The UK premiere of this took place in Edinburgh last night.
Quite what anyone involved was thinking on this project is a mystery. For the first two thirds it's hard to work out whether Argento is actually being serious or is serving up some pastiche of his former work. Then about two-thirds of the way in there is an absurd flashback sequence during which the entire project derails completely and the movie starts to freefall towards an utterly laughable climax.
Don't believe the Argento apologists. This is shot with little style, acted with various degrees of failure and with a script worthy of a junior high writing competition, Giallo is an embarrassing failure on every level.
Quite what anyone involved was thinking on this project is a mystery. For the first two thirds it's hard to work out whether Argento is actually being serious or is serving up some pastiche of his former work. Then about two-thirds of the way in there is an absurd flashback sequence during which the entire project derails completely and the movie starts to freefall towards an utterly laughable climax.
Don't believe the Argento apologists. This is shot with little style, acted with various degrees of failure and with a script worthy of a junior high writing competition, Giallo is an embarrassing failure on every level.