As I said above, I spend a lot of time back at the castle watching films, most of which I drop via rapidshare....so I'll start adding reviews from now on.
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MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
Do NOT watch this with kids about....its a proper splatter fest with state of the art CGI effects. Great film adaptation of a Clive Barker horror story. A photographer seeking new material accidentally photographs a girl in a subway who goes missing. He starts to spend more time down there, eventually tracking a tall menacing businessman with a big black bag. Eventually he is drawn further and further in, sacrificing in the way all his normal life. Vinnie Jones is the bad guy serial killer who plays to his usual meanacing strengths. Excellent film that keeps you gripped, with a nice rondo style ending. Very film noir in places. I liked it but not one for kids at all.
REC
again a horror film, this time Spanish. See this version...Ive seen rushes of the American remake ad it looks like its gonna suck.
Sort of a Blair Witch type thing in that the film follows a late night TV documentary crew who are filming a night with a fire crew. The crew are called out to an incident at a block of flats and what starts as a normal rescue job turns nasty and sinister very quick. Filmed as though the documentary crew are filming it (hence the nod to BW). Some real jump out of your seats moments, pretty good acting, and effective effects.
The LOVE GURU
Mike Myers takes his Austin Powers character and gives it an asian spin. Mike plays a washed up Californian/Indian guru who is employed by a Ice Hockey coach to sort out their star strikers marital problems. Great feelgood comedy and the only one that you will see which relies on two elephants humping as a plot arc. Some cool Indianised versions of rock classics as well. If you like Mike/Austin you will like this one....if not then dont bother.
RIGHTEOUS KILL
Two names: DeNiro & Pacino....need I say more? Cop drama in a modern film noir style. Twisty turny plotline involving two cops on the verge of retirement being drawn back into a crime case they thought they had closed years before. Great acting and chemistry between the two big boys and some nice plot twists. Definitely a watcher.
SALTON SEA
Val Kilmer in a revenge film noir crime drama playing a sax player with a bone to pick with some ex colleagues who stitched him up and killed his lass. Told partly in flashbacks it reminded me somewhat of the later MOMENTO, although not as fractured. Good film.
I also watched a few Japanese and Korean films, although as they are sort of limited audience films I doubt its worth sticking reviews up.
Hope you like the recommendations.
Babylon AD later with some war films I think
Chin Chin chaps
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
"To sin by silence makes cowards of men."
