21 May 2012
Cast: Donny Alamsyah, Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Ray Sahetapy, Yayan Ruhian
Script: Gareth Evans
Genre: Action
Setting: Jakarta
7 Stars
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The Indonesian version of SWAT are going into battle. An apartment block has become home to the bad and the violent. A no go area that the police never visit. But now they are going in, intending to get through … Continue reading
7 January 2012
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Goran Visnjic, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard
Script: Steig Larsson, Steven Zaillian
Genre: detective & mystery
Setting: Sweden
8 Stars
5 Comments
I haven’t read any of the book in the Millenium series, nor have I seen the Swedish version of this film. So I can’t comment on how well or not this adapts the source material. I will say that it … Continue reading
26 October 2010
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright
Script: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Genre: horror, sff
Setting: future, space
6 Comments
Dir. Ridley Scott
Can you believe that this film is 31 years old? Thirty one years old. That’s as old as I am. And yet it is still as effective as ever. And perfect for the RIP’s Peril on the Screen.
You probably all know the plot; a commercial space vessel’s crew is woken from cryo-sleep midway through their journey home. The ship’s computer has picked up a transmission that may be an SOS call. As they investigate they find an abandoned ship but suffer an attack on a crew member. They retreat to their own ship, carrying their injured member, and ignoring quarantine procedures, they undergo treatment from the science officer. And then things begin to go wrong…
20 September 2008
Cast: Bronson Webb, Finn Atkins, Jack O'Connell, James Gandhi, Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Thomas Gil, Thomas Turgoose
Script: James Watkins
Genre: horror
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See also: IMDb ; Other reviews Jenny and Steve have a quiet weekend in the country planned. A romantic weekend, and Steve is bringing an engagement ring. Awww. Steve wants to show Jenny an abandoned quarry[1] that he used to … Continue reading
10 May 2008
Cast: Alexander Siddig, Bob Hoskins, Chris Robson, Craig Conway, Darren Morfitt, David O'Hara, Leslie Simpson, Malcolm McDowell, MyAnna Buring, Rhona Mitra, Sean Pertwee
Script: Neil Marshal
Genre: Action, sff
Setting: future
6 Comments
This film really is utterly preposterous. Unbelievable in the extreme; plot holes every where. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It still kicks ass though. Hugely enjoyable. It is set in the future, after a virus struck Glasgow the British … Continue reading
8 October 2007
Cast: Devon Aoki, Jason Statham, Jet Li, John Lone, Luis Guzmán
Script: Gregory J. Bradley, Lee Anthony Smith
Genre: Action
3 Stars
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Supposedly this is a martial-arts action film about an FBI agent hunting down an assassin because he killed the cop’s partner. But in reality there isn’t enough plot for that. Which is very surprising because there is a LOT of story and very little martial arts. There is a fair amount of action, but it is all things we’ve seen before.
17 May 2007
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Bruce Willis, Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Matthew Barry, Sharon Stone, Shawn Hatosy, Vincent Kartheiser
Script: Nick Cassavetes
Genre: drama
Setting: California
7 Stars
6 Comments
You know this film isn’t half bad. I went to see it expecting a somewhat mindless popcorn film. But is actually a fairly watchable, half way decent flick.
Johnny Truelove and his pals are half-arsed weed-dealer-kids, hanging out and doing drugs, making money through dealing. But when real bad-boy Jake Mazursky owes money to Truelove things begin to escalate, leading to Truelove and “his boys” kidnapping Jake’s half brother. But the 15 year old Zack doesn’t seem like much of a victim. He gets to live the life of drugs, drink and parties; he is having a good time. But the kidnapping was a spur of the moment thing, and when he consults his lawyer Truelove realises that the implications may be quite serious.
28 November 2006
Cast: Ariadna Gil, David O Hara, Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero, Lindsay Duncan, Maribel Verdú, Sergi López
Script: Guillermo del Toro, Kurt Johnston
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: 20th, Spain
10 Stars
3 Comments
El Laberinto del Fauno I really wanted to go see this film ever since I heard about it, and yer wan at the desk who tried to put me off by saying “you know it is in Spanish with subtitles” … Continue reading
4 October 2005
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Elijah Wood, Marc Warren
Script: Dougie Brimson, Lexi Alexander
Genre: drama
Setting: London
4 Stars
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Just so you know, this film is called Hooligans, Green Street Hooligans and Green Street depending on where you are. Football has never really had a good film made about it, not that I’ve seen anyway. I mean most people … Continue reading
2 October 2005
Cast: Ed Harris, Maria Bello, Viggo Mortensen
Script: Josh Olson
Genre: drama, thriller
Setting: USA
8 Stars
2 Comments
This is a strange film. I suppose I should have expected that from the director though shouldn’t I? We open with two criminal-types, drifting across America, leaving a trail of casual violence behind them. And, if I hadn’t seen the … Continue reading