Cardinal Matter

Wonderful...no sex scenes, no children, no dogs, no car chases, no catchy, memorial one-liners....just a reasonable drama with reasonable acting. Yes, a few holes, but come on, almost every movie ever made has holes. Hollywood lives on them. Yes, violence also, but given the story line, I don't see how the movie could have been made without it. The nitpickers can go watch some special effects with lots of inclusivity, and the above standards, but this movie was a welcome departure from all that.

07/24/2018 Not a terrible movie, just not a great one. The foundation of the movie is the theft of a new military experimental battlefield injection that temporarily seals soldiers wounds and stops immediate death. Of course the drug falls into the wrong hands and that forms the storyline for this movie. Acting was pretty good but viewers will have to try to overlook alot of writer/director flaws as it unfolds if you are going to enjoy it. I liked it for what it was and can recommend it for a one time watch only. You decide as always. Bon Appetit

Turned this movie on just for something to watch and didnt have any expectations but it was just plain boring, the story sucks and the ending is even worse.

As a movie "Cardinal Matter" does not matter. The script was weak and full of plot holes. Various actions of the different characters throughout the movie was not logical and script also fails to provide any explanation about these actions. Throughout the movie you miss the logic dearly but in the climax scene logic will disappear entirely. You will wonder this is why I waste my precious time and money.

Although acting skill of some of the actors and actresses was decent enough, but others were horrible. Tim Parrish who played the role of policeman could not look into the other persons eye for five seconds when delivering a dialogue. He was always looking here and there. The sheriff was another character who hardly had any expression in his face. Matthew Stannah who played the role of Cale Fleischer acts quite decently but when he had to deliver a long dialogue his expressions got messed up towards the end. And the extras who has the small roles they are the worst.

Bottom line NOT RECOMMENDED.

So a veteran returns 'home' to find his cousin involved in some sort of drug business gone really wrong.

As people start getting offed left and right, the nature of the 'drug' involved comes into question.

-1 Star for a bunch of hillbillies being involved in some big 'military' type wonderdrug experiment

Good Lord could you imagine a bunch of hillbillies being in charge of Revolutionary breakthroughs in Science???

-1 Star for the cops giving the lead guy SO MANY CHANCES.... no real COP with the info they had on the lead guy would give him so many breaks....no way .. I call shenanigans!!!

+1 Star for the ending. I liked the ending and thought it appropriate. I thought for sure there was going to be a fail in the end but it wasn't bad.

Now the story as a whole was pretty much crap. But the end gave it a little much needed umph.

4/10