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Fear Street Trilogy: A Detailed Review

Posted on by luigonword in Reviews

Viewer Discretion is Advised!

Before anything is said about this trilogy I want to address and warn before watching these movies that in these films there are scenes and dialogue that may be triggering to some viewers. These films include trauma in characters, talk and attempted suicide as well as self harm, including deaths of children or people under the age of 18, not to mention the extreme gore. It goes under their R rating, but be advised if such activities listed above are triggers for you, these films may cause harm please tread carefully when watching.

If you or a loved one suffer from self harm or suicidal tendencies please reach out, you may call the hotline for suicide prevention at 800-273-8255.

Fear Street: It’s NOTHING Like Elm… It’s Better!

If you grew up watching or reading R.L Stine’s Goosebumps then you are familiar with the kiddy horror that we love. Classics like Night of the Living Dummy, The Haunted Mask, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, and so much more are fan favorite, but what if I told you that R.L Stine’s first horror series of books were oriented more for a young adult reader?

Now, what if I said these books were mixed with cult classic horror films like Jason, Scream, and others? Well Netflix’s newest addition to their originals exclusives is the Fear Street Trilogy.

These films are not of the normal trilogy making though, normally when we think of trilogy movies we think and expect to find these movies a few years apart in their release date. This isn’t the case for these three films, in fact, they were released one after the other in the same month, July to be precise, during 2021. It’s an unexpected move from major companies to pull especially if we are talking about creating demand for more, causing more potential financial benefit. Well Netflix was confident enough that these movies were going to gain fans and decided to released them as I mentioned, and with all honesty they were CORRECT! Now I DON’T want to spoil the films so I’ll keep the reviews as spoiler free as possible.

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As an overview, these films are great for what they are marketing, having Fear Street: Part 1 1994 build an amazing start to the series and honestly left me wanting to finish all 3 by the end of the first one. To be completely honest I watch all three in one night and having each be 15 minutes short of 2 hours in runtime, that goes to show how good they were at keeping one’s attention for a total of nearly 6 hours of one’s day.The only problem I have was these movies were the extremely low light shots and sometimes I couldn’t tell if my tv was on or off. Yet these films are a mix of society’s favorite pop culture horror villains while having it’s originality in their origins. They are a great weekend watch if you want to have a watch along with friends, or if you need something to binge Saturday night because you’re not prone to going out, like myself, they’re also great. I’d say they are currently on my top 3 in the horror genre and without spoiling, the twist endings will give you chills. But with all 3 out now, I HIGHLY recommend watching them or atleast check out the trailer below.

Review

Part 1: 1994

The story begins in 1994 as the title suggests, with a town ironically named Shadyside, in which we have one of our major characters we’ll be following named Deena played by Kiana Madeira and Josh, played by Benjamin Flores Jr, her brother. Shadyside lives in infamy as mass murders seem to be a recurring thing, happening every couple of years, with the first recorded event being in 1666 which is rounded to about 300 years worth of killings.

Deena has had troubles after recently breaking up with her closeted girlfriend Sam, played by Olivia Scott Welch and Josh is a shy introvert deeply knowledgeable on murderers, conspiracies and the town’s “lure”. Now after a recent mourn from a recent mass murder the town and their neighboring town, called Sunnydale, certain events led to an escalated situation and then to Sam finding the bones of Sarah Fier a witch from the 1600’s who placed a curse before she was hanged for witchcraft. This curse is speculated by a few to being the cause for the murder sprees that have happened over the years, while others simply blaming the poor providence turning junkies and going psycho. This statement coming from Sunnydale’s Sheriff Goode played by Ashley Zukerman.

So far everyone in town believed it to be just that people having breakdowns and going on murder sprees. Things get intense as Deena, Sam and their other friends fighting to survive the night. When they figure out who and what the killer is, they figure out how to temporarily stop them or at least how to stop it from killing them, in addition to finding out there’s only ever been one survivor setting up for the second film.

All in all, the first part of this trilogy really sold how the other movies were going to be. It’s a thrilling horror movie that really sells the use of practical effects, as at times I was a bit sick at looking at the gore which normally doesn’t happen. There are twist all while technically being the first act out of three total and by that I mean part 2 and part 3 not the structure for a film. Netflix and the films’ director Leigh Janiak really made three films feel like one whole, not time skips just in the way plot and story telling were used here.

