Genre:
Drama
Directed
by: Harry Hook
Starring:
Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly
Running
time: 90 minutes
This
1990 film is the second cinematic version of William Golding’s book of the same
name. I remember vaguely this movie being showed to us in English class, in
high school, and I was curious to see it again at this stage of my life. Before
watching the remake, I saw the 1963 black-and-white original.
In
the remake, a group of young military school cadets crash on a deserted island
while flying back home. They have to learn to live without adult supervision,
and rival factions forming amongst the group is bound to mean their demise if
they are not rescued.
While
the black-and-white original was really efficient at building an atmosphere of tension
between the boys on the island, in the 1990 remake, the story just seems to be
plodding along. A big issue to me is the actors. The kids in the 1963 film didn’t
come off as actors reciting lines. They all seemed so natural. In the remake,
the young ones are all mostly wooden in their acting and very amateurish in
their performance. They come off as a bunch of high school kids rehearsing a
play.
There
are a few interesting elements in this one, like seeing that pig head on a
stick with the flies in color, but, for the most part, I recommend watching the
original and skipping the remake.
Rating:
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