Its quite rare for a television series to provoke a 1 out 10 reaction without hesitation. But it is so bad that I sometimes find myself unable to change the channel when it comes on - until some part of my brain rebels, seizes the remote and narrowly averts a parallel universe lobotomy.
The director completely fails to grab the audience with any palpable intrigue, like Battlestar or Lost might, so in the end you don't even bother to follow the convoluted and uninteresting plot. Too little is revealed too slowly ensuring a healthy dose of tedium. The visuals are probably the best part of the film with the director managing to twist the holiday village reality of Cape Town into a dark urban jungle at his leisure. But the strange mix of Canadian, American and South African accents (with the full spectrum of South African dialects thrown in for good measure) serve as a huge distraction. The background music is relentless, somehow wrong for each scene and jars with the atmosphere. With these distractions and a confusing and lethargic plot, Charlie Jade tries to be too much and as a result completely fails to entertain.
The fact that I'm the 11th comment suggest this hasn't had very wide screening yet. Perhaps there's hope for the rest of the world?
The director completely fails to grab the audience with any palpable intrigue, like Battlestar or Lost might, so in the end you don't even bother to follow the convoluted and uninteresting plot. Too little is revealed too slowly ensuring a healthy dose of tedium. The visuals are probably the best part of the film with the director managing to twist the holiday village reality of Cape Town into a dark urban jungle at his leisure. But the strange mix of Canadian, American and South African accents (with the full spectrum of South African dialects thrown in for good measure) serve as a huge distraction. The background music is relentless, somehow wrong for each scene and jars with the atmosphere. With these distractions and a confusing and lethargic plot, Charlie Jade tries to be too much and as a result completely fails to entertain.
The fact that I'm the 11th comment suggest this hasn't had very wide screening yet. Perhaps there's hope for the rest of the world?