Wednesday 25 March 2020

Lord of Illusions (1995)

Lots of great atmosphere and imagery (some top effects, some ropey), and the first 40 minutes or so charge along splendidly. But after that it get directionless, as the PI protagonist has nothing specific to investigate and is just catching up on lore that we already know for the rest of the movie, until the drawn-out climactic dark magic showdown where the villain pretty much just does weird shit for 20 minutes while the heroes react very slowly to it.
Rating: Fine

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