This is the complete eight-episode + prequel of “The False Messiah” epic!
Alcyone (prequel):
Through the experience of visions that connect her to characters in a romance novel set in Japan during World War II, Kate confronts the melancholy holding her and meets the love of her life, only to realize a truth she’s not ready to confront.
10 years after Kate’s disappearance, her lonely sister Annie joins a new social network called Samsara, where participants share imaginary worlds where they can meet and, in her rise to popularity, she will have to face a conspiracy to destroy all reality.
After Thalia announces the rules of the stellar competition, Annie faces two competitors as she argues with Simone about the importance of bonding and finally gets a glimpse of the terror behind Samsara.
After her defeat, Annie prefers to stay away from Samsara, but Robert gives her the strength to return and face Jonathan, a participant who has achieved a constellation of 100 people.
A girl without memory is formed from the void, in the midst of a violent and aggressive world she will create a bond to avoid suffering but her own nature will lead her to betray the affections that her heart formed.
Young runaway Simone drowns trying to save another person, unlocking memories of past lives that lead her to face the truth about her mother’s death and to make a decision that will change the course of her existence.
I’m gonna be honest here, I don’t care for GI Joe, I don’t know anyone who cares for GI Joe. To me this is a dead franchise (if it ever was alive). I’m gonna go even further, I remember watching those Gi Joe cartoons as a child, they sucked. No really, I mean these “soldiers” were competing for my attention with some crazy transforming robots, with two different dudes holding a sword, and a bit later with all kinds of Japanese craziness. So, let’s be clear, I don’t like Gi Joe cartoons and stuff, even the toys sucked in comparison with all the others. But… all that said, Snake eyes is a good movie, especially when has nothing to do with Gi Joe, truth is Gi Joe ruins the movie, tones it down, makes it dumber than it has to be and, in the process, kills the creative drive of the production team (this is so palpable through the third act of the movie). And the film has so many good things going on! It’s almost unconceivable that they butchered this action-packed film by adding stupid stuff like giant snakes???? It almost t feels like two different stories nearing the midpoint, where the cobra logo is revealed (a logo that no terrorist organization with any self-proud would use).
Anyway, let’s start from the top, shall we? So, what’s the movie about? Okay, it’s about this dude, Snake eyes, I mean the protagonist. He, as a child, gets to see his father being assassinated and makes a run for it in the middle of the forest at night (more on this a bit later) in the most awful first sequence I can remember in any film. Expository dialogue of the worst kind and cliché stuff all over the place. But I understand it’s workings, because at minute 10 you already know what’s all about (or you think you do). So, in ten minutes the movie sets a revenge path for Snake Eyes, the dude, and then moves some many years into the future without even explaining how the hell a little kid even makes it out alive in the middle of a forest, or how does he manage to stay alive with literally no more family and allies (cause the movie also tells us that the father erases the kid from records to protect him from ugh, Cobra). And I know I’m being a dick about it, I actually remember an interview of Tarantino when he talks about “There will be blood” by Paul Thomas Anderson, he says that he likes the first part of the movie, yet he doesn’t understand how the protagonist survives alone in the desert after breaking his leg falling into a pit, kinda the same thing here. But anyway, the kid grows and now has become a regular cast from Mortal Kombat. He enjoys/works beating people to a pulp, which earns him the opportunity of being scouted by the bad guys. Yet being with the bad guys, Snake Eyes fails to kill a dude which becomes his ally and then a number of plot twists start happening (I’m not gonna talk about it because this is the best part of the movie by far).
So, the story literally dies by the mid-point, the part (as I already said) where the Gi Joe stuff gets forcibly thrown into the plot and instantly destroys everything. And it’s so awful because we just come from an amazing action sequence between the three mayor characters of the movie and the villain’s army, the villain himself even makes an appearance here. I have to talk about the amazing camera work in this part, the action is top notch. And not only on this particular sequence, but since the beginning (and ending where we discussed) all fights are raw and violent, almost too violent for a ugg… Gi Joe movie. There’s Thai action vibe going on all over the place, some Tony Jaa mixed with John Woo style of direction, just really engaging and entertaining stuff. Which later on gets lost into the stablishing the franchise bullshit that ruins everything. I mean, the second half of the movie is so bad that it even adds a jewel that turns people to ashes instantly and the before mentioned giant fake snakes. Some betrayals here and there, more action sequences of the boring and no stakes kind and we get to the ending where the two main guys change roles, because everyone knows that Snake Eyes is the good one and Storm Shadow is the bad one, right? (actually who cares!)
