The new brainchild of the provocative director Xavier Jans is based on a story that is familiar to fans of the genre about exorcism - the ritual of expelling the demon, transferred from the creators' light to the original surroundings of the Orthodox Church and the original locations of the Romanian village. The film “Spell. Our Days ”(2017) reviews are conflicting and IMDb rating: 5.00.
Assessment of domestic experts
Naturally, the picture of Xavier Jans is absolutely in no way connected with the James Wan franchise franchise, it’s just for distributors that it’s profitable to rent a tape with a name that can arouse the interest of the audience. Domestic film critics in reviews of “The Spell. Our Days ”(2017) draw parallels with a mass of genre counterparts. Many reviewers claim that during the viewing, the films “Deliver us from the evil one” come to mind, in connection with realistic visualization, “The Six Demons of Emily Rose” - because of the detective storyline.
Russian film experts assure that the creators of the project are actively exaggerating the unsteady line between demon possession and standard schizophrenia. The plot flaws instantly recreates episodes from the pseudo-documentary “Obsessed”, which turned out to be a real farce in the finale. The inhabitants of the village where the main character arrives are compared with the characters in the movie “Gogol. Start". Also similar features of the picture “Spell. Our days "reviews of contributing authors because of the traditional" bu-moments "are found with the horror of" The Queen of Spades "and even with the project" Route Built. "
Brief description of the plot
Reviews for the movie "Spell. Our days "contain many nitpicking to the plot of the tape. The narrative takes the viewer to 2005. The tragic death of a nun in one of the Romanian monasteries, which occurred as a result of the rite of exorcism, stirred up the world media. The priest who carried out the rite and his like-minded assistants were arrested, but the young journalist from Britain, Nicole, is sure that something more is hidden behind the death of the young woman.
Therefore, in pursuit of sensation, the heroine is sent to Bucharest to personally conduct a journalistic investigation. Immediately upon arrival at the destination, strange things begin to happen to Nicole, motivating him to believe in the existence of supernatural forces. The girl had previously denied the existence of God, and therefore turned out to be easy prey for the deceased demon who had left the cooled body.
Disappointing verdict
Foreign filmmakers rated the film negatively, Western film critics literally threw stones at it. Their reviews on The Spell. Our days are radically skeptical. Reviewers argue that the project is a cut of jumpskeyra and vague images. Indeed, in the horror of Jansa there is a mass of various sharp movements and scary entities, and there is enough oily suspense. These components effectively accelerate the plot, but reviews of the "Spell. Our days ”position these horror elements as a repayment from fans of the genre.
Many connoisseurs of mystical films claim that the director is only interested in the story of the main character, so he demonstrates the whole spectrum of her inner state at a glance, giving primacy to the dramatic component of the film.
Tribute to the genre framework
As the reviews on “Spell. Our days, ”in the movie there is enough space for criticism. A regulated-viscous plot, in which there are no long-term dynamic scenes, will not appeal to everyone. The climax of the tape, the title of final showdown can only be assigned conditionally, which adds frustration to the overall impression.
The story mythology, according to which the demon changes one carrier after another, does not differ in accuracy and does not hide the fact that it is sewn with white threads. An interesting point is the presentation of images of Romanian Orthodox exorcists, favorably different from fellow Catholics. They are not discredited by holivars about pedophilia, indulgences and the indefatigable thirst for profit, therefore they are interesting to the French director. And everything else is a tribute to the traditions of the genre.
However, it is worth noting that for all the shortcomings, Jans removed a worthy tape that compares favorably with modern genre patterns, such as “And the lights go out” or “Annabelle's Curses: The Origin of Evil”. The director more than compensates for the flaws in the originality of the script with visualization skills and strong drama.