Critic Reviews

The tightly crafted story ensures that everyone is running a different race as the characters sprint to the finish line, leading to a deliberately unsatisfying ending that reflects those divergent goals.

Forge isn’t perfect, and some of the storylines don’t stick the landing, but Ng has created a space where all of these ideas are at play simultaneously, where we see characters we haven’t seen before, operating in new and surprising contexts.

Visuals and lighting aside, the production fails to impress in any meaningful way, and for a story rooted in art, con jobs, and detective work, Forge doesn’t seem to have much fun exploring any of them, allowing a person room to wonder who this movie is for and why.