I cared so little about all of the characters that watching this film was as interesting as thumbing through a stranger's photo album...and just as boring.
To make matters worse, there is far too much talk and far too little action to make this a good teen movie. Just watch the trailer again instead.
A likeable cross genre adventure. Based on a 2014 short film BAGMAN (also written by tha Baker brothers - who created, wrote and directed KIN), this story is part SciFi, Drama, Chase movie. The characters have depth. There are surprises. It has a cast with a solid pedigree (Dennis Quaid, James Franco, Zoe Kravitz) but when Carrie Coon (a favourite actor of mine) shows up towards the an ending that sets up a sequel, my mind went to a stellar TV series. (I’ve since read that critics had a similar idea.) However, if the box office warrants a cinematic sequel that would be good, too. But, if not, producers, “Think TV”! The premise is interesting and could be expanded. Young Miles Truitt goes a great job. I give this movie a 7 (good) out of 10. [SciFi Adventure]
Lovely film about family, “kin”, and friendship, with just a dash of crime, danger and sci-fi.
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I enjoyed how little the sci-fi was, and how we don’t actually know what their story was. I enjoy open stories like these. Elijah will know some day, when he’s older. For now, he’ll just be waiting. Like us. In case they do make a follow-up. The lady from the FBI did say “We’re not done” though, so that might be a bit of foreshadowing.
I usually get hung up on when people do exceptionally stupid things, but here we had a nice balance with Elijah, who pretty much only did the smart things. Which is probably one of the things that would remind of Stranger Things - it not necessarily being the adults making the best decisions. Jimmy with his wasting of money, and going right back down a slippery slope of gambling… really? You’re technically free, and you’re going to waste the bit of money you have on hotel rooms that probably cost $500 a night and go to Nevada out of all places.
Ty wasn’t doing so much better - Jimmy’s counter part. Why he wouldn’t at least cuff Jimmy at the police station while going off to check in the noise is beyond me. There must have been tons of sets ready for use.
Loved the ending! In all ways. And yes, it was “pretty cool”.
From the surprising ending I thought there would have been another movie or series. It would of been nice to continue the adveture.
I liked by what it is. A nice and inventive B movie. To me feels honest and without big cliches. The final twist was unexpected and interesting.
What a boring movie, nothing happens in the whole movie and sci-fi doesn't even have 10 min. And on top of that they end it with a cliffhanger as if they didn't see it coming that they are not going to make a sequel to how weak it is.
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This was nothing more than a third-rate, direct-to-video, actioner type of movie. It's watchable, but could have been so much better.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
Some movies create their own genres by being something original. Others try to create their own genres by taking aspects of others and forcing it into a mold. This film is one of the latter.
Eli (Truitt) is the adopted son of construction boss Hal Solinski (Quaid) whose biological son Jimmy (Reynor) has just gotten out of jail. Hal is full of hope for the 14-year-old Eli (who is smart but introverted) but disappointed on the older Jimmy. However, it is Eli who discovers an alien weapon when scrounging around for scrap metal in an abandoned factory near his Detroit home.
Jimmy owes crime boss Taylor (Franco) a whole lot of money and in order to protect his dad and kid brother (whom he genuinely cares for) decides to steal the cash to pay Taylor. Things don’t go according to plan and soon Jimmy and Eli end up on the road (with Eli blissfully ignorant of the real reason why) being chased not only by vengeful gangsters but also by mysterious aliens who want their gun back.
This late summer sci-fi action crime road coming of age film actually has some things going for it. For one, the special effects – a combination of the digital and the practical – aren’t half-bad. For another, Franco makes for a truly hissable villain. A late-film cameo by A-list habitue Jordan is also a welcome sight.
But the movie is, oh, so predictable. The plot feels unnecessarily manufactured and none of the characters seem particularly personable. They’re all pretty one dimensional without much depth to them at all. The story feels like something you’ve already seen – and yeah, there haven’[t been a lot of alien weapon movies in the archives, but there have been a few.
There isn’t a lot here to recommend it but then again, there isn’t a lot here either to discourage you from seeing it. This is the kind of movie you watch and forget about ten minutes later. If that sounds like something you need, have at it. Otherwise, there are plenty of much better sci-fi action films out there to occupy your time.
A bizarre sci-fi/road trip film, Kin doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. The story follows a young boy who finds an alien gun while collecting scrap metal and then takes off on a road trip with his older brother when their father is killed during a robbery by a crime lord that the older brother is in debt to. There’s three different plots going on here and none of them are served very well; the alien one in particular seems almost completely disconnected from the rest of the film. Also, it’s kind of hard to root for the brothers as the older one corrupts the younger, taking him to a strip club, using him to pull off a robbery, and then taking him to a casino. And the few good actors that there are in the cast, Dennis Quaid, James Franco, and Zoë Kravitz, are completely wasted in underdeveloped supporting roles. While it has a few exciting moments and some intrigue, Kin is a mess.
The truth of the matter is, Kin is darker and far less enjoyable than its publicity materials might have you think.
This movie feels like four different movies stitched together into an odd patchwork construct. It sets itself up as something of a futuristic superhero-like thriller at first, then flirts with being a brothers-bonding road pic, spends most of its time wallowing around in seedy noir grit, and ultimately tacks on a sci-fi ending with a pin.
But the stitches in this patchwork don't really hold together all that well.
There's definitely a sense that the film's directors wanted to break out of the typical movie genre box and set up a new sci-fi franchise. And if you squint just right you can even find a cautionary tale hidden here, with the teen protagonist delivering a kid-worthy message about doing the right thing. But one can only hope that there aren't many kids or teens hearing it.
Though given a PG-13 label, Kin sports dark, nasty underpinnings—the psychopath street boss, the strip club sleaziness, the thug brutality, the police squad massacre—that all feel like they ought to have easily earned this movie an R rating.
Que filme ruim ....
sem sentido e com roteiro tosco.
That movie might have worked on me when I was 13 years old. Let me describe my viewing experience:
10 min in I knew I would not see this to the end.
15 min in I started to read comments and ratings and after reading them for half an hour at
45 min in I jumped another half hour forward to watch the end everyone is so high about (but me).
If you decide to make a movie like that, you should be damn sure it will make a sequel or this is all just a waste of time. Too much drama pulls the whole story down. When it comes to the scifi part I think most people were already out. That as***le brother should have been killed. James Franco is always overplaying everything he does. Honestly, even if this makes a sequel, which I highly doubt with 10m$ at the box office with a 30m$ budget, I don't think it would interest me.
This movie was ehh at best! I agree with someone else, it dragged on unnecessarily.
Uneasy mix of social drama and sci-fi movie, with an unfortunate balance towards the former. However, the film does pick up pace near the end, and as the fantastical parts of the tale are explored, there is hope that a sequel might address the balance.
There were some good actors in here. There were a couple interesting ideas. But this film suffered from the belief that neat special effects will make a good film and that is not accurate. There was no reason to care about any of the characters and no reason to look forward to any resolutions, conflicts, or those special effects. SUCH a shame!
Shout by whos_ur_buddhaBlockedParent2018-11-07T03:38:43Z
This movie had some potential but bad scripting killed it. In reality the entire story could've been told in 15 minutes but they dragged it on for 2 hours. Complete waste of time. I would recommend skipping this movie.