Dark Parasite (2023)

Dark Parasite (2023). Dark Parasite: Directed by Luca Boni, Marco Ristori. With Michael Segál, Désirée Giorgetti, Aaron Stielstra, David White. After a Robbery at a jewelry story, a group of robbers takes refuge with a host in a shabby apartment building in the suburbs. But they don't know that in the basement hides an obscure alien creature with telepathic powers.

“Plotu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter a Robbery at a jewellery story, a group of robbers takes refuge with a host in a shabby apartment building in the suburbs. But they donu0026#39;t know that in the basement hides an obscure alien creature with telepathic powers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCastu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNo idea, but made by the same folks who made the marginally above average Apocalypse Z (2013)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eVerdictu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItalian made the budget issues become apparent early on but are disguised remarkably well, in fact it all looked quite polished (Initially). Sure the effects looked like they were made in Adobe After Effects but that was okay.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFocusing around simply 3 characters it started interesting but descended into mediocrity as it became apparent the writers really didnu0026#39;t have any new ideas and were just recycling from dozens of better movies that have come before.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf our three one couldnu0026#39;t act to save his life and one was not only a poor actress but played the screaming damsel in distress a tad too strong (Despite the character being described as having more balls than the others combined).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBuilding up to a lacklustre, predictable and lifeless finale it felt like they had something there but simply couldnu0026#39;t deliver on the underwhelming writing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRantsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt time of writing this is the first review and the movie doesnu0026#39;t even have 5 votes in order for IMDB to build an average. I think this is a bad film donu0026#39;t get me wrong, but I hope it doesnu0026#39;t get absolutely slaughtered. The filmmakers arenu0026#39;t bad, theyu0026#39;re just making something out of nothing. The cast however, that was unforgivable and itu0026#39;s a shame you canu0026#39;t rate peoples performances separate from the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBreakdownu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome decent effectsnSome poor effectsn2/3 of the cast are awfulnThe leading lady was written to be far too weaknSide plots went nowhere.”