If you think you've seen that one before, you probably have.
The film follows 4 circus "freaks" with special powers who are pursued by an evil Nazi (redundant, yes, but this guy was REALLY evil). OK, one didn't really have a "power", more like a special "feature".
First the good...this movie looks GREAT! The production design is terrific. I cannot comment on Italian cinema but I was very impressed with the overall look. I was very jazzed thru the first third of the film for what it might have in store. The circus scenes were quite fantastical and fun.
However, the film doesn't know what it wants to be. If they had stayed in the circus lane that would have been a good story. But then the Nazis show up (as I guess they do sooner or later) and the film becomes WAY overly violent and graphic like a war film. The final battle towards the end goes on FOREVER. Mix the genres, OK, but show some restraint. It is also not original with some of its reveals and seems to rip off a number of other TV series and films (Indiana Jones, the Others, Umbrella Academy). At 140 minutes, it is also too long and needed a hard edit, down to 105 minutes.
Watch the first hour and then turn it off. You won't miss anything relevant to the story.
The film follows 4 circus "freaks" with special powers who are pursued by an evil Nazi (redundant, yes, but this guy was REALLY evil). OK, one didn't really have a "power", more like a special "feature".
First the good...this movie looks GREAT! The production design is terrific. I cannot comment on Italian cinema but I was very impressed with the overall look. I was very jazzed thru the first third of the film for what it might have in store. The circus scenes were quite fantastical and fun.
However, the film doesn't know what it wants to be. If they had stayed in the circus lane that would have been a good story. But then the Nazis show up (as I guess they do sooner or later) and the film becomes WAY overly violent and graphic like a war film. The final battle towards the end goes on FOREVER. Mix the genres, OK, but show some restraint. It is also not original with some of its reveals and seems to rip off a number of other TV series and films (Indiana Jones, the Others, Umbrella Academy). At 140 minutes, it is also too long and needed a hard edit, down to 105 minutes.
Watch the first hour and then turn it off. You won't miss anything relevant to the story.