![]() Who feel like they crawled out of the Manson family.Ī slow burn until the final act, Jack Be Nimble feels like a lost 70’s feature. There is some genuinely haunting imagery on display from the marigold baptism, decapitated statue, mother in the tree, to the creepy twins. There are some unique kills with this one, and the cruelest nature in which they are performed is both cathartic (due to the victim’s behavior) and cringeworthy. The juxtaposition of the opposing visuals makes disturbing acts easier to digest oddly. With her eventual “awakening,” she realizes her potential that you almost wish could have happened sooner to see what else she could do.ĭonald Duncan’s cinematography is stunning, Jack Be Nimble sets horrific acts against a picturesque New Zealand seascape. She tends to bounce from catatonic to hysterical, which sometimes feels a bit silly but keeps in line with the character’s emotional state of sleep deprivation. Sarah Smuts-Kennedy’s portrayal of Dora feels like she’s in a constant dream state for most of the film. ![]() It’s a fine line playing the slow, abused character where you feel sorry for them becoming an antagonist with such fury and brutality that you’re terrified for anyone who gets in their path. I don’t believe I had watched anything of Alexis Arquette’s before now, and I was impressed with the performance in Jack Be Nimble that she was able to conjure. I did find myself checking the clock now and then, but the narrative drew me in for the most part, and I was curious about how they would eventually wrap up this unique tale. Despite this mixed bag of genres, it kind of works. It jumps back and forth from a revenge tale, romance, psychopathic killer, thriller, psychic ability mystery, and a re-connection drama. Jack be Nimble doesn’t exactly know what type of movie it wants to be. All the while unaware, they are being hunted by the four sisters Jack left alive, now under the control of their vindictive dead mother and hell-bent on revenge. Dora is torn between the life she has now and a life with her brother at her side.ĭesperate to find answers to why they were abandoned, the two siblings set off to find their birth parents. Possessive of his long-lost sister, he mistrusts the people in her life and tries to put a wedge into her relationships. The two begin to form a strong bond that becomes a blossoming relationship until Jack and Dora are reunited.įueled by rage for the life he has been dealt and taking it out on anyone he encounters, it’s clear Jack is a powder keg ready to explode. It isn’t until she meets a much older Teddy ( Bruno Lawrence) that she gets some relief as he has psychic abilities, too, and can help her quiet the chatter that’s plaguing her. Believing they’re voices from the dead, she begins drinking heavily to drown them out and get some needed sleep. ![]() Meanwhile, Dora ( Sarah Smuts-Kennedy) is hearing voices in her head after an altercation that puts her in the hospital. Free from their torment, Jack sets off to find his sister. When the device is powered up, the miniature blinking lights hypnotize everyone, and Jack exacts his revenge by suggesting his adopted parents harm themselves. When he’s betrayed by his “sisters” and brutally beaten by his drunken “father,” Jack decides to share with the family what it is he’s been building. Now grown, Jack ( Alexis Arquette) struggles with his studies but is masterful with his shop class skills. Nightstream Review: ‘Cosmic Dawn’ is a Trippy Abduction Film On the other hand, Jack is verbally and physically abused, fed scraps, and constantly told what a disappointment he is to everyone. Dora wants for not and is doted on as the only child. Jack, meanwhile, is taken by Clarrie and Bernice, who live on a dilapidated farm with their four creepy daughters. He quickly puts them both in an orphanage, which looks like it wouldn’t be fit to house animals.ĭora is adopted by the upper-middle-class Birch family and separated from her brother. Their father returns and realizes he has been abandoned and tasked with caring for the kids. She secures her two young children Dora and Jack, in the bedroom and vanishes. Jack Be Nimble starts with a mother suffering a complete mental breakdown due to the extracurricular activities of her husband, possibly actual or imagined, we’re not quite sure.
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