Part 2: 1978

We move forward to Part 2 of the trilogy, which sets up after Deena and Sam find out that a survivor exists, being Ziggy Verman played by Sadie Sink as the younger version in 1978 and Gillian Jacobs as the older 1994 version. Although during the first film, Ziggy never actually helped to figure out how to stop the killers, instead she warns the girls at the end saying it will never stop. Deena goes on to find her and ask her to explain and to help them, which Deena finds out that she was actually a survivor from the 1978 camp massacre.

Clearly taking a crack from the original Friday the 13th, it was fun to see that films plot mixed in with the story of the towns curse not to mention the double action in all the gore and violence that takes place in these films. Now I do need to mention that here is where most of the advised triggers happen and although they were rough to see and hear, it added more depth to characters and their stories.

Now seeing as this film is majority the retelling of Ziggy’s memories of that night, we see Sadie’s version as the main character. Sadie and all the other actors like Ted Sutherland who plays a younger version of Sunnydale’s sheriff, were incredible in their roles. She and the others play off of each other in a sense that seemed like we actually got to project someone’s memories onto our screens and I don’t mean like a first person perspective more so that Sadie actually had these events happen to her and used that trauma to play the role. Not to mention the work of McCabe Slye who plays Tommy Slater and the killer in this film, who kept the same monotonic rhythm like I’ve seen Robert Patrick play in T2 as the T-1000.

After we finish the story of that night Ziggy reveals that there might actually be a way to stop the curse of the town which brings us to part 3.

Part 3: 1666

In part 3, as it is titled 1666 it places us in the 1600’s were we see the town’s first establishment. This part really takes a turn and reveals so much on the history and origin of what the town calls a curse. Up until this point we’ve acknowledged that the curse can’t be easily stopped unless we bring an object to where Sam first came in contact with it. When Deena goes on to find the object, upon returning it to the first contact spot she unlocks the truth through obtaining the memories of Sarah Fier, the supposed witch who placed the curse. These memories taking place as if Deena was the witch, and all the towns’ folk being her friends, bringing back the original cast from the first and second part as well now all together.

With that, the first and third act we find out the truth of who and what the curse is, leading to a very climactic third act in the film, and not just for the film but of the trilogy’s entirety. WHEN I SAY YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THE TRUTH YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME.

As I mentioned the revelations that come out of 1666 are so unexpected but they also make sense if you went Sherlock Holmes while viewing at the very beginning. While I was watching, the end of the second act gave me chills and left me with goosebumps on my skin until the end. I also have to mention the person that stole the show for me was McCabe Slye as Mad Thomas who without a doubt gave a performance like Robert Pattinson as the old preacher in The Devil All The Time. All I could think about was the similarities between the two and how McCabe’s performance sold for a mad preacher that would blame anyone as heathens and even prosecute innocents as witches and other. But nonetheless Kiana Madeira does an amazing job at playing her part as Sarah Fier.

Final Thoughts

Overall, as I tried keeping it spoiler free, I want to just say that these films were great to watch and a fun time. Kiana, Olivia, McCabe, Sadie Sink, Benjamin Flores Jr, and everyone else really did an outstanding job.

There was ever only one problem that was out of their hands and left in the production crew which was lighting, as many of the night and dark scenes were literally too dark to tell what was going on. It thankfully wasn’t enough to take me out of it but seeing as I watched in complete darkness with no glare on the glass, it was still a problem.

From that being my only take away, I really hope that people who enjoy horror and overall good films go and watch these on Netflix, even if you don’t have one ask a friend, ask your parents, borrow a neighbors account, you have to watch. But as I always say don’t take my word for it, go go go and watch for yourself and let me know what you think, till next time, peace.

The Forever Purge: A Detailed Review

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The Forever Purge: Pa’ La Cultura

From dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, to now seeing the Purge release it’s fifth and final installment we have a world of trouble filling up our plates. With the newest purge, one’s life just stays getting involved with some sort of danger. On one hand you die from a deadly disease that’s rampaging through the world, on the other you may die or at the very least get hurt, from dealing from a deadly white supremacist .

