Sure, when I sat down to watch the 2020 movie "Pungo: A Witch's Tale" I wasn't harboring much of any expectations. Why? Well, I hadn't even heard about the movie, and the synopsis wasn't really selling the movie all that well. But still, it being a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I found the time to sit down to watch it.
And let me just say that "Pungo: A Witch's Tale" was not a great movie. The movie was permeated by a strong feeling of it being a low budget movie through and through. But at least writer and director Philip J. Cook put in a wholehearted attempt at making a movie.
The storyline told in "Pungo: A Witch's Tale" was just a swing and a miss and rather generic. Actually it was bordering on being laughable. It was so difficult to take the storyline serious and get submerged into it. So this movie was something where you just end up paying half an eye of attention to the screen.
Visually then "Pungo: A Witch's Tale" was somewhat of a mixed bag of nuts. So of the effects were actually fair and the intention behind them spot on, but the execution and bringing them to the screen didn't always have great outcomes. I mean, for example the scene with the twister forming and things flying around, yet the trees in the background stood perfectly still without as much as even a leaf shaking.
The acting performances seen in "Pungo: A Witch's Tale" wasn't much to write home about. I am sure that the actors and actresses did their best, but they just had nothing solid or profound to work with, so it was coming ill off on the screen.
I am sure that there is an audience out there for a movie such as "Pungo: A Witch's Tale". I just happened not to be in that particular target audience. And this is definitely not a movie I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on.
My rating of "Pungo: A Witch's Tale" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
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