tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133662365479510082024-03-12T18:01:56.073-07:00UK FILMS - Independent Movie ReviewsJames Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-11021321030271995912019-09-15T11:40:00.002-07:002019-09-15T11:40:34.733-07:00Apocalyptic 2077 Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Year: 2019</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This film is a 65 minute post apocalyptic romp obviously influenced by the Italian Mad Max / Escape from New York rip offs such as Escape from the Bronx, Warriors of the Lost World etc. The main difference being that this film was shot on a pocket money budget and it's from the UK. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our unlikely hero is an agoraphobic weather station technician, who finds himself trapped in a bunker for 8 years after 99% of the population are wiped out in a nuclear war.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jack's only friend, the weather station's AI computer, discovers some information that could save the world! It's Jack's job to find what's left of civilisation and deliver this most vital information to those who can help.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>UK Films Rating:</b> <b>7/10</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-49995128652454348502016-10-30T16:34:00.001-07:002016-10-30T16:34:55.965-07:0010 AMAZON PRIME MOVIES TO STREAM ON HALLOWEEN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first 15 mins are very confusing. First of all you think it's set in some Medieval / Robin Hood era, but then you see modern buildings - my first thought was budget restrictions, but then we cut to a navy seals / expendables type scene which plays out like an episode of the A-Team - lots of slo-mo jumping as explosions go off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This movie is laugh out loud bad. That is a good thing. It is also odd. Again, this is a good thing. It's like Rambo / Navy Seals / No Retreat No Surrender meets Time Bandits - directed in the style of Power Rangers on about the same budget as a single episode of said show. In one scene, I was almost hysterical as the same actors got killed 3 or for times each. Legendary stuff. I still haven't made up my mind whether it's a cult classic, but it shouldn't be left to fade into the ether. In fact I've just decided. It's a B-movie essential so go and find a copy right now ( probably about 20p inc postage on eBay. )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Did Marc like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span></span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-24447710349720959672016-04-17T15:48:00.002-07:002016-04-18T05:02:55.976-07:00Traceroute Movie Review<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Label: </b></span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Monochrom</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here we have a documentary which probes the world of sub / alternative cultures, from techno geeks to biological artist, from alternative dildo sculptors to sometimes under-appreciated hollywood practical effects artists. It's a magical mystery tour.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Directed by Johannes Grenzfurther, this feature length documentary starts with some history about the director himself and how he became a bastian of geek culture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Johanne soon reveals the true theme of the film - A road trip like no other. A jouney across the united states, stopping off at every, any and sometimes hidden geek havens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Traceroute is gripping from beggining to end. There is a real sense <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of</span> riding along with Johannes as he introduces us to strange new worlds.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some of the places, subjects and people are biza<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r</span>re, some <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">insightful</span> and some politically and socially challenging, but always fun. That is the brilliance of Traceroute. It's a social commentary delivered from a totaly new angle and with real flair.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have only seen the online screener so I'm not sure if there are any extra fetures availabe, but to honest there really isn't any need for extras. I suggest that everyone should see this movie. It doesn't matter whether you are interested in geek culture or not - it's just a breath of fresh air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span></span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-14400804329359364782016-01-27T13:04:00.000-08:002016-01-27T13:19:35.528-08:00Soul Warriors Legends : Spiritual Showdown Teaser Review<br />
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<span class="itemprop" itemprop="name">Dishaun Jones and Directed by </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span itemprop="director" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span class="itemprop" itemprop="name">Raul Urreola<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, could this short film<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> add something new to the martial arts genre</span>? Let's find out.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span itemprop="director" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span class="itemprop" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fir<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">st o<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">f all, I must stress that this is a teaser trailer<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and as such cannot be analyse<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the same was as a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">narrative film, but there is certainly enough contained<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the 5 minute<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o get a tas<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">te of the film to come</span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This teaser film is essentially a fight scene. There are some guys in cars at the start, it's not entirely clear what their motives are, but soon enough, that is all forgotten as we are straight into some martial arts action. What feels strange to begin with is the elegant motion of the fighters - almost like performance art. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span></span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-72772978331847210442016-01-26T08:37:00.002-08:002016-01-26T08:41:46.904-08:00Princess Movie Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here we have a horror short from Writer/Director James Morris and producer </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Michael Ballif. This particular film is episode two of 'The Witching Season' series. Each film is a self contained short story.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span></span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-45560624971990340102015-11-22T15:29:00.003-08:002015-12-04T13:13:28.047-08:00Stone Henge Apocalypse Movie Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here we have a strange action thriller from Director James Winburn... Who? What is it with all the stunt coordinators making z movies? Well anyhow, here is another one. Not all terrible - but very hard to like. The story is OK, the cast are pretty good and the direction is just about passable. If you look past it's flaws, is it worth the effort? Let's take a look...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-72970972258054005482015-07-29T14:23:00.001-07:002015-07-29T14:33:04.626-07:00Killersaurus Movie Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to some good old home-grown B-Movie goodness with Killersaurus from
prolific low budget filmmaker Steve Lawson ( The Silencer, Survival
Instinct.. ) The entire movie was shot and edited in a matter of weeks
on a shoe-string budget. Made to cash in on the release of Jurassic
World maybe? Probably, but who cares? The question is: is it any good?