That’s what Everardo Valerio Gouts’ newest purge, The Forever Purge, deals with. Taking a depiction of what immigrants, Mexican immigrants as its focus, deals with with white supremacists and purists in this country [United States of America] while also having the film’s trope of anarchy and legal use of force against innocents based on pure hatred, superiority complex, and so forth. Although The Purge and it’s other films have spoken on political subjects and overall paint a picture of how governments could cause problems, not to mention how having certain laws can bring unprecedented consequences, this one hits close to home having the Latinx culture and discrimination being the underlining center of topic in an AMERICAN FILM.

You read it that last sentence right folks, this isn’t just a “Mexican Movie” because the director is of Mexican heritage and the main actors are Mexican actors, this is an AMERICAN movie that just so happens to have a Mexican director and actors.

Overview

Now having a movie with a budget of only 18 million, it’s going to have its fair share of problems, specifically dealing with editing. By that, I mean that certain scenes that have large areas of destruction didn’t look very realistic, or sound design not matching up to what’s happening in the scene. But with that aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It may come from seeing Mexican leads kicking ass or that the overall story, it’s really just enjoyable to watch. With a run time of ~90 minutes of without the extra ~30 of credits, it felt incredibly short, which to me meant that I was enjoying it so much that time passed a little too quick. The actors were great and the scripts, although having its rough patches here and there did a good job at telling its story from its first act to the third. But if you don’t believe me check out the movie still in theaters or on VOD, or at least the trailer down below and tell me what you think.

Review

To start, The Forever Purge is the last installment of The Purge franchise and what a way to end its run none other than addressing immigration, discrimination, white supremacy, and extreme puritans. Starring Ana de la Reguera (pictured above) as Adela, Tenoch Huerta as Juan, a couple that crossed the border in hopes of finding a better and safer life than in Mexico who also happened to cross months before the annual purge commences making it their first purge ever. We’ve seen Ana carry herself in many other films such as the recent Army of the Dead, Nacho Libre, Narcos and so many others both in Mexican entertainment and American made items. Tenoch Huerta has also been known to carry himself well in the films he’s been in, although made for Spanish speakers, hits like Sin Nombre and Narcos Mexico are great roles, not to mention having him cast as Namor in the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Marvel film!

His work seems to be growing in the realm of American filmmaking, which is without a doubt a win for the Mexican and Latin community. If you haven’t checked out his work because of language barrier I urge you to check it out and have the subtitles put on, you won’t regret it.

Aside from these two incredible actress/actor, we have to include the other major dialogue characters. One other character that is a close friend of both characters above is T.T played by Alejandro Edda who’s had his fair share of amazing roles, such as in Narcos Mexico, Fear the Walking Dead, American Made and others. Although The Forever Purge can’t talk about supremacist and people balancing on the line of puritan or ally we are then introduced to Dylan Tucker played by Josh Lucas, Emma Kate played by Cassidy Freeman, and Harper Tucker played by Leven Rambin.

Now although both Cassidy’s character and Levin’s are accepting of their immigrant and Mexican employees/friends, Josh’s isn’t necessarily inclined to let the unknown culture in. Since the start of the film we can see his distaste for accepting either the help of Mexicans or of their culture even stating in a scene that he doesn’t necessarily hate them more so believes they should stay separated. Although, after the purge ends people are continuing the rampage, he and his family get in trouble and get saved by Juan and T.T and continue getting helped by them, it is then we begin to see a change and can easily tell the characters development throughout the remainder of the film.

With that, it honestly gives hope to certain people who aren’t yet completely blinded by prejudices, racism, etc. When you have a bit of prejudice against certain people and they are the only hope you have for survival, the only logical thing to do is overcome it and learn to trust them.

Juan played by Tenoch far left, Adela played by Ana middle, T.T played by Alejandro far right

Overall this film takes an interesting approach to how immigrants are discriminated against in the US, although there isn’t a nation wide white supremacist uprising like The Forever Purge (YET) there is still violence that happens towards us all in the name of being a “true patriot” of this country.

I very much enjoyed this film even with its CGI problems and weird sound design, but that’s not a problem with actors or directorial guidance more so on the budget of the film and since this is only a 18 million dollar project one can’t compare to 50 or even 100 million dollar projects. Although the highest budget from the franchise, the charges on certain items add up like location costs, and it being near the border I imagine it isn’t cheap if filmed legally and properly, it’s not surprising that certain effects couldn’t hold up.

