Tell Me What Happened

Many films these days play it safe by using similar storylines, styles, character types, and character dynamics. They don't experiment much. This makes them predictable, and predictability is boring to some. The runtime is stretched without anything meaningful being added, and the result is either boring or technically poor. They also suffer from excessive AI and oversaturation of computer-generated special effects. In many cases, films and series have an underlying ideology.

Award-winning films may be technically good and have huge budgets, but they're not very entertaining. Winning an Oscar doesn't make something objectively good. If you pick a film thinking an award means you'll like it, you'll end up disappointed because, despite all the accolades, you just won't like it. Film adaptations of books often suffer from limited running time. This requires them to either expand beyond the original text or cut elements to fit everything into the film.

Streaming services heavily market films, and eventually, you either become apathetic or start to hate it. This marketing can overhype a film, making it seem better than it actually is, just like its fans do. Of course, there are still filmmakers who blow us away, such as Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg, but they are rare. Uwe Boll, the renegade filmmaker from Germany has two new films coming out: Run and First Shift. First Shift is currently available on Amazon Prime.

For Run, Uwe Boll brought together several well-known actors and actresses, including Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction and Star Trek: Picard), James Russo (Open Range), Ulrich Thomsen (James Bond 007: The World Is Not Enough), Costas Mandylor (Saw franchise), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Kristen Renton, and Daniel Sauli, who previously worked with Boll on First Shift. Boll's new film transforms the Mediterranean refugee crisis into an action thriller. The soundtrack, acting, plot, and artistry are all good, as are the camera work, framing, lighting, and special effects. The dialogue fits the story well. It's a very solid film.

This film demonstrates craftsmanship, and that includes conveying a message, because filmmaking is about telling stories, and good stories have meaning. These films are among the Films you stream when you want to be entertained and satisfy or you are craving for something great. The next film is already in the planning stages. This time, Uwe Boll has enlisted actor Arnie Hammer.