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DAY 5: As Above, So Below
On Netflix

As Above, So Below is another found footage movie (I did not want to watch another one so soon but oh well). It also has Superstore's Jonah in it. This is... I'd say, a good try on this genre.

The story of this is that a group of people are on the hunt in Paris ruins for a stone that her father had also looked for. However, they find that they are getting lost and seem as though they're all just going in circles and get massively lost.

Honestly, the premise of this is very good from the start. Like shockingly good. So I couldn't help but be disappointed in this when it kind of doesn't really deliver as hard as you might like it to. There are very cool scenes throughout this movie with really good scares. However, they're so few and far between that while you can appreciate them, they don't make up for the rest of the movie which is people in small ruin corridors having breakdowns.

This wasn't a bad watch by any stretch, but I did find myself growing more disinterested. I appreciate the attempt more, I guess, especially when you could see what biblical story they are referring to throughout the film. The ending is a bit... well, it's contrived. I was scratching my head, just baffled by them going this route and not doing something... I don't know, cooler? Anything cooler?

It's a good attempt, as I said, but it really feels like they should have delivered more on their premise they set up. If you're interested in a unique found footage movie, give it a shot I guess. Or if the set piece of the Paris ruins is something that interests you, watch it as well because it's actually really cool. But go into it with tapered expectations.

Rating: 5.5/10

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