The Gene Generation
Feb. 26th, 2020 11:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anniethebruceHaving seen clips in Combichrist videos, decided to rent "The Gene Generation" on Prime.
It's not bad. Not necessarily great either. Worth the $3.99 rental, but if I had to go to the bother of going to a theater, paying those sorts of prices, then maybe snacks and a drink I would have been severely dissapointed.
Plot is OK. A few small plot holes(like the thing wasn't supposed to need to sample DNA but it sampled DNA? did I miss where they explained what each mention referred to?), and things got a little messy towards the end, but the plot was serviceable and even supported a bit of a "those who hunt monsters" theme which was interesting. The family drama was also pretty neat especially since they sort of played with the whole responsible/irresponsible sibling dynamic when one of them sticks to their patterns too closely in a key moment.
Writing, acting were adequate.
Effects weren't terrible but were clearly low budget. One nice thing here is that they had a consistent level of quality, it wasn't like an Asylum picture where they might spend 99% of the effects budget on one shot and then try to cram a thousand other complicated effects shots into that last 1%. The consistency really helped keep me engaged.
A fair amount of gore including a trachaeotomy by gunshot and firehose arteries.
Some nudity.
Absolutely amazing soundtrack.
And, well, everyone loves the fetish club dystopia aesthetic which permeated basically all aspects of the movie.
It's not bad. Not necessarily great either. Worth the $3.99 rental, but if I had to go to the bother of going to a theater, paying those sorts of prices, then maybe snacks and a drink I would have been severely dissapointed.
Plot is OK. A few small plot holes(like the thing wasn't supposed to need to sample DNA but it sampled DNA? did I miss where they explained what each mention referred to?), and things got a little messy towards the end, but the plot was serviceable and even supported a bit of a "those who hunt monsters" theme which was interesting. The family drama was also pretty neat especially since they sort of played with the whole responsible/irresponsible sibling dynamic when one of them sticks to their patterns too closely in a key moment.
Writing, acting were adequate.
Effects weren't terrible but were clearly low budget. One nice thing here is that they had a consistent level of quality, it wasn't like an Asylum picture where they might spend 99% of the effects budget on one shot and then try to cram a thousand other complicated effects shots into that last 1%. The consistency really helped keep me engaged.
A fair amount of gore including a trachaeotomy by gunshot and firehose arteries.
Some nudity.
Absolutely amazing soundtrack.
And, well, everyone loves the fetish club dystopia aesthetic which permeated basically all aspects of the movie.
