The younger sister, who has been separated from her husband for many years, avoids the past and is far away from her hometown Cangshan. While doing household chores in Shanghai, she also takes care of her mother who is suffering from dementia and her rebellious son who has been in love for a long time. After experiencing the difficulties of living in a foreign land, she chose to return to her hometown Cangshan, only to find that her hometown had changed its name. A mother who avoids the present; An elderly person who has forgotten the past; A child who questions the future. A survival story of three grandparents and grandchildren in a foreign land, a difficult journey to pursue spiritual freedom.
When it comes the horror genre, I am VERY hard to please or impress, much less scare. Coming from a current mindset of appreciation for chilling, unsettling, tension-inducing efforts such as "Hereditary", "The Conjuring" (ONLY the first one to date, mind you), "Lights Out", "The Babadook", "Midsommar", "Talk To Me", "Oddity", "Bring Her Back", and the like
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is preoccupied with plot and not on the greater struggle of the Osage.
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.
The plot could’ve really been interesting if the elements of lycanthropy was integrated with perhaps the struggle of identity of being LGBTQ+. It's an experience for so many that as they’re starting to realizing their true selves, they feel like a monster, especially if they come from unsupportive homes or communities. Instead, the horror and transformation elements seem thrown in without contemplation of how this could deepen the narrative.
21 Bridges isn’t going to revolutionize action cinema. However, its action components are respectable. Every act is visibly clear, and as time moves forward, the film changes its conflictual rhythm.
Despite this genre not being a new one, The Novice offers a fresh perspective with its study of performance anxiety
