Review by John Accardo

How I Live Now 2013

I really hate it when people make a meal out of hating a movie. It's usually condescending and they act like they're the smartest person in the world for not liking one particular movie, and it always makes me roll my eyes.

Having said that. Absolutely fuck this movie.

It's terribly written, directed, and edited. It jumps from one horribly ""edgy""ù dark scenario to the next. From the murder of a drunk child, to needless sexual assault where the women are abandoned, to yet another dead child, to several instances of incest cousin fucking that you're supposed to think is nice?

The overarching ""doomsday""ù plot is intentionally vague and never explained, but that doesn't work when every single character is completely uninteresting, undeveloped, and forgettable.

Also. The small gesture that makes a character fall in love with their cousin is the weirdest, least romantic shit I've ever seen. The only acceptable response to that kind of behavior is ""what the fuck are you doing? Stop that""ù. I LEGITIMATELY thought there was going to be a vampire subplot for a second. But there wasn't. They just thought it was romantic.

This movie is vile. And it wasn't worth the battery it drained from my girlfriend's phone. I reserve bad movies like this for watching on flights like I just did with this one. But still, holy shit.

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