Film Review – A Sacrifice

It’s been a long time since Jordan Scott directed a film. In 2009, she made her debut with “Cracks,” doing a commendable job with the feature’s examination of desire, crafting a passable psychological drama. She finally returns with “A Sacrifice” (co-produced by her father, Ridley Scott), which also delves into the dark recesses of the human mind, only here the focus is on the power of persuasion and the lure of cults when dealing with hopelessly lost people. Scott takes a writing credit on the picture as well, adapting a 2015 novel by Nicholas Hogg, aiming to manufacture her own take on “The Wicker Man” with this study of deception and evil. She’s also hoping to maintain a more emotional core to the endeavor, finding capable actors to realize deeper feelings while the writing tends to follow a traditional path of conflict and resolution after teasing some disturbing directions. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com