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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jun 1, 2013 0:21:31 GMT -5
"RED SCORPION"Story: Russian special forces soldier is sent to Africa on a mission to kill a rebel leader. After failing, the Russian sees the damage his comrades are doing and joins the rebels. Holy crap, this movie is awesome! It is everything that an 80's action-fest should be. It's got fights, guns, explosions, tanks, a missile-firing helicopter... and in the middle of is all is Dolph Lundgren as the stone-faced Russian soldier Nikolai, slowly realizing what this war is doing to the country and letting his human side come out. Great supporting performance from M. Emmet Walsh as the American journalist who doesn't trust the Rooskie. Pure action-junkie eye candy, and well worth the cult status it has earned. Highly recommended! The new release has some nice bonus features, including interviews with Lundgren, make-up artist Tom Savini (along with some of Savini's home movies from behind the scenes), and most interesting (for me), co-writer/co-producer Jack Abramoff (!!!) explaining the political situations behind the making of the movie.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2013 6:50:06 GMT -5
The Love Guru - I was expecting this to be a total ass face but it wasn't THAT bad, if you remove Mike Myers from it, holy hell was he absolutely terrible. I mean.......damn Mike what happened? Take him away though and whilst not great had a couple of decent moments
Observe and report - Again, another I didn't expect to like but I love the dark humour in this for the most part. I loved in particular the scene where all the cops try to tke Seth Rogen down (I thought it was a fantasy at first because seriously all those cops for what he did lol) and the scene where he was having his psychological exam to join the police. Hell of a lot better than Paul Blart : Mall Cop anyhow
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Post by agent817 on Jun 11, 2013 19:06:32 GMT -5
EXIT SPEEDPlot: On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker. Forced off the road by other members of the gang, the passengers take refuge in the hell hole of an abandoned scrap yard. They use improvised weapons and sheer guts to mount a defense against the murderous bikers but, as their numbers dwindle, they realize that their survival depends on doing the unthinkable. They must go on the offensive. Verdict: I have heard about this movie, mostly from seeing this DVD for sale at Bel-Air locations and seeing it on Showtime listings. I bought this about a year ago at a closing Blockbuster location but didn't finally watch it until today. I have to say, for a low budget action flick, it was really entertaining. You had archetypes on the bus and then you had the biker gang, who were the villains. It felt a little similar to Mad Max and Assault on Precinct 13, with the biker gang going after the people but the civilians doing everything they could to survive. Despite the budget and stuff like cinematography, the movie is still fun to watch. Recommended. You'll be surprised if you take it for what it is.
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Post by thetower52 on Jun 11, 2013 23:16:53 GMT -5
Warm Bodies
I really liked it a nice love story and zombie movie that isnt the same as all the others and you really start to care about the characters its rather funny as well and rob cordray is amazin
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jun 11, 2013 23:48:21 GMT -5
"MESSAGE FROM SPACE" (1978)Story: a race whose planet has been conquered has sent eight magic nuts into space to find brave warriors who will save their people from tyranny. The magic nuts find a retired soldier, a former warlord and three teenage space-racers who want no part of war... until the conquerors set their sights on Earth. - Japanese studio Toei's effort to cash in on the worldwide phenomenon that was "Star Wars". - studio spent $6 million, the most spent on a movie (at the time). - has several scenes that were just blatantly stolen from "Star Wars", including the 'gun turret' battle, the sword fighting scene, and of course the final space battle. - Sonny Chiba has near-top billing, doesn't appear until about an hour into the movie. - imagine John Travolta's Vinny Barbarino as Luke Skywalker. The story is incredibly dumb (they don't even seem to understand 'space', in that the movie shows people surviving in deep space with just an oxygen mask), but the dumber it gets the more fun it gets. It certainly does feel like an anime that was very badly translated to film. The special effects and model work are frankly amazing. There's one scene near the end where a spaceship is on fire that is just stunning. Dumb but highly entertaining. Highly recommended.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 1, 2013 2:07:36 GMT -5
"THE BURNING"Story: it's Summer Camp, and a group of teenagers go off on an overnight with a couple of camp counselors, only to be stalked and killed by Cropsy, once a camp groundskeeper, horribly disfigured in a fire and bent on handing out sharp knifey mayhem on anyone near him. Okay, so imagine "Friday the 13th"... got it? Because that's what this movie is, to a T. It starts with the incident that injured Cropsy (which one of the 'present day' counselors was part of), then goes into the day-to-day routine of the camp, which one is the token outcast, who the cool kids are, who the girls are talking about... basic introductions to the future victims, along with the classic 'is someone out there' creepiness that you'd expect from a movie of the genre. Things pick up when the 'senior class' of the campers go off on their overnight, and that's when Cropsy starts thinning the herd, leading to a final confrontation between Cropsy and the one counselor. It doesn't sound like much, really... there were