AZRAEL

In a post-Rapture world, language is considered a sin. As such, no one (save for one character with only a handful of lines) speaks, with their only mode of communication being nonverbal. Azrael (Samara Weaving) and her partner Kenan (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) live in the wilderness by themselves, or so they thought. They're both soon abducted by a cult who strap Azrael into a makeshift chair carved out of a tree stump. They're offering her as a sacrifice to the zombie like burned creatures who live in the woods and are drawn to blood. Azrael escapes and begins a path of destroying the entire cult. For all intents and purposes, this is a silent film. As stated previously, there is only one character who speaks and he only has a few lines. Other than that, there's cue cards in between a few scenes but other than sound effects, this isn't anything else. And while that wasn't an issue for me, in fact I applaud the bold choice of choosing that route, the film leaves you with more questions than answers. Hardly any to no backstory is given to the audience in terms of who these creatures are, why they're doing what they're doing, etc. There's a lot of religious themes here and the ending will keep audiences guessing for years to come. The only reason I viewed this was because of recent scream queen Samara Weaving who's awesome as usual and carries the film with his bad ass portrayal of Azrael. Be warned going in to this as this film could prove to be divisive with audiences. 5/10