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The Anomaly (2014)

thereviewers
Jan 10, 2015
2 min read

The Anomaly focuses on the story of former soldier Ryan Reeves who is taken captive and wakes up in the back of a van with no memory of how he got there, with only minutes before Ryan suffers another blackout he must piece together the mystery behind his memory loss.

Overall Review Score

1 out of 10

Review

The Anomaly had a lot of potential, set in a futuristic setting involving a battle over mind control and cutting-edge biotechnology; it could have easily become a sci-fi classic. However, The Anomaly, while a good concept quickly failed to match its potential. Immediately, the audience is treated to regular, and rather annoying slow motion sequences, unimaginative characters, a poor and dreadfully contradictory storyline, actors who changed their accents every few minutes and Noel Clarke not only directing but also staring as the main character. In short, The Anomaly is a film that sets the bar for poor filmmaking and will leave audiences walking out / switching off in protest.

Reviewer 1's score & comments:

Score: 1 out of 10

Comments:

With a somewhat original and interesting concept, I had high hopes for this film. However, within the first few minutes all I had witnessed was nothing short of cinema trash. Forgiving Director Noel Clarke for playing the main character, this film treated viewers to a lacking storyline, dreadful acting, and abundant overuse of cinematic slow motion during fight scenes. After seeing Noel Clarke in his underwear periodically, I wonder if this was a subtle indication that this film was utter pants.

Reviewer 2's score & comments:

Score: 1 out of 10

Comments:

This film seriously annoyed me, it is a clear example of poor filmmaking, and why Directors should never be cast as the main character in their own films. How this film, with its constant slow motion sequences and Noel Clarke's nudity, ever made it out of a movie studio is baffling - maybe Noel Clarke owns the studio as well? For the first time as one of The Reviewers, I am seriously lost for words at how bad this film really was - just pure and utter rubbish from start to finish.