 What's going on guys welcome to a brand new movie review today. I'm discussing kin kin is the brand new sci-fi film But I'll be honest. Yeah, it's a sci-fi film It's from the producers of stranger things and it's also directed by the Baker brothers Weird that the producers of stranger things also made stranger things with the Duffer brothers. Are they related? Are they not? I don't know, but they're two brothers and apparently they take risk on two brothers This is actually the Baker Brothers first directorial debut They have directed a short film which is this film is actually based on that short film is actually pretty not bad You guys should go check it out. But kin here. We are talking about this movie. There has been little to no marketing for this movie I have never seen a trailer on the movie theaters. I've always seen the poster every time I go to the movie theaters and always been intrigued Oh, I wonder what that film was about. You know as James Franco Jack Renner Zoe Kravitz Dennis Quaid even Carrie Coon like each and every one of these actors I think they all bring their own sensibilities when coming to a role and they all do a pretty damn good job in this film What is kin about per se? Well, kin is about a young boy who is an adoptive brother and an adoptive son to Dennis Quaid His brother is Jack Renner And of course what happens is some stuff to start ensued and they end up going on a family road trip Doesn't sound like very sci-fi much But what isn't within this family road trip is before this happens the kid happens to find a Ray gun with this ray gun it brings trouble with some aliens chasing them down and some also gang members That story does feel a little bit convoluted It doesn't seem like a typical sci-fi film and it's not your typical sci-fi film This film is more of a family drama with some sci-fi elements to it and that's where I'll put it I was hard to say I enjoyed parts of this film and I disliked parts of this film So as I always we're gonna start with the good. What is really good about this film is the performances I think each and every person brought a different Sensibility again to their character and I thought they all did a great job James Franco walks the line between creepy funny and scary which he did wonderfully in spring breakers And he does really good in here. Okay, Kravitz is charming. The young boy in here is amazing. I think he was really good I'm really looking forward to whatever the kid does next and then moving over to Jack Renner Who a lot of people give crap to but I thought he was really good in here some moments where I think He wasn't overacting, but I could have used him a little bit more emotion in him But still pretty good in here and that's where we get into this film This film again is a family road trip movie and you don't hear that But the issue with this movie that I had is not the directing is not the score because the score in here is Probably one of the best parts about the film. It's not the aesthetics is not the visuals of the film everything looks great It's the way this film was written and it's not saying it was a bad script It just felt rushed the script felt very rushed. It's not cheesy dialogue. It's not oh I know how this is gonna go. It's not predictable at all actually it really it isn't like you can kind of predict some things But by the third act of the film the last like 20 minutes of the movie opens up some wild ideas Which I'm not gonna get into spoilers on but I But that can be a pro and a con for me really all my problems end up going back to the script and Me sitting here saying this movie should have been a TV show Hands down should have been a TV show on Netflix and I have no idea why it wasn't the materials there The world building is there the character development is there But all that feels very rushed and I say this because as I was watching the film I Would go and say okay This could have been easily a 30 minute to 45 minute episode This could have been an hour-long episode this could have been and I was breaking up segments where it doesn't feel like an act One act two and act three. No, it feels like chapter one episode one episode two episode three And that's what it the film felt like it was structured and they're like oh, man This is gonna have to be a movie. Okay, push it together We'll cut up snip up some stuff snip up some more character development and just smoosh it all together in one movie That is probably the most disappointing thing about this movie It's cuz I really did feel like there was some really good material in here And I'll go as far to say if they made a sequel which this film does set up and the whole Time I was watching this film by the time the film ended I was sitting there going wow This really was just a set up movie because by the end of the movie They open up some awesome ideas where I go to say where was that the rest of this movie If you were just gonna make this movie a family drama and open up those amazing ideas by the last 20 minutes Where were all those ideas? Earlier in the movie because it would have made the movie 10 times more interesting. That's like I wasn't interested I didn't I didn't find myself bored I just found myself finding this film average and then the last 15 minutes pops up I'm like this is awesome. Where was all of this the whole entire time by the end of the day? This movie just ends up being forgettable for me, which is disappointing again that last 15 minutes got me hyped I would be intrigued to see a sequel to be honest what we ever get a sequel. I have no idea. I Don't know if I can wholeheartedly recommend this movie But I think if you go into this movie knowing it's a family road trip film not saying this film is for families But if you know it's a family road trip film with some sci-fi elements with a pretty cool ending I Think you can enjoy it. I enjoyed the film But it definitely didn't live up to the potential that the film built itself up to be awesome performances and a fantastic score and Seriously, some of the most mind-boggling Like ending where I just stood up and I was like oh my god Like I literally said in myself like multiple times on like the last 15 minutes like oh my god Where was all this comes down to the script feeling like it was just rushed and pushed together Solid directing in here. I want to see what the Baker brothers do next but with all that said I'm gonna give kin a C Here's to your guys thoughts on this one So make sure to comment down below and tell me your guys thoughts have you heard of this film? Are you excited for it? 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