Rat King (I) (2012)
2/10
A point for effort? No, not even that.
20 April 2013
Warning: Spoilers
The movie starts out pretty nice, but halfway through it turns into a crazy sandwich that is literally all over the place. The plot starts out as this one thing and near the end it's something completely different which is just, in some odd way, really cheap. Despite being somewhat original.

When watching a movie, you're prepared to give it one shot at "suspension of disbelief". There is always that moment that is kiiinda sketchy but still works when it all comes down to it.

Yeah, well, this movie has SEVERAL of those and not to mention that a very big basic plot element expects you to resort to the suspension of disbelief - But it's just NOT POSSIBLE because it is so damn ridiculous! How the hell doesn't ANYONE notice that Juri isn't, well, JURI!? THEY HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHINS. One guy has a thin v-shaped chin and the other has a heavy u-shaped chin. Im PRETTY DAMN SURE THAT if one of my friends suddenly CHANGED THEIR CHIN I WOULD NOTICE. V_V No less someone who is a girlfriend or a mother!!

I could possibly try to tolerate it at first but as the movie goes along it just gets more and more riduclous. That kind of cheapness is just NOT acceptable for something that has a budget! And pay attention to the words I used: Budget. Not a big budget. A mere budget.

Also: Near the end, why does the gym teacher stalk Juri to the factory? There is absolutely no reasonable explanation for that, it's just REALLY weird. XD

The only saving grace for this movie is that it's so bad - AND WEIRD - that it at least didn't feel like a total pain watching. You could laugh at it because of how bad it is, unlike the last movie I saw. So for that, it gets a 2 and not a 1.

But come on. I can't believe that this story got a budget. I can't believe that this movie was financed. The plot, and thus movie, basically feels like a bunch of stoner teenagers trying to be "professional" with what they are making.
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