When the Storm Fades (2018)

When the Storm Fades: Directed by Sean Devlin. With Ryan Beil, Alicia Boco, Marissa Cabalja, Kayla Lorette. A well-intentioned, young Canadian couple help a family in the Philippines recover from the 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan.

“I must admit that when I sat down in 2021 to watch the 2018 movie u0026quot;When the Storm Fadesu0026quot; that I had expected a bit more entertainment from what I was in for here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut what u0026quot;When the Storm Fadesu0026quot; turned out to be was a slow-paced story about the aftermath of a nasty typhoon having struck Tacloban in the Philippines. Now, donu0026#39;t get me wrong here, because I am not saying that this was a boring or bad movie, no, no. But it was a rather slow-paced and uneventful movie. And it sort of felt like I was sitting through someoneu0026#39;s home video footage at times.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie takes place in the aftermath, but there isnu0026#39;t much of any aftermath going on throughout the course of the movie in terms of rebuilding or reconstructing what was demolished 3 years before. Instead, we get to watch two very out-of-place Canadians stumble about the local residents and the Barangay where they are supposed to be helping out. Not much of any helps actually, which was sort of tragically funny in a way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn terms of acting performances, well I will say that the movie was nicely enough acted by those involved, but it was hardly outstanding performances, nor memorable ones.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;When the Storm Fadesu0026quot; does leave you with some insight into the tragic aftermath of a natural disaster and how the rest of the world just idly stands by without offering much of any help in terms of practical help, financial help or emotional help So on that account then writer and director Sean Devlin actually managed to do well enough.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis 2018 movie wasnu0026#39;t really what I had expected it to be. Sure, it was watchable, but it was hardly something that I would recommend you rush out to get your hand on. It is something you watch once and then never again, and probably something that will not remain long in memory.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of u0026quot;When the Storm Fadesu0026quot; lands on a mediocre five out of ten stars.”