb choices, and the finale felt weak—though the over-the-top shootout was fun. The end-credits scene was profound, making me wish the final act lived up to the start. Hainters gonna haint!
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