Orphan: First Kill

A much better movie than I expected, but still pretty ridiculous.

slightly not as powerful and intriguing as the first movie, but still interesting to watch.

If you love the first movie like I do, you'll love this. They did an amazing job at making Isabelle (Esther) look like a kid again. It follows Esther's origin story, and I personally think it is amazing. I am leaving this review now because I think RT dropped the ball. But I am biased as Orphan is my favorite movie.

The every minutes of the story is planned, greatly, and amazing. I like how the story work in the things I thought. Well this girl are expert manipulator, psychopath, sadistic, sinister, and master tactician.

I had low expectations (because of the quality of the original film) but somehow, this film is great. It did a great job with the height difference of Isabelle Fuhrman in clever enough ways, though the appearance disparity is somewhat obvious at times. But the twists and departures from a traditional horror film make it stand out somewhat. The performances are amazing and most notably, Julia Stiles. Not perfect, but I cannot praise it enough for a very solid sequel/prequel.

I'm a huge fan of the orphan but the second one was just not it, it was slow and the ending was just really bad. 😭

Typical Sequence. However it made me curious enough to watch shows about real life events like this.

As long as your expectations aren't too terribly high, this is a fun little thriller that isn't particularly scary or suspenseful, but it holds your attention and takes a massive U-turn about halfway through that totally caught me off guard and takes everything in a whole different direction than what I anticipated. If you haven't seen the 2009 original, this can still be very much appreciated as a standalone movie on its own terms. If you HAVE seen the original, it's admittedly a bit hard to swallow when you consider the actress is 13 years older in the prequel than she was in the first movie. I tried to watch a bit of the original after watching this, and it was quite jarring. Perhaps the strongest aspect of this movie is the performance of Stiles, who is provided with a role a bit more complex than one might have thought. She has always been an actress who projects intelligence, and this is no exception. There's plot holes here that could fill the Grand Canyon, but it's still better than I expected.

Was a good drink of thrill 😍

Not as good as the first one just because this one isn't scary. But I definitely enjoyed myself. "Esther" is one of my favorite horror movie villains. The girl who plays her is so good. Also the twist in this one is just as good as the last one. And somehow they managed to make me believe that the 26 year old actor that plays Leena is an eight year old. That's impressive. And this is just a ridiculous movie and a good time all around