Brazen (2022) — Review | Netflix
Netflix’s 2022 mystery movie, “Brazen” is a book adaptation with clean graphics.
But that's about the only thing that's right (or should I say good?) about it. And, seeing as it's a Netflix film, was the graphic going to be bad? Were they going to shoot with a phone camera? So, that's not exactly a prize, is it?
Based on a 1988 novel from New York Times bestselling author, Nora Roberts (read she's written over 200 novels), “Brazen” is actually going to make me consider reading the book. I mean, if the movie is this horrible, right? I gotta find out if it's the story.
But the story isn't bad. Well, not in theory. Besides, the setting is present-day, and it certainly doesn't look like anything someone must have written in 1988. At least, not specific details like computers that look they're really for a science fiction film and adult-content subscription platforms on the internet. So, I'm guessing it's only loosely based at best.
The movie focuses on a famous novelist who writes about murders, Grace Miller, the mysterious death of her sister, Kathleen, and the investigation into the apparent murder led by an attractive detective Grace is involved with, Ed Jennings.
The plot isn't complicated at all, and honestly, there's not much you can expect from a movie with such a story, anyway.
I'll be honest about one other thing: the execution is poor. Not poor to the extent that you won't be able to watch it at all. Of course, you can watch it, but don't get your hopes up is all. It is about one and a half hours long, so it shouldn't be all that stressful, I reckon.
“Brazen” is supposed to be a mystery or thriller or something along that line, but there's nothing mysterious about it. Nothing thrilling either. It's just there. No exceptional cast, no exceptional performance. I mean, there was that one punch Grace gave Jonathan, though. It was, um, oof!
You can decide to either watch it or not. Still, if you're trying to make good use of your time, I'm sorry I gotta tell you to take a pass on this one.