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You just have to appreciate a horror movie that asks you to take it seriously, all the while having an opening theme song of techno pop set to Ron Perlman\u2019s voice quoting bible passages. That\u2019s new. \u201c5ive Girls\u201d is another religious themed supernatural low budget fest that really attempts to think of itself as a sequel of \u201cThe Craft.\u201d And trust me if you\u2019ve seen the aforementioned title, then you really have no obligation to see this. Alex just moved into town with her father, and is forced to attend a local reformatory that takes in wayward girls. Alex, of course, possesses telekinesis, and is really disobedient and sure enough, she finds friends in the individuals reform school girls who all discover they serve a higher purpose. They are apparently the Supernatural friends, five girls who possess unique abilities, including Alex who is pretty much Carrie White but hotter. Fans of \u201cCharmed\u201d and the Fairuza Balk vehicle will definitely find interest in this thriller, as it basically really takes a great premise and does nothing really exciting with it.<\/p>\n
Sonoda\u2019s \u201c5ive Girls\u201d isn\u2019t an awful movie by any standards, but the attempts at murk and atmosphere pretty much sap every bit of energy and pacing from the story and performances. There are your usual clich\u00e9s including a sympathetic priest, a monstrous head mistress, lesbian subtext, the usual arguments between the female students, and the constant flashing of the pentagram. \u201c5ive Girls\u201d is such a run of the mill supernatural film that the concept never really garnered any interest my way. The characters are all so interchangeable and forgettable. One can walk through walls, one can heal through touch and yet I really couldn\u2019t point out which girl had which power if you asked me to. The sad fact is that the film really sells itself as a hip Gothic parade of black magic and evil and yet has the lagging pace of \u201cWhispering Corridors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sonoda\u2019s direction really doesn\u2019t add much to the lagging proceedings in the end, and in spite of all the attempts to spin the formula, this story has been done and much better. In a reform school of apparently only five girls, they do nothing but yap back and forth with no real substance or interesting exchanges, and the visions continue just to remind us that we\u2019re watching a horror film. We already know who the demonic entity challenging them is, and we\u2019re well aware that the girl power message will strive to defeat the demon in the end; \u201c5ive Girls\u201d holds no surprises, and is just flat out dull. Sonoda\u2019s supernatural horror flick would be a lot of fun if it wasn\u2019t so boring, rehashed, and clich\u00e9. \u201c5ive Girls\u201d has a great concept to it, with some good names behind it, but it just fails to muster anything memorable or entertaining from the groundwork it lays down before us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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