Jul 2014 *
I recently heard about this movie a few days ago. Slasherfan85 kindly mentioned this movie to have one messed up ending. Which was a sure fire signal to me that I might be interested in checking it out. And if that didn't sell me, than the fact that it's banned in my home country sure did. When will film classification boards learn, banning something isn't going to prevent people from seeing it, it's only going to entice them to see it more.
So what can I tell you about Found?
It's a low budget indi about a little boy called Marty who finds out that his brother is a serial killer, who likes to keep heads of black people in his closet. Naturally, things progressively get more intense for poor Marty until a disturbing climax. That's all I'm going to say, like with most movies, the least you know about a movie, the better.
Perhaps I'll start with the flaws first. This movie is certainly not perfect, there are some very shoddy acting scenes. No Oscar nominations here I'm afraid, but the acting is good enough for you to become invested in them, so the actors get the job done.
There is also some dodgy pacing issues throughout it, the movie could maybe have been 10 mins shorter, but again, it's not a major complaint, for the most part I enjoyed this one. The story was good, the main kid was easy to empathise with, and the build up was nice. The filmmakers spent a great deal of time trying to make this one out to become as emotional as possible. Giving the acting, it was actually a really decent effort. And on top of that, it was also a pretty messed up flick, so it gets big points for that. Despite the fact that most of the violence happens off screen, it still comes across as a very graphic movie. I assume the reasoning for this might have been budget issues, but it also may have worked to the movie's advantage with the "less is more" route. And during the few scenes where there is some bloody mayhem, it makes it all the more shocking.
I don't really think this movie was justified in being banned in Australia. I'm calling shenanigans on that cos I've seen far more graphic stuff. Perhaps it was the ending that took things too far. In any case, I wanted to have this movie on dvd, and Australia won't let me. But as you can see, banning a movie isn't anywhere near as effective as it used to be. I love the internet.
For a flawed film, I do applaud the filmmakers for making an interesting and fvcked up flick. If you like to check out underrated indi gems, then you might be pleasantly surprised with this one. If you can forgive the acting and pacing issues, it's really quite a disturbing movie.
8/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149360/reference
Thankyou.
So what can I tell you about Found?
It's a low budget indi about a little boy called Marty who finds out that his brother is a serial killer, who likes to keep heads of black people in his closet. Naturally, things progressively get more intense for poor Marty until a disturbing climax. That's all I'm going to say, like with most movies, the least you know about a movie, the better.
Perhaps I'll start with the flaws first. This movie is certainly not perfect, there are some very shoddy acting scenes. No Oscar nominations here I'm afraid, but the acting is good enough for you to become invested in them, so the actors get the job done.
There is also some dodgy pacing issues throughout it, the movie could maybe have been 10 mins shorter, but again, it's not a major complaint, for the most part I enjoyed this one. The story was good, the main kid was easy to empathise with, and the build up was nice. The filmmakers spent a great deal of time trying to make this one out to become as emotional as possible. Giving the acting, it was actually a really decent effort. And on top of that, it was also a pretty messed up flick, so it gets big points for that. Despite the fact that most of the violence happens off screen, it still comes across as a very graphic movie. I assume the reasoning for this might have been budget issues, but it also may have worked to the movie's advantage with the "less is more" route. And during the few scenes where there is some bloody mayhem, it makes it all the more shocking.
I don't really think this movie was justified in being banned in Australia. I'm calling shenanigans on that cos I've seen far more graphic stuff. Perhaps it was the ending that took things too far. In any case, I wanted to have this movie on dvd, and Australia won't let me. But as you can see, banning a movie isn't anywhere near as effective as it used to be. I love the internet.
For a flawed film, I do applaud the filmmakers for making an interesting and fvcked up flick. If you like to check out underrated indi gems, then you might be pleasantly surprised with this one. If you can forgive the acting and pacing issues, it's really quite a disturbing movie.
8/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149360/reference
Thankyou.