probably a dozen movies like this that hit the theater around the same time, and maybe a hundred more that lined the video store shelves. What made this one stand out was the kids are so darn likeable. All of the kids (that is, all of the ones that the movie spends time to 'get to know') are characters that you'd like to see survive the movie. They're nice kids in a bad situation. Even the camp 'thug' gains a little sympathy... he's not a bad guy, he's just protective of his girl is all! You feel something when one of the campers becomes a victim, and it's not "Well, THAT took long enough!" The movie is still noticeably imperfect, though. One thing about Cropsy is that his weapon of choice is a huge pair of garden shears, but they never really explain why. Heck, the whole reason behind Cropsy's 'accident' was also pretty glossed over, with mere lip service to why Cropsy was such a bad guy. And the climax of the movie involves a location that just kind of appears out of nowhere... Makeup effects were very nicely done by Tom Savini, who actually turned down "Friday the 13th Part 2" because he was already booked for this movie. He gives a nice little interview about the behind-the-scenes story as one of the bonus features of this Blu-ray (along with editor Jack Sholder, who would go on to direct a couple of pretty good movies himself). There's also some of Savini's home movies of the making of his effects. Oh, and this movie is the motion picture debut of the likes of Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld", "Duckman"), Fisher Stevens ("Short Circuit" 1 & 2), and Holly Hunter ("The Piano"). It's so strange seeing Alexander in this, not only because of his hair, but because he plays one of the 'cool kids'. {Spoiler} Not just another copy of the classic slasher, a heck of a lot of fun. Recommended!
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Post by DoubleDare on Jul 1, 2013 6:47:42 GMT -5
I saw Man Of Steel friday. Really liked it!
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jul 1, 2013 8:04:46 GMT -5
V/H/S/2As you may have guessed, this is a sequel to the lukewarmly acclaimed V/H/S, an anthology film made of five segments (six if you count he wraparound one), with the overall theme that they are all found-footage horror movies. I saw the original back in the days and while I felt it was an average movie overall, I really liked the last two segments, especially the last one, and since most people who saw the sequel told me that it was much better than the first one, I was actually quite hyped to see this, and so I did. I must say I agree with the general sentiment that it is, overall, better than the first one. In the first one, I liked two segments out of five and in this one, I liked three of them out of four so yeah, better average. However, I must emit a few reservations. First of all, even though most segments are good, I feel they were, for the most part, not as good as the ones I liked in the original. So while the average quality may be better, none of the segments are truly great. Second, I was also slightly disappointed to find that the segments felt a little less creative than in the original, at least when it comes to the monsters and other sources of threat. See, the one aspect I really liked about the first film, even during the bad segments, is that they offered very original monsters and villains, even though the stories were not always very creative and often had the "shitty characters being shitty until they are thankfully killed" problem many horror movies (especially recent ones) encounter. Here, it's pretty much the other way around: we actually have more inventive situations, but the threats are more generic: ghosts, zombies, a sect and aliens (not a spoiler, all of those are established pretty much right from the start), with the only truly original one being kept for the wraparound (which is otherwise unremarkable but still far better than the first movie's). Although to be fair, it's nice to see sects and aliens get some love again. But still as a result, it ends up being less atmospheric than the first film in my opinion as we are familiar with this type of monsters. However, like I said, the situations are more creative (except for the segment with the aliens. It's basically aliens just showing up and that's it, really). It's hard to describe them without going into spoilers but let's just say the makers of these segments manage to give good twists to classic formulas. Like in the first one, the acting is also very good and the special effects are impressive, especially since most of them are practical, or at least if they're CGI, they were well done enough that I didn't notice. Well, except for maybe one moment but again, describing it too thoroughly would bring up spoilers. I would also like to mention that the characters in most segments (except, again, for the one with the aliens. Notice a pattern?) are, for the most part, quite likeable, whereas as I alluded to earlier, in the first one we often had irritating douchebags interested in nothing but sex, drugs and party. So that's definitely a plus: you actually care about the characters. So yeah, overall a better, more enjoyable movie than the first one although it would have been even better had it shown as much creativity as the original. It makes me hope there will be more movies to come as it shows that it is a very interesting concept which can bring many good stories, and there was actually one segment in particular (the first one) that I would love to see developed into a feature-length movie as I feel the short film format didn't allow it to fully develop some of its concepts. Finally, here are my ratings, with a quick sum-up of the plot and my impressions: First segment: A man goes through an experimental surgery to replace one of his eyes with a camera after an accident and ends up seeing ghosts. Interesting concept that could use more time to be developed. I liked some of the subtle elements in there. Could do away with a few jump scares though. 