C MA

The cinematography in this movie is far too dark. There are exactly 2 major action sequences in this movie and they both suffer from (1) shaky cam, (2) aggressively fast cuts and, (3) being too damn dark. There's a 4th element here and that's there's no stakes worth caring about. Tom Hardy's anti-hero is mildly sympathetic but the character he's charged with protecting are pure cardboard. Ironically, they also do a decent job of defending themselves, wracking up an impressive kill count on their own. Everything feels meaningless. A massive step down for Gareth Evans.

Five episodes in and I had to put this down. This series has a major problem with simply putting together scenes that flow well. Individual scenes are jarring in some manner because of poor composition or editing and the stitching together of scenes within an episode just feels off. Special effects range from pretty decent - with a couple inventive monster designers - to quite cheap looking and immersion breaking. The action sequences... again, not edited well at all & lose any sense of tension and pay off. Worst of all are the characters: there is not one likeable person in this band of survivors. Character motivations are either unclear or overly simplistic and really, there isn't anyone to root for and relationships are so thinly developed I ended up not caring. The supposed hero of the story? A total non-entity and always frustrating to watch. Sweet Home's concept reminds me a bit of "#Alive" except that movie had a sense of humor to it and knew how to stage some exciting scenarios with protagonists you could get behind. This show could be one of those slow burns but I just don't care enough to stick around to find out if it gets better.