It’s not the best film ever made but it’s great in the fact that it touches on aspects to taboo for other English films and not to mention that it does it in an entertaining manner. But if you don’t believe me you’ll just have to go see it for yourself and let me know what you think, until next time peace.

Snake Eyes: A Detailed Review

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Snake Eyes: Golding Strikes!

I’m Luis Garcia, an up and coming filmmaker, screenwriter, podcast host, and now a new writer for The Nerd Corps. I have a lot of views when talking about movies but the biggest concerns always reach the question of “Was the movie enjoyable to watch once, let alone multiple times?” and if an action movie “Does it reach the level of holy *bleep* of stunt choreography?”

It’s been quite a while since I was able to attend a new movie in the theaters. But thankfully my first time back since 2020 was to watch Henry Golding lead “Snake Eyes: G.I Origins”, and since I personally like his last roles, I was excited to head to the theater and see his latest film.

The 2021 film is based on one of the Hasbro’s G.I Joe characters, Snake Eyes, G.I Joe being a franchise based on military styled world organization built on stopping the big bads of the world all while being a secret. Snake Eyes is a fan favorite, if you’re into the G.I Joe’s you’d be able to see why. He is a man with a complicated past and a future being built on fixing the past’s consequences. Since this character is a fan favorite, it wasn’t a surprise to ultimately get a solo film based on his story, and who better to get than the ever growing Henry Golding to play the lead.

Overview

Snake Eyes, directed by Robert Schwentke, brings forth a new aspect that usually isn’t included in modern american made films dealing with martial art oriented stories. This movie bring an balanced mix by having the superhero structure, like a DC or Marvel movie would have, but doesn’t just go with brute strength in the action. Being a film that has Kenji Tanigaki, Bryan Sloyer, Kimani Ray Smith, and Travis Wong as stunt choreographers, it’s an platter to fill a fight choreography enthusiast’s stomach, not to mention having Henry Golding showing his fighting abilities. In addition, having people like Iko Uwais and Andrew Koji in the cast, who are known for being from the martial arts world and bringing that into the industry adds bonus points to go watch this film. Now this movie isn’t perfection, not that anything could reach such a level if you want to reach all types of audiences, but if you are looking for a movie that will have action, is enjoyable to watch and you can go to see with friends or family, Snake Eyes: G.I Origins is a great watch.

Review

Henry Golding has been growing since appearing in as a lead role in the feature film Crazy Rich Asians, which was a major box office success. Since then gaining role after role he’s caught the attention of many viewers, although majority of them have been dramas, up until now he hasn’t gotten a role in the action genre.

For this film he had to learn to adapt to taking some hits, while also given some, as he’s mentioned;

“You have to DRILL those fight scenes until you both can do it with your eyes closed.”

-Henry Golding, ET Canada Interview

Like I’ve mentioned, Golding’s majority of filmography stem from the drama genre, sometimes mixed in with some comedy. Switching from these two very distinct areas to action might be shown in an actor’s choice of performance, yet Golding transitions his skills smoothly, having his top game be shown in dialogue while also having any intense dialogue in a scene that has to have a lot of movement. Although, sometimes learning new skills can be hard when trying them alone, thankfully he had great people having his back in learning his new skills, such as his co-star Andrew Koji.

Koji comes from a background of martial arts, as well as in the film industry. He’s currently starring in a cinemax show called Warrior, which if not familiar was thought up by nun other than Bruce Lee himself. Sadly Lee could not take it into production but it’s safe to say his idea is in the right hands, not only having incredible people working on it but passionate martial artists.

Like any other form of relationship, one between stars is important as it can be a telling on screen by the audience whether or not actors get along, and both Golding’s and Koji’s chemistry is out of this world. One could be fooled to think that characters had a past in real life or in the case of Golding and Koji they would be believed to be actual close “siblings”. When you see them bonding, talking or fighting together they mix incredibly well. This is important, especially when acting and doing fighting scenes together as one needs to trust the other when potentially gaining contact in a hit, or when characters need to fight together to make it look like they each know what the other may be thinking without any lines or little indications. Snake Eyes does an incredible job working in it’s fight scenes, which are an important aspect in this film. Both actors, if not all the characters, move a scene with smoothness, as to be expected especially when they spent days, evening and nights working on the steps together.

