The Guardian

Although I have been angry with so many movies, and I don't regret watching this one! I thought it will be a typical horror film, but I was wrong! The plot twist was so unexpected. I didn't see it coming!

May con nay nhin giong nhu dong ho nha Annabelle.

I swear to god this is one of the biggest piece of crap that I have seen. This director should stick to drama. It's like he took an intro to horror filmmaking, learned some basic elements, dropped the class, and made this amateur movie.

After the first hour I basically checked out. The second hour was just suffering hoping this trash would end as quick as possible. No it didn't end quick.

A cringe fest in almost every aspect: acting, dialogue, horror, pacing, everything.

Overall, a crappy version of Annabelle, which is already crappy. 1/10.

This is a movie written and directed by people who were in coma for 20 years due to head trauma, woke up and got accidentally kicked in the head by a donkey and wrote this while being extremely concussed.

Seriously, did the movie blame a victim for the crime? Did an entire family come together to enact vengeance on a girl who is a victim of a crime just like their daughter? To everyone involved in the writing of this abomination.... You suck!!

After the commercial hit that is Dream Eyes (2019) followed by a dreadful year of the rampant Covid-19 pandemic, Victor Vu finally returns to his roots with the third unofficial installment of his famous Scandal franchise title The Guardian (2021) with yet, another tale about superstitious in the Vietnamese show business to little success because this is no doubt the most run off the mill movie he ever makes. The writing of The Guardian down to its characters beat and development is just a weak rehash version of the first Scandal movie only with a bigger budget now and although the first Scandal movie was ridden with plot holes it still accomplished what it set out to be while The Guardian strength relies on how much you know this famous guest star singer or care about the V-pop genre, to begin with. The movie got some nice spooky moments that will scare off the general audience who looking for a cheap thrill so watch it with caution.

I must admit that during the first 30 minutes I wasn't enjoying it from a movie perspective. I found the doll obsessed girls creepy and I wasn't sure what direction the movie was going in. However, the charms and beautiful singing voice of Amee kept my interest.

The story got more interesting as the twists unfolded and I actually ended up really liking the movie.

The music is first class, the story interestingly different, the acting pretty good and the production very good.