I had never actually heard, much less seen, the 1984 thriller "Sole Survivor" from writer and director Thom Eberhardt, prior to sitting down and watching it here in 2023. I happened to stumble upon the movie by random luck, and of course opted to sit down and watch it.
The narrative in "Sole Survivor" was a bit of a struggle to sit through, because it is somewhat slow paced, monotonous and there wasn't really enough of anything overly interesting happening throughout the narrative to keep me adequately entertained. I am sure that the concept idea for "Sole Survivor", from Thom Eberhardt, was good, but the transition from script to screen just wasn't impressive.
Now, I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "Sole Survivor", and that is something I do enjoy when I watch movies. And it should be noted that the acting performances in this 1984 thriller was actually adequate enough.
Sure, I've seen worse horror and thrillers from the mid-1980s, but this movie just wasn't memorable or outstanding. I will say that it wasn't a bad movie, but it was just too uneventful to be properly entertaining.
The production value in the movie was good, and that definitely helped to keep an otherwise stale narrative afloat, and making it somewhat bearable to sit through the movie.
My rating of "Sole Survivor" lands on a generous three out of ten stars. This movie just didn't tickle me the right way, and thus I didn't find it particularly entertaining.
The narrative in "Sole Survivor" was a bit of a struggle to sit through, because it is somewhat slow paced, monotonous and there wasn't really enough of anything overly interesting happening throughout the narrative to keep me adequately entertained. I am sure that the concept idea for "Sole Survivor", from Thom Eberhardt, was good, but the transition from script to screen just wasn't impressive.
Now, I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "Sole Survivor", and that is something I do enjoy when I watch movies. And it should be noted that the acting performances in this 1984 thriller was actually adequate enough.
Sure, I've seen worse horror and thrillers from the mid-1980s, but this movie just wasn't memorable or outstanding. I will say that it wasn't a bad movie, but it was just too uneventful to be properly entertaining.
The production value in the movie was good, and that definitely helped to keep an otherwise stale narrative afloat, and making it somewhat bearable to sit through the movie.
My rating of "Sole Survivor" lands on a generous three out of ten stars. This movie just didn't tickle me the right way, and thus I didn't find it particularly entertaining.