Rebels with a cause
Five Confederate soldiers go AWOL, and risk the swamps of the Everglades to head to Cuba, as opposed to what they've been through already.
If you get the feeling not all of them will survive, you'd be correct.
A movie like this tries to play for both adventurous entertainment and credibility.
"Yellowneck" straddles the line in a way that makes you feel like you haven't been totally cheated out of an hour of your life. It isn't classic, in my opinion, but it isn't nearly as contrived as many other such movies.
When one weighs a movie like this, the deciding weight is in the credibility of the plot, story, and characters.
We have an inkling who will survive, and the way the film goes about this process is perhaps a little contrived, but not very contrived.
If you watch this, I feel safe to say you will also rate it close to middle ground, like I did.
If you get the feeling not all of them will survive, you'd be correct.
A movie like this tries to play for both adventurous entertainment and credibility.
"Yellowneck" straddles the line in a way that makes you feel like you haven't been totally cheated out of an hour of your life. It isn't classic, in my opinion, but it isn't nearly as contrived as many other such movies.
When one weighs a movie like this, the deciding weight is in the credibility of the plot, story, and characters.
We have an inkling who will survive, and the way the film goes about this process is perhaps a little contrived, but not very contrived.
If you watch this, I feel safe to say you will also rate it close to middle ground, like I did.
- drystyx
- Aug 3, 2012