Rule 1: Don't make your main character unlikable and so messed up they can't function properly in social situations, let alone in a specialist capacity.
Rule 2: If you're creatively and intellectually bankrupt, relying on one trope after another will not compensate for said bankruptcy.
This movie is painful, but exactly what you expect from writers who have no practical or academic experience on which to rely, nor the initiative to perform any research in spite of the technical requirements of the story. As hinted at, it's instead one trope after another:
1. Main character is the only one who can do the job, as if no other expert in their field exists.
2. Main character can't function due to substance abuse or other mental health issues (a person like this would never be considered for such an assignment).
3. Said expert is brought in only to have their conclusions ignored.
4. The investigation is performed in dimly lit spaces at a snail's pace in spite of the critical need for quick answers.
5. Expert finds evidence but withholds it for no reason, leading to delays in the conclusions and potential response.
6. So-called experts act stupidly by ignoring basic safety protocols and the scientific method.
I had to turn it off, but I assume at some point a character faces a threat traveling in a straight line but chooses to run from it in the same direction rather than off to the side so it will pass.
There are thousands of good stories out there in the form of novels, short stories, and short films that are being ignored. Instead we get this.
Rule 2: If you're creatively and intellectually bankrupt, relying on one trope after another will not compensate for said bankruptcy.
This movie is painful, but exactly what you expect from writers who have no practical or academic experience on which to rely, nor the initiative to perform any research in spite of the technical requirements of the story. As hinted at, it's instead one trope after another:
1. Main character is the only one who can do the job, as if no other expert in their field exists.
2. Main character can't function due to substance abuse or other mental health issues (a person like this would never be considered for such an assignment).
3. Said expert is brought in only to have their conclusions ignored.
4. The investigation is performed in dimly lit spaces at a snail's pace in spite of the critical need for quick answers.
5. Expert finds evidence but withholds it for no reason, leading to delays in the conclusions and potential response.
6. So-called experts act stupidly by ignoring basic safety protocols and the scientific method.
I had to turn it off, but I assume at some point a character faces a threat traveling in a straight line but chooses to run from it in the same direction rather than off to the side so it will pass.
There are thousands of good stories out there in the form of novels, short stories, and short films that are being ignored. Instead we get this.