The Harbinger

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Robert D @RT91644863 10/09/2024 Seeing that this movie was rated in the 90s has shaken my confidence in Rotten Tomatoes. One of the biggest messes I’ve ever seen onscreen. Okay wow. Just realized there are two movies with the same name that came out in 2022. I watched the other one. See more Bruce R @RT60933325 07/25/2024 The story itself was great and had some great moments and lots of originality. The acting was superb throughout. Gabby Beans was phenomenal, and I totally bought everything. I have two criticisms. First, I thought the movie needed another 10-15 minutes to flesh out the main thrust of the plot. Without giving away spoilers, I felt the ending seemed a little rushed and it just needed a little more. It felt like there was a middle piece of Act 2 that just wasn't there. The total film length was 1:26 with credits so it was a short movie, likely driven by budget. The second criticism is how the film used the pandemic as a backdrop. The movie came out in 2022 so probably made in 2021 during the height of COVID, but watching this now in 2024, the emphasis placed on the fear and paranoia during COVID doesn't age well. It would've worked better had they not specified it was COVID and maybe left it as a non-specific pandemic. All in all though, it is worth a watch and had lot of originality. I recommend it. See more Adam B @RT55394047 04/07/2024 Skipped through most of it, but the parts I saw seemed kind of trippy and interesting. See more Jacob B @Jbruno 03/10/2024 A family of mask sporting, super-vaccinated leftist hermit psychopaths so terrified of the plandemic they lock themselves in their own home and slowly begin to mutate into brainwashed agoraphobic sheeple. As their own demented fears of leaving their own home become more and more warped, their brains become mushy soup and the chaos ensues. The fact that there are actual people out there who really behave like this makes the film all-the-more frightening! See more G. R @RT33812227 01/13/2024 I have to admit that I was really surprised to log on and see this getting panned by the audience. I thought this movie was really fun and pretty scary too. It has some really nice jump scares and I'm not one that jump-scares easily. There are some really rich moments of brooding dread and enough parts in the movie that really keep you guessing on what is real and what isn't real. I understand a few of the plot-hole comments that are out there, but it never really spoiled the viewing experience for me. The supernatural brush of the whole thing paints over more than a few cinema sins. Others ragged on the pandemic premise of it and said that they thought it just blended in with the rest of the Covid-topic movies. I must live a sheltered life, I guess. I've never seen another Covid-based movie. This was my first. Brought back some really terrible memories! LOL. I liked the metaphors involved. Perhaps the sickness metaphors are being overused in other films. I dunno. When I started it and saw the opening credits there wasn't a single name I recognized in the cast. You see that and you expect the acting to be like a Hallmark Christmas movie. But, no. The acting was quite good given the obscurity of the cast list. I say give it a shot. See more Craig B @Boundsy 12/19/2023 The Harbinger certainly offers what you would call a ‘slow burn'. If you can stick with it for the first 50 minutes, you may get something out of the last 35 minutes where considerably more happens. It has its moments of creepiness and plays off the whole ‘quarantine' atmosphere, but may not tick all the boxes for folks looking for a worthwhile yet brief horror flick. See more Read all reviews

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