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Angelina and
her boyfriend finds an old map written in
Catalan and discover that the map shows the way to an
ancient treasure that was hidden by Angelina's ancestors
hundreds of years ago. What they don't know is that the
treasure is guarded by a monstrous creature who will
kill anyone who tries to take the treasure away from it,
anyone who shouldn’t have the treasure that is...
A creature guarding an ancient treasure? Man do they
get much cornier than this? The Wrath is the debut
feature from director/writer Julian Higgins who
obviously doesn't have a lot of background in either
departments as the story is ridiculous, the script is
Sci-Fi channel material and the directing is extremely
basic with no interesting angles or any creativity in
it. I'm really wondering where he found the money to
finance this film with as, surprisingly enough, The
Wrath doesn't look THAT low-budget. Sure, the creature
looks like someone that's dressed up in a bad Halloween
costume for most of the time but other than that this
looks superior to most DTV horror flicks.
But before we get further into bashing this film in,
let's break it down shall we? When Angelina (played
by the awful actress Kristina Morales who's stiffer
than wood) was only a kid, her mother gave her a
music box on her deathbed. Until now, Angelina has
never been able to open it but when her hottie of a
boyfriend Derek (Daniel Bonjour) accidentally drops
it, the box opens and reveals an old treasure map.
Apparently more people know about this treasure (mainly
hobos living in the area) and have tried to get it,
but it's guarded by an evil creature. To make things
short, The Wrath is a creature feature.
And now to the bashing. The acting is just awful. These
actors need to take some more acting lessons. The
story is pathetic (especially the end) and we never
get any real explanation as to where the creature
came from in the first place. For most of the time
it's difficult to tell what's going on since it's so
dark - however I did appreciate that they only seem
to have used natural light sources which makes it look
much more real. Considering the topic of the movie
though, I don't think that that's what they were going
for. The Wrath doesn't have a very high body count in
it either and I never really felt like I was watching
a horror flick since there was no attempt at scares
or creating a creepy atmosphere. Seriously, they didn't
even try. How's that for a poor horror flick?
In the end, The Wrath is a dull and ludicrous creature
feature which should find distribution with Brain
Damage Films but will most likely be released by
Lions Gate since Barnhlotz Entertainment is representing
it. If you're looking for a fast-paced, gory and
entertaining creature feature, look elsewhere because
there's simply not a whole lot of positives to say
about The Wrath.
A gory corpse, some severed limbs, some gory rip-wounds,
a quick flash of a head being ripped off. Nothing huge.
Cheap and cheesy score consisting of muzak-like guitar
music and a computer made theme melody.
Cheesy and dull creature feature which doesn't offer
anything new to the genre. Julian Higgins needs to
learn a thing or two about film making because
everything about The Wrath felt pretty amateurish
except for the production values which bigger higher
than this movie deserved.
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