Review of Romina

Romina (2018)
2/10
Ugh. So bad
15 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Pros - decent cinematography. There were some pretty and artful shots. Although this is not the genre you would expect to see pretty cinematography.

Cons - literally everything else. Spoilers abound, but don't worry, you won't miss anything by having it spoiled.

The opening scene killed it. Worst detective ever. I get that the girl is in shock, but come on with that interview technique. I almost turned it off right then and there for the bad acting/script.

Then the car ride. Instantly I dislike these idiots. They were all annoying, self centered, and dumb. None of the dialogue moved the story forward at all. Except maybe Diego saying Romina is his best friend. That pretty much kills the "twist" at the end.

For another half hour basically nothing happens. The kids are annoying. Dialogue makes no sense. Acting sucks. Romina prances around naked. There's a ridiculous rape scene. More bad acting. Virtually no storyline.

It's pretty obvious from early on that Romina intends to go on a murderous rampage. She's super manipulative. Not that she deserves to be raped, obviously, but they make no effort to paint her as a sympathetic vigilante, a la I Spit on Your Grave. Instead they make it pretty clear that she's up to no good. The rape, quite frankly, doesn't have anything to do with the story. I get the impression she would have killed everyone even if she hadn't been raped.

Finally we get to the carnage. There's no logical progression from point a to point b. All you see is people running around being idiots in one scene, and then they're somehow tied up and bloody in the next scene. Not that I have to see gore, but this is seriously weak sauce. Speaking of, the special effects are laughable.

Finally, the twist. Like I said, they basically give it away during the car ride, so it's not really a twist at all.

And there's literally no explanation for the carnage. "They all deserved it. Even Ximena." I guess we'll have to take your word for it because literally nothing in the storyline explains how anyone other than the rapists deserved anything. Unless you count being annoying and bitchy as deserving of murder, I guess.
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