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John V. Soto is an Australian indie auteur who likes to genre hop. That is, his productions to date tend to change category from release to release. What they all tend to have in common however are the tell-tales of a low-budget indie namely: the excessive use of strange background music to fill gaps; excessive use of garish lighting (greens, blues) to add excitement to unexciting scenes; wooden scripts; and wooden acting. What makes AVARICE stand out is the very smart idea of a professional archer caught in a DIE HARD situation, and then using her mad skills to overcome the predicament. It's a clever idea, but the cleverness lasts for about 10 minutes, tops, and then we are right back where we started.((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

Dumb and predictable but I've seen worse. Definitely a low budget project with less than stellar acting, but something if you're looking for a mindless movie that you can passively watch and know the ending before it starts, then this is the one.

This movie of course only works because people make bad decisions along the way (ie. Give the hero the plot and not kill them when they have the chance to etc)...and also because apparently military grade zip ties do not work on regular civilians as they escape their ties at least 4 to 5 times. Overall it's bad but strangely watchable. PS. Did I already say how bad the acting is, especially from the supporting cast?

The premise was simple enough. A dysfunctional family needs some help to work it all out. A home invasion might be just the trick. Expert archer Mom coming to the rescue could be very cool if not for her forgetting things all along the way. Especially the one thing her Dad tried to instill in her. What was that for if not to set-up her actions in the ensuing situations?? These lack of foresights are awkward ways of stalling the evitable. Shadow of a Doubt could have been Hitch's best if not for a graceless ending that insulted ones intelligence. Some cool kills, slick production values, a bad screenplay, lackluster direction, a boring score, bland villains and a Jessica Chastain wannabe in the lead adds up to only 5 stars. A moderate timewaster. In full agreement with IMDb consensus and completely befuddled by Rotten Tomatoes' 80 rating.

Predicable, terrible acting, ridiculously cliched ending. As for the archery, there is almost no way that target arrows would inflict fatal injuries with only one strike. Then we have the annoying teenager who hates her parents. A troubled marriage, with the obligatory passive agressive comments. To top it all off the closing song was the last straw. I am trying to think of who would actually enjoy this film. The film does want to cash in on the political correctness of a strong female lead on the side of good and part of the home invasion gang. I watched it as I am a keen archer. Watch 2 flies on a wall instead!

You've seen this one a hundred times before - and done a LOT better. The only "twist" here is the archery - and our heroine didn't look like she actually knows how to handle a bow properly anyway.

The story is jaded and badly-written, and the plot was transparent from the start. The acting was poor to mediocre; the characters were all one-dimensional, and the actors didn't even try to make any of them interesting or engaging - not that the amateur script gave any of them much to work with anyway.

All in all, this barely merits a straight-to-DVD release - and it would anyway have to be a very wet day to tempt anyone to sit through this bilge. Definitely one to recommend to that annoying friend who thinks it's fun to try to prank you...

Not bad overall, as a low budget action thriller, Australian flavor at that. I'll let other reviewers give you the plot details. I'll focus on impressions.

Nice locales. Some menacing home invader bad guys. Acting is decent, not great. Story is but simplistic and done before in various flavors. But the movie will hold your interest.

And offers a real twist with archery action angle. Now can arrows really outfly bullets?? Of course not, but who wants to spoil the fun. Just enjoy.

The lead Gillian Alexa playing the archer Kate Matthews does a creditable job, but is slow at first to win you over in her character until the bad guys show up.

But I think she's kinda cute, so I give her a strong pass. Lol Heck, by the end of the movie, even the bad guys seem to have been impressed with her.

Check the movie score at the end, "Brave" by singer Candice Callaghan. Almost has a Christian rock type melody to it. Very nice.

Avarice 2? Who knows. But this one is not too bad as a fun action entertainment for 90 minutes.

I watched this movie with rewind of some boring scenes. The first impression at the end of the film is that I wondered what the point of the story was. We have a man who cheats on a woman with a colleague's wife, then steals from him and at the end of the film he is all righteous and victorious, I mean really, I don't know what you wanted to show with that part of the story. In general, that part of the story about who did what to whom and who cheated whom is very poorly portrayed and shown to be completely unclear. In general, the acting is at an amateur level, the characters are all generic and boringly without personality. The story is potentially good but extremely poorly presented. This is a below average time killer and nothing more!

No pun intended - I mean it does hit the target from time to time. But it could have been ... well better! By hitting its target harder. Of course many things are predictable and you may wonder why the having a hostage thing is not played out better ... but hey if it had been, we wouldn't have a movie ... or not a long one that is.

I was not surprised by one of the twists (bigger ones) towards the end. It was quite obvious - unfortunately the actors/characters we are supposed to root for are quite ... well bland to say the least. No offense, but it is not enough to make us really get behind them ... although it would make sense ... bow and arrow and all that. And no don't question how she got arrows that are deadly ... I didn't.

Avarice has a solid story with something quite new, bows and arrows. So the heroine is like a cornered animal and she uses her skills to take out lots of bad guys with her arrows in order to save her family. The film has heart and thrilling moments, which I think outweigh the action. Similar to other movies where kidnappers break in to a home and tie everyone up, but instead of the father rescuing the family this has the mother doing that which again is new and I really liked it. It does start off a bit slow but when it gets going it doesnt stop, the chase in the forest is the best bit and I'm thinking they could do a sequel. This was good.

