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The Wailing 2016

This is a good looking movie. It features some beautiful scenery but horrific images. If you can keep track of what's going on, congratulations. The plot is interesting at first, but devolves into a mess of who's good, who's bad, why is this terrible thing happening, etc.

This is described as a Horror movie and it's definitely horrific. There's a lot of blood, gore and even some vomit thrown in for good measure. The child actor was really talented but the acts committed by her character were truly shocking. Actually, unsettling and disturbing are better descriptions. But it's not scary and between the torture the child suffers and the total defeat of any and everything good, it's a movie that most people would never make it through. At two and a half hours, it often becomes a blood-soaked slog. This is another example of a movie that makes me question my judgement making entertainment choices.

"The Wailing" is not a stupid movie, it just feels wrong. It was so dark and hopeless. It's a struggle to find anything redeeming about it, other than the obvious skill in filming it.

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