What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[SShaw]

I quite liked the second film so am probably the wrong person to ask.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Beach Red (1967)

Produced, directed and staring Cornell Wilde, Beach Red with it's often trippy sixties vibe feels like the stepping stone from classic war movies to the psychological nihilism that would assault our screens in the form of Apocalypse Now and its ilk.

Coming over as a cross between Saving Private Ryan's beach assault and The Thin Red Line even though it was made decades earlier than either film, Beach Red has a confident air about it with some innovative photography and a few mind bending visuals not to mention graphic scenes of war including a soldier staggering around on the beach in a daze searching for his arm.

The sixties weirdness comes in with the cut away's to fleeting memories of civilian life of both the American and Japanese soldiers and the trippy way Wilde integrates it into the general malaise going on around.

Visually excellent with some exciting battle sequences (The first forty minutes is all beach assault), Beach Red is highly recommended.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

KILLING SEASON. Piss poor outing featuring De Niro and Travolta as casualties from the Balkans conflict fighting it out with bows and arrows in the woods of America. The film can't decide if it wants to be an all out action flick or a meditation on the psychological effects of war on soldiers from both sides of a conflict. What you actually get is Travolta doing a funny accent and De Niro doing his usual grimace.

[keirarts]

Mirrors 2

Gratuitous gore and nudity. A fairly generic plot with a twist that can be seen from orbit. Mirrors 2 is pretty low rent, however its actually sort of enjoyable with its 'don't give a f***' tone of throwing everything in without blushing. Trash perhaps, but entertaining trash.

The lady in white.

Kid gets locked in school overnight and stumbles across a serial killer. There's some supernatural shenanigans and 60's racism as well. Its ok, personally I think I need to watch it again as I sat there thinking 'overrated.' I will however give it another chance at some point.

[gag]

Originally Posted by SShaw

Taken 3 more of the same but also less of the same. Its a passable action flick, but nothing special.

Never seen first 2 doesn't interest me . I might like them if I watched them who knows ?
But can't be arsed to.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

The lady in white.

Kid gets locked in school overnight and stumbles across a serial killer. There's some supernatural shenanigans and 60's racism as well. Its ok, personally I think I need to watch it again as I sat there thinking 'overrated.' I will however give it another chance at some point.

I felt exactly the same, very overrated. The ghost sat on top of a cupboard just didn't do it for me.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I felt exactly the same, very overrated. The ghost sat on top of a cupboard just didn't do it for me.

It felt like the director was stuffing too many things into one movie that it couldn't possibly contain them all.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

It felt like the director was stuffing too many things into one movie that it couldn't possibly contain them all.

I just sat there feeling terribly underwhelmed by it all.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Wolfcop (2014)

An alcoholic down trodden small time cop is transformed into a werewolf in an occult ritual. Determined to get his life back on track he decides to hunt down the people responsible.

Horror website Bloody Disgusting had this to say about the film - "A perfect storm of creature action, the occult, gore, intrigue, humor, and lycanthropic puns".

And do you know what? They weren't wrong. The film is a hell of a lot of fun. Although billed as a horror comedy it isn't a comedy through silliness. It blends the black humour of An American Werewolf in London with some gross out nastiness and amusing dialogue to create a tasty cocktail that suited my palette.

Added to this the film utilizes some very good practical special effects which result in some impressive, and one rather original werewolf transformation and a plot and direction that rattle along at a fair rate of knots ensuring Wolfcop entertains all the way through.

Recommended.

[Buboven]

Invaders From Mars (1953)

Very enjoyable 50's b-movie cheesiness and schlock until it drags out a bit towards the end with what feels like half n hour of tank stock footage.

7/10.