Kin

From the surprising ending I thought there would have been another movie or series. It would of been nice to continue the adveture.

Lovely film about family, “kin”, and friendship, with just a dash of crime, danger and sci-fi.

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I enjoyed how little the sci-fi was, and how we don’t actually know what their story was. I enjoy open stories like these. Elijah will know some day, when he’s older. For now, he’ll just be waiting. Like us. In case they do make a follow-up. The lady from the FBI did say “We’re not done” though, so that might be a bit of foreshadowing.

I usually get hung up on when people do exceptionally stupid things, but here we had a nice balance with Elijah, who pretty much only did the smart things. Which is probably one of the things that would remind of Stranger Things - it not necessarily being the adults making the best decisions. Jimmy with his wasting of money, and going right back down a slippery slope of gambling… really? You’re technically free, and you’re going to waste the bit of money you have on hotel rooms that probably cost $500 a night and go to Nevada out of all places.

Ty wasn’t doing so much better - Jimmy’s counter part. Why he wouldn’t at least cuff Jimmy at the police station while going off to check in the noise is beyond me. There must have been tons of sets ready for use.

Loved the ending! In all ways. And yes, it was “pretty cool”.

A likeable cross genre adventure. Based on a 2014 short film BAGMAN (also written by tha Baker brothers - who created, wrote and directed KIN), this story is part SciFi, Drama, Chase movie. The characters have depth. There are surprises. It has a cast with a solid pedigree (Dennis Quaid, James Franco, Zoe Kravitz) but when Carrie Coon (a favourite actor of mine) shows up towards the an ending that sets up a sequel, my mind went to a stellar TV series. (I’ve since read that critics had a similar idea.) However, if the box office warrants a cinematic sequel that would be good, too. But, if not, producers, “Think TV”! The premise is interesting and could be expanded. Young Miles Truitt goes a great job. I give this movie a 7 (good) out of 10. [SciFi Adventure]

I liked by what it is. A nice and inventive B movie. To me feels honest and without big cliches. The final twist was unexpected and interesting.

❤x6
This was nothing more than a third-rate, direct-to-video, actioner type of movie. It's watchable, but could have been so much better.

How I rate:
1-3 ❤ = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 ❤ = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 ❤ = I expect you will like this too
9-10 ❤ = movies and TV shows I really love!

Uneasy mix of social drama and sci-fi movie, with an unfortunate balance towards the former. However, the film does pick up pace near the end, and as the fantastical parts of the tale are explored, there is hope that a sequel might address the balance.

This movie had some potential but bad scripting killed it. In reality the entire story could've been told in 15 minutes but they dragged it on for 2 hours. Complete waste of time. I would recommend skipping this movie.

What a boring movie, nothing happens in the whole movie and sci-fi doesn't even have 10 min. And on top of that they end it with a cliffhanger as if they didn't see it coming that they are not going to make a sequel to how weak it is.

A bizarre sci-fi/road trip film, Kin doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. The story follows a young boy who finds an alien gun while collecting scrap metal and then takes off on a road trip with his older brother when their father is killed during a robbery by a crime lord that the older brother is in debt to. There’s three different plots going on here and none of them are served very well; the alien one in particular seems almost completely disconnected from the rest of the film. Also, it’s kind of hard to root for the brothers as the older one corrupts the younger, taking him to a strip club, using him to pull off a robbery, and then taking him to a casino. And the few good actors that there are in the cast, Dennis Quaid, James Franco, and Zoë Kravitz, are completely wasted in underdeveloped supporting roles. While it has a few exciting moments and some intrigue, Kin is a mess.

I cared so little about all of the characters that watching this film was as interesting as thumbing through a stranger's photo album...and just as boring.

To make matters worse, there is far too much talk and far too little action to make this a good teen movie. Just watch the trailer again instead.