Crimson Rivers: Angels of the Apocalypse

After watching The Craft I got very tired of watching movie after movie, so we took a little breather.  And then once we did start up again I was so busy with the Wedding and holidays that I haven't had time to sit down and to the reviews. But I'm home now and finally find myself with a wee bit of time on my hands. So review time it is.

I wasn't to thrilled at the prospect of watching a French subtitled thriller as the first movie back on the project so I avoided it for awhile.

Crimson Rivers Angels of the Apocalypse is the second movie in the franchise. Good thing it wasn't a sequel or really wouldn't have had any idea what was going on. John let us watch the English dubbed version (bless him) so that I didn't have to try reading the subtitles while trying to follow the story. I think this is the first time that I've ever watched a foreign film dubbed in to English and it wasn't bad. They'd done a fantastic job of the dubbing and it was barely noticeable. I thought it would be like those tv shows and movies you see where the timing of the audio is off slightly, that always annoys me. But it wasn't.

Chief Niemans is investigating a series of ritual murders where the victims are crucified. He teams up with young officer Reda, who gets embroiled after a man dressed as a monk tries to kill a confused guy Reda picked up on the street. Together with a specialist on christian mythology they uncover a mysterious group called "Angels of the Apocalypse".

This movie wasn't my cup of tea. I couldnt' really keep up with the storyline and I found it to be very dark and mysterious. I'm definetly one that likes my movies funny and light over dark and twisty (for the most part anyway). Personally I wouldn't recommend watching it, not because it was bad, but just because I didn't love it and it didn't leave much of a lasting impression on me.