Review of Joshua (2007) by Anthony S — 10 Jan 2008

Great premise, but extremely boring. Lacks any kind of tension or scares or anything of the sort. Huge dissapointmentl.

This review of Joshua (2007) was written by Anthony S on 10 Jan 2008.

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