Horrible acting, horrible script, horrible bad guys, horrible everything. I can't believe I spent close to an hour and a half to watch this horrible movie. There was no story, no spine tingling ending and no reason to watch it but I did anyway for reasons that I can't understand. It didn't make me feel good, it didn't make me scared, I didn't do anything except blather on about the same old story we've seen 1000 times before. So if you're clicking through the different channels out there and you're looking for something to watch and this movie comes up, my suggestion is that you stay as far away from it as you can because all it's gonna do is make you mad for the reason that you watched it in the first place.

Ok, I first must say I love Aussie and UK people. But honestly you can count the good movies or even television on one hand.

Well, maybe not lol. I mean the one show about the criminal, separated, with daughter, something to do with letter M, I think lol, it was not super terrible.

But it did not last long here. It is kinda amazing that the rest of the world just can't seem to make good movies or television.

This was no different. You get three stars for some effort, mostly the bow. Which only makes sense in country where you have given up your rights to fire arms.

Funny how the bad guys will always have them lol. Oh yea, they don't obey laws lol. Why you have the right to protect yourself.

Acting, well if you are looking for that, skip it. If you are not Australian, skip it.

You will thank me for saving you time, which is the most precious thing in your world. You can't get it back. Use it wisely.

Right at the start I had a feeling it was bad acting! Paused it and came to look at reviews. Thanks to one that said "don't waste your time thank you! I didn't go back to watch anymore bad acting! Even made sure it didn't land in the continue watching queue!

Right at the start I had a feeling it was bad acting! Paused it and came to look at reviews. Thanks to one that said "don't waste your time thank you! I didn't go back to watch anymore bad acting! Even made sure it didn't land in the continue watching queue! Right at the start I had a feeling it was bad acting! Paused it and came to look at reviews. Thanks to one that said "don't waste your time thank you! I didn't go back to watch anymore bad acting! Even made sure it didn't land in the continue watching queue!

A few twist, Everything explained.

I am sure the right Hollywood crew. Could do it better, with a big budget. This was well done for probably a respectable budget. The characters were relatable, even the villains.

I don't know why it is so hard to get a movie made in Australia. One would think they would be wide open to jump on the bandwagon. I have heard from some very high level people it is hard to get done there.

Maybe they don't want the corruptive influenced, cannot blame them.

We have all enjoyed time in Australia and Australian friends. It's a beautiful country. Way too bad about that hole in the ozone right above them and the effect. Totally have to wear lots of sunscreen!

I digress, fun movie! Starts off ketchy, then gets better. The actors all seemed sweet and fresh, which is nice.

If you hang in past the first 1/2 hour, I think you will enjoy it.

I think the best place to start would be to say that if you hate it when unarmed people are fighting for their lives, then take out a "bad guy" but never pick up his guns/ammo... then you'll hate this movie. Seriously... they have the heroine running around taking out the bad guys with a bow & arrow, but never bothers to pick up any of the weapons her victims were carrying. To me this is nuts, because aiming and firing a gun sure seems a lot faster than what she was doing with that bow. The script had promise, but the director didn't bring it home. The bit about the infidelity actually took away from the movie. It wasn't needed and seemed to be thrown in haphazardly. Acting is "okay," but I certainly don't recommend this film.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I came across this movie. It is relatively low budget. I am unfamiliar with the actors in it. It is listed as a thriller but the movie is quite predictable. The acting is mediocre at best. The plot is pretty straightforward and there is the occasional plot twist. The action sequences are so so. As such, the movie fails to be anything but mediocre. It had potential and does have a little entertainment value. It needed a bit of oomph here and there to bring it to the next level. I am not sure why this movie was listed under the horror section on Paramount +. If you decide to watch it , don't have high expectations.

Just watched this Australian action thriller, and unlike some reviewers comments it was slow, it moved along quite nicely - especially when the tension ramps up after the home invasion. Great unique use of archery throughout. Gillian Alexy brought across her stress believably and .Alexandra Nell as the baddie was, well, bad-ass! Again some faulted the lighting and music choices, but if they checked out director John Soto's other films they would see it's becoming a cool signature. You know you are in a Soto thriller! Well done gang. There are a lot of great indie flicks coming out of Western Australia so will hunt down some more...

When I first rented this movie it had no reviews and it looked relatively low budget. I figured I would give it a chance, I was glad I did. It may be a lower budget, not the best acting, and a relatively unknown film but it was entertaining and worth a watch if you like thrillers! I feel like I have seen every movie out and the home invasion archery spin was a cool idea. I also appreciated the main character and the work the director did to make you care about her and her actions. I'll be keeping my eye out for other Australian produced films in the future! Worth the 5.99 rental for sure!!!!!!

Bad guys versus archer champion. I have seen most home invasion movies, this was a bit different with the archery. Had some nice kills (no spoilers) and other surprises, acting was pretty good, the hero woman i have seen before in TV shows like Outsiders, good actor! This is an australian movie (but no desert, set near a forest) so again a bit different. I have given it a 7, would have given it an 8 if there were more kills. If you like home invasion movies I think you will dig this. I think I'm going to take up archery as it looks fun, in the film they have a competition at the start which looked cool.