Acensbart
Excellent but underrated film
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
leonblackwood
Review: I was waiting for ages for something to happen in this movie, but it was just too slow and the showdown at the end wasn't that great. It was good to see Vinnie Jones playing an emotional character except for a heavy baddie, like most of his movies, but the storyline was pretty weak and the acting from the other characters was poor. The twist at the end came way to late in the film and Christian Slater was only in a couple of scenes, even though he's plastered all of the poster. We have all seen this type of concept before, we're a teenage stranger comes into college and he gets picked on by the popular students, so the storyline wasn't original or even slightly interesting. In all, I wasn't that impressed with this cheaply made movie which didn't have that much thought behind it. Disappointing!Round-Up: Poor Christian Slater! He just seems to be taking in any project that comes his way, and they all seem to be badly made films that go straight to DVD. His career seemed promising after starring in big films like Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, Interview With A Vampire and True Romance, but his career went on a downhill slump when the work dried up. The same goes for other promising actors like Val Kilmer and Cuba Gooding Jr. who also go straight to DVD, after having box office success earlier on in there careers. Vinnie Jones impressed me in this film because he seemed to be more natural and calm in his role. Its just a shame that the actual movie wasn't that good. I also found his annoying daughter quite irritating, which didn't help because she was the main character, so in all, it's not a movie that I would be watching again in a hurry.Budget: $3million Worldwide Gross: N/AI recommend this movie to people who are into there spooky drama/thrillers, about a teenage boy who has a shady past and gets picked on by the popular students at college. 2/10
Johan Dondokambey
The story is about Heather, whose friend Robbie secretly has telekinesis. Back in middle school Robbie used it to choke a bully to death. Now at high school, after moving away, Robbie goes back to Heather's neighborhood. From the distance one Father Henry, a priest who investigated about the bully's death five years ago, monitors Robbie and Heather. They get close again. Greg, Heather's boyfriend, tried to bully Robbie and he tasted the wrong end of Robbie's ability. Heather asks Robbie about it but he denies anything.Greg then gets killed by a tractor. Heather's father, Detective Elliot, starts an investigation, warning Heather of a possible danger. He then questions Robbie about Greg. After a time behind the shadows, Father Henry approaches the detective, warning about Robbie's supernatural ability. Pretty soon a colleague tells Elliot that Henry is not an official priest anymore. Elliot confronts Henry but Henry reveals that Robbie is trying to fulfill a prophecy by killing Heather. Father Henry then gets killed right after.Heather and Robbie meet on the grave of Heather's mother. Elliot finds Henry's body and goes to the grave and finds the couple. First Elliot points a gun at Robbie but when Elliot lowers his gun Robbie immediately draws out a gun and pointed it to Elliot. After this is the final conflict but I'm determined not to spoil it to you because, despite some minor continuance issues, it's a good surprise.For me it's quite deceiving that the poster that is known widely only depicts Slater's character heavily, while in fact his is just a supporting role with relatively little in-frame duration. I think it's being done to lift the hype of the movie by bandwagoning on Christian Slater's once-was big name.Christian Slater's career has faded into the backgrounds of the mainstream movies nowadays. He's been acting roles in 3rd class Eastern Europe based movies such as Assassin Run (2013).Vinnie Jones is also suffering quite the same, and I'm quite surprised to see a frequent action movie cast like him to play in this movie. One thing good is that the movie's directors or producers doesn't compulse him into acting out any American accent, thus he gets to keep his rough European accent which is his trademark in action movies.The basic story is quite good and sounded promising. Unfortunately the development on the screenplay is not so good that there are plot holes, obvious ones, here and there. But again the ending is quite a good surprise, although even that can't salvage the whole movie from defects in the story.The thrill mood is not really developed well. This is due to not enough duration given to build up the suspense. The music also is not helpful in building up the mood of the suspense scenes.The acting is quite imbalanced between the casts. The seniors Slater and Jones, and the main protagonist Emily Tennant acted well, but the rest of the cast lacks out any suitable expressions on the moods or sometimes even overacted.Overall for me this movie deserves a 6 out of 10 score, while a recommendation is still doubtful from my side. It would be a recommendable watch if only the story had been developed better.
doug_park2001
Formulaic, half-baked film about Robbie, the weird bullied kid with unique and sinister powers; Heather, his pretty friend from childhood whose doting British dad is a cop; Greg, the cool jock-jerk with carnal desires for Heather; Heather's friends and Greg's friends, none of whom contribute a whole lot except as filler; and finally, Father Henry, the kooky "priest" played by Christian Slater who's read some arcane medieval texts and has Robbie all figured out.Good cinematography with pretty scenery makes WAY OF THE WICKED basically watchable. Still, this hinders as much as it helps because you may be left wishing you hadn't bothered to finish it. The plot follows the same pattern that's been done--and done much better--a gazillion times before. Full of loose ends and unanswered questions, e.g., Why don't the cops question Heather about Greg? Some routine, unimaginative, tacked-in twists and "surprises." Most of the script, Robbie's excepted, is similarly lame.Another film where it doesn't seem the makers had much of a clue what to make happen, particularly when it came to ending it, so they said with a shrug, "Oh, well, let's just get this out and make a few Redbox bucks off it."
Tony Heck
"Everything that's been going on around us has all been foretold." After residents of a small town begin to die mysteriously the local cop John Elliott (Jones) is at a loss. When his daughter tells him of an old friend of hers as returned to her school he remembers events of the past. When Father Henry (Slater) shows up and tells Elliott what he thinks is going on he doesn't believe him, but when his daughter becomes a target he is only one who can stop him. If you were to judge this by the cover and cast (like I did originally) you would probably not expect much. Christian Slater has fallen into the Val Kilmer school of acting lately. He does a lot of movies without caring if they are good or not. Vinnie Jones is, well, Vinnie Jones. Armed with those expectations I was looking forward to a long boring movie. While the movie isn't amazing or something I would watch again I have to say that I did end up liking it. The movie is kind of like if Damien went to high school. There are enough horror aspects to appease horror fans and enough drama and intrigue to please non horror fans. This is a B movie and nothing amazing but I expected much worse. I do have to say that this is Slater's best movie in a while. Overall, it's not one of the best movies I have seen in a while but it was entertaining and I wasn't bored. I give this a B.
