White Wall

White Wall

I happen to stumble across this movie completely by accident hoping that once in a while an unknown film can be surprisingly good. This definitely wasn't the one. Actually, it is now officially the worst movie I've ever seen, beating the Legend of Chun Li. White Wall is plagued by clichés such as a virus wiping out the Earth, the forced "love story," and pretty much every character's personality. The story seems to have been written by a middle schooler. Apparently Shawn was able to run experiments on the virus from a closet as a janitor after being a gang-member. The acting in this movie is probably the worst thing about it. If the director was serious enough about the movie he would have let someone else be the lead character unless he was trying to cut costs or something. He shows maybe 2 different facial expressions the whole movie and tries to sport a messenger bag while attempting to portray a bad-ass. He wasn't the only one that did poorly but definitely took up the most screen time Costumes were way off. What's with all the fedoras and the poncho guy? Was this "our" 20th century? There's no imagination here. You could say "they were limited by costs or inexperience" but I don't think that's a real excuse. Look at what the Blair Witch or paranormal activity did with only a camcorder and a cast that equally looks like plain college kids. I did find a few positive aspects to White Wall which might have been the musical score and some of the cinematography that no doubt made the low budget action scenes look at least a little intense. In the end, I was only motivated to rate this movie because of the fake ratings boosting it.

The acting is so distractingly bad that it is downright painful to push through the opening sequence, but, as awful as it was I continued on for another half hour making sure I gave this movie every chance. When two fundamental aspects of a movie are of such a low quality, in this case the writing and the acting, it's a wonder how the movie can be made at all. I wouldn't make my worst enemy watch this movie let alone a complete stranger that is the only reason I'm writing this review. This "movie" should come with a warning label; 'This film may leave a mental stain that could result in brain trauma when recollecting any of it's contents at a later date, and in some cases has resulted in individuals wishing they were Helen Keller.'

The movie is an interesting take on the whole post apocalyptic genre. It isn't anything new or particularly original, but it does deliver its own spin on a movie done a lot of times. I liked that the world wasn't such a ridiculous deviation from life prior to the disaster. The gangs weren't leather clad freaks like a Mad Max movie. People weren't all crazy and roaming around robbing each other. They had their normal jobs and lives. There was just an somewhat oppressive government trying to maintain control, and small cells of people rebelling against that system. The movie looked good and had a decent idea, but the acting was very flat. Not one of the characters delivers a convincing performance. So none of the scenes have any emotional impact. This is probably due in large part to the stilted dialogue in the script. In the hands of a better write and director, I could see a big time Hollywood blockbuster. As it stands, it probably isn't worth much of your attention.

Nothing is more fascinating than Jame Boss' incredible direction, which takes a low-budgeted movie to be found as adorable as a high-budgeted movie could ever be. White Wall is a post-apocalyptic movie based on a guy trying to find his brother, which ultimately takes him on a journey through the post-apocalyptic wasteland. The movie starts with some great shots of how people are surviving during the pandemic. During the start, we get to know about the conflict of government with people, who are taking over the survivors, and what's the main motivation of the main character. Which many movies don't get to do until they are in their second half, and this is what makes a movie a great dramatic piece. However, during the end, the inclusion of the fighting scene shows, how awful the movie is with its budget, because those scenes clearly show, producers didn't put much of any attention on the main characteristics of the movie, which is fighting scenes. Talking about the delivery of dialogues and the acting, they are just an enigma of masterpieces. Because I didn't expect those things were going to save the movie from being a low-budgeted disaster. The camera angles are creative as they showcase how a movie could go through from one arc to another without losing the viewers' attention. Colors and dark greedy tone were miles apart from each other as a post-apocalyptic movie needs to show its creativity on the editing table by adding more colors in the environment, take the example of I am Legend, it's the presence of a colorful environment which made that movie a big success, but white wall just goes along with its dark greedy tone, which isn't going to be a good experience for a moviegoer. Nonetheless, this movie can create a spark in the dull life of the viewer who hates living in quarantine, as the movie story revolves around people going through living between walls which is also practically quarantine for them. In addition to this, the director successfully describes the premise of the movie as his aspirations for the film came from providing viewers a picture of the distant future, where mankind is at its low point. In simple words, the film is a warning for people to stop destroying the world because if we don't, we could end up like the society showcased in the movie. My experience of watching it was pleasant because I didn't have any expectations from the movie but the way actors acted and camera shots just indulged me deep into the essence of the movie, which made me to ignore the awful fighting sequences. So if you love watching a dark greedy, drama movie and don't care about the CGI and special effects then I think you should give this movie a try.

