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4 years, 1 month ago

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4 years after the events of Train to Busan, a former marine, Jung-Seok must return and retrieve a hoard of money which is inside the back of a lorry. A big disappointment considering how great the original movie was. The movie lacked the atmosphere and tension of it. It took a different kind of direction - a Hollywood type direction which was the wrong decision to take in my opinion. It was just your generic zombie movie in the end with no heart and soul. The worst thing about the thing was the terrible CGI effects, the movie relies too much on it. The acting wasn't so great either and the bad guys were poor as well. The ending scene was so over dramatic it was excruciating to watch. So not a good movie overall and one hell of a letdown.

4 years, 1 month ago

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A man brings his family to a desolate town to repair its synthesised blood facility, only to find himself in the middle of a vampire civil war. A contemporary western/horror/comedy which does bring it's fair share of laughs to the table. The vampire conflict is handled earnestly by the director Anthony Hickox. The plot might be silly but it does make you smile. The humour hits far more than it misses. The cast includes David Carradine, M. Emmet Walsh and a brief but inspired turn by Bruce Campbell. This movie has a little bit of everything for viewers. The movie is a rather bloodless affair, and that coupled with the lightheartedness makes it quite suitable for many people. Give it a shot.

4 years, 1 month ago

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4 years, 1 month ago

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Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they’re told without question or pause. Now officer Jack Deth, a cop from the future stranded in the past, must once again go forth to stop them. This is yet again your typical early Full Moon productions blend of sci-fi/action/horror and a tad bit more comedy than usual thanks to Jack Deth's one-liners. The plot is the usual bag of fun nonsense. It's more or less on a par with the first one (but definitely not better). The original is just a bit more spirited and also this one just feels a bit less gritty. All the main players from the first movie return such as Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Biff Manard etc etc and slot back into their characters easily. A decent sequel.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Tales from the Crypt

 Tales from the Crypt 7/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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Five people find themselves lost in some catacombs. The Crypt Keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. A superior Amicus anthology horror movie. Each of the Crypt Keeper’s five guests gets a story that may or may not be about an event from their pasts or their futures: a woman kills her husband before Christmas in order to collect his life insurance, a man leaves his wife and kids in order to begin a new life with his mistress but tragedy strikes whilst driving to their new home, a hoity young man dislikes his elderly neighbour and begins a campaign of hate against him, another man of the verge of bankruptcy must sell his belongings but his wife is not so keen and uses the special powers of an old statue from China to make 3 wishes and finally a retired Major gets to be in charge of a nursing home for the blind but decides to cut their heating and food. The natives begin a revolution against him. Each of the 5 stories are great and interesting and the final payoff when the Crypt Keeper tells the guests they are free to leave the catacombs leaves a nasty sting in the tail. There's an impressive cast which includes Joan Collins, Peter Cushing and Ralph Richardson. The movie is directed brilliantly by Freddie Francis. Overall, a classic anthology horror movie that's well worth seeing.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Breakout

 Breakout 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner. A great movie that starts rather slowly but picks up quickly after 30 mins. The set up involves a surprising amount of comedy mined from a ragtag group's half-baked attempts at breaking a man out of Mexican prison. One of which involves a character dressing in drag for a conjugal visit! The payoff is the spectacular main prison break sequence involving an airplane, a helicopter, a car chase, and some incredible stunts. It culminates with a nasty death by propeller blade. Husband and wife team Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland perform well with a fantastic supporting cast which includes Robert Duvall. All in all, this is a great action movie that deserves to be seen more by people.

4 years, 1 month ago

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A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they will build to escape before their food and water run out. A slightly implausible, overlong, almost real time survivalist procedure movie which has an all-star cast. This movie is just full of imperfect characters, clashing ideals and personalities the whole way through. The script is good and makes it all feel so natural and urgent even if what they are doing is way implausible. The performances of the whole cast are superb from Jimmy Stewart to Hardy Kruger. Unfortunately the movie goes on for way too long and a 25 min chunk should have been cut to make it flow better. It's still a great movie to watch.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated The Flight of the Phoenix

 The Flight of the Phoenix 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Lynn + Lucy

 Lynn + Lucy 7/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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Lynn and Lucy are lifelong best friends, their relationship as intense as any romance. Neither has ventured far from where they grew up. Lynn, who married her first boyfriend and whose daughter is fast growing up, is delighted when the charismatic, volatile Lucy has her first baby boy. Lucy, however, does not react to being a mother as Lynn expects. Soon, they find their friendship is tested in extreme circumstances. One of the toughest and most brutal movie that I've watched all year - it's a gruelling experience mainly due to just how authentic and depressingly realistic it feels. It looks at a pair of childhood friends who find their lives torn apart by a terrible incident that changes their direction in life forever. Roxanne Scrimshaw and Nichola Burley are brilliant and it's devastating to watch everything bad that happens to them. Fyzal Boulifa's directing is excellent. A difficult but rewarding watch.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Richard's Things

 Richard's Things 4/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Burned at the Stake

 Burned at the Stake 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, young Ann Putnam accuses several residents of being witches, and they are tried and put to death. In 1980, young Loreen Graham is on a school outing to the Salem Witch Museum when a wax figure of a man from 1692 comes to life and accosts her. It seems that she may be the reincarnation of Ann, who has accused the man’s 5-year-old girl of witchcraft and the girl is scheduled to be burned at the stake. Loreen must fight being possessed by Ann Putnam and confront the evil minister from 1692 who is consorting with Ann to falsely accuse people of witchcraft. An interesting little witchcraft/time travel movie that quickly came and went when it was released in the early 80's. Perhaps people expected sex and blood to take place and when neither happened they simply ignored it which is a shame as it's quite a decent movie even though it does have some issues with it. Characters are able to cross back and forth between time-zones with remarkable and never-explained ease and how come a wax figure suddenly comes alive as a human being? There are some nice atmospheric set pieces. Susan Swift plays the main dual roles of Ann Putnam/Loreen Graham and does a good job and the supporting cast are great as well. If you've seen all the other witchcraft movies from the 70's and 80's, it might be worth your while to give this a go too.

