Kin

This movie is an excellent work. If you love Science Fiction, you will love this movie!

I think the thing to remember about this film that most people seem to be upset about; its not actually all that action PACKED. It is primarily an odd story about a couple of brothers and their run in with some nasty criminal characters, and yes it's almost entirely due to one of them being pretty dumb. He gets in way over his head and has really no choice but to drag his kid brother along for the ride. That's the primary story at play here, they just dropped a full on plasma rifle into the middle of it to kick it on its head. There's an excellent sense of escalation and even suspense involved, but in order to even make it to the plasma rifle's first firing you'll have to sit through a goodly chunk of the film. I get why this upset some viewers, but I found this approach refreshing. It allowed me to get invested in the characters and main story before the sheer chaos began. It's fairly gritty, and more than a little sad, but also full of humor and touching moments. If you allow yourself to care about the characters more than the rifle. I feel like that's pretty important.Every role is well acted, especially the mains, and James Franco clearly enjoys this kind of role because he shines as usual. Loads of fun to watch. The weapon itself is also a well crafted and written item, with satisfying action and a decent (if somewhat cryptic) explanation.Side note: I call it a Plasma Rifle, but the film never actually identifies it. It behaves in a certain way that makes me think "that's what a rifle firing bolts of magnetically contained plasma might do in real life" so that's just what my mind ran with.In summation, if you're on the fence about this one...yeah I'd say give it a shot. Just be properly patient with it, and treat it as more than just a mindless action flick in order to get the most from it.

This movie made me uncomfortable in a lot of ways because I super enjoy the characters of this movie but I also saw the pain and the sadness that surrounds it as something super heavy. Too heavy for what its poster suggests. I think this should've been an R-rated movie rather than a 2013 movie. I also think they should've been a bit more forthcoming with the Sci-Fi elements and weave the grit, family, and down-to-earth themes throughout the movie in the background.But damn did I enjoy it anyway. I enjoyed Eli's growth through this film. I enjoy his bigger white brother even if he's an idiot. I enjoy our girl Zoe's role as an older sister to Eli. And I wished this movie was way more successful. I saw the budget and I realized why they put more of the character-leading elements upfront--but when you have a big freaking space-gun that Ka-blooey stuff, that's going to demand some tighter plot-elements.Still, I enjoyed this and I wish this was more successful.

I'm not upset that the movie focuses on the family dynamics rather than just action and special effects, lots of sci-fi does that well. But Kin feels like it wastes a lot of time with nothing, it's so slow in building up the characters and things don't really get interesting until the very end. I'll compare it to another movie that seemed to be in the same vein that I watched recently: Upgrade. That movie wasn't super laden with special effect fights either as the trailers suggested, but it still kept you interested and the story moving with great reveals and twists.Kin sort of gets you interested, then does nothing for most of the time, and then starts getting interesting again before suddenly ending. If only they paced it better, had more content about the kid's origins and the greater narrative then it would have been a great movie.

The plot started out a little slow but built up to an eventful ending. There were hints of other worldly connections but the director and writer could have expanded a little more on those hints. Most of the revealing points were not shown until the end of the movie. Would like to see a second one with possibly the same cast but I might be asking too much. The film is definitely a low budget from the way it was shot. They could have give Michael B. Jordan a bigger role but I still loved it. It definitely did not drag on slowly and made me want to see more.

Great

My family LOVED this movie. My black sons raved about it all night and keep saying that they hope there will be a Part 2. The action is intense and the twist to the storyline makes you want more at the end. I loved seeing one of our favorite actors at the end (no spoilers). You will love this movie. I too hope that there will be a part 2 with the same actors.

The actors were great. Sadly, the story had too many holes to the point it was frustrating to watch. At the end, there was a lot of unfinished business, and made me think this was an attempt at starting a series.

The price for this movie was very attractive so I went and purchased it, even though I didn’t really know what it was all about.A PLEASANT SURPRISE!!!Story line was great, the actors were authentic and the Special Effects were wicked!!!I like movies like this that really beat my expectations. I’d recommend Kin to anyone who would listen

AUNQUE PONGA EN LAS CARACTERISITCAS DE AMAZON QUE ES UN BLU RAY PAL ,NO SE VE EN ESPAÑA ES REGION A SOLO PARA EEUU,

Buena película, entretenida. Esperaba más pero es aceptable.Viene con audio en inglés y subtitulada al español. También tiene el doblaje en español latino. Único detalle es que se anuncia con slipcover y llegó sin el.

Die Trailer machten schon Lust auf mehr. Dennoch war der Film im Kino anscheinend ein Flop - absolut zu Unrecht in meinen Augen. Der Film ist superb geschossen, insbesondere die Kameraarbeit erweist sich als sehr gelungen. Dazu eine packende Geschichte die bewusst klein gehalten wird, welches sich insbesondere auf die Charakterentwicklung und die Botschaft des Films auswirkt. Dazu frische, unverbrauchte Schauspieler (sowie einen wirklich fiesen James Franco als Gegenspieler) und ein paar erfrischende SciFi Elemente. Und dann ist da noch der Soundtrack von Mogwai, der dem Streifen einfach das besondere Etwas on top gibt und die hervorragenden Bilder stimmungsvoll unterstützt.Der Film hat trotz seines Themas die Leichtigkeit eines 80er Jahre Streifens und ist einfach ein unterhaltsamer Spielfilm. Nicht mehr und nicht weniger. Und das bei einer Laufzeit um die 100 Minuten, eine Laufzeit die nur noch wenige Filme heutzutage haben. Ich fand ihn extrem kurzweilig und habe mir bereits die US 4K UHD sowie deutsche Blu-ray gekauft und werde jedem nahelegen dem Film eine Chance zu geben.Zeigt Concorde dass die sie dem Film zu Unrecht ein so schmales Release gegeben haben. Das Bonusmaterial der BD ist nicht in HD, obwohl es auf der US BD in HD vorhanden war. Sogar der Trailer lediglich SD. Einfach unbegreiflich, der Film hätte ein gutes Release inkl. einer besonderen Verpackung verdient (Stichwort VHS Retro-Edition, stimmungsvolles Embossed Steelbook oder Ähnliches).

Good plot, but not Blockbuster material.