There’s only one thing I want to add before ending this review/rant, I heard somewhere that in the really great movies the plot points are hidden and are difficult to find or to spot when they’re happening. In this case they’re so obvious that a snob writer would say “this movie sucks” without hesitating. Yet for me this is not the case, I mean everyone knows the hero’s journey, it works, okay? It’s kinda childish? Yes, but it hits the right emotional spots every time and Snake Eyes does this really good, until some stupid logo gets thrown into the mix and it becomes Hiroshima all over again. So, should you watch this movie? Yes, but beware of the dumb stuff.
Echoes of drifting wheels, to one side and to the other. A faint light is lit in the intense darkness.
As we get closer, the light reveals the outline of the street, the rows of trees around it.
It’s a winding road through a mountainous and tree-covered area, seen from the heights.
The light comes from the headlights of a BLUE NISSAN ALTIMA.
We continue to approach from the heights, the echo of a violent blow, the car crashes against the protective barriers and falls in the middle of the forest.
We keep descending, the car crashes into a tree. The horn sounds without stopping.
There’ s a person lying on the grass, bleeding.
We get closer.
To WILL (47), cuts on his face, shards of glass on his body, breathing hard, his eyes still, open.
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OVER BLACK: HALCYON DAYS
INT. BEACH HOUSE KITCHEN – DAY
The waves calmly hit the shore of the beach and recede, their sound is heard faint, low. The image of bluish tones is contemplated by Will from the window partially fogged.
Steam escapes from the neck of the kettle.
Will pours two cups, arranged on the table. He removes the bread from the toaster, places it on the plates.
EXT. OUTSIDE THE BEACH HOUSE – DAY
The door of the house opens and hits the frame, driven by the sea wind. Will comes out covered by a blanket, his bare feet in the sand.
He walks across the sand, ahead, near the shore of the beach, a small boat.
The crests of the waves rise. Cloudy, flat sky.
Will takes a deep breath, turns and looks back.
In the kitchen window of the weathered white wooden house he can see SOPHIA (45) with a cup in her hands. Next to her, CHRIS (8) waves effusively.
Will smiles, continues walking through the sand. He reaches the boat, leaves the blanket inside.
Then pushes the boat into the water, pushes hard against the onslaught of the waves.
He manages to get into the depths, until he can no longer stand up underwater.
Will climbs into the boat, takes the oars and places them in their positions.
He forcefully pushes himself out to sea, paddling again and again, pulling away with each embrace. Until the coast is no longer visible.
The boat stops in the middle of the sea.
Silence.
Will wipes the condensed water from his nose. He picks up the net from the floor, prepares to throw it into the water.
Suddenly.
A slight whistling sound catches Will’s attention, he looks around, he can see nothing but the calm sea.
The whistling intensifies.
From above. Will looks up at the cloudy sky. Nothing.
The whistling intensifies even more.
The clouds open up, a fireball pierces the sky, its downward trajectory takes it towards the sea.
Will watches in amazement, following the rapidly descending fireball until it hits the surface of the water.
The blow causes a wave, which comes rushing towards the boat.
Will has no time to hold on to the boat, the wave hits him and throws him into the water.
As the wave passes, Will returns to the surface, grabs the edge of the boat and climbs back up.
Looking up at the impact site, Will can see a SPACE SHUTTLE floating on the surface of the sea.
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FLASHBACK
EXT. OUTSIDE WILL’S HOUSE – NIGHT
Will’s car pulls up to the curb, he gets out, waves to a neighbor who is walking his dog.
Will walks up to the house, a BLUE NISSAN ALTIMA is parked in the driveway.
Will sighs, walks over to the driver’s window. Inside the Nissan sits Sophia, with both hands on the steering wheel.
Will knocks on the window twice, Sophia lowers it.
WILL Honey, when did you get out?
SOPHIA Don’t talk to me that way.
WILL I just want to know.
Sophia turns to look at Will.
SOPHIA I’m fine.
WILL You don’t look fine.
SOPHIA I just want to talk, okay?
