Wednesday, October 18, 2023

JeruZalem (2015)

Sarah, whose dad gave her a pair of smart glasses, is taking a trip with her friend Rachel to Tel Aviv. They meet Kevin on the plane who is heading to Jerusalem. When the plane lands, he asks them to join him and they rearrange their schedule. Because if there’s one thing that’s safe it’s going off with a man you just met while in a foreign country. 

They stay at a hostel where Rachel asks Omar, the owners son, for hash and invites him to hang out that night.  In the next few hours, Sarah’s bag is stolen by a child, she injures herself while giving chase, the group goes out for drinks, and she hooks up with Kevin. 

The next day they do some tourist things, like visit the Western Wall where you write your deepest wish. Sarah wishes for her dead brother to come back. Uh oh.

When they visit some underground caverns, Kevin becomes uncomfortable and wants to leave.  After doing research, he says they need to leave town right now because something bad is going to happen.  He gets so upset the hotel owner calls the police drag him off to an asylum.

That night Sarah sees a plane drop a bomb on the city and the news mentions terrorists. Shortly after that a couple of soldiers show up at the hostel and advise everyone to get to the gates of the city because the military is going to lock it down.  

At this point Sarah becomes liability.  Her first priority should be getting to the gates. But she has trouble keeping up with the group and when they are running past the asylum, she stops, stomps her little feet, and insists they rescue Kevin. 

Although she’s only known him a few days,  can’t speak the language, and the news has reported terrorists are attacking, she refuses to go further and runs into the asylum. The soldiers decide they’ll help her look for three minutes.  The asylum is huge. She has no idea which floor or wing he’s in. Plus what if he’s already been evacuated?  When the soldiers tell her time is up, she throws another fit and stays behind.

As unlikely as it is due to the size of the asylum, she finds Kevin and helps him escape.  Then she’s back to being an idiot again. She crashes a bike and starts pulling a Velma when she can’t find her glasses. She even sets them down on the ground. Good god woman, you can’t see without them. It turns out her friend is couldn’t get out before the gates were locked. So everyone’s trying to escape the messed up creatures in the city and it just gets worse from here. 

Ridiculous dialogue

Man: We have a lot of superstitions here. Do you believe?
Sarah: No, I’m old school. I believe in science.
Man: You are stupid.

Glass, take a picture.

It would be a pain to have this stuff popping up in your vision
The glasses pull up your social media once they recognize you
Good old trustworthy Kevin


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