A unique kind of very bad movie. The spectacle of this misbegotten thriller is not amusing enough to recommend to fans of casual movie cheesiness, but it’s the filmmaking choices that made me laugh out loud.
Sacrifice
Ireland, Germany, United States · 2016
1h 31m
Director Peter A. Dowling
Starring Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney, David Robb
Genre Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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Sacrifice is the story of consultant surgeon, Tora Hamilton, who moves with her husband, Duncan, to the remote Shetland Islands, 100 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland. Deep in the peat soil around her new home, Tora discovers the body of a young woman with rune marks carved into her skin and a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Ignoring warnings to leave well alone, Tora uncovers terrifying links to a legend that might never have been confined to the pages of the story-books.
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What are critics saying?
Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard
The film's very design turns out to be a whimpered bark followed by a toothless bite.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
That the film looks good matters little when director Peter A. Dowling’s script, based on the novel by Sharon Bolton, is filled with so many thinly drawn characters, blunt warning signs and telegraphed plot points.
The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
Dowling’s direction, while competent, also trots out every cliché that a 90-minute movie can contain.
This watered-down throwback to The Wicker Man never really heats up.
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