Before I start my review I just want to let people know that the original Gabriel's Inferno movie was initially over 5 hours long because the book it was based on is very long, so in order to reduce the run-time, they had to cut the movie into 3 separate parts, part 1 was released in May 2020 and part 2 was released on July 31, and part 3 was released on November 19 2020. So parts 1, 2 and 3 are basically just 1 whole movie cut into 3 parts and they are all based on the first book of the Gabriel's Inferno series.
Now to my review, this is just part 1 of the Gabriel's Inferno movie which only covers the first 1/3 of the first book, which mostly focuses on introducing the main characters and establishing the relationship between Gabriel & Julia, so it's a bit slow paced. But I think it serves as a good introduction to the Gabriel's Inferno story, and a good adaptation of a great novel and they stayed very true to the books so far. Usually movies that are adapted from books don't live up to the source material but I was pleasantly surprised at just how close this movie stayed true to the original novels, the 2 leads Giulio Berruti and Melanie Zanetti were also great as Gabriel and Julia respectively, they are exactly how I had imagined their characters would be like when I read the books and they have great chemistry together. Yes this movie was made with a low budget and it was apparent, but you don't necessarily need a big budget to make a good movie.
Overall I think part 1 is good, but part 2 is even better, the acting, the chemistry, the relationship between Gabriel and Julia, everything in part 2 is better.
I highly recommend people watch all 3 parts in order to understand the whole story of the first book. I can't wait for the sequels 'Gabriel's Rapture' and 'Gabriel's Redemption'!
Now to my review, this is just part 1 of the Gabriel's Inferno movie which only covers the first 1/3 of the first book, which mostly focuses on introducing the main characters and establishing the relationship between Gabriel & Julia, so it's a bit slow paced. But I think it serves as a good introduction to the Gabriel's Inferno story, and a good adaptation of a great novel and they stayed very true to the books so far. Usually movies that are adapted from books don't live up to the source material but I was pleasantly surprised at just how close this movie stayed true to the original novels, the 2 leads Giulio Berruti and Melanie Zanetti were also great as Gabriel and Julia respectively, they are exactly how I had imagined their characters would be like when I read the books and they have great chemistry together. Yes this movie was made with a low budget and it was apparent, but you don't necessarily need a big budget to make a good movie.
Overall I think part 1 is good, but part 2 is even better, the acting, the chemistry, the relationship between Gabriel and Julia, everything in part 2 is better.
I highly recommend people watch all 3 parts in order to understand the whole story of the first book. I can't wait for the sequels 'Gabriel's Rapture' and 'Gabriel's Redemption'!