Cau Chu Ma Ca Rong (2019)

Cau Chu Ma Ca Rong (2019). 1h 27m

“The cover for the 2019 Vietnamese fantasy drama u0026quot;Cau Chu Ma Ca Rongu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;The Vampireu0026quot;) sort of has a young adult vampire TV show feel to it. And that was sort of turn off, to be bluntly honest. But still, since I hadnu0026#39;t already seen this movie, and it being an Asian movie, of course I had to watch it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirector Tran Nhan Kien delivered an insanely boring movie. It was nothing at all as what I had expected. I mean, with a movie titled u0026quot;The Vampireu0026quot;, and the movie starting out by introducing a land full of mythical creatures, then I figured that this movie would be good. But alas, director Tran Nhan Kien delivered something else entirely. This movie is something aimed at a young adult female audience, so I was definitely not in the target audience.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movieu0026#39;s story utterly failed to entertain me, and the characters in the movie felt like they belonged in something like u0026quot;Melrose Placeu0026quot;. It was pretty terrible to witness, especially when one was expecting some sort of vampire movie laced with mythical creatures.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI wasnu0026#39;t familiar with the cast ensemble, given my limited exposure to Vietnamese cinema. However, it felt like the majority of the cast were cast solely because of their beauty. Not a single female cast member was ordinary, they all looked like models.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Cau Chu Ma Ca Rongu0026quot; was a swing and a miss, and a big one at that. Definitely not my cup of tea.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of director Tran Nhan Kienu0026#39;s 2019 movie u0026quot;Cau Chu Ma Ca Rongu0026quot; lands on a two out of ten stars.”