Will nods, he looks to the side, tries to contain his emotions.
SOPHIA Can you get in the car?
WILL Why?
SOPHIA Please.
Will takes a deep breath, walks around the Nissan.
Gets in the passenger side.
WILL What do you want to talk about?
Sophia starts the engine, the Nissan backs into the street, drives away from the house.
END OF FLASHBACK
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EXT. BEACH SHORE – DAY
The tip of the boat hits the shore of the beach. Will jumps onto the sand, runs toward the house.
WILL Sophia!
Will stumbles on a mound of sand, but manages to keep his balance.
WILL Sophia, come out!
He looks toward the—
BEACH HOUSE
Where Sophia walks out the door.
SOPHIA What happened?
Sophia looks at Will, looks towards the boat, where an ASTRONAUT, with a helmet covering the face, is lying down.
WILL Come help me! Quick!
Sophia covers her chest with the sides of her vest, crosses her arms, walks towards Will with a serious look on her face.
Will runs back to the boat, grabs the astronaut from behind, tries to lift him up. Sophia reaches the boat.
WILL He’s unconscious.
SOPHIA Where did you find him?
WILL He fell from the sky, take his feet.
Sophia grabs the astronaut by the feet, Will pulls and manages to lift him up. They both pull him out of the boat.
SOPHIA What are you going to do with him?
Will looks at Sophia in confusion.
WILL Help him.
Sophia looks away, both continue to move across the sand and toward the house.
Arriving at a new school, Kate meets Thomas, who shows her that life is an illusion and that the only way to escape is to walk through the door of truth.
The titanium alloy builded cabine of the interstellar rollercoaster vibrates upon warp speed entry as Johnny, a teenage pulsar dj practitioner, changes tracks once again, undecided about the atmospheric melody which he would like to listen upon death by suffocation, tossed imaginarilly into space and time after loosing the incoming dj battle he’s about to face. Yet, the rollercoaster arrives to the nearest star at lightspeed, alongside the new beat in Johnny´s playlist; “excitement of a burning star”. The tune hits the cabin, some dude in the back starts moving his head with a smile that fastly spreads to more and more, increasingly excited, people.
I bet they won’t toss me into space after listening to this killer track.
Johnny accomodates his vintage headphones and let’s himself be carried away by the melody, but he’s quickly interrupted by the harsh bass on Azeroth, his contestant, hit track; “Cry of a pulsar”. The battle is on.
Johnny turns up the volume, along with the rising laser melody which welcomes the audience into the sudden fall of the rollercoaster and manages to take them away from the sad tunes of his adversary. But at the end of the fall, the melancholic pulse on the bridge of “Cry of a Pulsar”, pushes them back into the sadness of oblivion, conveyed by Azeroth’s feelings. Johnny concentrates on his previous sentiments, on the warm rising of the sun in the summer, but the melody only manages to upset the audience, completely caught up in sadness, and they love it. The rollercoaster spirals, taking Johnny off from concentration and giving Azeroth even more sad feelings to feed upon. Hanging in despair, Johnny notices Azeroth is looking right at him, probably feeding of Johnny’s desperation to add to his sad tune. And so, Johnny opens his safebelt and lets himself go in the middle of the rollercoaster spinning. The sudden fall of Johnny makes Azeroth laugh and the sad tune he’s conveing changes into an uprising beat, following his own feelings, and more so than that, merging with another rising tune, the hopeful arrangement that comes from Johnny’s heart, grabbing the side of the dj table and not letting himself go in the middle of the chaotic movement of the rollercoaster. Fighting for his own life, Johnny’s heart fuses with the melody from “excitement of a burning star”, transforming it into a new song; “Explosion of supernova feelings”. And the entire audience let’s themself go from their seatbelts, and the rollercoaster travels through space with a multitude of people hanging from their chairs, fighting to stay alive and not letting go.
The spiral tracks are behind and the rollercoaster stabilises near the heart of a gigantic galaxy, purple mist and the birth of new stars accompany Johnny´s triumphant coda, as “explosion of a supernova feelings” hits the end. The audience goes back into their sits, a couple rejoice by the window, kissing passionately. Azeroth´s song has stopped for some time now, not that anyone notices it and Johnny is the only one to say goodbye to him, before the floor opens and tosses him out into space, to die.
Wakeup.Mau 