4 years, 1 month ago

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Kyoya’s father was a great warrior, killed at the hands of the diabolical psychic, Rebi Ra, who has now opened a portal to hell in the city of Shinjuku. It falls to Kyoya to finish what his father started and battle his way through demons, while protecting a young woman from harm. A great violent anime movie from the late 80's. Combining good action with adventure, magic, the occult, and even a touch of romance, this is one movie that has something for everyone. It does have a lot of blood and violence and while certainly far from the level of the Overfiend movies with tentacles abounding, there are still elements of shock and violence to this title that might disturb some viewers. The animation is really quite attractive, especially the backgrounds. The characters are interesting with the hero of the movie quite a cocky individual. The upshot is that if you enjoy tales of demon attacks and ultra-violence then you should check this out.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Combat Academy

 Combat Academy 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts. Directed by the writer of 'Police Academy', the similarities are clear from the start, with the small change of punishment being the military instead of the police, the title of the movie was even changed from 'High' to 'Academy' to capitalise on the success and name value of a series of films that has completely nothing to do with this one. It's a decent enough comedy with some laughs to be had. Keith Gordon and Wallace Langham play the leads and act like total idiots but luckily both have enough charm and comedy chops for you to look past that. This movie also has a young George Clooney as the Major of the academy. It's a typical 80's comedy flick and I found myself enjoying this movie a lot more than I thought I would.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated The Mummy's Hand

 The Mummy's Hand 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb. Universal's 2nd Mummy movie is a fairly good follow up to the first. The film opens with interesting bit of Egyptian lore, setting up the events to follow. Unfortunately the movie slows down for about 20 minutes as we get to know the characters. When the Mummy finally sparks into life, the movie starts to pick up. And with a runtime of just 66 minutes this movie is a fun, easy breeze to watch. It's a movie where you can relax for an hour and watch some campy Mummy silliness. Just a shame it takes nearly 40 mins for the Mummy to come alive before starting it's murderous rampage. The sets are quite impressive and the cast are great in their roles. All in all, a good horror movie but it doesn't come close to the greatness of the original Boris Karloff one.

4 years, 1 month ago

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Members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father’s death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. A sometimes-interesting black and white independent art house cheapie produced by David Lynch that's sort of like a homage to the old 1936 movie Dracula's Daughter. If you're expecting a normal vampire movie don't bother watching as it will frustrate you. Granted, it's nice to have a vampire tale that gives a different slant on the genre and it never felt boring. Elina Löwensohn as Dracula's seductively decadent daughter is brilliant with Peter Fonda as a hippie-ish Van Helsing. I thought that the movie did a great job at creating a sort of old fashioned horror atmosphere, even though never anything scary or anything else horror related ever really happens in the movie itself. If you want to watch a vampire tale with a difference, give this a shot.

4 years, 1 month ago

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4 years, 1 month ago

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Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent. This is an eccentric comedy shot in the style of a fake documentary that chronicles the misadventures of Virgil Starkwell, an untalented thief and his various attempts to steal money and escape from prison. Woody Allen's 2nd movie is a set of sketches, gags, slapstick and physical comedy which is really funny to watch. It's an early indicator of what was to come and what the viewers will expect of Allen; smooth drama balanced by fast, witty monologues and lots of self-humiliation. Definitely recommended.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Manhattan Baby

 Manhattan Baby 5/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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A young girl on vacation in Egypt is given a mysterious charm, causing her archeologist father to be struck blind inside an unexplored pyramid tomb. But when the family returns home to Manhattan, a plague of supernatural evil and sudden violence follows. Can this ancient curse be stopped before it is unleashed on the streets of New York City? This has a similar kind of story to The Awakening which I watched recently but this is a little bit more interesting. It's yet another non-gory (apart from the finale) Lucio Fulci movie. It starts off really well and is quite atmospheric but things go downhill when the story relocates to NYC. Fulci goes for some disjointed scares which doesn't work as they're too inexplicable, too tame, or just too stupid. I really wanted to see some tension but there was nothing of the sort. The cast are fine with Brigitta Boccoli as the possessed young girl doing well. This movie could have been so much better had Fulci added more gore and violence but as it is it's just OK.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Dark Age

 Dark Age 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local population. An Aussie twist on the Jaws tale in that instead of trying to kill the beast, some people want to capture it and move it to a secluded location so that it can live out it's life in peace. The story can also be seen as the white people trying to kill the croc and the local indigenous folk trying to protect it as they think it is one of their Gods called the Numawari. There's not a lot of tension in the movie and the deaths aren't particularly gory. It seemed at times that it was trying to bring some light hearted comedy to the proceedings but it doesn't work. The cast are competent enough - the only one I recognised was Ray Meagher (Alf from the Australian soap opera Home & Away). This monster movie is worth a watch I think.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Chrome and Hot Leather

 Chrome and Hot Leather 5/10

4 years, 1 month ago