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This film is a story that has been done before, a lot, and while they do offer a unique twist, it doesn't get past the point where it is cliche. It doesn't try and go out of the box that it creates for itself and the pretended depth that it has isn't really there as it never allows the story to fully develop.
The basic story is that of a loner/outcast who causes positive changes to those who really get to know him, but is generally ridiculed and abused by a society who can't accept him. And it really doesn't deviate that much from that type of story. They try and add a twist in by giving the main character "supernatural" powers, but the fact that most of the characters act like they are so common place makes this film a whole lot worse. There is no awe about them which would give the characters on the screen a reason to be afraid of him, but it is just as much about the fact that he is an albino which makes him and out cast in the community. It also doesn't help that with the characters that the main character does impact, they hop around so quickly between them all that none of them are actually developed beyond a very simple level.
Visually this film is just average as well. They try and play off of a few scenes and stress the shot in them, but they completely miss which scenes should have been stressed to make the story more interesting, but instead they focus on making a few side scenes artistic.
The music is also a short coming of this film. The score isn't bad, but they repeat the theme so often for the main character at such a level that it becomes very overbearing. It isn't just a little noise/music quietly in the background from time to time, it is always loud and detracts from the scene because it starts to become annoying after a little bit. The music is also a cliche part of the film as it is exactly what is expected for it to sound like the whole time, and there aren't unique variations of any sort upon the expected themes.
Overall this is just another out cast story that doesn't provide anything new to this sub-genre of film. It had some potential because of the use of the supernatural, but it ends up not adding anything to the story. It is something that has been done many times before and will be done many times more.
Overall Grade: C-
Story: C
Acting: C
Audio/Visual: D
This film is a story that has been done before, a lot, and while they do offer a unique twist, it doesn't get past the point where it is cliche. It doesn't try and go out of the box that it creates for itself and the pretended depth that it has isn't really there as it never allows the story to fully develop.
The basic story is that of a loner/outcast who causes positive changes to those who really get to know him, but is generally ridiculed and abused by a society who can't accept him. And it really doesn't deviate that much from that type of story. They try and add a twist in by giving the main character "supernatural" powers, but the fact that most of the characters act like they are so common place makes this film a whole lot worse. There is no awe about them which would give the characters on the screen a reason to be afraid of him, but it is just as much about the fact that he is an albino which makes him and out cast in the community. It also doesn't help that with the characters that the main character does impact, they hop around so quickly between them all that none of them are actually developed beyond a very simple level.
Visually this film is just average as well. They try and play off of a few scenes and stress the shot in them, but they completely miss which scenes should have been stressed to make the story more interesting, but instead they focus on making a few side scenes artistic.
The music is also a short coming of this film. The score isn't bad, but they repeat the theme so often for the main character at such a level that it becomes very overbearing. It isn't just a little noise/music quietly in the background from time to time, it is always loud and detracts from the scene because it starts to become annoying after a little bit. The music is also a cliche part of the film as it is exactly what is expected for it to sound like the whole time, and there aren't unique variations of any sort upon the expected themes.
Overall this is just another out cast story that doesn't provide anything new to this sub-genre of film. It had some potential because of the use of the supernatural, but it ends up not adding anything to the story. It is something that has been done many times before and will be done many times more.
Overall Grade: C-
Story: C
Acting: C
Audio/Visual: D