Review of 13 Sins (2014) by Brandon W — 05 Dec 2016

After watching The Last Exorcism, I was curious to see what the sequel was going to bring if they make one that is. Well , they finally made one, but it doesn't have the same director nor the writers too as they had different movie projects which for director Daniel Stamm, it's 13 Sins.

Now I admit, I was a bit skeptical about it as this is an Asian remake which the only films that only worked are a The Ring and The Grudge. With that said, 13 Sins is a great film that it should've been in larger theaters like The Last Exorcism.

Mark Webber is absolutely great in this and makes a good transition from scared to worried, to just plain intimidating. The main character is pretty developed enough that the viewers want him to complete all 13 challenges.

I haven't seen any of the films that Devon Graye was in, but when he played the handicapped brother, he is entirely believable in it that I first thought that he was actually handicapped. The writing is pretty good that brings out some good thrills, and unexpected dark humor that's funny.

There were some moments that o wonder if it was going there because of that one scene, and it does which made it a bit predictable. It's disturbing, but it's never too disturbing that it'll turn some moviegoers away, although the gore might which the effects looks off.

Ron Perlman is pretty good, and the twists are pretty effective. Even though 13 Sins wasn't trying to scare the viewers and was trying to disturb them which Daniel Stamm's previous film The Last Exorcism was trying to do both, it still got me invested to know where it's going next and has a bit of a fast pace to keep the viewers interested.