Directed by : Babak Anvari
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5913798/
People look so normal on the outside, but on the inside, its all just .. worms.
Spoilers ahead..
Will (Armie Hammer) who is a bartender at Rosie's starts to experience creepy mysterious disturbing things happening ever since a group of teenagers left a phone at his place.
Yet another movie that may work more while reading the book it is inspired or adapted from. Infact for the 1st 30 mins it had me engaged, making me think its just one of those case where I differ from the majority of people who rated it as pretty low at imdb.
There's a great atmosphere created right from the 1st scene at the Rosies's where the fight takes place involving a important character, Eric (Brad William Henke) who I assume is a regular customer of Will, or maybe an acquaintance. Then there's Will and his live-in girlfriend Carrie (Dakota Johnson) who aren't in a happy space together. And another plot involves Alicia (Zazie Beetz) who comes at Rosies with her new boyfriend Jeffrey (Karl Glusman), and she appears to be friend or more than a friend to Will.
All these sub-plots play well initially, with the horror limited to mainly some cockroaches who are at Rosie's and also at Will's apartment. The moment Will tries to get physically involved with Alicia, to cheat on his girlfriend, thats when for me the movie started going downhill. There's nothing told about the whereabouts of the phone, why was Will chosen as the perfect vessel as per the ritual of the portal those teenagers had opened, I am assuming they did it curiously which would involve 'The Translation of Wounds' book they must have got in touch with. A simple theory is ofcourse Will was easy to feed on since he was something else than he initially shows himself to be, and the version of his true self he does become by the end. Talking about the end, again they leave it too open, with the entity that Eric had present in him (he probably got during the fight) getting transferred to Will, who has by now broken up with his girlfriend. Alicia not wanting to be in touch either making him willing to go on a path that may not be right but then thats how he is probably is.
One thing for sure, Wounds isn't a straightforward movie, it makes you think about the plot, very much reminds of 'It Follows', where the origin details are never given. Wounds is like a sequel to a movie that would had been about a group of teenagers and their adventures leading to the first scene at Rosie's. I love creepy atmosphere with a good background score but the insects/worms kind horror doesn't interest me.
Most would find it a bad and irritating movie, which I felt too at times, but at same time I was always interested in knowing where the character of Will is going to end up at. What could had made the film better? Some explanation to what is happening, not everything though, I prefer the ending but I wanted scenes like Carrie sitting staring at the tunnel pic on internet to lead somewhere.
Lot to complain about 'Wounds', still not a terrible movie in my opinion and I may well give the book a read in future when I get time. The movie is strictly a one time watch.
My Rating : 4/10
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5913798/
People look so normal on the outside, but on the inside, its all just .. worms.
Spoilers ahead..
Will (Armie Hammer) who is a bartender at Rosie's starts to experience creepy mysterious disturbing things happening ever since a group of teenagers left a phone at his place.
Yet another movie that may work more while reading the book it is inspired or adapted from. Infact for the 1st 30 mins it had me engaged, making me think its just one of those case where I differ from the majority of people who rated it as pretty low at imdb.
There's a great atmosphere created right from the 1st scene at the Rosies's where the fight takes place involving a important character, Eric (Brad William Henke) who I assume is a regular customer of Will, or maybe an acquaintance. Then there's Will and his live-in girlfriend Carrie (Dakota Johnson) who aren't in a happy space together. And another plot involves Alicia (Zazie Beetz) who comes at Rosies with her new boyfriend Jeffrey (Karl Glusman), and she appears to be friend or more than a friend to Will.
All these sub-plots play well initially, with the horror limited to mainly some cockroaches who are at Rosie's and also at Will's apartment. The moment Will tries to get physically involved with Alicia, to cheat on his girlfriend, thats when for me the movie started going downhill. There's nothing told about the whereabouts of the phone, why was Will chosen as the perfect vessel as per the ritual of the portal those teenagers had opened, I am assuming they did it curiously which would involve 'The Translation of Wounds' book they must have got in touch with. A simple theory is ofcourse Will was easy to feed on since he was something else than he initially shows himself to be, and the version of his true self he does become by the end. Talking about the end, again they leave it too open, with the entity that Eric had present in him (he probably got during the fight) getting transferred to Will, who has by now broken up with his girlfriend. Alicia not wanting to be in touch either making him willing to go on a path that may not be right but then thats how he is probably is.
One thing for sure, Wounds isn't a straightforward movie, it makes you think about the plot, very much reminds of 'It Follows', where the origin details are never given. Wounds is like a sequel to a movie that would had been about a group of teenagers and their adventures leading to the first scene at Rosie's. I love creepy atmosphere with a good background score but the insects/worms kind horror doesn't interest me.
Most would find it a bad and irritating movie, which I felt too at times, but at same time I was always interested in knowing where the character of Will is going to end up at. What could had made the film better? Some explanation to what is happening, not everything though, I prefer the ending but I wanted scenes like Carrie sitting staring at the tunnel pic on internet to lead somewhere.
Lot to complain about 'Wounds', still not a terrible movie in my opinion and I may well give the book a read in future when I get time. The movie is strictly a one time watch.
My Rating : 4/10
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