The 27 Club (2019)

The 27 Club: Directed by Patrick Fogarty. With Maddisyn Carter, Hailey Allen, Bryan Angel, Kevin Angel. A singer-songwriter chasing fame and a journalism student researching his thesis are drawn into a sinister underworld as each attempts to discover the truth behind the curse of “The 27 Club”.

“I wasnu0026#39;t aware of the 27 Club and itu0026#39;s quite fascinating. By that I mean the real u0026quot;27 Clubu0026quot; not this film. For those unaware itu0026#39;s a statistical anomaly where a bizarre number of famous musicians have died aged 27. Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Jim Hendrix, Amy Winehouse and Janis Joplin to mention just a few.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis independent horror bases itself on that which in my eyes is a great concept. But what they do with it, is certainly more of a miss than a hit.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt tells the story of a young man doing a documentary on the 27 Club and how his paths cross with an upcoming musician who he begins to fall for. Cue lots of occult stuff and a very confusing plot and you have this movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt time of writing the film has only 46 ratings and this will be its first review, its rating is very low as well and I was hoping Iu0026#39;d be able to counter that a tad with a decent rating. Alas I cannot, itu0026#39;s not u0026quot;Thatu0026quot; bad but its certainly a mess of wasted potential.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCast? GreatnIdea? Solidu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo where did it go wrong? Well again the plot is a muddled confusing mess. Throughout the film they have black u0026amp; white deceased celebrity monologues which are awful. And at the end of the film I was left scratching my head about how badly they managed to drop the ball.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor a movie about musicians as well I feel they missed a great opportunity to deliver a stellar soundtrack, to my knowledge there wasnu0026#39;t really one at all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe 27 Club isnu0026#39;t awful, itu0026#39;s just a demonstration that in the wrong hands even the best ideas turn to mush.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Good:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMaddisyn Carteru003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eInteresting conceptu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Bad:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDumb u0026quot;Celebrityu0026quot; transitionsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eElements of the plot donu0026#39;t make much sense”