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Parallels

Parallels (2015)

March. 01,2015
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6
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NR
| Science Fiction

An underground MMA fighter must confront his sister and his past in an adventure through parallel universes

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Lightdeossk
2015/03/01

Captivating movie !

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Hayden Kane
2015/03/02

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Kien Navarro
2015/03/03

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Ezmae Chang
2015/03/04

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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ugeh37
2015/03/05

This is really a great concept, not as cheesy as Sliders, but along the same lines. I liked the actors, and script, although the dialogue seemed a little weak at times. I'll never understand how stuff like this get's axed, but other absolute crap is made into a series. I hope by adding a 10 to this enough people will pay attention that maybe we'll get the rest of the story. It really leaves you with a cliff hanger that may never get answered.

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Jon Howell
2015/03/06

If you like a couple Slider episodes combined into a full feature length movie, you'll like Parallels. This movie has nothing original on the parallel-Earths theme except a nice looking high rise building, on the exterior, that's completely trashed and tagged on the interior, as the inter-universe vehicle. The key characters come with their own story- line from their original Earth life, a boxing brother and an Ivy League sister with family issues and their nerd-alert lawyer friend from the neighborhood. My fav character is the alluring Constance Wu, who joins them on the first jump, but plays along with their ignorance when she's obviously an experienced traveler. This script creates more questions than it answers, the doppelgangers the travelers find are kind of funny, there is fair to middling action . . . .and that's about it. It views like a TV pilot that never got funded for a full series.

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onlineairsoft
2015/03/07

Where are these high reviews coming from? Either fake reviews paid for by the film maker or todays population is getting dumber.I think the idea is great. Strange building jumps between parallel universes, brother and sister on a quest to find out how their family is involved, got to get to the core world, etc etc Premise is right up my street and if I was pitched that as a TV Show, I couldn't give it the green light fast enough. How great would it be, each episode is of a new world that adds another piece of the puzzle.HOWEVER.The writers have royally screwed it up. The script is amateur at best, filled with predictable clichés, decisions of the characters makes absolutely no sense, acting is so wooden... but what do you expect when they were given such a terrible script to work with. It generally was painful to watch. I can't believe at how great a job they did at completely butchering such a promising idea.

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Kevin Lea Davies
2015/03/08

To be honest, I don't know why Fox decided to produce this as a film, because it would make a hell of a series. I was impressed with the ideas behind this film. Despite it's flaws, it has a lot of potential! Plot wise, it's got a pretty decent science fiction premise; a skyscraper in a downtown metropolis that can transport the individuals inside to alternate universes and time-lines. That's not a spoiler at all, but it does pretty much sum up the movie.The risk is that the incredibly popular T.V show Fringe has already done this (and before that Star-Trek TNG, and the whole D.C comics universe). There wasn't much in terms of background story, which leaves the plot line open somewhat, and it's short, so you don't get much further plot development before it ends.The characters were mostly bland at times, and I didn't feel much of a connection between the main group and their comradeship. Michael Monks outperforms everyone on screen as the father seeking revenge. His performance (and appearance) are reminiscent of William Hurt. I don't want to give away plot points here (because not much happens in the film), but he makes the rest of the actors seem like rookies. Which they very well may be, outside of Constance Wu's performance. She seems a bit childish at times, and the scene where she is lying on the bed while the main actor opens up his heart, weeping... was just awful. While the others in the group try to bring a sense of confusion and urgency to the film, I thought her personality was more annoying than necessary. Oh, and far too many sarcastic quips on her part! Like, every single line pretty much. There is a lot of potential here, and I hope Fox pushes for a series, or at least more in terms of writing and character development, but it's a great first entry from Christopher Leone.This is a hell of a season opener, but not much in terms of great sci-fi cinema.6/10

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