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Code 8 - Movie Review

 

The Amells

After CWs Arrow, Stephen Amell and his cousin Robbie Amell star in this movie about people with powers living in the real world. Sound familiar? It also combines the main character trying to do something good but ending up on the wrong side of the law. Again, sound familiar? It should as this is just a combination of movie plots into one science fiction film. With both Amells staring in the movie, I almost purchased this movie. Fortunately, Netflix already has this movie.

Review

This is an independent film that apparently went through a fundraising campaign to actually get made. The effects are rather good. The acting was decent and come close to getting you emotionally connected with the characters. I am a little disappointed with Stephen's character as it feels like they may be typecasting him into roles with limited emotional range. See his portrayal of Casey Jone in Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles: Out of the Shadow as another example of limiting his range. I have seen him do more range in Arrow and hope he gets better characters to play in the future.

The only drawback to this movie is it seems to end right as you start caring for the characters. It is not an abrupt end to the movie like Crawl was but I would have enjoyed seeing a few more minutes with a some of the characters to see what is only hinted at. I don't know if they did this due to money or because they are hoping to make a second movie. In either case, I was a little disappointed that there was not a little more at the end. Overall the movie is good but extremely predictable.

Rating

I would give this a solid SD rating. It is a good movie and if you have Netflix, I recommend giving it a watch. I will not be adding this movie to my collection even if it was under $5. At the time of this writing, Vudu has the HD version for $6.

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