Name: After (2012)
IMDb: link to After page
Genres: Mystery Country of origin: USA.
Cast: Steven Strait as Freddy, Karolina Wydra as Ana.
Directed by: Ryan Smith. Written by: Jason Parish.
The initial tableaux:
Nurse Ana and graphic novelist Freddy ride an almost deserted bus back to their common home town of Pearl. As it turns out, both live on Canon street. There's an accident, but both seem to wake up the next morning. The kicker is that there is no telephone service and no other people.
Delineation of conflicts:
The protagonists have to realize that they are dead. The two leads here are more stupid than most. Instead of being an 18 minute film, this dog lasts for 90 minutes.
This is an old horror cliche dating back at least to the Twilight Zone, the early version in black and white. More recently, The Frozen (also 2012) did it again.
Resolution: Do they find an escape? Be sure to watch the final 3 minutes.
One line summary: Remake of a Twilight Zone episode.
Statistics:
Cinematography: 4/10 Like The Veil (2016) which I watched recently, this film is cursed by a reduced palette. This one consists of white (not much), green, grey, black, and occasional blue. Ugly, but matches the stupidity of the script. At least the framing and focus were usually pretty good.
Sound: 4/10 I could hear the two actors. The incidental music was a touch eerie, but not all that special.
Acting: 6/10 I don't recall these actors, but I thought they were good enough for the material.
Screenplay: 2/10 Why even write this? Well, it was green lit, so it was made, and plenty of people have never seen the Twilight Zone. The last 3 minutes were a bit of a departure, but hardly worth the first 87 which was nothing new in the least.
Final Rating: 4/10
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