6/10Second segment: A bicyclist ends up witnessing a zombie outbreak and is turned, making us witness the outbreak from the zombies' point of view. Surprisingly comedic considering the tone of the other segments (not to mention the first movie), but it's well executed and actually quite fun to watch, while also being genuinely horrifying. An altogether pleasant surprise and a good twist on the genre. Especially enjoyable if you're tired of all the same old zombie movies. 7/10Third segment: A TV crew reports on an indonesian sect in the hope of discovering its secrets, especially when it comes to their treatment of children, and of course ends up getting more than they bargained for. A decent work with an actually pretty believable sect and some of the best acting in the entire movie IMO. The one downside is that some of the characters are kind of dickish, not to the point where you wonder how long it is until they get killed, but considering they're supposed to be trying to make the sect trust them, you'd think they'd avoid some of the behaviour they show. Still, most of them are still likeable enough and it doesn't really taint the segment. 6/10Fourth segment: Annoying dicks are being annoying dicks until they are eventually abducted by aliens and... that's about it really. F*** this segment and f*** its characters. The aliens actually look good (although they're fairly generic "grey" aliens) and there is some creative use of lighting, special effects, etc... but there really is no story and the characters are incredibly annoying. I might excuse the kids as they're only slightly more annoying than what you'd expect from someone their age, but when the adults are showing the same kind of attitude, except instead of fun pranks they're being incredibly shitty, you can't help but think the aliens are doing us a favour by getting us rid of them. Also, while the other segments do a good job of using the time they have, this one, despite being absurdly short (about 13 minutes. To compare, the previous segment was bout 30 minutes long), it is padded with the assholes as much as possible so we see very little of the actually interesting stuff. 3/10Wraparound: A couple of private investigators are tasked by their client to find her son who has gone missing. They find the tapes on which are all the other segments and watch them, hoping it will give them a lead. Things don't turn out how they expected. Not really bad. Not really good. Just kind of there with only the (admittedly genuinely interesting) end to liven things up. At least it's not the agressively irritating guys from the first film, though. 5/10Overall: 6/10
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 1, 2013 22:55:50 GMT -5
V/H/S/2 I had no idea that this was out yet. Loved the first (well, parts of the first) looking forward to this.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 1, 2013 23:20:28 GMT -5
"RESURRECT DEAD: THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES"A small group of amateur investigators trying to find the truth behind mysterious tiles that have been appearing on the streets of the northeastern United States for the last 20 years. Interesting documentary about a couple of guys with a real obsession, focusing mainly on artist Justin Duerr. The mystery of the Toynbee Tiles seems to be more important to him than the others, and the film shows how that mystery gave him a focus and basically helped him go from being a street kid to having a real life. As for the Tiles themselves, the film does do a great job of outlining the mystery, and how the group goes about uncovering the clues that lead them to a possible explanation. That's when something strange happens... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}They decide to basically just let the 'perpetrator' go without trying to interview him. It turned out that the subject may be a little unbalanced (go figure...) and rather than pushing him, they decide to let it go without causing any harm. I thought the story about the people behind the investigation was more interesting than the story of the Tiles, but the movie doesn't suffer from them spending time on the mystery. I would definitely recommend this.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 2, 2013 23:53:28 GMT -5
"NINJA 3: THE DOMINATION"Story: Part-time telephone linesman, part-time aerobics instructor Christine is possessed by the spirit of a Evil Ninja, out to get revenge on the police officers who killed him. Her new boyfriend cop tries brings in the mysterious ninja expert Yamada, because only a ninja can kill a ninja! Pure 80's actionfest, mixing elements of "Poltergeist" and "Flashdance" with a ninja movie. Just let that mental image roll around in your mind for a while. Someone decided to jazz up a ninja movie with demonic possession and hot bodies. The story is broken. There's no explanation of who the Evil Ninja is, the story refers to Christine's changes of mood and 'missing time' but none of it is shown, there's explanation of how Yamada finds the Evil Ninja... it's like they were coming up with the plot as they were filming it. The special effects are pretty poor (floating swords with visible strings), and the music... Oh God, THE MUSIC! Third-rate 80's dance-pop all over the place! GHAAAH! It's bad, but it's a helluva lotta fun. I laughed all through and I bet you would too. Recommended.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jul 13, 2013 17:36:55 GMT -5
