The Veil 2016
- Director: Phil Joanou
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Jessica Alba, Thomas Jane, Lily Rabe, Aleksa Palladino, Reid Scott, Ivy George
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Jessica Alba – Dark Angel
- Reid Scott – Venom, Black and Blue
- Thomas Jane – The Predator, The Mist
- Aleksa Palladino – The Sopranos, Manny & Lo
- Ivy George – Big Little Lies
- Why? Possibly interesting
- Seen: 28 September 2023
Twenty-five years ago a religious cult called the Veil committed mass suicide. Only 5-year-old Sarah (George) survived. Now a young woman (Rabe) she is approached by Maggie (Alba), a student filmmaker and daughter of one of the FBI agents who discovered the bodies and later committed suicide. Maggie wants to make a film about it and try to make sense of what happened. Sarah goes back to the Veil with Maggie and her crew and of course eerie, then horrible, things happen.
It’s atmospheric and handsomely filmed in
almost black and white but it’s very slow and doesn’t have much substance. It
would have been more interesting if it had been about one of the real mass
suicide/murder cults.
Watchable but not as good as it could
have been.
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