Bare Skin – Movie Review
First Reaction – Bare Skin is a long-drawn-out thriller without a hard enough punch.
Director: Mico Montes
Writer: Mico Montes (Screenplay)
Cast
- Rachel Alig
- Torrey B Lawrence
- Ariana Livingston
- Ryan Wayne
- Alberto Henriquez
Plot: Victims of extreme trauma are invited to a group therapy session to share their experiences in a safe setting, but as their stories are told, an unsettling truth reveals that they may all be connected in their misfortune.
Runtime: 2 Hours 22 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Bare Skin starts when a group of victims meet for a group therapy session. Dr Hedonia (Alig) brings the group together, as they begin to express their former traumas. As the victims express their pain from the traumas, they reveal the wide range of horrors they have been through.
However, the more they reveal, the more disturbing the connection becomes. It leads to them addressing the deep wounds, as they look to overcome the traumas like they never imagined.
Verdict on Bare Skin
Recap
The movie follows a group of trauma victims coming together for a group session. They reveal their traumas and soon discover they have been selected for a reason, but what is the reason?
Best Parts
The sense of the bigger connections keeps us wanting to know why they have been brought together.
Worst Parts
Overall the movie feels a lot longer than it needed to be. Elsewhere, the individual stories felt more like attempts at bringing the edgy style of Saw games, without much meaning behind them. It holds the bigger picture up too much, leaving us waiting to know, rather than on the edge of our seats.
Where to Watch
Bare Skin is on UK digital 23 February from Miracle Media
Final Thoughts – Bare Skin is an overly long thriller with little suspense.