Firstly, it needs to be said that you should not go into this film expecting a blockbuster or high budget affair. It is neither. That said, this film has some quite impressive qualities as well as some pretty serious issues that undermine it. Firstly, the film is pretty high concept. It's premise is not particularly new (survivors in a post-apocalyptic, virus ravaged world) but it presents its own unique, non-derivative version of that premise. The society that the characters inhabit feels like something that I haven't seen before (and I've watch a lot of these kinds of films). It feels like a South American dictatorship meets the wild west meets 1950s knife gangs. And while that sounds like quite a mish-mash, it actually feels quite internally consistent. The story is pretty well thought out and, in my opinion, interesting. However, its translation to screen has a number of problems. The pacing is all over the place. A number of events in the film are shoehorned in purely so that later events will make sense, and it is pretty jarring when this happens. There is one particular scene where the slow-motion approach of a group of characters lasts longer than the pointless conversation they have when they arrive - and the scene was only there so you'd know who they were later in the film. Quite odd. The style of storytelling is not going to be for everyone, either. It vacillates between arthouse noir and student film bluntness. The first half of the film is vague and meandering. The second half of the film is tighter. Yet, there is a general lack of flow in the presentation. And there are some quite misguided scenes in the film that indicate a lack of writing/film-making experience. That said, the film was shot in 15 days and when you factor in the several fight scenes (which would have eaten up shooting time) I can understand why the final result is inconsistent. The acting also varies wildly. The main actor (who also directed the film) doesn't have much range but he's not completely incompetent. The supporting cast do a great job, for the most part. A couple of players really struggle in their roles. The action scenes were at times really very good. At other times they felt very out-of-character for the setting. In particular, the antagonist of the film has a really good knife-fighting scene with one of the other supports. A few minutes later he has a very underwhelming 80s action-ish fight with the protagonist, full of fancy martial arts kicks and flips and other nonsense that felt very inappropriate for the film. If you're interested in watching films where people try to stretch a limited budget into something bigger than they can really afford, then I think this film is well worth watching. Unlike many other films of a similar ilk, it has something rather special: genuine originality.

I encountered this movie with little to no expectations as I'd never heard of it, however it was very recent so I thought I would give watching it a shot. And here I am, perhaps the closest to regretting watching a movie as I've ever been. This review is relatively specific as I feel it is necessary in order to help everyone understand just how bad this movie is. As several other reviews have pointed out, the writing and acting are simply awful. I understand that the movie had a low budget and it was meant to be more of a realization of a dream than a real "hit"... but wow. I've seen low-budget movies vastly superior to this. The setting and mood alone are incoherent and almost non-existent. Dirt is something that has no cost, yet all of the people wandering in this "post-apocalyptic" world are spotless, clean-shaven, and look like people you would see walking on the street. There appear to be no shortage in supplies, uniformed law enforcers, an in-tact hospital, even a swanky and almost perfectly functioning car. Why, then, is there a lack of guns? Did they somehow disappear from the face of the Earth? One tiny but crazy concept in the movie is that anything can be self-taught. Anyone would understand that scientific research is not something that can be "self-taught", especially if you're a janitor. Generally speaking, 90% of the time I was thinking "everyone in this movie could die and it wouldn't make a difference in the grand scheme of things". Half of the time I couldn't even tell why what I was watching was supposed to be important. Ultimately, it shows that very little to no research was done for this movie. The actors apparently had no background whatsoever in acting, as everyone was about as expressive as a brick wall. I tried to sympathize with its creators, oh how I tried. This movie was worse than Legend of Chun-Li, and anyone that has seen that movie cannot fathom the complete and utter waste of time that "White Wall" provides.

Oh my...originally I was asking who paid for it, but that doesn't matter. Why was this even released outside the buddy group? I am only writing this review to get something back for the time spent watching it. I did watch it. I even paused it and cut a conversation short with my wife because I needed to finish watching it just to get it over with. I paused it to make a sandwich and forced myself to hit the "Play" button again. I put off a bathroom trip because I thought maybe I could get through without. Positives. A couple shots of the desert landscape. The soundtrack build in some scenes. Some of the martial arts, though it's clear only one person in the movie has any real training. Negatives: All the other shots of the desert landscape. The actual scene moment when the good soundtrack builds end. The acting. The direction. Pretty much everything else. Thankfully this was bad enough that I will forget it. There is a plot twist but no development bringing the viewer to it. The reveal itself is weak. It's not really validated but maybe that was intentional. I must not think bad thoughts...I must not think bad thoughts... Okay -- cool little car. Who would have guessed you could get something so neat and so shiny in the post-apocalyptic world behind the white wall. Where is this going? Off the rails like this movie went immediately before the title presentation. Positive reviews on this movie are not to be trusted. You can't even trust the summary contributed the "White Wall Movie". There's more substance to that "this is my pitch" writing than the actual movie. Really, everyone involved could have spent their time and money on much more fulfilling endeavors. Like maybe filming this as a short. I wish I could say this was painful for me. I love sci-fi. I even enjoy bad sci-fi when it is good or laughable bad sci-fi. But this mashup of grade school post-apocalyptic projection and martial arts is just a bore. Save yourself and pass on this movie.

This is a great movie and the three main actors were amazing!

I was amazed by the actors, and the pervert mind, I'm so in loved by this movie!