Of course not only talking about the actors who do the steps we also have to talk about the person behind the steps, the one who created it, Kenji Tanigaki. If your not familiar with Mr. Tanigaki, hes Donnie Yen’s “right hand man” as Golding described it, as well as having worked with Jackie Chan, just to place two names to his level in stunt choreography. The cast described working with Mr. Tanigaki as a nice experience yet pushing one’s limits, not only learning from the very best but being taught proper forms in real life martial arts. I describe this movie as an American made film structure while having proper and more realistic fights than what we would see in other items such as DC or Marvel movies. Not to discredit their work in stunts, but their use of it to show fights is a little downgrade when comparing it to this film. Normally a hero would use their superhuman powers, or brute strength and so on but with this hero film we get the technique that is true to what the real world has used.

Now I could go on about that particular area in this film but I also want to share my thoughts on the other actors, specifically the actresses. Snake Eyes doesn’t fall short to show the lethality of women, as we can see how badass they can be having Akiko, Sen, Baroness, and Scarlett all on screen. Akiko, played by Haruka Abe, is the head of security for the Arashikage clan and is a big face for this film. She is a major character that helps Snake Eyes figure himself out, as well as being there for Tommy(Koji’s character) helping him on their missions. She wields a staff that doubles as kendo sticks, using them as her primary choice. She brings forth the character’s emotional ties towards Snake Eyes and Tommy throughout the movie from the caution with Snake Eyes in the beginning and Tommy’s leaving in the end. Although the film isn’t oriented around her I would say she is on equal footing with Golding and Koji. Now we have 3 characters that have smaller scenes that still show their power, Sen (played by Eri Ishida) who is the Arashikage clan leader and grandmother of Tommy, she has fewer scenes where she shows her abilities taking out enemies with only a sensu which is a foldable paper fan. If that isn’t what we call badass I don’t know what is. Next we have both Baroness, played by Úrsula Corberó, and Scarlett, played by Samara Weaving, who are major characters from the original material of G.I Joe. Although they have minimal appearances in the overall film their presence is made very clear and their fighting scenes are good nonetheless. And to mention, although it isn’t Weaving’s first rodeo in a major film coming from her award winning Ready or Not feature film, it is Corberó’s first feature film. It was surprising to know, especially after seeing her performance as Baroness in this movie. Her character, while only showing up a good amount of times, was sold to me and the want to see more of the her story and her appearance grows.

The Problems

Now although I love my sweets first, coming from a filmmaker’s background I must bring some critiques into the this. While the choreography was amazing, the camera work lacked not that it failed but more so that certain shot choices took away from scenes. During a majority of the action scenes I believe Robert Schwentke, who directed this film, chose some shots that caused the scene to lose some of its traction, specifically talking about the shaking and what I imagine to be hand held camera shots during the fights. I’m not against using “shaky cam” for shots but when it’s longer than a few seconds in an already high movement frame its a cause for motion sickness, whether you are prone easily to it or not. It was included in what I would call dancing the line of abusing it, it’s not abusing it but it is very close. Aside from that particular camera critique, some dialogue was lose ended, I don’t blame the actors and actresses for how they delivered the line, they did the best they could with what they had. Yet some lines were at the point of not making sense or just unnecessary. Of course some are a thing of context, others I would say were written in a first pass and never looked at again.

Of course these are of my own personal experiences and could be completely fine for other viewers so I would advise to take it with a grain of salt if you haven’t already viewed the movie. Overall it is these two simple things that caused little problems for me.

Left to Right: Scarlett (Samara Weaving), Tommy (Andrew Koji), Snake Eyes (Henry Golding), Baroness (Úrsula Corberó)

Nun the less I enjoyed Snake Eyes: G.I Joe Origins and do recommend you go watch the film. It not only is a step forward for Asian representation in superhero films, not to mention the upcoming of Shang Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings but overall a great way of introducing old characters to a new generation. I will definitely be watching this movie once it arrives on VOD. But don’t take my word for it go watch it, let me know what you think, till next time, peace.

‘The Suicide Squad’: The Violently Weird Gem From DC

Posted on by Raúl Alejandro Mendoza in Reviews

The newest installment from the DC Universe brings out one of its best films from the “horribly beautiful mind” of director James Gunn.

CREDIT: Warner Bros.

