This needs to be more tightly structured, have more punch and ideally needs to play with the genre more. They trudge on from one predictable scene to the next, taking us slowly toward what turns out to be a very disappointing climax, despite a reasonable effort from the special effects team. None of these characters are developed much beyond their standard issue clothing and hairdos, and the thin script gives the actors very little to sink their teeth into. The teenagers are stock characters taken from the genre, like a coven of Spice Girls, comprising the goth, the nerd, the bitch, the sex bomb, the outsider, and the one-with-problems. Along the way, they need to determine who they can and cannot trust and maybe uncover a few home truths about themselves. Each has her own elemental sign and (thus) her own special powers. A posse of teenagers (the “chosen ones”) discover they have emerging magical powers and, using these, are expected to rid the world of an unknown malevolent force. Produced by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and his son Ludvig, it travels a very well worn path. Odeon, Edinburgh, Sat 20 Jun & Cineworld, Edinburgh, Tue īased on the first book in Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren‘s best-selling Engelsfors trilogy, The Circle ( Cirkeln) is your everyday story of small town teenage witches going about the never-ending business of saving the world from evil daemons.
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