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The X Files: Revelations (1995)
Anticlimactic
From a screenwriting perspective, this episode starts well but goes downhills near the end after the boy's second abduction. Now, (in TV/film) the protagonist should do their best to overcome an obstacle, "destroy it or be destroyed by it" in order to resolve their inner (pathos) and outer conflicts (action). It should be their decisions that make them succeed or fail. The episode is about Scully, considering that in the closing scene it is her whose inner conflict is resolved when talks to the priest.
However, the screenwriters seem to be unsure of how to end her outer conflict. In the final showdown where Scully is supposed to make a crucial choice the situation just solves itself with the antagonist falling into the shredder and the boy being saved. And meanwhile miracles are the main theme of the episode, here they seem to be confused with deus ex machina. The ending could have been probably much more powerful if Scully made a really bad choice (or a seemingly good choice which turned the situation worse overall) in saving the boy which then could have threatened with imminent failure and then just slightly aided by a miracle. What I just described is actually somewhat there in the showdown scene but not emphasized enough in my opinion, Scully is more of an observer than an active participant, for which it feels anticlimactic to me.
Frenzy (2018)
Could have been fun if...
I really hoped that this film would go a different way. What if the sharks were some spirits guarding the searock that our adventurers laid their eyes upon. Not like we ever find out why that place was so interesting anyways. But in my scenario the rock could have been a wish-engine, which only reveals itself through unnecessary flashbacks when our heroes reach it. But it only works if they sacrifice some of their own to the sharks! (If you think this idea is too silly or implausible, then don't even start this movie.) So, they then could have wished for anything they desired, eg. being rescued, water and food, or that their boyfriend wasn't shark food (spoiler), or that they didn't crash the plane, or that this film was never made. I suppose the latest is my wishful thinking.
Story (including in-film logic and plausibility) - failed on so many levels I've lost count
Visuals & CGI - looks unfinished sometimes and awful for 2018 even for TV (Jaws looked better)
Directing & Editing - had some suspension and interesting cuts, but the flashbacks don't always work or aren't even necessary
Music - cheesy here and there
Acting - had some serious overacting from certain talents..., but most of them seemed to try at least (unlike the writer)