The Flood (2020)

The Flood: Directed by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre. With Alexis Lane, Shaka Cook, Dean Kyrwood, Dalara Williams. When a woman’s husband, daughter, land and innocence are ripped from her, she embarks on a brutal journey of retribution and revenge.

“Granted, I only glanced at the movieu0026#39;s cover before sitting down to watching it, so I didnu0026#39;t really know what I was in for, as I hadnu0026#39;t heard about the movie prior to watching it, nor did I read the synopsis. I thought it to be a Western of sorts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTurns out that this wasnu0026#39;t a Western at all. Instead I was sitting down to watch an Australian historical drama. And now I am not overly traversed within the Australian history, so this was all new territory for me. And from what the movie delivered to me in terms of entertainment and enjoyment value, I suppose you have to have been more familiar with the events of Australian history and culture to appreciate the movie fully.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSure, u0026quot;The Floodu0026quot; was watchable, but it was hardly a captivating or overly impressive movie for me. Again, perhaps because I am not familiar with the Australian history. So I canu0026#39;t relate to the events in the movieu0026#39;s storyline, nor did I stand any chance of knowing what to be true or based on true events, and what was fictional make-belief.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting in the movie was good, although I felt that the storyline and the slow pacing of the movie was somehow holding back the performers in delivering everything that they could and should.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;The Floodu0026quot; settles on a generous four out of ten stars. This movie wasnu0026#39;t really aimed at me as its target audience, and I wasnu0026#39;t really getting swept away, nor could I fully sink myself into the storyline and the events that transpired in the story. But I am sure that writer and director Victoria Wharfe McIntyre managed to dish out a movie that will have a greater appeal to people Down Under.”