Immortal (II) (2019) User Reviews

Strong performances turn lightweight writing into a good movie

[Hal_Opinot-Pepper · 7/10 · 6 August 2023]

Anthology horror. Not that well written, mostly just stories leading up to an often predictable "gotcha" or "suprise" twist and not plot-driven enough to bother follow the narrative any further than that to explore what happens, but suprisingly alright, mostly due to a reliance on character instead of gore and a pretty good cast turning in strong performances. Dylan Baker is the bright spot of the first and worst of the four stories; Samm Levine turns in the most solid acting I think I've ever seen from him; and Tony Todd ("Candyman", I've seen him a million times but never caught his name) turns in a touching performance as the husband of a terminally ill woman. Each story is slightly better than the last; overall I actually liked it.

Probably worth six stars, but I'll give it an extra bonus star for rising above the source material, and my expectations of this kind of movie, so well.

Felt like four short random film-school projects on the same subject burned onto one DVD.

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 6/10 · 8 July 2021]

One would expect that a four part anthology would have something more in common than just the theme. This film was not the case.

Although all four were very well shot - and I'm assuming on a low budget, they were still flawed.

The second one was the most interesting and captivating, with some nice unexpected twists, and well acted.

The third one touched on some real-life issues, and performances were the best of all four, but it was slow, depressing and predictable.

The last one was just a smorgasbord of self-experimentation - albeit with some decent special effects, sub-par acting, with the predictable ending being the only fun part.

The first one was just a pointless story with many plot holes, and without any real substance or merit to its story. Probably the worst performances of the four.

Thankfully all four were nice and short and filled up the 94 min total runtime efficiently.

Short and breezy

[okpilak · 7/10 · 3 February 2024]

Each one is short enough to be over before one starts to pick them apart. And it is set up so there are many avenues to explore after each one ends. The stories come with a twist, which some may or may not predict. It was fun entertainment. None of the stories are award winners on the red carpet, but still decent stories to pass the time with. The first one was, I felt the best, and the last had the most sinister overtones. The first one also had the most paths that could have been taken. The Ted and Vanessa story threw out perhaps the most profound questions about life, the quality of life and prolonging life. The last one had the most unforced errors. A license plate will not simply fall off unbent in an accident.

Not really worth a watch!

[honeybloggs-69648 · 3/10 · 29 May 2023]

1st story : Very well acted by the male lead . He made the short film work. The girl was good too at acting her part. The story had a twist . It was loosely based on a true life serial killer who used to fly his victims by a little private plane to a remote area , which had woods . Then he'd tell his victims to run and he'd hunt them ( (Hunting Humans ) . I enjoyed the first story . It was unpredictable . However , There was an axe so when the man was unconscious the girl could have chopped off his head . He wouldn't be able to grow a new head and the wound he said takes 4 minutes to heal . He would have had a headless body and wouldn't be able to find her !

2nd Story was very predictable and very slow

3rd Story . It was just depressing . It wasn't very interesting . A plot twist at the end would have been good . It was predictable that the woman would live .

4th Story . It was pointless . I fast forwarded a lot of it . It was senseless . The man married to the woman was good looking - That was the only plus point ! Lol!

What was the point of all these four stories?

Why the negative reviews?

[gburrows711 · 9/10 · 7 June 2023]

This might be a relatively low-budget production but is well written, well made and well acted. I don't think it's a spoiler to write that the four stories concern people who seem to be immune to death. The implications of this are explored with some imagination (and are sometimes rather grisly) but make the viewer wonder how they might react in similar situations. Entertaining, thoughtful and well photographed, the four films are quite disturbing but also engaging and amusing and the central characters are well drawn and well directed. Dylan Baker in the first story is particularly good as a teacher.

It's not worth it

[reedscherbel · 2/10 · 10 December 2020]

While I was watching this movie I thought that the four stories would collide and there would be some sort of explanation or at least something actionable to make conclusions out of but there wasn't. It was four separate stories the only commonality being immortality and no conclusions. I don't want to waste any more time reviewing it

Very Interesting

[nsexton-2 · 9/10 · 26 December 2020]

Well put together movie made of 4 segments about people that learn they cannot die. I do not want to say anything else about the stories, but this film is well acted, well shot, and incredibly well written. I caught it on a free streaming service and was hooked within a few minutes. The description of the movie provided on this page does not do the movie justice at all. Inventive, thrilling, very twisty-turny throughout the 4 stories.

Not great!

[Jewilliams88 · 4/10 · 30 December 2020]

The concept was ok. I like anthology type movies. Biggest problem was there was no connection between any of these. Some were better than others but the last story mad the whole thing terrible.

1st story - 4/10 Started out a little weird but was ok. Pretty much figured the twist right away. Also, at no point did anyone think to tie him up before you run off?!?!?!

2nd story - 6/10 My favorite of the 4. It started off a little annoying(acting was bad) but picked up. I actually liked the double twist and the irony that came with it!

3rd story - 4/10 No a bad idea except it was similar to the 2nd story. If she can heal, then how was she sick? Maybe they have to die to get the "powers". Either way, wasnt explained very well.

4th story - 1/10 The whole thing was pretty dumb/pointless. The acting wasnt good. Also, who TF walks into the middle of the street to make a phone call!?!?!?!?

If you want to waste some time this is for you, but don't expect anything amazing.

If you loved Black Mirror but wish it really sucked...

[LazyCatCutCoins · 4/10 · 21 February 2024]

I try to aim my reviews towards movies deserving of praise and/or those in need of defense from arbitrary, armchair self-professed movie critics that lean toward just the opposite. But once in a while comes along a movie so stupid, so sloppy, so idiotic, so inane, so returded, so goofy, so embarrassing, so mindless, so ridiculous, so undeserving, so uninteresting, so not captivating, so witless, so dumb, so vapid, so moronic, so amateur, so insultingly bad, so...

so...

Anyway, Immortal is an anthology style production with the common thread being one or more of the characters from each story having a hard time staying dead after suffering an unnatural death (despite the fact it would be so much better for the viewer if they had).

The lack of cohesion in the stories is palpable, the acting is deplorable, the unbelievability of each scenario is dominant, and unless you eat a handful of gummies beforehand, you're going to have a hard time even laughing at this train-wrecked dupe magnet.

Immortal is what might happen if you give a fourteen year old artistic license and half the budget of a Lifetime Movie Of The Week.

Don't even think about it, but eat a handful of gummies if you must.

You've been warned.

Immortal! No; just fast healing.

[jasoneverett-68905 · 3/10 · 22 June 2023]

What this mini anthology of films based on the theme of Immortality all have in common is they have nothing to do with the theme of Immortality.

It might as well be called 'Wolverines siblings'. Poorly writen, hastily thrown together this 'Not dying and healing fast' series of tales misses the mark by a Continent.

Immortality is the concept of living forever and experiencing eternal life, it is measuring eons as the rest of us measure decades. It is loss and madness and eventually craving death. What it is NOT is suddenly realising you can't die. This could have been so much better; consider the anguish Connor MacLeod goes through in Highlander when he sees everyone he loves pass away over the ages. Think of the heartache of Gary Oldmans Dracula when his wife dies. Even 2020's 'The Old Guard' took the time to look deep into the curse of Immortality. This pitiful collection that all end abruptly however, refuses to go near such deeply philosophical matters. Instead it's as vapid and as inconsequential as Hayden Panettiere's character in 'Heroes': "Oh no! I"m hurt! Oh wait, I'm fine!" By all means give it a watch but I guarantee 30 minutes after it ends you'll be hard pressed to remember any of it.