DIRECTOR: ANDRES MUSCHIETTI
WRITERS: NEIL CROSS (SCREENPLAY), ANDRES MUSCHIETTI, AND BARBARA MUSCHIETTI (SCREENPLAY AND STORY)
STARRING: JESSICA CHASTAIN, NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU, AND MEGAN CHARPENTIER
I know it's Mother's Day weekend, but don't bother spending your cash on Mama.
With the current lack of horror flicks in the theaters and on DVD, I can't express the immensity of disappointment I felt after watching this. The potential glistened in the first fifteen minutes only to be shattered moments later. Let's face it...Mama's appearance just wasn't scary. It's 2013 and I can easily tell this budget was more than likely exploding in the millions category. Her presence was built up perfectly between the scary music and the pop up action, but unfortunately that frightening emotion was scattered away by an accidental comic relief. I've seen scarier halloween decorations and awkwardly convulsed more while playing those "scary prank games". Sorry, but her computer generated face makes me wonder if Michael Jackson is still alive.
The ending of a film is one of the most crucial points. It truly has the power to make or break a movie. Sorry to spoil it, but this ending was terrible. The children should have never been separated from each other, let alone the youngest of the two being swept off a cliff to her death. Seriously, what the fuck? It's just wrong in so many ways. I know this film was labeled with the eye-rolling sci-fi genre sticker, but it really couldn't be any more unrealistic in every aspect you look at it.
The day after I watched this cluster fuck, I vented about it to a friend. As I was filling in the general details about the story, I was reminded of how many unanswered and irrelevant happenings that occurred. Is it me or did we ever find out why the husband shot his wife and attempted to shoot his children? Also, what was Mama's motives? Yes, they showed us a glimpse of the last few seconds of her life, but what was her deal? I just cannot grasp what these writers were thinking. Not even enough to explain a synopsis effectively.
