In Extremis

I am a fan of David O'Hara's. He is a fabulous actor. I would love to see him in more movies. The prior reviews did help me to prepare for the movie. Those who left poor reviews obviously do not understand this type of movie.

I am sure this film is not to everyone's taste, especially if expecting a flash bang Hollywood movie that needs no concentration.

For me, that was the charm. I had no idea what to expect, but I was pleased I watched it.

It is a bit of a slow burn, and you need to think about what is going on and pay attention. I really didn't know which way the story was going - which was it's charm.

When the end of the film happened it was a surprise. In retrospect I could see all the clues were there throughout the film.

The acting was superb, as was the production. This film deserves a much higher rating that given here.

It's not a bad movie, but only the VERY end has anything uplifting. It's a bit hard to watch just due to the mood and even with just a minute or two left, I pondered the purpose in making such a dark film. It was also slightly predictable, but I did not predict the final message at the end it made me appreciate the film quite a bit more for what it really was.

In Extremis is categorized in the genre horror and thriller so it was purely based on that that I watched it. Did I get to see a horror or a thriller? Absolutely not, so for that alone I was already disappointed. Add on that that the first fifty minutes of the movie are pretty lame, where you wonder what is going on, and that not in the mysterious way but in the boring way, and you get a below average movie. The second part made up for it a little bit but still it was not good enough. The acting was okay for some and bad for others. Lisa Gormley was bad, so I looked her up, and of course she played in a soap series, Home and Away in this case. So I was not really surprised why I thought she was a low ranked actress. The kid Anna played by Isabelle Allen was also poor acting. Sometimes you have really young actors that are good, but Isabelle Allen isn't one of them. Just skip this movie and watch something else.

The story needs more creativity.... The look of the movie is nice.... This could have really been a good movie, if a master mind was involved in the writing process.... I don't like this movie.....