Loved the opening shot at Dettifoss, Iceland… but the rest of the movie was one giant “huh”?
This is the rare case where I didn’t really like the movie, but would still like to see a sequel, just so they can make some sense of the whole thing. Maybe this is a “sunk cost fallacy”, but I’ve already invested about 2 hours into this thing… Maybe after 4, it’d be worth it?
Well… not bad. If you had to make a movie like this, I don’t think you could do it much better. In-between all the crazy effects & action, there’s some character development, even something to think about. I still don’t quite get why the mutants have special powers. (I mean, if there are going to be mutants, isn’t it more likely they’d feature debilitating gross deformities?) But, without that, there is no movie. So, go for it!
About halfway through this, I turned to my viewing companion (who knew the story) and said, “what, does he have some kind of deranged brother locked up in the closet?”. I wasn’t too far off. I did enjoy the mood, the acting, and most of the plot twists… but the main one was one of these out-of-nowhere random “huh?” moments that seems more like a convenient way to wrap things up, rather than telling us any more about the characters and their relationships.. Like a cheap trick or something. Anyway, the movie is worth a view if you’re into this genre (that being romance-dramas about Victorian-era Britain).