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Jason ZadaOperatőr:
Mattias TroelstrupZeneszerző:
Bear McCrearySzereplők:
Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Masashi Fujimoto, Rina Takasaki, 紗倉のり子, Jozef Aoki, Yûho Yamashita (több)Streaming (2)
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A Japánban található aokigaharai erdőt az Öngyilkosok erdejének is nevezik, mert sokan azért mennek oda, hogy véget vessenek az életüknek. Sara, a fiatal amerikai nő azért utazik oda, hogy megkeresse a titokzatos módon eltűnt ikertestvérét. Bár mindenki óvatosságra inti, letér az útról, és az erdő mélyére merészkedik, azt remélve, hogy ott választ kap húga sorsát illetően. Az erdő mélyén azonban dühös és meggyötört lelkek kísértenek, és mindenkit levadásznak, aki keresztezi az útjukat. (HBO Europe)
(több)Recenziók (6)
Talán maga a forgatókönyvíró sem tudta, hogy mi csak a hősnő elméjének képzelete, és mi a valóság. Vagy legalábbis, melyik jelenetnek van hatása a valóságra, és ha igen, milyen hatása. Ahogy valószínűleg azt sem tudta, hogy a végén pontosan mi történt. A film olyan kísérteties betétekkel akar ijeszteni, mint az Átok amerikai változata, sőt az erdőben öngyilkosságot elkövető emberek dühös szellemeinek témája is az eredeti japán A harag. Ám hiányzik belőle a valóság, a gyerekkori démonok és az erdei kísérteties illúziók közötti áttekinthetőség és egyensúly, és meglepően a kamera és a vágás vizuális kifinomultsága, amit a minőségi horrorfilmekben már megszoktuk. Átlag alatti falatka, amely elpazarolja a témában rejlő nagy potenciált (az öngyilkosok erdeje Japánban tényleg létezik).
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The Aokigahara Forest caused visions not only to the main character of this film, but also to me, the viewer. While the screen was showing an average, unambitious American horror film, what I saw was mainly the squandered potential and the fog-shrouded, excellent film that could be made on the basis of that place. But for that, Jason Zada would’ve had to try a little harder and build things on something more than several, and to a great extent cheap jump scares; to play with heavy paranoia, anxiety and insecurity. Or to al least find a somewhat scarier place, because the pine forest they’ve used is actually antiscary. Even that would be enough, see for example the recent The Hallow or The Witch. But, even though I’m rather critical, the horror year of 2016 could have begun a lot worse. This is just about nothing. Watched, standard, carry on.
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The trailer was enticing, I barely finished the film. Almost nothing happens, the scares are absolutely dysfunctional with low audio. Add to that an unsympathetic main character, naive behaviour of everyone involved, mediocre direction and I come up a horror movie the kind we’ve seen a thousand times before (I'm surprised I managed to write it), where the only enticing thing is the Japanese forest, which is unused anyway. Weak, boring. 35%
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The Forest hooks you at first glance with its intriguing theme, which is particularly original thanks to the setting of the story in the cursed Aokigahara forest. The film features other horror elements we have seen before (sisters, ghosts, suicide, paranoia, etc.) and therefore leaves an average impression, although the ending was unpredictable (at least for me) – I have to admit that. In short, a film that will probably get lost in the crowd within its genre, but it's still worth watching and let yourself get a little scared.
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The only mystery about this film is why it’s supposed to be a horror movie or a thriller. For me, the beginning was a boring and protracted preparation of a future victim for what might happen to them while running around the woods, followed by some similarly tedious running around the aforementioned woods, complete with predictable jump scares and an even more predictable ending. Now that I know what the Japanese wells and forests can hide, I can’t wait to see what’s next to come. Some sort of a mysterious cave or stream perhaps?
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The Forest is a film with great potential, a film that could create a place for legends, not only in real life but in the film world as well. And although the filmmakers tried very hard to make it have the right WTF effect at the end, unfortunately, the excitement doesn't really come, and it's pretty gross in places. There is not a single character - except perhaps the Japanese ones - that I like in any way. Very much a missed opportunity.
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