Sarah and John Blume (Taylor Schilling and Peter Mooney,
respectfully) are about to be very happy new parents at the start of the film
The Prodigy (2019). Unfortunately for
them, a serial killer is killed at the exact same time as their child is
born. As their son Miles (Jackson Robert
Scott) grows order he starts to display strange and unusual behavior. He not only grows up to be far more intelligent
than most children but he also has a vile sense of violence that comes to a
head when he assaults a fellow student.
Prompted by a specialist, Sarah begins that there is a supernatural
reason for her son’s strange behavior which is solidified when he starts
talking in his sleep in an another language.
Sarah learns that her son’s body may be inhabited by another
spirit and she has a limited amount of time to get the spirit out of her son
before her son’s spirit is gone for good.
The film is written by Jeff Buhler and directed by Nicholas McCarthy and
they try really hard to present this old idea in new ways but it just simply
lacks the drive of better thrillers.
Performances all around are actually quite good but the
material itself just doesn’t break any new ground in terms of similar horror
films and even with the R-rating the film lacks any real punch in terms of
gore. General audiences may not mind the
ride as it is a solidly made film but horror fans may not feel up for the lack
of any new ideas or something to say.
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