Review of The Sacrament (2014) by James R — 03 Jan 2017
Totally was not into this one. Probably a reason this movies been in my Netflix queue for close to three years! All jokes aside I actually really like the Director Ti West. His previous films The House of the Devil (2009) and The Innkeepers (2011) are absolutely fantastic.
This one is a misfire. Closer to a misfire. A found footage film that just never had me caring at all. The film is about a film crew that goes out to document a religious cult living far away from everyone in a place called Eden Parish.
The crew consists of Jake (Joe Swanberg) the cameraman, Sam (AJ Bowen) the biggest journalist of the group seeking answers, and Patrick (Kentucker Audley) who is searching for his missing sister who mysteriously send him a letter.
The crew interview the people living at Eden Parish who all seem to love it and praise their leader nick named Father (Gene Jones). Soon enough Sam and the gang realize not everything is as it seems at Eden Parish.
The first 25 minutes or so are actually very interesting and makes for a good mystery. Unfortunately from that point on the movie just kinda throws itself into a lot more action and it just never was interesting at that point.
I didn't care what happened to anyone and by the end of the film I just wasted an hour and a half. Skip it!
This review of The Sacrament (2014) was written by James R on 03 Jan 2017.
The Sacrament has generally received mixed reviews.
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