Review of Summer of 84 (2018) by Tryasummersault — 22 Mar 2019

5.5/10 A cliche 80s worship thriller that never truly amounts to anything more than a VOD knockoff of other films we've seen. We're all very familiar with the recent 80s nostalgia trend/boom of the past few years and to me this film was just another attempt at banking in on that particular trend.

It builds well at the start and the interest is there mostly because of the comradery between the friends which was genuine throughout the film and really the saving grace. However it starts meandering with a dull unexciting whodunit plot and when the payoff finally comes, its extremely anticlimactic.

There is absolutely no mystery or suspense in this film which was a huge letdown considering thats what it was going for. Overall a decently shot film with some solid acting from the kids, but a very boring story that everyone has seen before.

I will give it some credit for its visceral imagery that was unexpected, though it couldve been spread out better in more forboding fashion.