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The story is simple and ridiculous, just how we like them. A group of scientists make a dinosaur, a shady government agency is involved and then it all goes wrong..so far so good. The number of lead actors is limited to a small hand few which allows Lawson to develop the characters just enough in the limited time. And the time is very limited. The run-time states 75 mins, but if you take away the credits, we're looking at around 1 hour. </span></span></div>
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production and direction are excellent considering the budget and
grueling shooting schedule. The small number of locations, coupled with
the use of dark backgrounds, smoke and light effects help to add a sense of
claustrophobia, but this is my main gripe. After a while, a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The cast is superb. Not the actual acting, but the pedigree of actors is brilliant and makes the whole thing even more ridiculous. Everyone just seems to be having a great time. Rumor is that the director was not given a script or story, just a poster and told to make a film to match. And what a film he made. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The rebels are made up of various gangs best described as the characters of Street Fighter II breaking out of the screen and having an orgy. There's a Kung Fu gang, all dressed as Ryu, GI Joes, Black Nazis, Punks, Prostitutes and wrestlers. It's amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">First of all let me say that the cover art is a little misleading. 99% of this movie is set in a bunker. But the image of the apocalyptic earth depicted in the artwork does match the image formed through unfolding of the story in the bunker.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Needless to say that not everyone makes it. A few events early on make it very clear that this movie takes no prisoners. There are so many well defined characters that it would be difficult for me to go into those here, but they are all individuals that really build the tension.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The story is pretty standard but works well. A cyborg trained to be an assassin goes awol after failing to complete his assignment. The shady agency responsible for the cyborg try track him down and terminate him. Saxon plays the head of this organisation and he appoints two hit men. One of the hitmen gets swapped about a quarter of the way through, but it kinda works. The new hit man is much more charismatic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our hero meets a prostitute who works at the house of pleasure, the only place for subgrades to legally have sex. They fall in love very quickly while playing pool. They are aproached by David Carradine who offers them a job which could lead to their freedom. But not all is as it seems.</span></div>
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<br />James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-56793143434407562532015-01-28T16:04:00.001-08:002015-01-28T16:30:26.339-08:00Dead End Drive-in Movie Review<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4346332136398515537" itemprop="description articleBody">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's the distant future...maybe.....and the world ( or Australia ) is full of punks called cowboys who cause mayhem and destruction. The police are useless and dirty. A young jogger named Crabs takes his girlfriend to a drive in cinema. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">First of all I must say that I'm not a big fan or follower of horror films in general. There are so many generically bland horror films out there that it dulls the senses. The Borderlands does not fall into that category. I'd go as far as to say this is a marvel ( not the comic )</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The filming style - head cameras and CCTV static cameras works amazingly well. It really pulls you into the moment. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>UK Films Rating:</b> <b>8.5/10</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-35487463000393408812015-01-25T12:34:00.003-08:002015-01-25T12:34:57.275-08:00Slipstream Movie Review<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From the Producer of Satrwars ( Gary Kurtz ) and the Director of Tron ( Steven M Lisberger ) comes this sci-fi adventure staring Bill Baxton & Mark Hamill.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This was Mark Hamill's return to acting after a few years away. I'm sure that on paper, this film seemed the ideal role for him to take. In reality it falls short of the mark. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The acting is generally pretty good on the whole. The story seems interesting enough, but the script lets it down massively. There is no believable interactions by the characters. The cheeky rogue character played by Paxton is over written.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It is set in a post apocalyptic world, but a lot of the places that our adventurers pass through are densely populated, so a few more signs of life would add some interest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hamill's character is not very well defined, but I think he did a decent enough job. All in all, slipstream was dissapointing and generally hard work from start to finish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The DVD from entertainment in Video is pretty poor. The film is presented in 4:3 ratio and there are several shots where it becomes obvious that this is a pan & scan. The transfer could have been cleaner too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">No</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-69544903061466310872015-01-18T11:09:00.000-08:002015-03-17T11:18:34.144-07:00Omega Cop Film Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A post apocalyptic action movie with lots of karate, guns, explosions, strange make up and Batman ( Adam West ) in the command centre. What's not to like? Well....nothing really, it's actually pretty good. In a B-Movie cheesefest kinda way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The story involves some kind of apocalyptic solar flares which seems to have wiped out most of the population. It's a bit vague and not really explored in much detail, but who cares.