Bringing nothing new to the table and completely clueless about what made the original so effective, Village of the Damned packs a narrative that definitely falls in John Carpenter’s domain yet the…
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For all intents and purposes this film should’ve been called Star Wars: History Repeats Itself. The reason being is that the plot to The Force Awakens offers more then just a passing resemblance to A New Hope, so much so that I damn near check marked the “I’ve seen this film before” option even though I hadn’t. It seems that in his never-ending quest to please the rabid Star Wars fanbase, director J.J. Abrams felt the need to adhere to the Star Wars formula very closely, maybe even a little too closely.
