It’s not every day you dread the thing your about to watch but after hearing how bad this film is I though a have a look for myself and after watching it, please don’t.
Let’s start with the story, it’s a mess not only is the premise not set up (they happen to be on a plane that oh no happens to crash but all survivors know each other prior anyway) and no context for the whole story is given which means it’s already off to a bad start but things continue to go downhill from here. As the island (for some reason) is home to giant insects that (again of some reason that isn’t explained) like to feed off humans and the survivors are just the tasty treat the insects are looking for. Please bear in mind that explanation of the story premise is more than the story premise that is given in the film. While not dipping into too many story spoilers let’s continue after the opening 5 minutes does nothing all the survivors meet for the first time and no-one seems to care that they have survived a plane crash and are stuck on a desert island let alone fuss about giant human eating insects. What follows is a some really stupid set pieces that don’t really fit in (but oh well) and a largely predicable and slightly boring story. If you think about other survival horror films /games this is many a pick and mix of all of them, that said a crap and unoriginal story can be good if it’s well put together or just a piss take but this is neither. It’s not funny, it’s not funny because it’s stupid and things mostly happen for no reason they just happen. It feels like the main element of the story the giant insects doesn’t fit into the other part of the story, but it was forced in anyway.
The tone is all over the place as one moment the film can be slow and a little well thought out to then have an action scene that ranges from abused to absurdly stupid. The fact this film also uses ecchi moments with full nudity and moans of pleasure rather than pain (bordering a hentai at that point). A scene that was also in a uncensored OVA for the film to preview the work half a year before release. Because of the tone all impact the film could have had is lost but on the other hand it’s not funny also due to tone. Character wise it’s a fairly standard cast for a survival horror but this time even more on the nose this time. Theirs the one with all the knowledge, a group of delinquents, the sporty one, someone and the one that gets kill in the opening half hour. Okay that’s no problem but they also extremely stupid too, most of the time (nearly all the time) it’s their own fault and they spend half the time arguing with each other for no reason (I think everyone argued with anyone at some point). So the cast is pain unlikable. Normally I only talk about animation if the show has a unique art style or something stands out, it certainly does. Most the of insects (especially flying insects) are animated in CGI and is done badly. It just a massive contrast to the visuals in the rest of the film and is just crap.
Overall it’s just rubbish (all of it) and is a waste of time to watch.
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