The Axiom (2018)
a review by Evan Landon
Ever been on Facebook...? Of course you have. Everyone has at one point or another. Ever been apart of a “group” to where you have an administrator who will put up a movie so the thousand something people that are apart of said group will watch the movie and just riff all over it? If you said “nope”, then I suggest you change your social media habits, my friend! We riffed so hard on this movie which was a blessing because how long it has been since we did that. I won't tell you which group it was right here, but I am sure a lot of you who are reading this can figure it out very quickly. I could also just tell you if you ask.
An axiom, by definition, is “a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true”. Does THIS movie accomplish that? Hmmmm... Let's find out!
All 5 characters are automatically left along the lines of your usual tropes: a brother and sister are searching out for their lost sibling, one has a girlfriend, who has a brother, who is engaged to another girl, and she has a brother. That took care of that plot point. Easy enough! What really is the issue is the mistrust that occurs between the characters as they enter into a realm to which they are apparently sacrificed and have to find their way out. It's like Wrong Turn meets The Thing meets The Descent part 2, but it is complete shit.
Our characters are never fleshed out. There is a hot af sex scene with no nudity (except for the main guy's one nip), then his girlfriend (whom I am definitely believe was in a dispute with the costume designer hated because she was having sex with her boyfriend & made her wear a polka dot dress with a denim jacket) gets stabbed in the stomach because her brother knew she was having a baby?! I don't know. I won’t drone on & on about it, but it seems excessive.
To be completely honest, I had a blast watching this movie, but it's really only good if'n you have some good friends who are willing to bear that burden with you! Shout out to those that did over the internet.
1.5 out of 5