Review of The Promise (2017) by Imthenoob — 02 May 2017

I respect that a film has finally been made about this genocide that Turkey still denies despite all the proof. The movie itself though is quite flippy floppy. The makers clearly couldn't decide if it was a love story or a war film. The needless love triangle sub plot was laughably bad at times. Especially when Bale's character clearly did not care at all that his lover was sleeping/in love with Isaac's character. It just wasn't believable.

Same goes for the fact that Isaac's character got out of certain death many times by sheer luck while every other main character got the ax. The cliched ending where the leading woman dies saving a child. All of it is just generic story telling and painfully unrealistic imo. It just never seemed real and I think that's where it lost me.

While I fully appreciate the filmmakers behind it and the fact they are trying to educate the public about this genocide, It's still a deeply flawed film. Also kind of ironic how none of the leads are Armenian...