The Veil

2016 "The dead come back"
4.7| 1h33m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 21 April 2016 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: http://www.blumhouse.com/tag/the-veil/
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30 years ago, when members of a religious cult known as Heaven's Veil take their own lives. The truth behind what really happened remains buried deep in the memory of the sole survivor, a five-year-old girl. Now as an adult she returns to the compound with a documentary crew. They soon discover something that is far more terrifying than anything they could have imagined.

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re-animatresse i don't really understand the plot. i mean, i could summarise it if asked, but too many questions are ultimately left unanswered to make a very compelling story. that may be at least partially actor Thomas Jane's fault for rewriting a large fraction of the screenplay. director Phil Joanou has nevertheless managed to make a fairly entertaining movie out of a seemingly incomplete script by writer Robert Ben Garant, some of whose work i've enjoyed in the past (viz. Let's Go to Prison and Hell Baby) this one's a slow-burning mystery with very little style or atmosphere. the lack of these normally crucial elements is made up for somewhat by the cast, however, particularly Lily Rabe of American Horror Story renown and Thomas Jane (Jonathan Hensleigh's Punisher), who drives the film with his outstanding performance as Jim Jacobs, the highly charismatic role of a Jim Jones-inspired cult leader that he wrote for himself. there's a strange and pleasant familiarity to the character's appearance and affect that i can't quite place the film is by no means a masterpiece, but it's an impressive horror genre debut for a director whose career largely comprises U2 music videos and a documentary of the band. i like it, and while i won't recommend it for everyone, i do recommend watching the trailer, and if it looks interesting to you, it might be worth a watch
suite92 The Three Acts: The initial tableaux: Jim Jacobs runs a cult camp at Heaven's Veil Ranch, circa 1982. He's a self- appointed mage who does miraculous healing and the like. He does meditation, astral projections, telekinesis, and whatever else will inspire loyalty. His big draw, though, is promising techniques to gain eternal life.Yeah, right.The trick is, one has to die first before getting the big dividend. Indeed, every one at Heaven's Veil does die back in 1982, save for Sarah Hope.Spin forward to the present, roughly. Sarah Hope is recruited by Maggie Price and her brother Christian to do a documentary on the Ranch. Maggie's father was the FBI agent in charge of investigating the Veil, and he ended up hanging himself when Maggie was three years old.Delineation of conflicts: As one might expect, things start to go badly soon after the film starts.The caretaker of Heaven's Veil was not all that welcoming. Film crew member Ed takes the group's van and kills himself by running into a tree at high speed. The group is more than a bit isolated by distance, since they are now all on foot.Sarah finds the more secret parts of the place, which include multiple films of the inner workings of Jim Jacobs' group. The filmmakers hope to find out what the driving forces were behind the mass death at Heaven's Veil. Does something or someone at the Veil want those secrets kept secret?Resolution: The film jumped the shark around 53:00 in. The transition from somewhat reasonable thriller to wholesale supernatural bullshit was sudden. The turnabout at the end was well-written, but I had long since quit caring.
sukanya-samy Jessica Alba, Lily Rabe (from the American Horror Story) and Thomas Jane (from The Mist fame) star in this low-budget horror film and I admit, the star cast itself made me want to see the movie. Its on Netflix and its fairly a recent release, so I was like why not. The movie has some surprises which I didn't anticipate, so I am making sure this review does not have spoilers.First reviewed on broth of blogsIt connects to a true story about Jim Jones, played by Thomas Jane and how he ordered mass suicides, which resulted in the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Plot and Script25 years after a cult commits what looks like a mass-suicide, the lone survivor Sarah Hope (Rabe) decides to go back to the house where it all happened. Only this time, she has Alba and her crew to film her reactions. Alba has another motive – she is the daughter of the FBI agent who raided the place and her father committed suicide just days after the raid. Alba feels connected to Rabe because the same incident destroyed both their families. Upon arriving at the crime scene, weird things start happening and they discover tapes that the leader of the cult, Jane had recorded. They find out the main purpose of the cult was not just to follow their leader, but more sinister.Without going into details, the plot has major holes. There is no explanation about how the crew who is watching the tape is able to see the incidents like they were actually there – and so you as the audience, is even more confused. The first 30 minutes is really interesting but then it starts tumbling down without logic.Characterization and Acting (C&A)Thomas Jane gives a great performance as the leader of the cult and you can see why people would follow him. Its amazing how some of these guys can brainwash an entire sect but that's the power that ordinary people give these guys.Alba and Rabe were just OK, no great shakes. The others didn't have much of a part to play.The thing that annoyed me most was that when weird things start happening, they would be like, ya okay, this is nothing. Wouldn't you be on the edge? Wouldn't you not volunteer to go alone into a house where you heard whispers?Well, our characters did all those stupid things and more.Sounds and Effects (S&E)Another thing I hate about horror movies nowadays are the nonsensical jump scenes. Just putting a loud noise with a sudden break in the visual is not called a jump scare people, its just noise. I think some of the more nuanced filmmakers understand that – like James Wan. When you see his movies, you will realize that he uses sounds to build up the tension, not just use a loud sound to make you jump.Cinematography and Visuals (C&V)A large part of the movie is in the dark, so it is a little difficult to see but the I like the look of the film. It is deliberately washed out to convey the tragedy. The old films of the cult also show the 70s/80s where everything was so sepia and hippie.Direction and Overall (D &O)I wish the movie didn't take a super-natural turn. The first half hour had so much promise. And I wish the story explained more of what was happening – the reactions to some of the incidents in the house were just idiotic and unexplained.So here are my scores:Plot and Script (P&S)- 0.5Characterization and Acting (C&A) – 1Sounds and Effects (S&E) – 1Cinematography and Visuals (C&V) – 1.5Direction and Overall (D &O) – 1Overall Score – 5 out of 10Watch it if you are really really bored and you have tonnes of time, its on Netflix. First reviewed on broth of blogs on wordpress
cmv32261 Anyone who would not have rated this movie with a decimal point with an infinite amount of zeros following it is a illogical as those who wrote the script.Is it possible for me to define how absolutely unbelievable the plot to the movie is.I myself do not believe in the influence of paranormal forces acting upon the living whether those forces be good or bad, I believe mankind creates instances of good, or even divine and/or bad or even evil.I certainly do not believe that corporeal beings can separate their spirits from their body by temporarily killing themselves, or killing themselves and their spirits remaining on our plane of existence long after their death as in their bodies have been decaying for quite sometime, and then killing and taking the bodies of others sometime in the future.This movie did absolutely nothing for Thomas Jane's or Jessica Alba's reputations.