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Alien: Covenant Or Alien With Prometheus Tied In With It As Well

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Ah Prometheus, what was a prequel to Alien that really wasn’t and left so many unanswered questions, Ridley Scott returns to direct Alien Covenant… wait what??? A new Alien movie sign me the hell up, and then watched it at the only to realise I’d just walked out of a Prometheus sequel.

Okay let’s get one thing clear, this isn’t an Alien movie no, it’s a Prometheus sequel with Alien slabbed all over the title, and my god is this film gory, I can take gore as much as any other guy, but Alien Covenant ramps up the gore factor to a whopping ten out of ten, any way the film follows a similar plot to Prometheus meaning a new crew made up of one of the most sorry excuses of a space crew you have ever seen, they make some of the most ridiculous, god awfully bad decisions, for instance when gas is leaking in a confined space what do you do…. you search for the gas leak and switch off the gas…. ah but this crew member thinks it’s wise to shoot a bloody gun while gas is leaking, while I was repeatedly yelling at the screen yelling “you silly woman don’t shoot the gun” suddenly she shoots the gun and KABOOMMMM!!!! the spaceship blows up “insert slow clapping GIF here”

Boy this film was bad, I hated this movie for one or two reasons, one the plot went absolutely nowhere once they landed on the god forsaken planet, two the crew were possibly the most dumbest crew members I have ever had the displeasure of watching on a cinema screen, Ridley Scott hang your head in shame for this is the worst instalment of the Alien…. sorry Prometheus saga ever since Resurrection, seriously give resurrection a miss it’s really bad… final score 0/0 until next time guys catch ya later 🙂

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Beyond The Black Rainbow… Trippy Nothing Else Just Trippy

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Wow, wow, wow, wow… this film is just wow! Visually amazing the soundtrack is a proper 80s throwback the plot is a little hard to follow at some points, but don’t worry about the plot with this one, this is a film where you can sit back relax and let the visuals take you on a weird acid like trip without the acid.

Clocking in at around two hours the plot starts with a classic 80s throwback and cinematography that’s straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, I can’t tell you much about the plot because it’s quite a tricky one to tell, but really you shouldn’t watch it for the plot it’s more of a visual experience, and boy this film has some amazing visuals right from the off, from the bright white room where a young girl is staying, to a glowing white pyramid in the middle of a dark and dimly lit room, now I’m not gonna lie the film is slow, like really really slow, this is the sort of film that you have to watch when you have absolutely nothing to do, oh and probably watch it in a quiet room where there’s no distractions, while I’m at it don’t watch it if anyone you know is epileptic… trust me not a good idea. The acting is impressive (trust me you will hate the therapist/psychiatrist guy)

All in all Beyond The Black Rainbow is a visually impressive slow burner of a film and a right proper throwback to the sci-fi movies of the seventies and eighties final rating 10/10 for the amazing visual hypnotic journey you take.

Oh by the way this film was requested by a user who goes by the name warriornonoba shout out to him/her for recommending this fantastic film one of my new favourites at the moment, so as always guys catch ya later 🙂

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The Belko Experiment… What Even Was This Movie

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Oh boy this one is a doozy of a film, by that I mean it was awful, I had heard of this film for quite some time as it kept popping up on my recommended list on YouTube clips, trailers and sneak peeks, I went in blind and came out feeling sick to my stomach after watching this, it really is a mess of a film.

The Belko Experiment follows eighty people in a Colombian office block, for reasons unknown they send only the Colombian employees away only keeping the American employees, said employees have a chip in their head said to be a tracker, ah but a tracker it is not no it is in fact a tiny ball bearing explosive (yeah you can see where this is going) so all out war ensues, and our American office workers are forced to kill each other.

