Twentieth review is for this sci-fi/horror that popped up to me on Amazon. While watching I was on board by the time we enter the house. Dimensional portal, relationship drama, déjà vu, mania, suspicion, teamwork, chaos. Includes #spoilers :
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Coherence (2013) Pros: I really enjoyed this. I didn’t know where the story was gonna pull me but the different anecdotes about comets and their own friendship dynamic was so dope. I especially loved the moment in the end where the main woman walked through all their possible timelines. They used the setting really well, having just the house, the street, the car as the setting and not making it feel boring. All the chaos and suspicion excited my spirit.
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Cons: I just can’t relate to these folks in their murderous “There can only be one me” motive. I wouldn’t run from another version of myself. I’d be like “Okay, Hello” at least. Then we might share a big cookie and twist each others fros, I’m pretty sure that would happen. The ending was not the red bow on the nicely wrapped gift but left me with a “I see what you did there” little smile like I felt for The Old Ways. It didn’t release all the tension with the action at the end with one moment, she just slides through killing her self but her partner notices a difference.
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I’d give it an 8, if it had black folks, more realistic actions, and more likable characters it would go up more. But I overall enjoyed the banter, the chaos and mania, and how they tried to gain control by leaving a marker so they would know which house was theirs. This film is mainly marked as science fiction but when the sinister tone and murder began I knew it was horror for real. Similar movies: Another Earth, Primer, and Project Almanac.
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