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

Lee Wannell's directorial debut and the first filmhorrors in the film career Stephanie Scott, the prequel of the two previous films, the film "Astral 3" comments and reviews received mixed. 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 mediocrely with the task in hand, 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 the trouble-free 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), leftactive 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 on her own, 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 dreadful. Alice advises the frustrated girl to return to normal life, but there it was.

The otherworldly evil spirits do not want to calm down: in the queen's house ventilation sounds strange sounds, at the entrance examination 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 Queen. Alice can help her, but the psychic seriously doubts her capabilities.

The choice is yours!

"Astral 3" review from one of the authors of FashionTimeAnastasia Sychevoy deserved indulgence. In her opinion, the debut of the director-Australian was not a success. 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 fact he will not frighten the beholder of any frame from the time-lapse 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 wasinvolved: 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", "People ("Mad Max" (2015) and "Fargo"), Tate Burnie ("Sons of Anarchy" and "Before I Leave"), Haley Kiyoko ("The Vampire Diaries" and "Lemonade Mouth"), Angus Sampson ), Corbett Tak ("Debt Collector" and "Call of Nature"), Steve Coulter ("Hunger Games", "Time to Kill"), Lee Wonnel himself and Lin Shay ("Wiji: Devil's Board", "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 cute and even funny appearance that became the starting point for turning the horror into a strange comedy of black humor.

Sample horror products

Publishing House "New Vision" is also notmissed the premiere of the movie "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 "Shining" 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 tonote the fact that the picture of the skimp on expressive means, flickering 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 starring Stephanie Scott in a dark back room, forcing to listen to depressing music at the highest volume, in order to bring the actress in the right state to him. 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 were not afraid to get scared. During the viewing, many felt 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 the 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" review of the national film criticEvgeniya Ukhova received a similar sentence, even his name is unequivocal: "I 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 directed 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. Advantage of the director James Wang was the accuracy and the degree of intimidation, he did not make sharp movements, skillfully forcing 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 a 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 this confirmation) could easily be called an ordinary horror, no different from the mass of its less eminent and more cheap brothers.

Letting go - let go

The essence of the story behind the scenariothe third part, is that the main character does not want to release her dead mother. 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 plaster. It would not be worth it. The story is over, the third chapter was superfluous.