Portals

A complete mess of a film. A sure time waster. I saw this only cos of the director Timo Tjahjanto. His other films r solid horror/thrillers n i am shocked why he agreed to direct a seg. Even his seg is badly shot with the annoying flickering lights n shaky cam. Generous with a 2 for one head blasting scene.

In a word? Boring. Monoliths inexplicably turn up all over the world with inexplicable consequences. That's it really. No one seems to know what's going on. Not the characters. Not the actors. Not the director and certainly not the writers. A genre so bent that NOTHING makes sense and it's all a complete waste of your time.

Portals lacks direction and flails about for much of its run time until it falls over and ends.

The initial plotline has some tantalizing potential but average acting from the movies no name actors and confused directing makes the portals an exercise in wasted time.

It could have been an amazing move but never got there.

The concept had potential but the implementation failed miserably. It was told as a series of stories which led to a disjointed and confusing anticlimactic end. I doubt the writers had much more than a 5th grade education and certainly never had a class in writing drama. And, who read this script and thought,"Yes, that sounds good!"? Just wow! The actors were OK, the cinematography was decent, even the background music was passable. But the story just didn't have enough legs to go anywhere. It was obvious the writers had no real concept at all and so the individual stories never became cohesive. The whole thing kind of came off as an indy-art-house picture with no real substance. Don't waste your time.

This is really bad. No redeeming qualities about this movie.

The only reason for watching this film could be family or friends involvement in the cast. Perhaps your granddaughter or a neighbour or a second cousin is in the cast here. It works as a hobby project but I feel like it's a waste.

Poor acting, poor narrative, poor effects and most importantly a wasted potential.

If you enjoy gore and "eye popping" bloody stuff which gives no meaning - search no more.

I am very sorry for the actors who tried to do a decent job, but this is not something you put in portfolio.