- Sensibility: A drunkard's reaction to garlic, a mistaken viewing of blood, a curious decision to invite enemies inside a safe-space, and A miraculous survival in a gun-fight and a post-credit scene introducting some serious plot holes puts a bad taste on the ending.
- Cinematography: Beatifully shot, great costuming, wonderful production design, and great cgi. However, the highlight of the film is the sound design and soundtrack. There is a great blend of music
across the ages as well as some amazing story-telling through background sounds.
- Energy: The film has a great buildup, but the repetition over the vampire details and the extended duration take a slight toll. All this to end with a rather unnecessary and
insensible post-credit scene makes for a bit of a let-down in the end.
- Narrative: The story has a lot of good: excellent concepts and interesting story-telling mechanism through song and sound. It's also extremely unique. However, the vampire bits are explained a bit too explicitly, particularly from the vampires themselves; there are whole monologues where the vampires explain their reality or their
next moves. Also, there is a lot of repetition over the same issues, where the living is tempted to fight or invite the undead in.
- T-Points: The film received three bonus points: one for excellent soundtrack and sound design, one for the seamlessness and frequency of interactions between Michael B. Jordan's twin parts, and
one for a brilliant sequence where a transcendent song burns down the house.
It's unlike any film I've ever seen. How many vampire musicals with a black-soul twist have you hear of? The film is a great watch, but it has issues.
Number of Watches: 1
