Review of Eden Log (2007) by Jy S — 14 Sep 2008

Eden Log has a low budget and a relatively newcomer for a director by the name of Franck Vestiel. This movie has a great official website and it is a great watch.This French science fiction film is really something.

If you thrown in some zombies, this is how Resident Evil SHOULD have been. The story is creative and it is told in a, for a lack of a better word, creative way.The atmosphere is dark and lacking in color, but that enhances this film even more and it helps to show the great lighting.

Not only is the setting dark, but you are kept in the dark with the story as well. You literally follow the journey of the main character, who wakes up at the bottom of a cave with no memory, as he makes his way through a maze of a laboratory.

Whenever he learns something, you learn it with him.Yes, the plot will seem flat for most of the movie because you don't really know what is going on, but the ending will explain most things. Besides, the camerawork and the visuals are nicely done.

The mutant creatures look good and the digitized voice work from the computer systems are fantastic. Even the background music is spot on.There isn't much to say about the acting since the dialogue is at a minimum.

For the most part there is only one major character for the first half of this 1 hour 40 minute film and two in the second half. Still, this is far from boring.To be honest, this film may not be for everyone, but I think a good portion of people will appreciate the consistency and writing of this picture.

Oh yeah, there are two spoken versions of this film. French and English. They are not dubs either. The scenes where the language is visible from the character's mouths are shot twice, one for each language.

This isn't a whole lot since the rest of the dialogue comes from people behind masks or recordings from speakers.