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I caught this late night on cable because it sounded interesting and there was nothing else on. It started out okay with a sequence set during Desert Storm and then moving to 2003 LA, which is where it went downhill.
The first major plot point, an LA cop being told he had been chosen to be the protector of some kind of messiah, didn't happen until 40 minutes into the movie. And given that the movie is 89 minutes long, that's way too late.
Now, with only 49 minutes to really tell the story, there were a lot of jumps--a lot of big jumps--in the plot which I could barely follow and believe even less. I'm no stranger to weird plot twists. I've watched a lot of Asian cinema, where plot twists and holes are commonplace, but there's a difference somehow. You watch enough of it, you come to expect it.
But with Western cinema, you expect a logical path which leads from one scene to the next. That barely existed in this movie, which is all too bad, because it really seemed like an idea that could've worked if there had been some more meat to it.
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
I caught this late night on cable because it sounded interesting and there was nothing else on. It started out okay with a sequence set during Desert Storm and then moving to 2003 LA, which is where it went downhill.
The first major plot point, an LA cop being told he had been chosen to be the protector of some kind of messiah, didn't happen until 40 minutes into the movie. And given that the movie is 89 minutes long, that's way too late.
Now, with only 49 minutes to really tell the story, there were a lot of jumps--a lot of big jumps--in the plot which I could barely follow and believe even less. I'm no stranger to weird plot twists. I've watched a lot of Asian cinema, where plot twists and holes are commonplace, but there's a difference somehow. You watch enough of it, you come to expect it.
But with Western cinema, you expect a logical path which leads from one scene to the next. That barely existed in this movie, which is all too bad, because it really seemed like an idea that could've worked if there had been some more meat to it.