Simply A Masterpiece

Let's be realistic.

i must have seen a different film!!

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's the Leprechaun movie without Warwick Davis,if you've read any other reviews such a thing as that is folly. 1) All Leprechaun movies are garbage, if Warwick was able to escape this franchise we as his fans should salute him. 2) So if the only bright spot of any of the Leprechaun movies is Warwick Davis and this is the Leprechaun movie he was able to not have to appear in, the sum of that equation is this must be the worst of the Leprechaun movie so far. Math. 3) Everyday people seemingly make choices and those choices seemingly have consequences, despite many people knowing better not only was another Leprechaun movie made but it was made without Warwick Davis, money was put forward for an idea that was upon formation foolish yet also preordained. Isn't "Determinism" just another word for Fate?

Is this film racist? The story involves a remote Irish village full of portly, suspicious middle-aged old-world types which is visited by a group of American friends who are young, casually confident and beautiful. It reminds me of old Universal films where Wales would be represented by a studio backlot and frequented with Americans, Scottish and comedy cockneys. The earlier films can be forgiven because of their naivety, made at a time where the world wasn't quite the open book it is now with the advent of economy travel and the internet. 'Leprechaun: Origins' initially appears to be an exercise in contrasting a 'civilised, acceptable' world where everyone is young and perfect (good) and a 'lesser, foreign' world where everyone is backward, stupid and no-one is younger than 50 (bad). To use a frequently (and inaccurately) used word, I find this vaguely offensive.'Leprechaun: Origins' is part of a series of films and is the only one not to star Warwick Davies in the titular role (the Davis films are a lot better than this, going by reviews). It is entirely formulaic with cries of 'awesome' (when giggling at the backward locals) being replaced by 'Holy f***' (when the Leprechaun starts killing the squealing youngsters).It's directed very nicely and lit in a way to make the pretty people even prettier (there's clearly been a decent budget here), even when in underwhelming dire straits. The leads offer nothing beyond some distressed pouts and some impressive screaming. One of the most ingenious aspects of the film is how the Director manages to find ways of avoiding showing the creature – a blurry image here, glimpse of a claw or profile there; there's one amusing moment when two of the hapless leads attempt to axe the Leprechaun but succeed only in killing one of their companions instead.Remember, kids, don't go to Ireland if you want to stay pretty!

OK first things first, this is not a Warwick Davies Leprechaun title. In fact the WWE (yes the actual Wrestling company) have 'rebooted' the film, however instead of a little fella running around in Green it's more of a rubber demon/goblin attacking people rather than a stereotypical Leprechaun. I was actually hoping for the later when I saw that Dylan "Hornswoggle" Postl was in the film, especially having been a Leprechaun in some of the Wrestling angles within the WWE over the years. This film is soo poor that I was angry with myself for sitting and watching it, at least my girlfriend managed to fall asleep - I wasn't that lucky (FML) !!!Where do I start? OK this is a typical 'cabin in the woods' and 'locals up to no good' film. A handful of American kids backpacking through Ireland (even though the scenery shows it's clearly not Ireland at all!!). They meet strangers, they get put up for the night in a random cabin, they don't question the amount of locks on the doors, they don't question why the locals are being nasty and then nice to them for no reason, they get attacked by a monster - yes a monster, and one by one they get attacked. The monster is so bad and is blatantly a small man in a rubber suit, maybe it was an embarrassment for the film crew as there are very few shots of the monster without a random post editing blur applied to hide how embarrassingly rubber the monster was - I've seen more convincing beast in very early Hammer House Horror films. The blur is annoying and the fact that you never really see the monster in a full shot is very like early horror films where production teams were cleverly trying to be convincing with the like of the 'Monster from the Black Lagoon', apart from in this there is technology to make a good film… but it just wasn't used properly.After watching this film I might go back and bump the ratings I gave for the original Leprechaun films up by a few stars - this travesty of an embarrassment of a film was that awful that I am really struggling to say anything nice about it. In hindsight any low rating I gave the original Leprechaun films should be revoked, re-rated, drizzled with gold and diamonds and re-submitted to IMDb.Bad directing, poor acting, terrible narrative, annoying effects…. Did Lionsgate and the WWE really want to put their name to this? The Leprechaun formula has been smashed into tiny pieces and it'll be hard to put it together again - poor Warwick as he really managed to find a film franchise perfect for him (ok, that was slightly tongue in cheek praise but if you have seen this film you'll understand.)My mum raised me with the belief that if I haven't got anything good to say about something I should stay quiet, with that in mind my final summary of the film is this………………………………………………………..Thank you - Avoid this film!

Director Zach Lipovsky has done some extraordinary work with this essential film in the Leprechaun Canon. Harris Wilkinson's brilliant screenplay adds a great deal of vital background information, explains unexplained motivations from previous cinematic entries, and ties up some troubling loose ends. Beautifully filmed and with a dark atmosphere of overwhelming fear and dread, this is the epitome of motion picture horror. The Leprechaun franchise has never been better served by any other effort since the original Leprechaun masterpiece of years ago. In honoring those origins while offering a bit of a fresh artistic vision to his film, Lipovsky has managed to not only pay tribute to what amounts to a cinema legend but even breathe new life into the mythology. No one who has followed the Leprechaun saga and even students of the series should be more than pleased with what Leprechaun: Origins achieves.