"Astral 3": reviews of the movie, comments, rating, plot

Lee Wannell's directorial debut and the first horror film in the film career Stephanie Scott, the prequel of the two previous films, the film "Astral 3" comments and responses has received mixed results. In the genre of "horror" in the history of the film industry was shot a great many paintings. All of them pursued one single goal - to frighten the viewer as much as possible. Lee Wonnel's project coped with the task positively, the movie is not scary to watch because of the unplanned humor that has transformed into the canvas, which transforms the picture not for the better.

Just a prequel

Before analyzing the horror "Astral 3" (reviews, plot, casting, etc.), it should be remembered that the first two parts were devoted to the incessant misadventures of the Lambert family, who had to pass through virtually all circles of hell by the will of fate. A wand for the heroes of the previous paintings was a faultless female psychic Alice, but she could not withstand the ghostly old woman, she was killed. The popularity of the franchise remained quite high, but it was not possible to resurrect such a significant character. And then the creators decided to shoot the prequel "Astral 3", criticism of the critics dubbed it the story of the origin and development of the supernatural gift of Alice.

Plot

Once, to the psychic Alice (Lin Shay), who left an active practice, comes very young girl Queen Brenner (Stephanie Scott), asking to get in touch with her deceased mother. Alice is not in a hurry to start an ophthalmic session, but after Quinn confesses that she has already tried to contact the spirit herself, she starts to work. Veschunya, wanting to restore the status quo in the world of spirits, goes into the astral. But meets there something inexplicable, unknown to her and terribly nightmarish. Alice advises the frustrated girl to return to normal life, but there it was.

The otherworldly evil spirits do not want to calm down: strange sounds are heard in the ventilation of Queen's house, at the entrance exam the girl is pursued by a strange stranger, and at night too realistic nightmares do not give rest. So every day the heroine loses self-identification, the vicious circle narrows around Quinn. Only Alice can help her, but the psychic seriously doubts her abilities.

The choice is yours!

"Astral 3" review from one of the authors of FashionTime Anastasia Sycheva deserved indulgence. In her opinion, the debut of the director-Australian failed. Lee Wonnell worked on scenarios in the projects "Saw", "Dead Silence" and tried himself in the role of an actor in the films "Saw 3", "Matrix: Reloaded", "Tax collector". Therefore, the film community expected from his director's offspring a more impressive effect. But, alas, everything turned out too corny. The film critic notes that all the techniques used in the project, the viewer could contemplate in the previous parts, so in reality he will not frighten the beholder of any frame from the timing of the picture "Astral 3". Reviews of the film, left by foreign audiences, noted the strong cast of the picture, and the critic Sychev completely agrees with the prevailing opinion.

Acting Casting

Indeed, the work on the film was attracted to: the young actress Stephanie Scott, known to the viewer for the projects "More Than Sex" and "Sworn Friends", as well as Dermot Mulroney ("Friends" and "Best Friend's Wedding"), Michael R. McKay ( "Ace Ventura", "X-Men" 2), Angus Sampson ("Mad Max" (2015) and "Fargo"), Tate Burnie ("Sons of Anarchy" and "Before I Go"), Haley Kiyoko ("Diaries Vampire "and" lemonade mouth "), Corbett Tak (Debt Collector and Call of Nature), Steve Coulter (Hunger Games, Time to Kill), Lee Wonnel himself and Lin Shay (" and, "" A Nightmare on Elm Street "). Of all the above masters of the scene is particularly impressive Lin Shay, she - a true professional, an unrivaled master of his craft, decoration horror "Astral 3". The response of every second film critic contains praises for her acting skills. However, there are those who claim that it was her presence, her sweet and even funny appearance that became the starting point for turning the horror into a strange comedy of black humor.

Typical horror products

Publishing House "New Vision" also did not miss the premiere of the film "Astral 3". The response of Denis Stupnikov is rather categorical, the critic called the work of director Lee Wonnell a standard horror product, pointing to the author's predilection for juggling allusions to the classics of the genre. The share of rationalism in its assessment is available. The fact is that the author intentionally abandoned the traditional for this genre location in the form of a remote old mansion, having placed his characters in a multi-storey building. This can be called a tribute to the "Shine" Stanley Kubrick, in which the main source of unrest and fears is the hotel corridor. Also in the film, there is an empty apartment No. 54 - an analogue in "Shining" is a mysterious room.

The tricks of the creators

You do not need to have a special education in order to note the fact that the picture of skim on expressive means, flashing in the frame of otherworldly entities and supernatural characters can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The author intentionally shifts the center of gravity in the third part from computer special effects to acting. It is said that the director personally locked the performer of the main role of Stephanie Scott in a dark back room, forcing to listen to depressing music at the highest volume, in order to bring the actress to the desired state. Not without reason after watching the movie "Astral 3" reviews of the audience noted the half-witted look of the performer of the main role. But some filmmakers expressed regret at the fact that they did not manage to get scared. During the viewing, many had a feeling that the creators intentionally, for too impressionable viewers, provided for a relaxation - the moments of the appearance of weird Internet freaks Tucker and Spax. Therefore, the place for cleansing and relaxing laughter remained in the most horrific scenes of horror "Astral 3". Reviews about the film, for the most part, do not consider this trick of the author justified in the genre policy of the picture and the general atmosphere of the franchise. However, this does not mean that there were no viewers who did not like the film.

By the inertia of success

The film "Astral 3" a review of the national film critic Eugene Ukhov received a similar sentence, even his name is unequivocal: "She died so died." Specialist believes that the theme of "Astral" was sucked in the first film. The second tape was able to scrape something over the susek, in the third there was nothing left. Viewers already know how communication with the other world works, supernatural fears and what the activity of spirits in the world of people is aimed at. Virtually nothing to frighten. The film lost the strength of horror, a riddle, a fundamental element of horror. The idea of the creators to return to the history of one of the main characters of the first parts was temptingly interesting, but dangerous. After all, the atmosphere of the first picture was not based on the impressions of a psychic traveling in the other world, but on the nightmare that the ordinary family had to endure. The advantage of the director James Wang was the accuracy and the degree of intimidation, he did not make sharp movements, skillfully injecting horror, so the spectator willingly empathized with the heroes. The second part rolled by the inertia of success of the first, unfortunately, dropping to the level of low-budget horror, losing the previous picture in drama. The third part is still worse. If the authors did not invite Lin Shay, did not designate the astral "genealogy" in the title, the film "Astral 3" (rating, critics 'and viewers' testimony to that confirmation) could easily be called an ordinary horror, no different from the mass of its less eminent and more Cheap colleagues.

Letting go - let go

The essence of the story laid down in the script of the third part is that the main character does not want to let her dead mother go. Her feelings are understandable and understandable. This can be attributed to the authors of "Astral 3", galvanizing the remains of a good first picture, applying to it a plantain, then a patch. It would not be worth it. The story is over, the third chapter was superfluous.