Death TubeYes, this movie is really called that. And no, it's not a comedy or a "self-aware" horror flick. Basically, you know how Hollywood frequently remakes non-American films, even just one or two years after they've been released because despite having no ideas of their own, they will not let other people keep theirs? The makers of this film evidently decided it to do it the other way around, and so we end up with this Japanese Saw wannabe. And just like when Hollywood does it, they completely miss the point of the original and have no idea of what made it work. It doesn't help that they decided to specifically rip off Saw V, one of the worst in the franchise, as the story revolves around a group of people kidnapped by some nutjobs who are forced to participate in "games" (hm, which other horror movie used that term again?) at the end of which one participant must die. Oh and as you may have guessed from the title, the whole thing is broadcast on the Internet, a gimmick that only really pays off at the very end, and then again in a very weak way. Despite lasting almost two hours, story and character development are almost entirely absent from this movie, which makes it insanely long and tedious. However, it somehow managed to be entertainingly bad thanks to how unbelievably dumb and silly it is, the score being a thing to behold; it is made of many classical music tunes (because it's public domain, you see) and the rest is... it's just... crazy. I had no idea it was actually possible to miss the mark between image and sound that badly. There is not a single scene that is appropriately scored, and it is always so cheesy it becomes hilarious, not to mention the songs tend to start and end abruptly, achieving to destroy whatever mood they had been aiming for. There are scenes where in-universe music is played by the killers and it's intentionally silly, but you know there's a problem when the music which is supposed to be serious ends up coming off a sillier. The scene that takes the cake is one in which Dies Irae is played as a female character stabs someone with a sickle. Get it?! Because Dies Irae is the Battle Royale theme and in that movie, a female character kills someone with a sickle too! It's really clever! Oh and still in terms of sound problems, we sometimes have random, Birdermic-style complete cuts of the audio. Now, lets move on to the special effects and oooh boy, they too are a doozie! They are incredibly amateurish, which is odd because even though it's clearly a low budget film, it still looks like it would be able to afford decent gore (seriously, I reviewed V/H/S/2 not too long ago, it didn't look like it had a much bigger budget and yet it had some damn impressive effects), but no can do. Most of the effects are of the "film the actor from the side while blood spurts from behind him and hope people buy that it's coming from his body" kind, with no visible wound on the bodies despite being shot or stabbed in many cases, and those that aren't like that use a cutaway then cut back to a bloodied corpse. I suppose you'd like to hear about the plot, but here's the thing: I pretty much already summed the whole thing up. There really isn't much more to it than that. People are forced to play sadistic games. Again, I would like to remind you that this is a story that was deemed barely good enough to be a sub-plot in freaking Saw V. They do try to throw in a few twists to liven things up, but they are unforgivably predictable (I called them all the moment they were set up) and despite having so little plot, the movie manages to be chock full of clichés (a character explains that he's going to have a baby after being married for ten years. I'll let you guess how long he lives). Finally, the acting. Not much to say here. It's actually decent although the actors are clearly given little direction, so they make a valiant effort to attempt to make this thing credible. They sadly fail. Score: 3/10. Not recommended for anything but Bad Movie Night.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 15, 2013 1:11:57 GMT -5
"DEATH VALLEY"Story: while on vacation with his recently divorced mother and her new boyfriend, young boy Billy finds a clue to the identity of a local serial killer. Now the killer knows that Billy knows, and he'll do anything to stop Billy from talking... Made in the 80's and has a real "made-for-TV" feel to it, in that it's not very gory, there isn't a whole lot of colourful language and only one scene of nudity. The movie was marketed as a slasher-style movie (which were really popular at the time) but is more of a thriller. Just not a very thrilling one. The movie's strength is the relationship between Billy, his mother and her new boyfriend/old flame, with everyone not really knowing how to act around each other quite yet, walking on eggshells, until they start to finally open up a little. Good stuff. Performances all around are adequate, with Peter Billingsley ("A Christmas Story") doing an OK job in his first lead role in a movie. Stephen McHattie ("Watchmen") has great fun when he goes off the deep end. Edward Herrmann has high billing in the opening and closing credits, but is only in the opening scene as Billy's father in New York. An OK film, but if you're looking for a classic this isn't it. The kind of show to catch on TV on a rainy day and there's nothing else around.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 15, 2013 23:44:39 GMT -5
"THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN"Story: Belgian reporter Tintin buys a model ship with a hidden note, leading him on a chase to find a huge treasure along with new friend Captain Haddock. - story is fun, but felt dumbed down in order to keep the younger members of the audience up with what's going on. There are several times where Tintin will just stop and restate the plot before movie on, almost like the movie was made up of smaller segments that were stuck together. - animation is PHENOMENAL! Some of the best computer graphics I've seen, including Pixar movies. There's a chase scene through the streets of Morroco that is just stunning. Recommended. Great action movie for kids (but not too young).
