 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here So this is my spoiler free review for orphan first kill orphan first kill is supposed to come out later this week I believe the bargo is lifted. So I'll be posting this review right now and This is again the prequel to the 2009 I would say cult hit horror movie orphan I love that movie to death. This prequel is again starring Isabel Furman back in the role as Esther no, I didn't stutter. Yes. She is back for those of you who are not keeping up with this Isabel Furman Is back as Esther you have Julia Styles in this movie as well Rose of Sutherland and a few other individuals This is being directed by William Brent Bell It's written by David Kageshaw and it is following Esther and their terrifying saga or her terrifying saga Continuing in this chilling prequel to the original shocking horror hit orphan after orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian Psychiatric facility Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family Yet an unexpected twist arises that pits her against a mother Who will protect her family from the murderous child at any cost now Julia Styles is starring as Trisha Albright? Roses of Sutherland stars as Alan Albright the patriarch of the family Matthew Finland stars as Gunnar Albright the son in this family and We have Morgan Ghiridot as James Clammer and again some other individuals now Honestly, my take on orphan verse kill is that the strongest asset is Isabel Furman back in the role as Esther The different techniques used to sell this are very impressive to me And I bought that aspect of the story wholeheartedly and completely The reliance on practical effects more than overusing CGI is always great And I'm sure that it was also in a treat for Furman to just jump back into this role that I know many people identify her with You know like trying to recapture that childhood innocence again because she's delivering yet another great performance as Esther I was really blown away by her the most and I'd also say that this is more along the lines I guess of what what was trying to be depicted anyway in 2009 Since back then what we were expected to believe is that this child was actually a 30 year old individual. It's more believable now that Twisting that narrative they want to spin on us now considering that she's in her 20s now So and I don't want to say that her co-stars are bad or anything But this prequel just allowed Furman to do a lot more as Esther Something I know a lot of you will appreciate as fans as original movie Several events that were mentioned in that movie the original like her escape from the asylum how she ended up in America All of that get depicted here, of course and the events that of course lead up to her being in the orphanage We see her in that in that original movie with with Tysa for me go No, I think it was very for me. It was in a movie very for me However, and anyone can correct me if I'm wrong after seeing this as well But I'm certain there's like an inconsistency regarding the all-brights and the last family Esther was with as we heard In the original movie like the Sullivan's or something The script again allows us to see Esther's manipulation on display more heavily this time around such as with a guard who I guess had an Attraction to her that was probably one of the most icky as aspects of this movie for me now if I've talked too much about Esther That's because she's the only true highlight Orphan first kill lacks heavily in the suspense department and tension whereas I felt the original was drenched in both of those It's also doesn't help that the script provides you with a house full of unlikable characters Well, and if you're wondering what our thing are protagonists Yes, they are Julius Styles character of Trisha Albright and her entire family are the Protagonist until the movie tries to recreate the magic from the original. What do I mean there? Okay, so first let me explain the albrights a little bit The albrights have a missing daughter and as shown in the trailers Esther is filling the role after they have a quote on after they have quote-unquote found the girl who we know is not her Trisha's husband Allen is written just as mindless as the father from the original But you're expected to feel sorry for him due to his daughter's disappearance and sudden return four years later So again in the original we find out Esther is a grown woman And it's a slow build to that moment that shocked many viewers Orphan first kill attempts to throw in a very unexpected twist to kind of recreate that Something that can't even be picked up on in the trailers and it just doesn't work But I will give them props for the fact that again if you watch the trailers, you're not gonna pick up on this You're trust me. You're not it's not that it doesn't make sense or that it isn't shocking I can admit it did rationalize certain behaviors from early in the movie But it just erases anyone to root for it becomes a game of who was crazier and at least there are some solid Performances that are being done to make this very entertaining The cinematography is okay and again, I honestly will say the highlight of it was the work done to sell you on for me being the kid again There's also a cool soundtrack this time around, but I really think the twist killed the movie I really do think that twist killed the movie when you see what it is I think many of you will be on my side some of you would disagree of course the movie is still fun I still liked it overall that twist really was a killer though it the movie already didn't feel very dramatic It didn't have any real tension to it It wasn't very like something was just missing the overall direction was not hitting it in ways I wanted it to I Had a fun watching the movie. It just wasn't it wasn't all that cracked up to be anything We needed it was just again something nice to see because again as a fan of the original I Don't mind that this exists It just also proved that we really didn't need it with what they do in between in this narrative The performances again outside of Furman herself. I would say they're pretty solid and I'll say subpar honestly. I've seen Julia Styles do better better work I love her and save the last dance and some of her other projects, but here she I felt she was very dry Also the characters outside of Esther They're very underdeveloped as far as like anything we learn about them outside of what factors into this twist Which tells us a little bit of their traits and again just makes them very unlikable characters So there's really nobody left to root for by the time this twist comes in and again You'll see what I'm talking about by the time you get done watching this movie the overall direction not a fan of it I was just mostly a fan of Isabel Furman's performance and The cinematography techniques and the techniques used to also make her look like she's eight years old again Or that she's this kid again The lighting and of course the use of our assumed body doubles all of that stuff using kid stars of Minimal CGI that was like the biggest highlight of this movie and Isabel Furman herself just back in the role There is a lot of good gore moments sure for those of you who are looking for some good gore You have that in here, but orphan first kill really didn't need to exist. It did not I honestly would give it a six out of ten and maybe I'm being too generous with it there There the twist really just killed it a lot because it was lacking already in other departments But let me know if you guys think about all this down in the comment section below if you haven't already of course Make sure you subscribe turn on post in case you're never miss a video in the description I have links on my social media accounts on Facebook Twitter and Instagram You can message me there of course the limiters any movies news or reviews like me to cover in the future with all that in My guys, I will see you in the next video