Saloum

Beautiful start, could have been better, but went downhill quickly. Loved it all the same. 😊 Great casting. 🖤

source: Saloum

I was lucky enough to see this in a local theater, and it was an absolutely fantastic movie experience. It's full of action and sad and unexpectedly funny when it needs to be. This movie experiments and goes in surprising directions and it's just a fantastic time. I highly recommend this one. The lead actor in this is also just absolutely fantastic. He's an action hero throughout, but the actor really digs into the sadness and darker sides of this character. There's a rich interior life to the main character here, and I commend the actor for bringing so much to this film. This movie is also beautiful stylistically, there's some inventive design and completely stunning shots. This movie is just fantastic all around.

I guess I wouldn't call this straight horror so much as it seems like more of an action/folk movie. It's about three men who kidnap/save a drug kingpin to earn a hefty payday. It appears the men are no more than bounty hunters and that we are watching an action flick. But as the movie progresses, we learn they are good men who fight for "the little guy" and are regarded as heroes. When their plane is sabotaged by one of the three men, it is revealed that the place they end up hiding out at is run by a sex trafficker/abuser. The men kill him and then discover they must fight their way to freedom, through evil itself. For such a simple premise, this movie manages to be pretty profound and entertaining at the same time.