braunbart

Maybe TD has become a cash cow, but this is the worst in the series history. Too many characters, too many hints to some strange but essentially non-existent supernatural aspect. It came to the point where I essentially did not care about what´s coming next. I ´ll happily give three points for the acting performed, but there is not more for me in it. Jodie Foster was expected to be great. It seems like a show about people getting collectively depressed and / or psychotic by the darkness in Alaska. What the scientists were actually up to is not really explained either, or maybe I did not care any more.

I actually did like Mr. Strong´s most well-known movies, Daylights End and Sinner&Saints, but this one is too long, takes itself too seriously and suffers from mediocre acting of all parties. The landscape does not look right, some weapon effects look lousy, yet it is somewhat of a gun-gear-show. Which is cool, they did that a lot in the 80s and people now consider those flicks to be cult. The soundtrack is really nice and fitting. The girl being saved sometimes talks and looks like the Alia character from Lynch´s Dune movie. Maybe that is related to shock story-wise, ok I get it. Many scenes are too slow, seem edited with haste. It is a mediocre genre-movie, but I recommend instead watching a show like Terminal List if you are low on time.