Ba'al (2008)

That was an excellent one.

Absolutely Fantastic

A Masterpiece!

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Yes, the film was a valiant attempt at making a movie. The 'Leutenant' at the beginning was wearing COrporal stripes AND LT. bars, AND NO epaulets. The aircraft were erroniously identified, the list goes on and on. Was this a good film? no. Would a bigger budget have fixed it? doubtful. Would different actors fix it? no. Would different directing or FX fixed it? Doubtful. Would it have been a good film if made in the US? no.What is NOT noticed by one other reviewer (JoeB131) is that low budget films are made all the time. This is common. there are probably 10-20 made of this calibre for every blockbuster. Suck it up man. Calling every film made in Canada cheesy is a national insult. There have been MANY blockbuster big budget films done in Canada, and many top TV series are filmed in Canada. The difference in the dollar offers producers a chance to make a lot more for the same budget.Yes there was weak acting here, and there was some good work too. The specific work of Lexa Doig was certainly professional.Don't let an obvious 'hater' make you think nonsense. OK, the film was low budget, it was weak, but some comments were a blatant slam and unwarranted.

I went into this film expecting a terrible piece of film that should not ever see the light of day. It's probably because of this I actually started to enjoy it.Don't get me wrong, the special effects are as good as other bad films such as 'Boa vs Python' and 'Megashark vs Giant Octopus', some iffy acting here and there, and a bizarre plot, but somehow I started to get into it.Lexia Doig, however, despite being a good actress, always seems to make me develop a hatred for whatever character she plays. Elias Toufexis I really like and, unfortunately I can't remember who plays the FBI guy who tries to arrest Helm (played by Jeremy London), but he was the best in my opinion.There are some other downsides, such as Doig somehow hearing a beep in her van whilst inside the house, and travelling seems to take 5 minutes. Oh, and I missed the meeting when blood was classed as water.But strangely enough, despite this being a bad film, I can't stress this enough, I actually enjoyed the film. For once I will not say "ignore this", give it a chance. It's most likely a hit and miss, but it's worth a shot.

This movie can be summed up by one word: "blah". It wasn't good, and it wasn't really bad. It just *wasn't*. I was hoping for another laughable Sci-Fi Original; some terrible script, some sad predictable plot, some poorly delivered lines, some poor acting.... but there's none of this. It's just "blah" all around.In this film, you won't find much of a story. There really isn't a plot, just some very vague good-vs-evil. There's a lot of running around, and the whole movie is one big exercise in boredom. It doesn't even have the humor of a so-bad-it's-good flick.So don't bother. Just go rent Carnosaur instead ;)

This is truly dreadful. Aside from the lack of investment in basics -- like a script, they make no effort. Let's see -- the Air Force lieutenant wears a captain's bars throughout. At one point, they are conferring with the person in the command center -- who just happens to have a full sized deluxe wall chart of ley lines in front of her -- yep, Air Force has maps relating to New Age mysticism as standard equipment. The locations are dreadful. They're in Alaska, then they're in Turkey, but it looks the same -- even to the pine trees. And the car is the same. And, like, in 2000 years or whatever, no one had ever pushed on the buttons -- which are right on the front of the Ba'al statute -- and it takes our "heroes" about 2 seconds to figure this out? The acting is wooden. Jeremy London has made 16 films in 2008 alone. And it's only Sept. Does that tell you anything about the quality level we're talking here? And who was playing Dr. Stanford anyway? His name isn't on the IMDb listing for the film. Why? Embarrassment perhaps?