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Nothing Sacred
USA 2012
produced by
Edward Gregory, Katia Olivier, Kim Claes (executive), Didier Dassesse (executive), Dale Donovan (executive), Myra Donovan (executive), Nicolas Haesen (executive), Whitney Hoagland (executive), Dominic Masi (executive), John Sambalino (executive), Michael Anton Santos (executive) for Merlion Entertainment, Uncut Films
directed by Dylan Bank, Morgan Pehme
starring Alan Barnes Netherton, Naama Kates, William Sadler, Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Nahon, Debbie Rochon, Janine Barris, André Valardy, Michael Miller, Rosemary Howard, Eric Godon, Sean Dill, Floyd Jones, Michael S. Jarmus, Melinda Peinado, Airon Armstrong, Andrew Gregory, Michael Gregory, Mila Kamara, Jennifer Jenkins, Claudine Celva, Kim Claes, Sam Proctor, Katia Olivier
written by Dylan Bank, Morgan Pehme, music by Olivia Pehme, special effects by Anthony Pepe
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Chambers (William Sadler) is a powerful black magician who has plans to
become a God ... but there's one prophecy that might stop his ambitions
cold, which says he will one day be killed by twins from his own flesh.
Now there's no doubt that Chambers sleeps around and has children left and
right, but he does keep track of each and every of his mistresses, and
everytime twins are born, one is killed to make sure they can't kill him
as a team. But when Delilah (Naama Kates) and Blue (Nathan Barnes
Netherton) are born, the midwife rather than one of the kids kills the
mother (Debbie Rochon), delivering her head to Chambers to claim she was
beheaded before giving birth to Blue, then takes off with the boy, while
Chambers brings up Delilah as one of his high priestesses. Years later,
Delilah and Blue meet for the first time, and they have one thing in
common - they want to avenge the death of their mother, and thus kill
Chambers (after all, their mother was only killed by the midwife to save
Blue) - but for that, they have to track him down first (even with his own
high priestesses, he's very secretive), plus have to find the instruments
to do so, and all of this is a very perilious quest, one that has them
meet many of their half siblings, most of whom they have never met, and
most of them loyal to chamber, but it also leads into parallel dimensions,
fight with mythical creatures. Eventually, they feel themselves properly
prepared and they finally meet with Chambers - but when it comes to that,
nothing is what it's supposed to be ... French superstar Thierry
Lhermitte has one scene as the mayor of Paris, while it was also Belgian
character actor André Valardy's last movie. Nothing Sacred
is quite a fascinating film, inasmuch as it on one hand builds up its own,
vast mythology, but then again hides many of the explanations in dialogue
in foreign languages - and while it can be expected that at least some of
the audience speak French, with Mvskoke, the language of the
Muscogee/Creek Nation, it's rather doubtful ... but all this said, don't
get me wrong, this works for the movie rather than against it as it saves
the audience from too deep explanations that might detract from the plot
and has these scenes carried by strong acting instead (the ensemble cast
is uniformly first rate). Now add to this a very atmospheric almost
dreamlike directorial effort, great expressive locations (among others
Paris, France and the Oklahoma Native American Reservation of the
Muscogee/Creek Nation), a fantasy story with overboarding ideas that
nevertheless work within budget limitations, plus several very dynamic
action scenes, and you've got a movie you're almost sure to enjoy - I know
I did!
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