Inheritance (2024) Movie Review

Inheritance (2024) (IMDB)

Inheritance (2024) Movie Poster

I like a good old whodunnit movie with an ensemble cast. This one happens to be a Polish film (also known as Spadek), but you can watch it in English on Netflix. A family gathers at an large estate after the owner has been murdered to be read the will. The will stipulates that there will be a game to determine who receives a portion of the fortune. The levels are fun and typical for this type of movie, but most importantly one of the later levels is a maze they need to solve as a group ! It just so happens that the maze is dynamic with moving walls !! Here is a screenshot of the maze:

Inheritance 2024 screenshot of maze

Overall the movie is ok. I liked it better than the reviews, but it is nothing to seek out unless you like this genre of movie.

I give it a 5.8/10.

Dark Harvest 2: The Maize (2004) Movie Review

Dark Harvest 2: The Maize (2004) (IMDB)

Dark Harvest 2 movie poster.

I knew going into to this to not expect much. At the time of me watching it had an IMDB score of 1.6 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 10%. The movie starts with some Halloween trick or treaters and some b roll footage and you immediately know the production quality is going to be a problem. But, you do get a view of a corn maze from above ! And that is where a father must go to find his two lost daughters who are stuck in the corn maze. The bad news is they are not alone in the maze which is haunted by 2 ghostly girls. The worse news is the movie might be overrated by previous watchers. Now I need to rethink my previous list as this might be the worst maze movie of all time. Do I go back and rewatch the older movies to compare them properly ? No. I’m not crazy. Probably. If I was would I know I was ?

I give it a 2/10.

Neo Tokyo (1987) Movie Review

Neo Tokyo (1987) (IMDB)

Neo Tokyo movie poster

This Japanese animated movie is a trilogy of stories, with the first called "Labyrinth labyrinthos” where a young girl and her cat escape into a odd world they get to through a large clock. The world has flashes of long hallways and pathways that make it seem like a maze, but things tend to transform quickly in this fantasy space. We also get a big top and lots of clowns. The point of the story ? I’m not really sure, but everything looks great. The second story is about a racer, and the last story is about a man working with construction worker robots. To me, the last story feels more relevant today than back in 1987 as AI and robots become more and more advanced.

Overall everything looks great, but it is a bit weird and the first 2 stories are lacking.

I give it a 6/10.

Qala (2022) Movie Review

Qala (2022) (IMDB)

Qala movie poster

Today I bring you another movie that had an unexpected maze show up in it. It comes to us from Netflix and is a Bollywood drama about a talented female singer. The good news for those of you who hate subtitles is that this is dubbed into English ! Our main character, Qala, is a talented singer who is always having problems from a dominant mother. The story revolves around singers making music, but the mood is decidedly dark with the cinematography featuring shadows and dark settings. The story involves jealousy and familial relationships. Early in the movie we have a scene that caught my attention where out main character goes outside into the garden of her house into a maze (she visits again later in the movie). Here is a screenshot of the maze:

Maze from Qala 2022 movie

Overall this movie is worth a watch.

I give it a 6.5/10.