Pre Vis Action (2016)
In a time of civil war, a young warrior is given the task of delivering a treaty between two rival lords. During her journey through the woods however, she finds herself hunted by two assassins intent on intercepting her message of peace in a bid to maintain the fear, instability and violent rule of their leader.
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Sorry, this movie sucks
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
"Pre Vis Action" is a live action short film from this year (2016) and in the months since its release on Youtube, it actually managed to gain a whole lot of clicks on the world's biggest video website. The reason may be that the writer and director of this black-and-white film is Gareth Evans from Wales, a man who has made several fairly successful films over the last decade, some of them similar to this one in style and subject. The lead actress here is Hannah Al Rashid and we see her go up against several assassins. It is probably not too surprising that there is no character development or anything other than the fighting because it is such a short movie. I myself still would have liked to know who the main character is in order to cheer for her. She could always be one of the bad guys you know. I guess the unfair battle system (2 vs. 1) is supposed to tell us she is a good character and we should hope she wins. But honestly, I never really did as much as I would have liked. I think this film is a bit of style over substance. It may work as part of a film, but as a film itself, it is not a success. Thumbs-down. Not recommended.