2025 - The World enslaved by a Virus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| 2025 - The World enslaved by a Virus | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Who knew a cheesy Christian movie would be the lowest rated movie on Letterboxd?
| ||||||||||||||||||
|
2025 - The World enslaved by a Virus is a sci-fi adventure film created by Joshua Wesely.
Plot
In a post-apocalyptic society caused by the Coronavirus, communism is rampant, meetings are outlawed, and Christianity is illegal. A group of young believers launches an underground movement to reunite Christians and reclaim their freedom from repressive rulers.
Why It's a Total Virus
- Initially, the reasons for the illegality of meetings and Christianity in the year 2025 are not sufficiently explained.
- The film's pacing is poorly executed, evident in the sluggish car chase at the beginning, which fails to convey the urgency typically associated with a "chase" scene. Additionally, the movie often opts to visually present scenes instead of using narrative exposition.
- Eight minutes into the movie, it is finally disclosed that the main character's name is Roy.
- Moreover, this isn't the sole instance of a character receiving a delayed name reveal. It took 15 minutes after her introduction for the character to be identified as Hannah.
- Eight minutes into the movie, it is finally disclosed that the main character's name is Roy.
- Misleading title: the title claims that by 2025, the whole of Earth would become infected with COVID-19, but however, as we are closer to the end of 2024 & the beginning of 2025, COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency & the pandemic ended on September 30, 2024.
- At times, the sound editing and audio mixing can appear awkward; some characters sound muffled, making it difficult for the audience to comprehend their dialogue.
- The majority of the actors appear to be German, which results in voice-acting and dialogue that are distractingly poor, characterized by heavy accents. Inexplicably, the film includes a scene where two women switch to speaking German with subtitles without any clear reason. Additionally, there are moments when characters stutter and repeat phrases. Furthermore, the dialogue of some speaking actors is rendered unintelligible by poor audio mixing. The film's dialogue could have been better if it had been produced solely in German.
- In addition to that, the music choices feel over-the-top, even for scenes that don't even need it.
- There were also some more scenes in the film that contained Bible verses.
- Speaking of which, the acting isn't all that good either, but it's not surprising when you see all the bad qualities this film has.
- The sets and props are quite underwhelming; the police station resembles a middle school auditorium, down to the furnishings in one corner.
- In one scene, Hannah gets shot, except there's no blood coming out of her wound, which is very unrealistic even by $10,000 budget standards.
- The main character is unlikable, as he tries way too hard to sound philosophical; he also repeats expositions from the beginning. But he mainly monologues about freedom and justice throughout the film.
- Lots and lots of filler. There is a scene where one of the characters slowly eats her cereal as she reads a note that is unreadable to the viewer. There is also much history and backstory, which is unnecessary for the film. In the hideout scenes, the filler is at the top with very unneeded history, making it feel even more slow-paced.
- Despite some unintentionally funny moments, when others attempt to make a laugh out of their viewers, it fails badly. One example of this is when a character makes an unfunny Jesus or COVID joke.
- Plot hole: If a police officer is aware that Christians are gathering in various cities, it raises the question as to why they have not been arrested. Despite the fact that they are violating the law as depicted in the film and their phones are being tracked, there have been no arrests.
- A ham-fisted attempt at foreshadowing done by Hannah when she's in the hideout, which can make the audience already know what is going to happen at the end of the film.
- Extremely bad writing, mainly due to the bad pacing. When Holly mentions Lucinda, we had no idea who Lucinda was at the beginning of the film.
- In two scenes, the characters are dancing for simply no reason at all, and it feels very unnecessary.
- Product placement: In the beginning of the film, we can see one of the characters mining bitcoin.
- As if being excessively moralizing wasn't enough, it also forces a romantic subplot between Roy and Leia into the mix.
- The film could have delivered a powerful message such as "We can overcome our differences and collaborate," but unfortunately, it falls short. Holly's conversion to Christianity following her research on Jesus comes across as forced and implausible.
- The entire film didn't age well. As stated before in WIaTV#3, We are now getting closer to 2025 and COVID-19 is starting to die down.
- Overall, the film feels overly and blatantly preachy about its Christian themes.
The Only Vaccinated Quality
- Although this film is considered Christian propaganda, it includes a nonbeliever among the helpers, such as Holly. This contrasts with many Christian films where nonbelievers are typically depicted as antagonists.
Reception
This film has received a 1/10 on IMDb and a 0.7/5 on Letterboxd from critics and audiences alike. As of 2023, it has become the lowest rated movie on Letterboxd.
Video
Comments
Loading comments...