I must admit that I was definitely expecting a lot more from "Il Legame" (aka "The Binding") when I sat down to watch it. Especially because the movie's synopsis sold the movie rather well.
First of all, the movie is slow paced, very slow paced. And I must admit that I actually drifted off two or three times along the monotonous paced movie. The storyline was just way too generic to make it an interesting movie. There was nothing here that haven't been seen or done better in previous older movies. Which is kind of astonishing, taking into consideration that the movie had no less than 3 writers working on it.
Visually, "Il Legame" was good, but its atmosphere and special effects could only do so much to lift up the lack of a proper storyline and plot.
The acting in the movie was actually good from just about everyone included on the cast list. And this being an Italian movie, then there wasn't a single familiar face on the cast list for me.
For a horror movie then "Il Legame" just didn't cut it. It was way too bland and monotonous, which made for a less than mediocre movie for sure. My rating of "Il Legame" lands on a mere three out of ten stars.
First of all, the movie is slow paced, very slow paced. And I must admit that I actually drifted off two or three times along the monotonous paced movie. The storyline was just way too generic to make it an interesting movie. There was nothing here that haven't been seen or done better in previous older movies. Which is kind of astonishing, taking into consideration that the movie had no less than 3 writers working on it.
Visually, "Il Legame" was good, but its atmosphere and special effects could only do so much to lift up the lack of a proper storyline and plot.
The acting in the movie was actually good from just about everyone included on the cast list. And this being an Italian movie, then there wasn't a single familiar face on the cast list for me.
For a horror movie then "Il Legame" just didn't cut it. It was way too bland and monotonous, which made for a less than mediocre movie for sure. My rating of "Il Legame" lands on a mere three out of ten stars.