Review of The Tall Man (2012) by Jeanduchamp — 10 Dec 2015

Nope, this is not a good one. First of all, it's not a horror movie, as it claims to be. And I don't mean it fails as gory or jump-scare movie or creepy expectation-building movie or torture movie or survival or revenge or whatever horror sub-genre movie - no, it's nothing to do with the horror genre at all. It's some potpourri from the thriller, psychological drama, action movie, social drama, detective movie and cheesy family drama. A patchwork of styles and genres implanted in a frame of dilapidated and badly lit surroundings populated by featureless folk whose sole and unique characteristic is to disappear from your memory the same moment they disappear from the screen.

A young mother possessing some qualities of the liquid terminator rushes in a mortal battle for her beloved child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but the things are not as they seem, everything is different, wow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and again everything is different, wow once more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as it happens that everything is so cute and cozy! End.

Yes, there are some twists in the plot, but they give no sparkle of inspiration, only make the movie more dull and boring. Every scene alludes to something already seen. Dialogs are staged and plain. Many inconsistencies and bungles. Surely not the worst movie I'd seen in my life, but assuredly one of those I could manage easily without.