Level 16 — A Review

22nd June, 2019.

It has to be said: Amazon’s a funny bugger.

No, wait, let me be fair, there.



Third party sellers on Amazon are funny buggers.

I ordered — with a little help — some new jogging bottoms.

Mine are getting a little worn.

The things were supposed to be here, by 8pm, today.



Guess what … ?



They’re a no-show.

I’m thinking Amazon third-party sellers … can be a mixed bag … 

~≈¥≈~

At any rate … ?

I have to confess that — last night — I really wasn’t in the mood for a film.

Which was hard on the 2018 film, Prospect: which I started … but never actually finished.

I might just have to pencil that in for another time.

Tonight … ?

Tonight I was in a decidedly movie mood.

The film in question … ?



Level 16 … 

Hmm … 

~≈¥≈~

Level 16 opens with a brief scene: of a small group of girls having to wash their faces in front of a security camera: with one, Vivian, punished for helping another girl, who’s dropped her soap.

Some six years later?

Vivian (Katie Douglas) and her classmates have graduated to Level 16: the last before they’re formally adopted by deserving families.



Little knowing what’s in store.

Unlike her long lost friend, Sophia (Celina Martin).

Where the pair are reunited?

It’s only than that Sophia has a chance to warn Vivian: “Don’t Take The Vitamins!” …

~≈¥≈~

Now … 

Good, bad or indifferent … ?



Hmmm … 

I’m not sure where I stand, on Level 16.

Certainly, its cast — younger members included — all turn in a good performance as the staff and “pupils” of a strict, apparent boarding school … that turns out to be a clinic dedicated to giving people incredibly young looking skin.

Which is possibly where the film falls down, I think.

It’s fantastically made … 

But I felt Level 16 was exploring emotional territory that films like Never Let Me Go have made a better overall job of.

Frankly?



Level 16 is good … but there’s better around …

Level 16
★☆☆☆