What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

I'l take your word for it.

It's a great big daft and gory monster movie... set in the city.

[Rik]

White House Down (2013) via ITV2

Like Olympus Has Fallen, but not as good, shit blows up, Channing Tatum does a poor impression of John Mclane and James Woods does a poor impression of Hans Gruber. Also contains some of the worst CGI I've ever seen in a film that wasn't made by the Asylum

6/10

[trebor8273]

More rubber monster mayhem!

[Cinematic Shocks]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Aww! is it rubbish? I wanted to like it. I loved the one previous.

I don't think any of these are good. The only one that was moderately entertaining was the first.

[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

I don't think any of these are good. The only one that was moderately entertaining was the first.

absolutely agree, the 2nd one is ok, but it starts plumetting in quality by the 3rd one

[Cinematic Shocks]

Originally Posted by bleakshaun

absolutely agree, the 2nd one is ok, but it starts plumetting in quality by the 3rd one

I actually thought 2 was the worst of the lot, but it's been a long time since I've seen it.

[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

I actually thought 2 was the worst of the lot, but it's been a long time since I've seen it.

one thing redeems it, nemesis

[keirarts]

Wolves at the door

Bland.

That's my one word review for this inconsequential home invasion film that claims to be 'based' on the real life manson killings, then wants to have its cake and eat it by directly referencing the actual killings. This extremely bad taste moment it about the only 'interesting' thing in a film that otherwise feels very much like a seen it all before piece of cinematic fluff. I saw Mark Kermode say he hated it, honestly it didn't inspire that level of emotion in me. I just thought it was very flat, uninspired and by the numbers. Wait for this in poundland.

Drifter

Second of yesterday evening. Imperfect perhaps but its a much more interesting film than Wolves at the door. Two brothers make their way through a desolate desert wasteland in their car. It seems to be some point in the near future and as the film progresses we get the impression that society has collapsed and its a case of survival of the fittest. The older brother is an armed badass and has no compunction in killing when necessary, we see this in a scene where his younger, weaker brother is captured and beaten.
Eventually the brothers end up in a backwater town populated by cannibals and things go badly wrong. when he realises he can no longer depend on his older brother the younger brother realises he must either learn to be strong or die.
The film has an overly saturated, almost surreal colour pallette in places. It has an overly styalised sound design and an electronic sound design. Its influences seem to be mixed between Texas chainsaw massacre and Gregg Araki's doom generation and nowhere. Its a film that is not without its flaws. The cannibal family feel somewhat generic and the bizarre, almost cartoonish tone, mixed in with some nasty violence might grate with some. However after the previous turkey it at least felt a little fresh and interesting and is well paced enough at under the 90 minute mark.

[Cinematic Shocks]

Originally Posted by bleakshaun

one thing redeems it, nemesis

I remembered Nemesis being badly executed in it.

[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

I remembered Nemesis being badly executed in it.

he was the most badass bit tbh