Knowing the director, I was expecting to see some exciting twists and turns, but sadly - there were none.
The story plays out as-is with pointless flashbacks, and no explanation is ever given as to why the things are happening.
It would have been a lot more interesting to see the flashbacks from the four assailants and see some of their visions instead of the boring couple.
The movie seems to want to portray a moral dilemma, but it fails even at that because the couple doesn't believe anything until the last few minutes, and they only decide to go through with it because one of them "saw something."
All in all, the storyline comes out as incredibly stupid. Why would some deity set something like this up in the first place? What was it hoping to accomplish? What was learned from this? None of these questions are answered by the movie.
IMO, the story would have been a lot more interesting if the four DID turn out to be delusional members of some cult, and everything was carefully orchestrated by their leader.
Perhaps this story would work better as a mini-series, where each episode would follow a different character? Just some food for thought.
The story plays out as-is with pointless flashbacks, and no explanation is ever given as to why the things are happening.
It would have been a lot more interesting to see the flashbacks from the four assailants and see some of their visions instead of the boring couple.
The movie seems to want to portray a moral dilemma, but it fails even at that because the couple doesn't believe anything until the last few minutes, and they only decide to go through with it because one of them "saw something."
All in all, the storyline comes out as incredibly stupid. Why would some deity set something like this up in the first place? What was it hoping to accomplish? What was learned from this? None of these questions are answered by the movie.
IMO, the story would have been a lot more interesting if the four DID turn out to be delusional members of some cult, and everything was carefully orchestrated by their leader.
Perhaps this story would work better as a mini-series, where each episode would follow a different character? Just some food for thought.
