Natural Selection (2016)

not horrible nor great

Admirable film.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I liked the message and it's relatable but kinda boring and slow. I liked Ryan Munzert character so much maybe if the other character had something more interesting like him it would've made a really good movie.

This movie was SO predictable, I had it figured out 15 minutes into the story. The acting was OK, but unfortunately, the dialog was an embarrassment, and got progressively worse until the inane conclusion, where everything was neatly wrapped up in a tidy package. So, if you know what will happen after 15 minutes, save yourself the time you will spend watching this, and move on to something worthwhile.

This movie had a very "Lifetime" or "ABC Family" or "Freeform" type of vibe to it, though maybe a bit darker.Very early into the movie, we all know what's going on. The one redeeming thing about this movie, in my opinion, is the antagonist Indrid. Great acting from him, although sometimes way too over the top. It's hard to believe, though, that NONE of the characters could figure out what his intentions were from some of the dialogue he has.A few of the actors sounded like they were reading off of a script, but I guess that comes with the territory of what I'm assuming was a straight to dvd/on demand movie.Overall, I'd say it was a watchable movie. Would I ever watch it again, or even think about it? Definitely not. But if you've got time to kill and have a Netflix account, no harm in checking it out. I don't find myself feeling like I want my time back from watching, so it's not too bad.

I don't watch that many 'New-kid in a small town' movies, so the common premise did not eschew me (although I suspect veterans of this may still find this one is different from the lot).Natural Selection is a movie shot with an attention to detail. From the start, every character's nuance and mannerism (e.g drawing attention to how one character empties his pockets - becomes important later on) quickly blossoms into character defining details which becomes relevant to the movie's plot. The cinematography is good. I won't overpraise it by saying I saw Mona Lisas in this, but I enjoyed it enough that the after-images of some frames is still there in my mind's eye.A worthwhile watch, in a kickback-on-a-rainy-Sunday kind of way.