SPOILERS.
Firstly, the acting is terrible. It's not remotely scary. Even for a low budget indie flick they've managed to make it look even cheaper. I never felt invested in any of the characters. And the climax is lazy, cliche and obvious.
And lastly, and it's been mentioned in other reviews-but this really irritated me so it bears repeating-the lead character looks white (even if he isn't). Tanned, no doubt, but white all the same. So why did they choose to represent him as definitely, incontrovertibly, black as a child? Especially when that reveal is supposed to mean something. It meant nothing to me. I was just sitting there thinking "so who's the kid? What's going on? Who am I? Why am I watching this film?" It was only in the last few scenes that I realized they were supposed to be the same person. And I can't help thinking it was done deliberately to confuse the viewer into watching this nonsense to the end instead of switching it off-which is what I should have done. Or better still, not wasted my time watching any of it.
Firstly, the acting is terrible. It's not remotely scary. Even for a low budget indie flick they've managed to make it look even cheaper. I never felt invested in any of the characters. And the climax is lazy, cliche and obvious.
And lastly, and it's been mentioned in other reviews-but this really irritated me so it bears repeating-the lead character looks white (even if he isn't). Tanned, no doubt, but white all the same. So why did they choose to represent him as definitely, incontrovertibly, black as a child? Especially when that reveal is supposed to mean something. It meant nothing to me. I was just sitting there thinking "so who's the kid? What's going on? Who am I? Why am I watching this film?" It was only in the last few scenes that I realized they were supposed to be the same person. And I can't help thinking it was done deliberately to confuse the viewer into watching this nonsense to the end instead of switching it off-which is what I should have done. Or better still, not wasted my time watching any of it.