Synopsis – Shawn, an automotive designer, enjoys an idyllic life with his new wife Jasmine until it is interrupted by a cryptic message…
My Take – This is the 2nd movie I have seen based on “Jinns” this year & they both can easily compete with each other to decide which one is worse! This one does not even rank well on my bad horror movies list. I usually root for cross generic type of movies; be it action comedy or horror comedy, while this film cant even decide where it belongs action or horror.
Like the film’s protagonists who attempt to create a super amalgamation of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, only to have it come across as vaguely anti-Muslim and awkward, (and the ‘edgy’ sound track choices which just end up being bizarre,) this mix doesn’t quite work, and the film would have been better served choosing one genre, and doing it well, instead of all and fumbling through it. The production value is very high, which helps and hinders. The most impressive part of this movie was the fact they were able to put together a trailer that made me want to see it & yes the visuals!! The visuals & the credits sequences are the only enjoyable parts of this excuse of a movie! The film even fails in developing the characters, they jumped from one part of the story to the next without any transition and all the characters lacked emotional development & where down right laughable (at one point instead of crying they just used droplets of water rolling straight down the cheek).
There are many actors with recognizable faces doing the very best they can; some extremely expensive camera shots; well-done (and plentiful) effects; fighting and driving stunts; and seriously, what is the point of the sports car? which they apparently spend a budget developing especially for the movie, with no relevance to the plot or whatsoever! If you like confused films like “Season of the Witch, or others you’ll probably like Jinn, but otherwise, this is a film to watch as a lesson than gloss & quantity in a film never wins over quality!
Director – Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad
Starring – Serinda Swan, Ray Park, William Atherton, Faran Tahir
Rating – PG13
Run Time – 97 minutes