I can not believe that ANYONE can even remotely like this film. Two excruciating hours of boredom and pointlessness.
It's not even art.
I was actually interested when I read the premise of this flick, but having seen what became of that initial gripping idea ... it's simply a crime. When other reviewers say that the plot goes nowhere ... they are right in the purest sense. NO setup culminated in ANY kind of payoff. In a nutshell: Dead come back out of nowhere, Living try to re-integrate them, Dead bomb something and seem to gather in the sewers. Well, SOME. The others are put in an "irreversible coma" (sounds like DEATH to me...), put ONTO their graves (by the military ... brilliant plan...) and DISAPPEAR.
Yup, you should be thinking the same thing as the audience in the cinema where I was in thought: "WHAT?????"
Every time I thought the "plot" was going SOMEWHERE ... it ... simply didn't. The doctor that *supposedly* found out about the Returners ... dead end. The husband that was *supposedly* different ... dead end. The camera trick to reveal if someone is dead or not ... DEAD END.
I actually couldn't go on and on, because there just isn't that much material there.
To call this film a disappointment is an understatement par excellence. French films can be good; I know a couple. Art films can be good and an interesting experience.
THIS ... was plain and simple rubbish. A colossal waste of time, money and manpower.
What.A.Shame.
It's not even art.
I was actually interested when I read the premise of this flick, but having seen what became of that initial gripping idea ... it's simply a crime. When other reviewers say that the plot goes nowhere ... they are right in the purest sense. NO setup culminated in ANY kind of payoff. In a nutshell: Dead come back out of nowhere, Living try to re-integrate them, Dead bomb something and seem to gather in the sewers. Well, SOME. The others are put in an "irreversible coma" (sounds like DEATH to me...), put ONTO their graves (by the military ... brilliant plan...) and DISAPPEAR.
Yup, you should be thinking the same thing as the audience in the cinema where I was in thought: "WHAT?????"
Every time I thought the "plot" was going SOMEWHERE ... it ... simply didn't. The doctor that *supposedly* found out about the Returners ... dead end. The husband that was *supposedly* different ... dead end. The camera trick to reveal if someone is dead or not ... DEAD END.
I actually couldn't go on and on, because there just isn't that much material there.
To call this film a disappointment is an understatement par excellence. French films can be good; I know a couple. Art films can be good and an interesting experience.
THIS ... was plain and simple rubbish. A colossal waste of time, money and manpower.
What.A.Shame.