sweeneytom

The Djinn

A mute kid finds a book in his new home that tells the tale of the djinn and how your greatest desire can be made manifest via wish, With A Price To Pay. The kid being a kid, he sees only what he wants to see and not the full details. When his dad leaves for the night, the kid wishes for a voice, feeling like being mute stopped him from preventing his mom's suicide. The djinn is summoned. And the nightmare begins A 76-minute cat-and-mouse tale without much dialogue, but benefiting from tension and good camerawork and occasional longshots during the suspenseful waiting for the djinn's appearance post-summoning. Ezra Dewey put in a very good performance as the kid, who puts up a hell of a fight throughout the night. The music ruled. But the ending was a bit of a predictable letdown, and ultimately aside from the mute kid protagonist, The Djinn didn't offer anything else I'd say you couldn't find available, and better, in the Wishmaster franchise

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The Djinn

There’s a lot of potential with The Djinn, but unfortunately I couldn’t fully immerse myself into this film. It’s shot well, and has some great acting from Ezra Dewey, but I couldn’t find myself fully connecting to it. Single location films are great, and this one was choreographed to set up some great scares, but I guess I’ve seen them done better before, so this didn’t live up to what it could have been. The underlying message was honestly pretty overt, which I wish they would have subdued a bit more and not have it be so in your face. Still, it’s a good watch and I can see why people are enjoying it as much as they are. I wish I could share that sentiment, but I wouldn’t mind giving it another chance in the near future, especially watching it with people who haven’t seen it before.