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-16204438202465893702015-01-17T14:51:00.001-08:002015-03-09T16:01:18.030-07:00Empire Of Ash Movie Review<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Title: Empire Of Ash</b></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Year: 1988</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another post apocalyptic trash movie released on DVD by 23rd century. It has a lot going for it at first glance. Plenty of action, lots of guns, lots of armor clad vehicles, topless girls, rock soundtrack and plenty of extras. The direction is decent for the most part too in a TV movie style.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It has a similar vibe to Death Run which I reviewed a few months back. But where Death Run succeeded on a pocket money budget, Empire of Ash fails. The production value of Empire of Ash is miles better than Death Run, the make-up is not dissimilar but its clear that there was a costume designer involved in this one. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To sum it up I would have to say that it looks good, the sets, costumes and props are good. The leafy locations are not so great and the lack of any decent plot let it down massively.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">No</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-38987002247391877532014-11-23T18:49:00.000-08:002014-11-23T18:49:46.022-08:00The Devil's Tomb Movie Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now I actually like Cuba Gooding Jr. He's a great actor when he puts the effort in and I like some of his recent efforts - he is becoming a kind of B-Movie legend, BUT this film does him no favors at all ( and he does the film no favors .)</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">His expression hardly changes throughout the entire think.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ray Winston has a minute role which he manages to make ridiculous with his bizarre accent and although Ron Perlman's performance is ok, it is not enough to save us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">No</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-9079075101366548092014-11-23T18:47:00.002-08:002014-11-23T18:48:22.938-08:00Death Run Movie Review<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Year: 1987<br />Label: Unknown </b></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A Trash movie from prolific zero budget movie director Michael J Murphy - this one is a cracker. A post apocalyptic romp filmed in the UK on a shoestring with terrible acting, awful action sequences and bad makeup. But it has a decent storyline and a lot of charm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The acting is bad but it's no worse than alot of the acting in some of the Italian outings filmed on much bigger budgets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The story involves a couple being cryogenically frozen to survive the oncoming nuclear apocalypse. They awaken 25 years later and find themselves in a new world full of mutants and diseased gangs. This couple are introduced as the main characters, but they don't really have any presence and their acting is probably the poorest of all. But this is not a problem, there is plenty going on which detracts away from them. About halfway through we are introduces to another lead male character with more muscles and slightly better acting ability.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is a revenge movie, pure and simple. Done many times before by many great actors and directors, but this one is a little different. Now I'm a big fan of revenge movies. I'm a fan of vigilante movies too. What these movies all seem to have in common is the fact that the protagonist is driven so much that when they go on their revenge mission, nothing can stop them or make them feel that revenge is the wrong way to proceed. Also, the good guy is usually pretty bad ass. These two common denominators are missing from Death Sentence, and that's the beauty of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Bacon's character is an average joe. He witnesses his son's murder. He seeks revenge with no skills, no confidence and no solid plans. It goes wrong and then he has to deal with the consequences. There are some Taxi Driver / Falling Down moments thrown in for good measure too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">All in all I was entertained and somewhat surprised by Death Sentence. It may feel slow paced in places, but it's worth sticking with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2813366236547951008.post-52065426294874744762014-08-04T14:44:00.004-07:002014-08-04T14:45:49.093-07:002010 Movie Review<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2001 was a visual, emotional and atmospheric treat. 2010 manages use these elements but also intergrates more on dialogue to develop the characters and the plot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Did James like it? </b></span><span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Yes</span></span></b></span></span> </span>James Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358542594768110937noreply@blogger.com0