In all fairness, after seeing "Take," my expectations were quite high. I had see what a powerful medium film can be for portraying the principles of the gospel and how exciting Mormon film's future is looking.
Then I saw "The Eleventh Hour." I suppose a detailed negative critique would be largely self-serving and destructive. I'll just say that the writing was unconvincing and farcical, the fight scenes were unsettling and took you out of the story, and the acting was pretty sub-par. I realize that Director/Writer John Lyde was working with a budget much smaller than that of most similar action films playing in a theater near you. But it costs just as much to write a bad script as a good one. "The Eleventh Hour" failed to impress.
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Whewww, now I don't feel bad for skipping out on that movie. I, too purchased tickets to go see that film right after Take, but after experiencing Take I didn't want to ruin the mood. Besides, I was very doubtful that this film would succeed at being an action film, and the fact that it sounded similiar to The Marine, which also turned me off.
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