Now I for one hated this film, I mean it was a huge pile of dog faeces the plot was terrible as were the decisions made by the characters in the movie…. now I’m going to throw in a disclaimer for people who are easily offended (you have been warned) I can only compare it to the selection process made by Nazi troops in Auschwitz, that decision was basically people who have kids under the age of eighteen to the left and people who are fifty or over to the right, we then get a lovely Latin American rendition of the classic Mamas and The Papas song California Dreaming, the people who are fifty and over are then shot in the head.

Trust me the soundtrack gets even better as one final massacre occurs all while Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No.1 In B Minor plays… oh did I mention right at the start of the film we get a Latin American version of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive, yeah the soundtrack guy really needs to have his head checked.

All in all The Belko Experiment is a right bloody mess of a film it’s horrible and made me feel really uncomfortable watching certain scenes, particularly when one of the employees pulls out his wallet and shows us a picture of his children only to have them tossed on the floor and for the guy to be shot in the back of the head. So do yourself a favour and give The Belko Experiment a miss and if someone ever offers you an opportunity to work in an office in Colombia think twice and say “hell no nah ah nope no way Jose” trust me give this film a miss, final rating 0/0 until next time guys catch ya later!

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It Comes At Night A24 Produce Another Smash Hit Movie

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Ah independent horrors, you could get an outstanding cult hit or a dud, It Comes At Night is in the cult hit area, directed by Trey Edward Schulz director of a little independent movie known as Krisha (which by the way is an outstanding movie)

The marketing for this film was minimal no one and I mean no one had a clue what this was going to be about, the teaser didn’t provide us with anything https://youtu.be/tNE8oUtDaWk you can check that out here, then the movie hit us with an official trailer, which again didn’t provide us with anything. Then we got the film, what starts off as an isolated claustrophobic horror quickly descends in to a 28 days later esque type movie which is amazing, the film has a few jump scares and the plot is easy to follow, a few strangers end up secluded in a cabin in the woods only to become infected with an unknown virus, think Cabin Fever if Eli Roth didn’t add the gore and disgusting parts.

For a film that is relatively unknown it quickly shows that it can become a big independent horror flick, however A24 have only gone and released another small independent horror film… okay it’s more of a romantic horror without all the jump scares, A Ghost Story it’s titled, just watch the trailer and decide for yourselves because this film will be an acquired taste I guarantee it.

Any I’m digressing quite a bit, It Comes At Night is an amazing horror that you need to see final score 10/10 it’s dark it’s creepy it’s an amazing film all round definitely check this one out but until next time catch you later

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The Dark Tower Works As A Standalone Film Rather Than An Adaptation

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I am a huge Stephen King fan, I’ve read and loved every book he wrote, from The Shining to Carrie and my personal favourite It which hits cinemas next month, this year we’ve seen a lot of Stephen King adaptions quite recently The Dark Tower, however I say adaption but the dark tower is nothing like the books, the director really wanted to squeeze in as much as he could with the dark tower, all in all it’s a jumbled up mess.

The dark tower weaves together all the dark tower series in to one film rather than stick to just one source material, I didn’t particularly enjoy this movie and I’m going to be really honest about it, it sucked…. It sucked big time, like really sucked probably the worst film I have ever had the displeasure of seeing at the cinema, the story was dull and unfaithful to the books the acting was sub par and the CGI looked like something out of a cheesy 80s action flick.

Even one guy I was sitting next to mumbled “that didn’t happen” “oh that certainly didn’t happen” “well this is just god awful” no wait that was me, anyway the film was a massive pile of crap, do yourself a favour and go see something else, don’t waste your money on this, it really is just a god awful film try and find another Stephen King adaption to watch I guarantee it’ll be a thousand times better than this mess of a film.

Final score 0/10 possibly the lowest I’ve ever given a film on here, anyway guys until next time catch you later.

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The Book Of Henry The Sort Of Film You Will Find In The DVD Bargain Bin

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Colin Trevorrow director of such films like Safety Not Guaranteed and 2015s smash hit Jurassic World, and now he returns to the big screen with The Book Of Henry starring Naomi Watts Jaeden Lieberher and Jacob Trembley, like the title suggests here’s why I think this.

