The Assent

Boring. Why still such movies? Three stars, and i'm being generous.

I don't get all the 1 reviews it's not great but it's not horrible either I have definitely seen ALOT worse. It's not scary but It has descent acting & alot of cool & dark art work throughout the house which I liked.

Pearry Reginald Teo's 'The Assent' has a strong start, a convincing performance by its lead actor, and nice art direction, all of which competes with a script that fails to do anything interesting to breathe some life into a tired genre.

....the end, it really is. That is what I enjoy most.

There were a lot of things I quite liked with this movie and things that were quite unsuccessful.

The aesthetics as far as set dressing, lighting and cinematography were extremely successful. The movie looked really great and very cool/ atmospheric. Whoever the actual artist is of the pieces in the movie was is dope and the person who decorated that house did a great job.

Another positive is the lead actor. He was great. So natural and believable, he gave a great performance. Probably my favorite part, in a sea of the opposite. Unfortunately basically everyone else not only paled in comparison to him, they also just didn't do a great job. The juxtaposition between the casting of the lead and the casting of everyone else was super confusing. They lucked out on getting him cause he was a saving grace. The only other person who was close to good was the babysitter. A lot of the actors, performances and character choices were quite distracting and did the movie a disservice. They didn't have much help with a blatantly subpar script. The dialogue edged on cliche, wooden and often times felt uninspired.

The story wasn't anything wildly original and a bit predictable, however I still liked it. With some great aesthetics, an engaging plot, a great lead and some spooky monsters/effects I found this movie to be a bit of a pleasant surprise and while not perfect, entertaining. Would recommend.