brandon_veracka

There are so many shows today about a group of young people who are "gifted" who go out and fight evil. By now, it's basically a trope. However, "Cracow Monsters" puts a fresh spin on it by keeping the pace pretty quick, giving us interesting characters, and introducing Americans to Slavic mythology.

The acting, cinematography, and writing are all quite good here. I'd highly recommend this show to anyone who likes this genre. This one's definitely worth your time, and you'll love the actors!

I love Swedish movies. Going all the way back to the masterpieces of Ingmar Bergman in the golden age of foreign cinema, to more recent gems by Lars Von Trier; Greta Garbo to Alicia Vikander. Unlike any of the films made by the aforementioned master directors, "Black Crab" is just a lousy movie. Yes, Noomi Rapace is cool! However, to save an entire movie is something she cannot do.

"Black Crab" is poorly written, features two-dimensional characters (why do I care about any of these people(?)), and has a giant military surplus of hilariously far-fetched events -- each one more outrageous than the next. If this were some sort of action comedy, that'd be fine, but it's meant to be taken seriously. Sadly, I don't know how anyone could! The premise alone -- which is conveniently left out of the description -- is ridiculous enough. Pour on some cloying CGI syrup, some bad actors, and worse writing, and you've got another lame action movie that you'll forget you ever saw weeks from now.

Thus, I'll say the old worn-out and sad reviewer's saying; I wanted to like this movie. I really did. "Svart Krabbe"? More like "Svart Ingeting"!

I love Sweden, I love it's actors, I love it's people, and it's vast, beautiful landscape. Nearly everything about the place is appealing to me -- including many of its great films, directors, and stars. Unfortunately, "Black Crab" showcases none of these things, nor does it ever capture the imagination or make you think any deeper than a puddle atop a frozen lake. Sad to say, honestly.

This movie is painful to watch. It's not the actors or acting though. A big part of it is that it doesn't feel like a story, but also because it feels so constipated; it's just so forced. Another issue is that so much of the content is CGI, whereas the original was chock full of real actors doing live action sequences. Additionally, the cinematography is just plain bad; there isn't a continuous shot in the entire film lasting more than mere seconds. Finally, "Resurrections" just looks weird, which is likely attributed to all the CGI, as there are so few real settings and set pieces. Everything right down to the coloration just feels (or looks) strange, and not in a good way.

Sure, maybe if you were born post-2000 and don't remember when the internet was new -- dial-up modems and desktop computers. Because of the original audience's familiarity with these things, the original film completely blew the minds of older Millennials and Gen-X. So if you're younger, I could understand why you'd enjoy this, and that's be fine if you do!

However, for the folks who saw "The Matrix" in the summer of 1999 like I did -- and were totally enamored with and smitten by its cyberpunk charm and amazing story -- this new iteration likely just won't cut it for you. I don't take any pleasure in writing a scathing review of a franchise I like, but I can't lie. This movie, just like so many other new movies, is junk, and it's sad.