Firstly I’m not slating the movie in anyway I really enjoyed it however the film doesn’t know sometimes what it wants to be for example we open up with a typical suburban family with single mother Susan (Naomi Watts) and her two sons Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) and Peter (Jacob Trembley) we get a happy run of the mill family comedy, we then suddenly get what I like to call it a kiddyfied PS, I Love You Henry is suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumour and dies in his mums arms (didn’t see that coming) then suddenly it turns in to a drama/thriller, basically Christina played by Maddy Ziegler is being abused by her step dad (Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris) Henry comes up with a plan to save Christina from the abuse.

The film then takes us on a journey where Susan tries to complete Henry’s wish, by killing Christina’s step father (say what!!!) yeah this film then gets turned in to a kiddyfied John Wick (a great film in case you haven’t seen it) I’m not gonna say if the plan is successful or not, trust me the ending will leave you like “what the hell just happened”

Okay I may of slated this film a little bit but hey it was enjoyable to say the least, this film will eventually become underrated at some point and when it comes out on DVD you will find it in the near future in say a bargain bin in your local Tesco’s or Asda. So to summarise, The Book Of Henry is enjoyable and heartwarming I just think it should of stayed being a family comedy/drama but hey who am I to judge.

So final score I’m giving The Book Of Henry a 7/10 it was enjoyable but really needs to decide on a genre rather than mashing 3 into 1 anyway guys hope you enjoyed and until next time catch you later 🙂

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Detroit A Film That Everyone Must See This Year

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Kathryn Bigelow is slowly but surly becoming one of my favourite directors out there, the first film I watched of hers was 2009s The Hurt Locker, a war film about bomb disposal experts in Iraq, that film was thrilling and a proper edge of your seat flick, her next film was Zero Dark Thirty a film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden again it was thrilling exciting and an eye opener in to how the operation to find and kill the most wanted man alive became a reality. Detroit however does something different sure it’s gripping and tense but it’s more of an eye opener on such a dark time in American history.

It takes place in the late 60s in Detroit, we see police shut down an illegal bar, as they are arresting the customers things take a turn for the worst when an angry protester hurls rocks at the police, suddenly Detroit has become a war zone and this film doesn’t waste anytime as it literally jumps straight in, from there we see the cops, the national guard and the army deployed, all while this is happening and incident in a motel is taking place, this will be known as the Algiers Motel incident, I’m not saying what happens but let me tell you it’s not pretty.

As all this is going on I’m looking around the cinema and seeing everyone’s reactions, some have their head in their hands others are just merely looking on with shock, as was I during this, it certainly was an eye opener and sheds much needed light on such a dark time in American history, the film as a whole was dark, gritty and very powerful to say the least, there are some jaw dropping and emotional scenes particularly one where a member of the national guard thinks an innocent little girl is a sniper and starts shooting at the window where she was looking.

All in all Detroit is an eye opening film for the right reasons it sheds light on a tragic subject in the USA one that I think needs to be addressed and Kathryn Bigelow certainly does that, the film stars John Boyega as a security guard in charge with protecting a store while the riots are taking place, it also stars Will Poulter as a cop during the riots, I enjoyed this film and hope you do too final rating 10/10.

Until next time catch you later

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Move over Ghost Protocol Mission Impossible 5 is the best one yet

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So as you can see I went to watch Mission Impossible 5 or Rougue Nation, and I have to say wow! What an entry we have here to the Mission Impossible franchise, the stunts were amazing it makes you wonder how Tom Cruise is still alive after doing this stunts, since he doesn’t use a stunt double he does all the stunts himself. 

The film stars Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner and Alec Baldwin and for all you people who wanna know the run time it was 135 minutes (two and a half hours) long so it isn’t at all long at all, oh and it’s directed by Christopher Mcquarrie (he directed Jack Reacher) unfortunately I can’t tell you the plot because there are a hell of a load of spoilers normally I would spill the beans but so much goes on in this film that I would not like to reveal, so let’s dive in.