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 22, 2013 2:02:02 GMT -5
"THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH"Story: after all but the star player leave, the Pittsburgh Pythons basketball team's volunteer waterboy, a 14-year old, comes up with a plan... hire new players with the same astrological sign as the star so that they will 'gel'. The team hired an astrologer, changes it's name to the Pittsburgh Pisces and success soon follows. On paper, it should have been a hit, right? What do people like? Basketball! Astrology! Disco! Comedy! Let's put it all into a movie! The problem is that the script is so light that it's almost not there. I was wondering if they were writing it on the fly, either in a rush to get it to theaters (which is possible, because the rebellion against Disco was in full swing while this being made) or because of writer/producer/director arguments. The role of the star player is pretty nicely fleshed out, as is the kid, but there's no story about the new players, no attempt to make them in CHARACTERS! There's a reverend who leaves his church to get his chance to play, there's a Muslem convert right out of jail, there's an Indian, there's twins, there's a jive-talkin' radio DJ, there's an older white guy who really good at free throws... What I just typed out here is ALL that you know about these other players. EVERYTHING! The movie could have done so much more with the team. There's also no 'time to get their game together' training montage. They just hit the court the first night they are together and start winning. Why? The Stars foretold it! When their game starts to fall apart, it's up to the astrologer to give them advice... because the coach is a buffoon. Why? [insert Lex Lugar "I DON'T KNOW!" gif] "Dr. J" Julius Erving does an all right job as Moses, the star player, and James Bond III is good as the kid (he'd go on to produce and direct, including "Def By Temptation"). Stockard Channing ("Grease") is basically wasted as the astrologer, Jonathan Winters turns up as twin millionaires (one man-child who owns the team, the other a greedy jerk who wants it to fail), and Harry Shearer ("This Is Spinal Tap") has a couple of scenes as a sports reporter. Long-time character actor Jack Kehoe does his best with what little he is given as the white guy player, and Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon shines for the few moments he's on the screen as the Reverend. Debbie Allen ("Fame") is a woman in the audience. Kareem Abdul-Jabar also shows up as himself on the LA team, along with many other NBA players... which brings up another strange thing about the movie... None of the other basketball teams are mentioned by name. At all. During the big final game, the announcer calls the team from Los Angeles "The L.A. team!". I wonder if the NBA pulled their co-operation from the making of this movie? And I didn't even mention the disco... Bad movie. A few spots that shine, some actually good basketball footage but other than that, bad.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 29, 2013 23:14:09 GMT -5
"TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD"Story: a young couple meet an old friend of hers and go on a trip to a small town in the Spanish countryside. The girlfriend gets upset at her friend's flirtation with her boyfriend and jumps off the train, walking to stay in an old abandoned village... abandoned because it is the burial place of an evil sect of Templar knights that rejected God, and now come to life at night to hunt for flesh... "Zombie" horror movie made in 1971, first in the Blind Dead series directed by Spanish director Amando de Ossorio. I put "zombie" in quotes because these are not the standard mindless zombies that appear in so many other movies, they still have their purpose and are working towards the goals that they had while they were alive. The design of the "zombies" is fantastic, incredibly detailed and very very scary. Just imagine sword-weilding skeletons on horseback... The rest of the story is pretty standard, though. Girl is found dead, boyfriend and old friend find clues, meet with police, go back to scary village and get attacked again. There are a few other characters introduced (mainly, a local smuggler/son of researcher and his incredibly slutty woman) as future victims, and of course they make the same stupid mistakes that people always make in these movies. Great open-ended ending, though... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}The one female friend is the only one that escapes the village and she makes it to a passing train, that stops to help her... and stays long enough for the Templars to get onto the train and kill the passengers... and the train rolls into town... Now, I got this in the "Blind Dead" pack: ... and the DVD has two versions of the film: the original Spanish release (in Spanish with English subtitles) and the dubbed English release. By all means watch the Spanish version. It is the one that looks the best (a much clearer picture than the US one) and it is about 12 minutes longer. Scenes from the middle of the original that explained the story of the Templars was used in the US as the introduction, and several scenes were cut down because of gory bits and for being too sexy (because the girlfriend and her old school friend has a lesbian relationship in their school days). Pretty damn good zombie flick. Recommended. EDIT: I almost forgot... the DVD also includes an opening voice-over sequence that tries to tie the story into the "Planet of the Apes"!
