All You Need Is Death (2023)

All You Need Is Death (2023). 1h 30m

“Learning of a potentially intriguing story, a pair of documentarians committed to recording long-forgotten folk songs learn of a potentially long-forgotten song in the Irish countryside and set out to capture it against the wishes of the locals, unleashing a bizarre curse that envelops them both.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis was a rather problematic genre effort. Most of the filmu0026#39;s positive points stem from the central setup and atmospheric touches running throughout here which provide a genuinely engrossing sense of mystery. The main idea of relying on the power of traditional and even sometimes generaltional customs, in this case regarding the nature of the mythic song in question, offers the kind of fascinating insight into the past that this one relies quite heavily on. With the majority of the middle half devoted to how this plays out regarding how to honor the traditions of the past that has used a specific medium over time, this kind of corruption makes for an intriguing setup looking at the way it unfolds involving the king of unraveling curse thtat takes place. That allows for some rather chilling scenarios to take place here as a result with the way it all comes to include various gruesome attacks and cofrontations to let the curse play out. Outside of this, though, thereu0026#39;s just not much going on here to remain interesting. Far too much of the film is reliant on the idea of the curse coming to fruition but itu0026#39;s never given much of any care of orinterst in what that means or why theyu0026#39;re interested in getting the song recorded. The whole concept is so wacky and bizarre that thereu0026#39;s no real grounded form in play here to make things have an emotional attachment to it so that comes off rather flimsy and awkward, especially as this one goes along with the aspects of the curse as that doesnu0026#39;t get explored in the slightest so it all makes for a confusing time. When itu0026#39;s not concerned with the aspects of the curse, itu0026#39;s just flat-out dull as very little happens so the pacing here is completely stiffened to the point of plodding blandly along to where itu0026#39;s nearly impossible to care about the story going forward. Thereu0026#39;s so little life or energy in whatu0026#39;s going on that it just doesnu0026#39;t register anything but boredom, all of which hold this down overall.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.”