Review of Mad God (2021) by Joestep — 26 Jun 2022
Firstly the visuals are great, thought provoking macabre stuff. Seeing the trailer I was hoping for a dialogue-less story of exploration though the assassins eyes as he descendes into this Nightmare fuel world and braves its perils to kill the mad god.
kind of like the James Herbert graphic novel "the city". The set up (text scroll) and first part of the film even play to this. Unfortunately this changes by adding live action scenes that felt jarring and the viewer being placed into new scenarios with no context or intent on driving what little narrative there was forward.
I started the film hopeful and left disappointed and confused. I don't care how good the visuals are they cannot replace a story. Even if that story is vague and up to the viewer to interpret, which this was not.
A frustrating 80odd minute slog.
This review of Mad God (2021) was written by Joestep on 26 Jun 2022.
Mad God has generally received positive reviews.
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