Patients of a Saint

This really isn't a good movie.

Right from the start the majority of characters are totally unbelievable and the acting below par. To be fair to the cast, many of them don't have much experience, so it is down to the director to guide and get the most out of them - which they clearly didn't.

The story isn't that good to begin with and being stretched to 1h 46m makes it something of a trial to stay awake through. I was very relieved when the end credits finally appeared.

There is no sense of atmosphere or drama to bring the viewer in to the world of the characters. It is like watching endless slides of someone's boring holiday snaps.

You'll get more tension and fear from watching a washing machine on spin cycle.

Because this film was very sloppy. OK that's a bit harsh, it was actually a good effort for a script that seemed bigger than its budget. For the most part the acting was a mixed bag of pretty good to kind of cringey, but I believe a good portion of those cringe-fests were down to a script lacking in any substance, for an example - within 38 minutes 'The Butcher' has to repeat the line "you have no authority now" or something to that effect THREE TIMES! It doesn't sound like much but until that point she had said maybe 40 words in total.

And sure, the action scenes were lacking in any kind of excitement and even though they used choppy editing to cover up the fact that nobody can actually throw a punch without letting out a fart which scares themselves - it still looked terrible and completely ruined the emersion that we're supposed to be watching double-hard dudettes serving life in prison.

Having said that, I really loved the cinematography and creative style I'm which this was shot, can't compliment it enough.

So all in all, not bad really. Good effort.

Oh yeah, and is it just me but when Lennon was introduced did anybody else get a very strong "James Ellis - Sarge" vibe? It was uncanny.

Anybody there??

An interesting zombie film with funny characters and a lot of gore, great makeup effects, creepy locations, good cinematography full of chiaroscuro frames, a fine executed direction: horror and some drama. The script could be better, some drama scenes are a kind bored, but the acting is good, especially Jess Chanliau playing Stone. An entertaining film, no more.

While it's not the worst film there is, it's still below average.

The excecution is quite flawed and feels rather cheap, from the direction to the weapon FX. But a couple of gory melee effects were not bad.

The Story is simple and didn't make too much sense. The script is poor, some of the actors did alright with what was given, some did not.

I've watched worse, but there is certainly no need to spend time on this one.

Sinéad O'Connor is jailed on a prison island far away from civilization, where some shady doctors perform medical experiments on the inmates in less than sanitary conditions.