The Insurrection

If you want to learn how NOT to make a film, you need to watch this.

I normally don't write that many reviews. This had so many potentials, but was ruined by bad directing, poor lighting, and playground action scenes. With all the experience that Michael Pare' has, you would think he would have said something about how this film was shot. Maybe something like, "Why in the hell would I stand out in the open for a half hour and let these idiot mercenaries empty their clips on me"? Sadly, many will give this a poor rating due to its political nature, instead of the technical issues that it suffers from. I do hope the writer, director, and editor watches his own film and learns from his mistakes. He had a decent story, some good actors and money to burn. What a waste.

Why perez still gets funding for making movies that look like a practical joke is beyond me. The movies are horrible. Tbe editing looks like it was done by a 3 year old and it looks like they hired a teenage acting coach because every actor is terrible. Just quit while you're ahead... Even though clearly you're not.

The Insurrection is a pathetic film that is mainly a bunch of dialog about conspiracy theories. The directer could have just done a documentary but its a really terrible propaganda with a bunch of lousy action scenes in it.

Its about a politically liberal woman who wants to pull the plug on liberal conspiracies so she hires a ex con to protect her while she gives interviews. Im guessing its just things that goes against the filmmakers beliefs. Its like a movie that does not want us to watch movies. Mainstream ones anyway. The woman is pretty hard to understand because of her strong accent. Why give her the important dialog?

I really hated this film. Even ramblings of extreme conservatives or liberals on Youtube would be better than this. Its a film with a agenda. And why is Micheal Pare in this film for?

Bad acting, thin storyline. Purely made for political gain. Sad.

This movie is the evidence any conspiracy theorist would love to have in support of whatever theory they want to spin. And the fact that it is an independent movie with a low budget and actors that don't quite grab your attention will only cement their theory that this movie was not supported by "the establishment". I saw it until the end and although the screenplay outlines a Machiavellian conspiracy theory that most certainly is wicked, expansive, and very, very sadistic in a way, the problem is that the performances are not enough to save it, in my humble opinion. I am a person who usually loves all the movies, but this one feels more like a high school project in a way, and although that it is not inherently bad, you can say that the actors were either not motivated enough or felt so strongly against their roles that they sentenced the movie to an early demise. Wilma Elles was the one who had to carry the emotional burden of the movie, and with all the loss and pain that she was supposed to be feeling, one would think she would be raw, willing to go down in flames and ready to fight to the death, yet you don't even manage to emotionally connect with her pain, and that is saying a lot.