Reptile (2023)
6/10
A lot of build up, not much pay off.
29 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This movie has a great cast, very well acted, it sucked me in and held my attention... but then it just ends. It was almost like they looked at the clock and realized that they had to finish, so they tried to tie it up as neat as possible. Maybe I have been spoiled by the twists and turns of other thrillers, maybe I have been spoiled by slow-burn films that have huge endings.

This was a slow-burn, with no big flame, and it was immediately extinguished. I honestly feel like they could have condensed everything thing that happens, because the ending feels like the halfway point. Just as things start moving, it stops. Great actors though, I really enjoyed the movie until I realized they were going to rush job the ending.

They never even explain what happened to his hand in the beginning of the film. He does injure it again at the end, and then they have the silly wax dip so the can tie in this forced notion of a reptile shedding its skin. Meh.
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