Review of The Lair

The Lair (2022)
2/10
Painfully bad on every level
29 October 2022
Once again as in the Reckoning Neil Marshall's girlfriend takes the lead in a film that really needs someone who can act, just even a little bit. Marshall seems reluctant to give her any direction which leads to some truly embarrassing scenes. She, as in the Reckoning, isn't allowed to appear on screen unless looking her utter best. Crawling throught a muddy drainage ditch covered in mud she pops up the other end perfect. Eject from a fighter plane, not a hair out of place.

The dialogue is truly the worse I have heard in years, it may have been written by a A. I program that has collected all the clichés from war films, as has the casting. Hard bitten Major is given a eye patch of course. Black female soldier, has an attitude and is 'street ' A bizarre Welsh/Cockney soldier for no reason.

The interesting side of the story is glossed over and left sadly as the idea is a good one. Could have been a much better film in someone else's hands I don't know what is going on with Marshall but a keen YouTuber would have made a better film than this sadly.
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