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5/10 Director:
Wes Craven Runtime:
107 minutes Cast:
Max Thierot, Denzel Whitaker, Shareeka Epps, Emily Meade, Nick Lashaway, John Magaro, Paulina Olszynski, Raul Esparza Truly one of the most infuriating movie going experiences for me last year was when I first went to watch Wes Craven`s My Person to Take. So infuriating, in fact, that I didn`t even bother to write a study of it at the time as I felt I needed to let it pass in. Well, low and behold, it`s already out on television so now seems like as good a time as any. There are people who will differentiate you that Wes` first pilot film from his own handwriting in over a ten is the picture of puke re-eaten, shat out, and loaded on. And, to be honest, I really care that was the case.
When it comes down to it, My Soul to Do is a muddled mess of a project that has bright spots which do you glimpses into what could have been something special. The plot, filled with potential, follows seven teens who were all born on the same night that the town`s infamous murderer, The Riverton Ripper, was finally killed. The Riverton Seven
are now being stalked and taken out one by one with someone using the Ripper`s old M.O. Did the Ripper actually survive or did his soul get passed onto one of the Seven?For the first act, despite some questionable choices in the opening, I was all on this film`s side. The premise was interesting and the teen actors (played by kids who actually look like teens) were more than enough and, in some scenes, truly impressive. The problems really began when the killings started. Originally, you never saw the Ripper
murdering the kids. Then Rogue decided they wanted a scene more in vein of Scream and ordered reshoots that basically turned the image into a key by numbers `who-done-it` slasher. I`ve read the shooting script for the picture and, while still far from a masterpiece, it was at least comprehensible.In its current form, the picture is an incoherent casserole of ideas. As it
progresses, the once promising plot grows to an astronomical size and makes little to no sense. And, my God, THAT ENDING! Who the eff over at Rogue and Relativity watched that reshot ending and thought it was suitable for public consumption? Instead of letting the mystery naturally unravel throughout the grand finale, we`re set to endless explanation dialogue that attempts to make sense of the mass that has accumulated. SPOILER ALERT: When the blind kid is found in the press and regaling the main component of every specific level of how he climbed the house 
into the bedroom window and fought the Ripper, one really must ask themselves; How in the holy hell is he able to calculate all that`s happening if he`s blind!The blind kid is one of few of the seven who are all too underdeveloped. The lead character, Bug, his sister, Fang, and a few of the others had interesting, well thought out personalities, which alone made the stock characters seem even more out of place. The scenes that do work are the reasons why Craven has made a song for himself as a director. Bug and Fang`s confrontation about their father`s past is intensely directed and acted, becoming the most memorable moment. Max Theiriot delivered in his performance of Bug, which is evident in the scenes in which he starts to take on the personality traits of the other kids (another plot point that clumsily trips over itself by the time the credits role).
My Soul to Get is without a doubt one of the most frustrating movies I`ve ever sat through. Starting off with a lot of interesting and original ideas, it becomes bogged down by an always escalating plot that crashes and burns into one of the most asinine, maddening finales this set of War of the Worlds. I wanted to like this, and at a few moments I actually did, however the strong acting from the young cast and glimpses of classic Craven direction are just not enough to keep the scene as a whole.
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