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jul 29, 2013 23:31:27 GMT -5
"NORWEGIAN NINJA"Based on the true story of Norwegian diplomat Arne Treholt, who was convicted in 1985 of selling secrets to the Soviet Union. Apparently, a very very VERY loosely based version of his story... This movie presents Treholt as the leader of a crack team of Norwegian ninjas in their battle to keep the American CIA from having too much influence over Norway, while also fighting to stop Communism from getting a foothold in their political system. Treholt is played as a super-cool ultra-spy, trying to train his newest recruit (called Bumblebee) before the final battle with Otto, the CIA's representative behind-the-scenes. This movie is a blast. The fights are pretty well done, the ninja team are very funny, the equipment they use is hilarious (imagine Batman's equipment if it was designed by Red Green), and it's just damn fun. This is a spy film, if the spy was Baron Munchausen. Recommended.
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Post by Jiren on Aug 2, 2013 23:39:37 GMT -5
The ConjuringAs a big fan of James Wan & it getting some good reviews I was looking forward to this flick, Finally a "Paranormal" horror movie to scare me? Sadly no BUT I was entertained. Funny enough the trailer for "You're Next" was before this and was creepier than this entire movie.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Aug 20, 2013 23:10:52 GMT -5
"RETURN OF THE EVIL DEAD"Story: a village that is celebrating their triumph over the evil Templar Knights hundreds of years ago is attacked by the reanimated corpses of the Templars. The Mayor, his girlfriend, his man-at-arms, her ex and more are trapped in the church, surround by an army of the evil dead. Second of the "Blind Dead" series, made in Spain in the 70's by director/writer Amando de Ossorio. - story is more about the tension between the Mayor's girlfriend, her ex (a two-fisted hero who takes control of the situation like he's been fighting zombies all his life), the Mayor, and the Mayor's man-at-arms (who seems to realize the futility of the situation and decides to act for himself). There's also a bit of the lives of the other villagers, who of course become victims fairly quickly. - make-up and effects for the Templars is still great, but a lot of the footage is recycled from the first movie "Tombs of the Blind Dead". - very suspenseful, which makes better use of the fact that the Templars are blind (it also shows the villagers burning out the eyes of the Knights at the beginning of the movie, in great detail). - The Mayor starts as a bit of a minor character but becomes more important as the movie comes along... and he does one of the scummiest things I have ever seen in a horror movie of this type. I won't spoil it, but he deserves his death. - the ending is more upbeat than the original, but not by much (and it also reminded me of "The Birds" a whole bunch). Pretty damn good sequel, worth watching. Again, this DVD has two versions. The Spanish version is longer with more of the gory scenes that were cut out of the English-language version. However, it's the English version that looks like it was cleaned-up, with a brighter and sharper picture. There's also trailers and a gallery.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Aug 20, 2013 23:33:19 GMT -5
"THE GHOST GALLEON"Story: a publicity stunt goes wrong when a 'stranded' boat of models in bikinis finds the fabled Ghost Galleon, a haunted ship belonging to the reanimated corpses of the Blind Templars. The models' friends and employers go searching for the missing girls and find the haunted ship, only to have to deal with the Blind dead... Third of the "Blind Dead" series, made in Spain in the 70's by director/writer Amando de Ossorio. - story is silly. There is no way any advertising agency would even try to pull a stunt like what they were trying to do here. - acting is par for the course. You expect a bit of over-reaching in a zombie movie like this, and you do get it. - the make-up for the Templars is still fantastic. - great sets. - the effects for the ship itself are terrible. You can easily tell that the 'long shot' of the ship is just a small model. - ending is more along the lines of the first of the series, in that it is open-ended and not a very positive turn of events... It's all right. Sillier than the previous two, worth having in the set. The DVD has just one version, with language options (Spanish or English), subtitles, trailers, and a poster gallery.
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