The best thing about Black Wake are the effects.
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While the movie is a slow burn type of story, it is just too bloated to reconcile all of its elements organically, and it inexplicably lets the viewers in on the ending ‘twist’ long before it happens. The dialogue overall is fine but there are some glaring instances of cringy word choices, and some of the supporting performances are dull. Sizemore has always been a natural at playing hard-nosed authority types and here is no different. His is the only other role besides Gouvea’s that requires some panache and he does well. Jonny Beauchamp gives the film’s best performance as the homeless and unhinged Tommy. She just does not have the command of the language yet to be convincing in the role. Gouvea is a Brazilian model with some acting experience, but she struggles here with her English. That also begs the question of how is this not a nationwide epidemic with multiple cases of the same phenomenon across many states.
The infection is far too wide-spread to be contained or even slowed down, so it never feels right that a small government facility is the base of operations, as it were. The main reason why the story itself does not connect, however, is because of the many plot holes.
There are various Found Footage scenes from isolated incidents throughout, and while they feature some decent action, they could have been shot traditionally to greater effect. Got all that? Because it is a lot to follow in the first arc of the story, and the Found Footage aspect adds to the confusion. On top of that, there is a deranged homeless man ( Jonny Beauchamp: Penny Dreadful series, Nerve 2016) who is a sort of harbinger for the infection and a smart detective ( Tom Sizemore: Saving Private Ryan 1998, Black Hawk Down 2001) who knows something unknown is amiss. She is being followed by her own government agents because she is apparently living a new life with no memory of her past. Luiza Moreira ( Nana Gouvea: Blood Circus 2017) is the protagonist and a government scientist who is investigating the dead bodies of victims and infected alike. An unknown parasitic, aquatic organism is responsible for an outbreak of a zombie-like infection on the East coast. The story tries to balance too much from the beginning. Released on DVD and VOD as of August 7, 2018, via of Vision Films, unfortunately, Black Wake never really finds its bearings as a story and has a little too much schlock to deliver the scares it wants to.
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That is what is attempted with Black Wake, the latest offering from Director Jeremiah Kipp ( Pickup 2017, Painkiller 2014), which follows a government scientist trying to unravel the mystery of a series of strange, unexplained deaths on the U.S.
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