Okay I can say about the stunts in the film and I wanna draw your attention to the first stunt at the opener of the film where Ethan Hunt appears and jumps on to a Russian cargo plane carrying neurotoxins called nerve gas, he hangs on to the door asking fellow field agent Benji to open the door suddenly the plane takes off with Tom Cruise hanging on to the door, now that stunt was impressive I loved the way it was shot (the cinematographer has done an amazing job) I mean the whole film as a whole was shot perfectly, oh and that soundtrack though, there’s a part in the film which takes place at a showing of Turandot (a famous Italian opera) a fight breaks out all to the tune of Nessun Dorma, now that was really effective I mean I had shivers down my spine, my heart was racing, I’m not saying no more because I don’t want to ruin the story. 

Now let’s talk about the cast, now I said this last time I watched a Mission Impossible film and that is “my god Tom Cruise has surpassed himself with the stunts this time round” and boy does he I mean for a 50 year old guy (yeah I couldn’t believe it either when I heard) he can do some impressive stunts, then there’s Simon Pegg as Benji now just like Ghost Protocol Pegg is absolutely hilarious in this film I mean he is my favourite character in the film, he does have some amazing lines in this, also returning is Jeremy Renner as analyst William Brandt, now I like Jeremey Renner but Christ on a bike I can’t stand his character, I mean whenever Ethan came up with a plan he always popped up saying NO!!! We cannot do that, now look I understand he is trying to do what’s best but my god Ethan has been doing this since the 90s you’ve come along in Ghost Protocol, any who he wasn’t the only character who I didn’t like, Rebecca Ferguson’s character is irritating as hell I mean one second she’s good next she’s a villain, then you’ve got Alec Baldwin as Hunley a guy trying to stop the team from doing their missions, so with that said the cast is pretty impressive I mean really impressive they have all done good jobs. 

So my final opinion on this film well overall it’s very impressive the stunts as I have said before are really awesome, I will give this film a solid 10/10 mainly because of the action and the stunts Oh and the storyline it’s not to complicated and not to confusing to understand any way I hope you enjoyed my review of Rougue Nation and as always catch ya later 

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Jurassic World Review Spoilers Ahead

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This film was the biggest pile of……. Epic awesomeness I have ever witnessed at the cinema and probably the best film I have seen this year, the film follows the park on the island where the first one was filmed on Isla Nublar, so let’s dive in to a world of awesomeness this is Jurassic World.

So we open up with an egg and in that egg we have the indominus rex or I-Rex for short, another egg is hatching which is the I-Rex’s sibling, we then cut to a suburban part of America where we meet two of our main characters Zach and Gray they are going to Jurassic World to visit their aunt Claire who is the operations manager at the park, they fly over there and travel by ferry to the park, there they meet with an assistant Claire has sent to look after them, they check in to the hotel room and are given wristbands as they are VIPs at the park, they travel to the visitors center where they run in to Claire who tells them that she is busy but will hang tomorrow, she goes and meets with Jurassic World’s eccentric owner Mr Masrani who has flown in to see a new dinosaur that the parks geneticists team have created. Once they are in the paddock we see a glimpse of the I-Rex and Masrani tells Claire to get a guy named Owen Grady, I guess you can say he is a raptor whisperer, so she travels to see Owen. 

We meet Owen training raptors and then we meet the villain Vic Hoskins, head of the parks ACU (Asset Containment Unit) as they are talking Vic says he wants to use the raptors as a weapon, Owen disagrees, suddenly a pig gets loose and a paddock worker falls in to the paddock, and when the raptors go to attack him Owen steps in and calms the raptors down. We are then taken to Owens bungalow where Claire meets up with Owen, we learn they have had a thing in the past and have been dating but it didn’t really work out, any who, Owen agrees to survey the paddock, once there he sees claw marks on the wall where the I-Rex has tried to jump out going down to investigate and finding no sign of the dinosaur in the paddock Owen plus two other guys investigate further, ah but then the parks control team find that the dinosaur is in fact in the paddock with them, as the team try to warn them the I-Rex shows up and kills two workers and escapes the paddock. 

