Dominium (2013) User Reviews

NOTHING HAPPENS!!!

[andrewmcl83-170-764416 · 2/10 · 3 September 2019]

I really don't get one word of what this other Reviewer is talking about and how he could have possibly gave this movie a 10. It's one of way too many found-footage movies where it follows a college film crew seeking out Paranormal Activity. The first 80% of the movie all they do is argue with each other and conduct interviews with people who have nothing to do with the movie whatsoever.

When they finally get to this building that they were led to buy another character, they had a few scares but unfortunately the audience didn't as they would just scream and the camera would tumble around and if you were would not see anything except them running. Please tell me where the horror is in that? Finally in the last 5 minutes or so you actually see something but it's not scary at all. It's not even paranormal.

The only good part is the female character is extremely beautiful so I give them one point for that cuz that's the only thing that got me through the movie, but I did Doctor point because whoever did the translation from Spanish to English either doesn't know the English language or doesn't know the Spanish language because when you read it it's as if someone who speaks broken English wrote the subtitles. So prepare to use a lot of context clues to understand what they're really saying.

I've been on a found-footage binge for about 3 weeks now and probably watched about 30 to 40 of them and I can easily say this is in the bottom five. Usually anything rated 5 or better on this site as far as found-footage horror films usually means it's pretty good but not this one. I beg you not to waste your time.

A Film To Remember

[moviefan1017 · 10/10 · 7 February 2014]

Once a film connoisseur by the name of Óliver Vega said: "[...] And then mankind perfected art. Thousands of years have gone by, perpetuating the spirit within us whose endeavors imprint on art itself."

The credits rolled by and the audience was perfectly silent. I, too, was speechless. Not a word was uttered. A sort of trance had descended upon us, like a plague, inhibiting our fundamental tool of communication. I got up and left. It was already dark when I felt the hot winds of a Puerto Rican night brush toward my face, and that very feeling jolted a memory that came thundering from nonexistence. I remembered my father. He was a practical man who had settled for a simple job at the car retailer. He was a man of few words. But more than the man who raised me, I remembered the first and only time I saw him weep. He had become vulnerable, exposed. Then, in an unexplainable hurry, he turned the television off and remained perfectly silent, like the audience. I felt his watery eyes look at me, a small boy who had only began to form sentences. He grinned, got up and left to work.

Dominium, starring acclaimed actors Emanuel Freire and Yomar Dávila, accompanied by the ever so beautiful Nicole Ramos, is, simply put, the quintessence of Puerto Rican cinema. Where to begin? It narrates the journey of five college students, who, in attempt to understand the supernatural magic that shrouds Puerto Rican folklore, decide to explore infamous locations around the lush terrains of Puerto Rico in search for paranormal occurrences. In perspective, this is a film about seeking the truth. Myth and reality clash in what may very well be the most absorbing horror-drama I've experienced.

Its crisp, thought-provoking dialogue submerged me into the infinite depths of the characters, which allowed me to become them. I felt their horror. I felt my heart beat against my chest like a drum, in an eerie synchronization with the characters. The fluid cinematography, shot in a stylized version of found-footage, flirted with the audience. It danced with me; from an electric salsa to a slow-rhythmed bolero. Never in my life had I felt so extenuated after watching a film - in the most passionate way.

"Cuidado puede haber uno a tu lado." These words will haunt me forever. For Dominium is, without a doubt, a film to remember.