We have a new DC film in cinemas and on HBO Max and it is the highly anticipated Suicide Squad film from director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Super). The bad guys are back to save the world from other bad guys. We are introduced to some new faces and are greeted with the return of some familiar faces. Of course, we all remember the last Suicide Squad film and all that went down during that production. Not to get stuck in the past, but James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is the definitive film about the rag tag group of bad guys!

The Suicide Squad stars a huge ensemble cast of Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, and Peter Capaldi. We have new faces like Peacemaker (Cena), Bloodsport (Elba), Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior), King Shark (Stallone), and Polka-Dot Man (David Dastmalchian). While we have new faces we are also treated to some familiar ones from the prior Suicide Squad film like Kinnaman’s Rick Flag, Harley Quinn (Robbie), Captain Boomerang (Courtney), and Amanda Waller played by the incredible Viola Davis. This time the group is being sent to fight the villain Starro as it plans to terrorize a fictional Latin American country from the control of Peter Capaldi’s The Thinker.

James Gunn constructs one of the most entertaining and thematically interesting interpretations of comic book characters. I loved our new heroes but I especially liked the care and development they had like Polka-Dot Man and Ratcatcher 2. The film never stops being unapologetically a James Gunn film from the beginning. It is filled with incredible soundtrack choices, witty comedy, and some strong gorey visuals. Nearly everyone stands out with their performances with my personal favorites being David Dastmalchian and Viola Davis. Everything just works out so well to create an entertaining and weird film from the creative body of work of James Gunn. One would hope that Gunn will return for another installment after he gets done with his work on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 but for now we have an HBO Max Peacemaker series to look forward to. Whatever we get after this, I am sure it will be just as good or better than this film. DC has found itself another gem in this movie!

Watch The Suicide Squad in cinemas or on HBO Max right now.

‘The Green Knight’: David Lowery’s Arthurian Masterpiece

Posted on by Raúl Alejandro Mendoza in Reviews

The Green Knight is exemplary in every way possible under the incredible direction of David Lowery as he creates one of if not the best film of this year.

CREDIT: A24

It is safe to say that 2020 provided us some of our worst moments. It was a time that was met with a lot of sorrow, grief, and uncertainty about our lives. In the movie space, we saw many delays while some of our most anticipated films were moved to streaming services while theaters remained shut down. There was something else that we got in 2020 that really made us realize that 2021 was going to be worth the wait. I remember seeing that first trailer for David Lowery’s The Green Knight and I was amazed at what was shown. Immediately I was beyond excited to watch Dev Patel play Gawain and the visuals of the trailer propelled my excitement to the moon, but the summer came along and no news about the film came forward so we had to imagine that it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later on before the year ended, we received news that the film would release in July 2021. My anticipation for this film kept building and building for what I imagined would be a good Arthurian motion picture. Fast forward to the present, I went to my local movie theater (following COVID guidelines) to finally watch this movie and I was giddy with excitement to finally sit down and set my eyes on the film.

The film stars Dev Patel as Gawain the nephew of King Arthur as he sets on a quest to find and face The Green Knight that tests his courage to become a noble knight of the roundtable. The film is written, produced, edited, and directed by David Lowery (A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man & The Gun) based on the anonymous poem Sir Gawain and The Green Knight. The film also stars Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, and Ralph Ineson.

David Lowery’s The Green Knight meets all expectations and blows them out of the water. A concise and reflective film about the struggle between expectations and our quest to be who we want to be. David Lowery’s love and patience for the source material shows throughout the movie paired alongside its exquisite cinematography by Andrew Droz Palermo. Along with its beautiful and moving cinematography, it is Daniel Hart’s groundbreaking score that helps create the atmosphere of our very contemplative and somber film. Dev Patel works wonders as Sir Gawain and truly captures every scene he is in. Him along with the supporting cast like Alicia Vikander’s two characters excel in the acting department.

The Green Knight is special and so far the best film to be released this year. The film takes its epic story to create a very patient film that speaks beyond its structure. Whether it is its daunting scenes of doubt in Gawain or its various moments that challenges the nobility of what it means to be someone as important as a Knight. We constantly are looking at the film hoping to see what Gawain will do to redeem himself and become the man he is set to be. The Arthurian world of David Lowery’s film is magical and never disappoints you throughout this quest of Gawain as we patiently watch a masterclass in filmmaking and storytelling.

Watch The Green Knight in theaters right now.