The next few minutes not a lot happens we see Zach and Gray on the gyro sphere, they come across a restricted area, just as they go to investigate phase one of an evacuation begins closing down the ride, they travel in to the restricted area only to come across the I-Rex who destroys the gyrosphere, they escape and come across, wait for it wait for it ready for a nostalgia trip back to 1993, they travel to the very first visitor centre from the first film, they find the “when dinosaurs ruled the earth” banner exactly where the t-rex roared at the end of the first film, they find a jeep fix it up and then drive back to the park, but trouble is brewing when Mr Masrani pimps his helicopter up with a machine gun and goes after the I-Rex himself, his helicopter is taken down by some teradactyls (pardon the spelling) letting them loose, they fly to the park, now this is where shit hits the fan, they attack the visitors picking them up then going all circ de solei on them sending them flying like trapeze artists, Zach and Gray are caught up in this chaos and meet up with the assistant, who sadly gets picked up by the winged beasts and is then dropped into the mosasaurus enclosure, the mosasaurus then kills the assistant along with the teradactyl (again pardon the spelling)

Okay to cut a long story short they use Owen’s raptors to try and defeat the I-Rex Vic dies by one of the raptors, now this scene is probably one of the most fantastic dinosaur fights in the history of Jurassic park, the I-Rex kills two raptors, Claire then gets one of the most infamous dinos out, the t-rex from the first Jurassic park film, they have an awesome fight, and just when you think the t-rex is about to die bam another raptor comes and saves the day, the t-rex gets back up and fights the I-rex, and then something unexpected happens bam! The mosasaurus leaps up and kills the I-Rex. We then cut to an airport hangar where the injured are getting treated Zach and Gray’s parents arrive, and Owen and Claire get back together, then we cut to the helipad where Masrani’s chopper was kept, the t-rex then let’s out a mighty roar as the Jurassic park theme plays. 

And that was Jurassic world OMG!!!! I loved this movie I really really really enjoyed it I mean it was amazing and I mean amazing I mean my heart was pounding at a few scenes, it really is a throwback to the first one because the soundtrack is the same Micheal Giacinno has done an amazing job, I wouldn’t say he gives John Williams a run for his money but that soundtrack though oh my god, nostalgia wise oh god this film was a complete throwback to the first film, now let’s get one thing straightend out forget there ever was a second or third one forget that, Jurassic world feels like it’s the sequel to Jurassic park and in a way it is.

 Now let’s talk about the cast, well first of we have Chris Pratt who played Owen, now he was great in this, I mean he had so many great lines and his character seemed to be the only character who thought that the I-Rex was a bad idea, then there’s Bryce Dallas Howard who plays the operational manager Claire, now there is an infamous scene in this where she is running away from the T Rex in heels, ladies is that even fucking possible to do all that running in heels I’m a dude right and even I know you can’t do that so how is that even possible, any way she was okay I guess a lot of people say she was wooden but I couldn’t see any of that, then there’s Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins who play Zach and Gray now these characters where in my opinion great they had a few funny lines but nonetheless they were great, the whole cast done a fantastic job as did the director Colin Trevorrow who I haven’t even heard of but now he is one of my top directors, he really does know when to add the nostalgic feels to the film and with only one other film to his name (sleeper hit film Safety Not Guarenteed) he has really stepped up from small budget to big blockbuster films and I can not wait to see his other work in the future. 

And that was my review on Jurassic World I hope you enjoyed taking a nostalgic trip with me, now go and see this film and be blown back to the 90s again with this film, until next time catch ya later.

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