Review of Bad Genius (2017) by Ricci C — 21 Oct 2017
A successful heist is all about the balance between risks vs rewards, and Bad Genius crafts this fragile equilibrium with full on humour and snappy filmmaking. It introduces the genre to a different spin, making not its players but the institutions (corruption in the academe, peer pressure, class struggles) the bad guys, and the protagonist/antagonists the good ones - blurring the line of morality, and ultimately rooting for the "bad geniuses" to get away with academic murder.
Though it could have been improved with better experienced actors (Lynn and Bank were good, but some of the other kids remain lacking in the acting department), the story telling, editing and over-all direction served for a delicious piece of cinema that has been lacking in Asian movies in a while.
Go see it. Four out of five stars.
This review of Bad Genius (2017) was written by Ricci C on 21 Oct 2017.
Bad Genius has generally received very positive reviews.
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