When I sat down to watch the 2018 movie "Slice" by director and writer Austin Vesely I must admit that I had absolutely no idea what to expect. So I entered the movie with a blank slate, so to speak.
Did "Slice" manage to fill the slate with a memorable and enjoyable movie experience? Hardly so. This movie was, at best, mediocre.
It felt like the movie wanted to accomplish more than it managed to deliver, at the hands of writer and director Austin Vesely. As such, then the movie was being dragged down by an ambition set way too high.
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the type of movie that this is. But at times it felt like even the actors were not really buying into the script and storyline.
Writer and director Austin Vesely attempts to build a colorful and vivid world, wherein humans live side by side with the likes of ghosts, witches and werewolves. While the idea is indeed interesting in itself, it wasn't really portrayed all that well on the screen. Especially since the ghost had such horrible make-up applied to them that even a blind man would have a hard time buying into.
"Slice" is the type of movie that you watch once, if you manage to get through it entirely that first time, and then never to watch it again. The movie just doesn't have much of any appeal, much less anything to provide a foundation for a second viewing.
Did "Slice" manage to fill the slate with a memorable and enjoyable movie experience? Hardly so. This movie was, at best, mediocre.
It felt like the movie wanted to accomplish more than it managed to deliver, at the hands of writer and director Austin Vesely. As such, then the movie was being dragged down by an ambition set way too high.
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the type of movie that this is. But at times it felt like even the actors were not really buying into the script and storyline.
Writer and director Austin Vesely attempts to build a colorful and vivid world, wherein humans live side by side with the likes of ghosts, witches and werewolves. While the idea is indeed interesting in itself, it wasn't really portrayed all that well on the screen. Especially since the ghost had such horrible make-up applied to them that even a blind man would have a hard time buying into.
"Slice" is the type of movie that you watch once, if you manage to get through it entirely that first time, and then never to watch it again. The movie just doesn't have much of any appeal, much less anything to provide a foundation for a second viewing.