Come To Daddy Movie Review

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:59:44 +0000

Norval Greenwood (Elijah Wood), a thirty something man child makes the trek to the isolated shores of Oregon to reconnect with his estranged father who he hasn’t seen since he was a baby. From the first moment, it’s an entirely uncomfortable reunion. Dad (Stephen McHattie) is a cantankerous old man who doesn’t even attempt to meet his son half way. The two begin the sparring early.

The imputes of the journey was a letter sent from father to son, where some regret was implied but in person, Dad shows no love for his offspring, only disdain. He constantly taunts his recovering alcoholic son with drink in hand and a drunken swagger. There is also the underlining sense of an impending confrontation that will erupt into violence.

Midway through, things turn ominous as certain truths are revealed and the film shifts direction from a family drama into a dark comic thriller. As the truths come tumbling out, we find reasons for Norval’s unconventional upbringing and ultimately odd demeanour. It also radically alters our perception of actions and motivations.

What starts conventionally, soon tilts into a far most interesting and crooked investigation of the family dynamics that are a product of criminal behaviour. Into this world of black humour and even darker impulses, Come To Daddy will keep you second guessing until its very violent and funny end.

Come To Daddy is now available on VOD on Google Play, iTunes, Fetch, Telstra & Umbrella Entertainment, Foxtel on Demand from 15 April, DVD & Blu-Ray from June.

Rob Hudson
www.umbrellaent.com.au

COME TO DADDY from Umbrella Entertainment on Vimeo.

The Last Witch Hunter Movie Review

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:11:38 +0000

After a Middle Ages witch hunt gone wrong, Dominique (Vin Diesel) is cursed with immortality and thus forever burdened with the memory of his lost beloved wife and daughter. Fast-forward to present day and Dom is still keeping the witch population in check with help from his faithful manservant, Alfred (Michael Caine). When Alfred is attacked by some dark Nordic super warlock who doubtless has the suffix “sson” on his name (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson), Dom enlists new hired help, Frodo (Elijah Wood), and bar wench witch, Ygritte (Rose Leslie), to track down the Dark Ages rascal before he re-animates Dom’s witch queen nemesis.

If you can get past Diesel’s quietly hilarious Norse beard, The Last Witch Hunter is a reasonably fun fantasy action thriller. It’s Middle Ages sections hark to the sword ‘n’ sorcery cheapies of the early eighties (The Sword and the Sorcerer, Beastmaster, Krull et al) while it’s present day sections are solid Ghostbusters/Men In Black type fare with a dash of Underworld thrown in for good measure.

It’s all harmless fun, though the final showdown between the good guy and the bad girl is typically predictable and correspondingly yawn worthy.

The film finishes in a manner that suggests the origin of a new franchise but if the dearth of pre-promotion for the film is anything to go by, this is unlikely to happen with the exception, perhaps, of a handful of straight-to-DVD cheapies.

Stewart Jamieson
www.thelastwitchhunter.movie

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