Ludo (2015)
34KLudo (2015). 1h 30m
“I am fan of the foreign horror genre, so needless to say i was excited to view this film. Foreign horror films often contain more in depth mythos and psychological scares than the mainstream films. The idea of this film was very interesting yet failed to deliver. The pacing was too slow and scattered and despite the typical gore, Ludo failed to grip me. The scenes combined with the soundtrack felt solely for shock value ( a la Martyrs sans story line). u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe first act was, albeit too long, supposed to flesh out the characters. Which it did. It gave the viewer a sense of the environment and what is culturally accepted and not. Then, it switched from being a u0026#39;slow-burnu0026#39;into a music video that bombards your ears with industrial type beats and seizure inducing lights. From here you are magically whisked away to a non-nonsensical time shifting quick explanation of the cursed game complete with gore and not much else. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo say more is really irrelevant. Many will disagree, but if you are curious in viewing this, it really wouldnu0026#39;t hurt skipping some scenes and just skimming through the rest to arrive at a flat ending.”
