A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.
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This kicked ass on the big screen and is a truly impressive feature film debut from Tom Botchii. Artik breaks traditional rules which is refreshing in the genre and even has a few WTF moments pushing beyond where other horror films are willing to go. Lots of new themes introduced that come at a breakneck pace and gives you more than your typical "one note" Horror film, this thing has some depth to it. Great spastic action scenes supported by awesome performances and gory practical effects make this fly in my book. All of the technical execution and Direction including, camera, casting, effects, etc., are all enhanced by a kickass Film Score. Everything is extremely polished, not just for a first time feature Director, because in the end I don't care how much money or experience you have, as a fan I just want a good film. With Artik, I got a Great one. Overall, it's a different, awesome, new take on horror! THANK YOU!
I read some reviews before watching Artik so I had my hopes up for a good serial killer horror movie but in the end it wasn't that special at all. It all looks like it's been done before, no element of surprise here. The sound gave it a good creepy atmosphere, gave it some suspense, and suspense it needed because the story itself wasn't that great. Overall the acting was okay, not great but not bad either. I'm kind of done with brutal torturing scenes, it was creepy when it was new, now it's all been done before, and better.
I think people are being overly kind to this movie because it's shot relatively competently but there's pretty much no real story going on to the point I don't know if you can really call it a "movie". Once you take out the time the opening and closing credits take up this movie is only about an hour long, and most of that is filled with Artik mumbling and bumbling about and extremely boring and poorly acted scenes that occur in the nearby town. There's only two real scenes of violence/gore to show that he's a serial killer and they're pretty tame, and I watched the supposed uncut version which means the normal version must have somehow been even shorter and tamer.
It's nonsense and even with such a short run time was pretty boring and uneventful. I read other reviews about how the ending sequence was action packed and full of gore...no it's not. This is a nothing movie where no one shows any acting skills, the script is non-existent, and while I didn't hate it or anything I simply didn't care once it ended. Pretty pointless ultimately.
It's nonsense and even with such a short run time was pretty boring and uneventful. I read other reviews about how the ending sequence was action packed and full of gore...no it's not. This is a nothing movie where no one shows any acting skills, the script is non-existent, and while I didn't hate it or anything I simply didn't care once it ended. Pretty pointless ultimately.
The trailer really did its job well, made me eager to see the film.
It looked like a dark, gritty and violent revenge type film. But it's just the run of the mill hick farmer killer who uses his kids as slaves and a nosey straight edge man who decides he'll be a hero and save the kid.
And that really is all there is to it. Nothing more.
Shame as the film in the trailer looked great.
The film is kinda tame really with hardly any gore to speak of and forget character development.
It's not bad acting etc but just didn't go anywhere at all.
Disappointing.
Was recommended this film and really enjoyed how well and professionally it was done. The plot kept me engaged and anxious to find out what the world / story would reveal and where the trip would lead. Really solid work. I recommend to check it out. The director did a great job with tension and the gore and violence are shot really well.
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- $250,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
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- 2.25:1
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