Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Leofwine_draca FITFUL is a pitifully poor indie thriller without any kind of thrills or real story. It's a two-hander set on an old hulking ship. A historical inspector turns up to check out the site and write a report but while there she meets up with a creepy caretaker who seems to be hiding a dark secret. The only interest here lies in the presence of former XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS starlet Renee O'Connor as the protagonist; she's aged remarkably well but this effort is beneath her, an entirely boring and pointless enterprise.

iffershortt Clever and engaging; watch every moment carefully to get the most out of the piece. The details matter. It's fun trying to make sense of the neo-Gothic journey the heroine takes. She willingly enters a world that is visually impressive, spooky, surreal. I was disappointed in the original film's ending and a few of the plot points leading up to it. I didn't predict it for the simple reason that I could not believe so predictable a conclusion for an otherwise engrossing film. Then I saw the revamped version. The retooling pays off; Deadrise tells a stronger, albeit darker, story, and so it is a better movie than in its first incarnation. The acting, which is a bit campy or stagy at times, generally serves the film well and is even quite compelling in places. The characters fit the action, the cinematography is stunning, and a better set would be hard to find. In order to preserve the suspense, I am unwilling to say much more about the plot details, which a movie-goer can find in other reviews. Having come up myself with a more satisfying conclusion to the original film, I'm happy to report that I don't even remember now what it was. Deadrise ends in just the right key.

w0rm9191 I'm normally not compelled to write reviews for the movies I watch, even considering the vast amount of garbage I've seen. But this movie...The acting? Not the most horrible I've seen but nothing any major studio would ever pay anyone money for. The camera work? Passable. Neither the best nor the worst of anything I've seen before. The plot? Was there one? Watching this film felt like somebody did a 3 page treatment or short story and decided to stretch it into a 90 minute movie.My desire to be a completionist and stick with movies without quitting really does me no favors in the end sometimes. It's a rare movie that I've quit watching without getting to the end, but this is one of them. I just kept hoping for something to happen and it never did.As someone on the message board said, nothing really happens within the first half hour & it's all downhill from there. Never ending dream sequences that I feel would make Gandhi himself use an expletive and demand a refund.There's no back-story, no character development, and the male lead (while maybe a finer actor elsewhere) annoyed the hell out of me for at least eighty-eight minutes.The Wicker Man with Nicholas Cage used to be the movie I quoted as the worst I had ever seen, but it has now officially been dethroned by Deadrise.For the sake of your sanity, please avoid watching this movie. If this review can save just one person from having to go through what I did then it was worth the time it took to write.

dadoffourcs I got to see a preview screening of this the other night, as it was filmed locally. The packed audience consisted of many people involved with the production, such as caterers, support crew, and parents of the extras. The movie looked mostly finished, though some sound and editing issues could be cleared up.O'Conner plays Paula, a woman who works for a preservation society, reviewing and researching old buildings and landmarks to determine if they should be named as National Historic sites. Campbell is Vigs, the caretaker of an old ship that has been nominated for such status. Through a series of plot twists, Paula must spend a night on the ship alone with Vigs. Or are they alone?What follows is a series of Paula's bad dreams. We are left to wonder whether she is dreaming or is what's happening reality. We see her waking up startled from a dream at least a dozen times - and after the first few times, where you feel cheated by the feeling of "it was just a dream," the series of dreams get stranger and stranger. The big problem - some of the dreams just go on too long, with labored shots of Paula sloooowly waking down the hallways of the empty ship, peeking in staterooms, and doing the same things over and over. A few of the dreams give some creepy jump-style "gotcha" scares, but most of the tension has no payoff. I saw the ending coming a mile away, and it was not the ending I wanted.O'Connor isn't very noteworthy as Paula (I kept wanting to call her Gabby!), but Larry Joe Campbell's character of Vigs is the one reason to watch the film. His creepy / crazy mannerisms brought consistent laughs from the crowd, and I wish there was some payoff to his character. Unfortunately, there isn't. When he's on screen the film is watchable.Also - the puppy! Not too spoil too much, but an early scene involving a puppy is just wrong, and though it is explained (sort of) later, it puts an air of unbelievability to the rest of the proceedings. As cute as the puppy was, I'd encourage the director to cut it from the film altogether.