Meh...
Needless to say that I had never actually heard about this 2013 movie titled "Septic Man" prior to sitting down to watch it. And from the movie's synopsis, I believed that I was in for a horror movie here. And thus, of course I opted to watch what writer Tony Burgess and director Jesse Thomas Cook had to offer.
The storyline in the movie was bizarre and rather out there, making "Septic Man" a somewhat acquired taste. Personally I found the movie's script and storyline to be a tad too boring, because there wasn't really a whole lot happening throughout the course of the 87 minutes that the movie ran for, except for the slow deterioration of Jack, as he was trapped in the septic tank. And that, for me personally, just wasn't sufficient contents to carry a movie. So writer Tony Burgess didn't really manage to conjure up something that fell into my taste of movies.
While the movie didn't exactly have a big cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actors Julian Richings and Stephen McHattie. The acting performances in the movie were fair, when taking into consideration the limitations imposed by the script and storyline.
The effects in the movie are good, and I do like the way that the deterioration of Jack was shown on the screen. But the effects were hardly enough to carry the movie.
And now that I have watched the movie, I can tick it off as watched, and I will never return to watch the movie a second time. The movie just simply didn't have enough contents to support more than one viewing, as it was struggling with contents for the first viewing by itself.
My rating of "Septic Man", from director Jesse Thomas Cook, lands on a three out of ten stars.
The storyline in the movie was bizarre and rather out there, making "Septic Man" a somewhat acquired taste. Personally I found the movie's script and storyline to be a tad too boring, because there wasn't really a whole lot happening throughout the course of the 87 minutes that the movie ran for, except for the slow deterioration of Jack, as he was trapped in the septic tank. And that, for me personally, just wasn't sufficient contents to carry a movie. So writer Tony Burgess didn't really manage to conjure up something that fell into my taste of movies.
While the movie didn't exactly have a big cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actors Julian Richings and Stephen McHattie. The acting performances in the movie were fair, when taking into consideration the limitations imposed by the script and storyline.
The effects in the movie are good, and I do like the way that the deterioration of Jack was shown on the screen. But the effects were hardly enough to carry the movie.
And now that I have watched the movie, I can tick it off as watched, and I will never return to watch the movie a second time. The movie just simply didn't have enough contents to support more than one viewing, as it was struggling with contents for the first viewing by itself.
My rating of "Septic Man", from director Jesse Thomas Cook, lands on a three out of ten stars.
- paul_m_haakonsen
- Jul 16, 2024