The Sacrifice

It's probably not the done thing to knock low budget efforts and I usually do not. I have seen plenty of films of this calibre that exhibit the usual clues that should warn you off but once I start something I am usually loathe to give up on it. The lousy sound, the poor to cringeworthy acting, WTF plot & unimpressive effects were tell-tale signs that this was another low budget film which would have me scoring it way below a basically alright, well intentioned, entertaining 8.0 and more towards the 3.0 I reserved for the disgusting "It's Alive" (2008 ) or the 1.0 for the "On The Buses" trilogy. The difference between this and so many other low budget films I have seen and scored slightly more highly without feeling the need to write a review is the irritation level. Throughout, the film-maker bombarded me with annoying noises, made worse by the atrocious sound quality. Almost every character had me telling them to shut up ( or worse ) at some point. 20 minutes in I felt that the actors deserved whatever fate was awaiting their characters. This was included with Amazon Prime membership. I think that Amazon should nevertheless be aiming much higher than this standard for it's "included in the price" content.