Movie Review: Inheritance

 

Michael's Movie Grade: B

A very entertaining old-fashioned spy thriller. 

In today's pop culture world, a spy movie often means an over-the-top action movie like the Mission Impossible films. This makes Inheritance stand out. This film is more about being a globe-trotting adventure than about large scale action scenes. In fact, the only real action scene here is a car chase that feel very small scale compared to many action movies today. This is not to say that this is a movie is not a visually pleasing one though. While it is true that this movie was filmed entirely on an iPhone, it was filmed on location at the various countries that our main character visits. This adds a real sense of adventure to this film as we feel like we are traveling along with her. 

Without the over-the-top action sequences, this movie depends much more on characters and plot twists here. While the storyline may be very familiar, the worked surprisingly well. While early parts of this film are quite predictable, the last act is full of a lot of twists that work very well, some of which really took me by surprise. The main character is also a very good one. She is likable and relatable enough for us to care about but can also be quite morally ambiguous at times. This makes it so we don't always know what she is going to do next and leads to some of the film's best twists. Phoebe Dynevor's performance also makes this film work very well. She can pull off that action hero charisma that makes us automatically attracted to her and her character. I do wish she had more memorable supporting characters to play off of, but her character still works very well. 

A fun spy thriller that harkens back to when these movies didn't have to depend on over-the-top action scenes.