The Entity (La Entidad) (2015)
Runtime: 80 minutes
Directed by: Eduardo Schuldt
Starring: Rodrigo Falla, Daniella Mendoza, Carlos Casella, Mario Gaviria, Analu Polanco
From: Star Films
Turns out, the Peruvians can make found footage as bad as anyone else!
A few nights ago on Twitter I saw someone mentioned they had seen this motion picture, one that beforehand was unknown to me. Their opinion of this was quite a bit better than mine. The main draw of this was for sure seeing a native production from Peru for the very first time. This being a lame version of a found footage flick hasn't soured me on the country's output in general by any means-an explanation will be given as to why this was rather lousy, to be kind.
A group of youths in an A/V class decide to do a project revolving around... reaction videos. That's peculiar but there are other moments that strain credulity. One video in particular is spotlighted, and it is not charming and heartwarming like 2 Girls, 1 Cup... rather, it is of someone being tortured and killed. Those that see that end up dying; hmm, why does that sound familiar? That is not the only aspect which seems tired and hackneyed. Now, plenty of horror at least halfway decent will have recognizable beats or ideas lifted from famous works of old. There's no shortage of those that manage to do this and feel fresh or at least are engaging-this had dumb yelling young adults making foolish decisions and (in what actually isn't a first for the genre) film themselves committing crimes! Then again, there is also security footage shown of this action and yet nothing happens there with them and law enforcement...
Except for a few subtle moments that were chilling, The Entity was lame and wasted an interesting idea that may have been better served in a traditional narrative. Without spoiling much, it does relate to the Spanish conquering the region a few centuries ago. Oh, and this was filmed in 3D! That was made clear as breaking & entering occurs for the sake of the crew pilfering “3D cameras”; in 2D that makes some moments look really foolish. I feel foolish myself as I should have tried to find a better motion picture from the country of Peru.
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