With the kids selecting another play of the horrid Poltergeist remake earlier, I needed
something mindless to get that misery out of my mind. After some debate with
the voices in my head, I decided on the 2015 sci-fi flick Star Leaf.
Plot/ Hikers find a secret grove of extra-terrestrial
marijuana and must fight for their lives when they anger the otherworldly
forces protecting the plants.
This flick is definitely a mixed bag for viewers. Not really
a horror movie, not really a thriller, I guess it would have to sit inside the
sci-fi arena, although that is a touch of a stretch as well. Honestly, it is a
hard movie to classify. While the storyline was actually a entertaining with
some trippy moments and aliens thrown in for good measure, it was far from a
perfect film and was extremely uneven. The scripting was all over, the characters
imbalanced, and the dramatic elements seemed a little forced at times. In the
end, this movie was better than I expected, but it was nothing like I anticipated
when I picked it up at Family Video. Not for everyone, this one will be an
acquired taste, and a movie that will fit with the stoner crowd.
