Risen – Movie Review
First Reaction – Risen feels more like a television series idea.
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ABC Film Challenge – Disaster Movies – R
Director: Eddie Arya
Writer: Eddie Arya (Screenplay)
Cast
- Nicole Schalmo
- Jack Campbell (Choir Girl)
- Dominic Stone (The Choice)
- Kenneth Trujillo
Plot: Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area.
Runtime: 1 Hour 49 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Risen starts when a meteor strike causes a small town to die from a biological outbreak. Colonel Emmerich (Campbell) recruits Lauren Stone (Schalmo) and David Santiago (Trujillo) to investigate. However, a small number of residents return from the dead.
Lauren must battle her past addictions and nightmares to lead the investigation. However, the military wants this covered up quickly, becoming a battle for what is best for humankind.
Verdict on Risen
Recap
The movie follows military scientists investigating an event in a small town. It sees the residents killed, but some return to life with an alien force moving them. We follow a disgraced scientist trying to understand what happened before it spread too far.
Best Parts
The mystery about the event is interesting, and the difficult past makes Lauren’s journey interesting.
Worst Parts
It feels like a knock off Arrival without the best elements of that movie. This fills the normal military see it as a threat, scientist wants to learn more about battle. Nothing feels new, fresh or remotely different. If we are honest, this feels more like the beginning of a much more interesting television series, as it could have dived into more things throughout the storytelling process.
Final Thoughts –Risen struggles to escape the shadow of the superior Arrival.
