What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 555

pedromonkey · #**5541** 11th August 2010, 08:22 PM

just watched Neil Marshall's Centurian, very well made and much less of a mess that Doomsday. The cool thing about the story was that it could have easily been made in a WW2 action film or even a Modern Military film....it was good though

BioZombie · #**5542** 11th August 2010, 10:09 PM

I have just finished watching Colin. A low budget british zombie film that was supposedly shot for £45. Its really great, there are so many intense brutal moments and the story is well thought out. Its a bit like everything you want to see in a zombie film distilled into 90 minutes of crazyness and the idea of following a zombie the whole time is inspired!

If you've not seen it yet it is really really worth a watch.

Make Them Die Slowly · #**5543** 11th August 2010, 10:32 PM

"Hell On Wheels": stock car racing, moonshine and country music. Sounds great but this is a yawnfest with lots and lots of crap country musical acts performing throughout the film.

"The Wild Rebels" more stock car racing but no country music this time. Instead we get the smallest gang of Bikers ever, totalling 4 if you include the gangs' mama. The final shoot out with the police is okayish if you're in a forgiving mood.

re.form · #**5544** 11th August 2010, 10:32 PM

'True Crime' - decent thriller from Clint Eastwood.

Just got backed from my local indie cinema, watched 'Four Lions'. Not as extreme as Chris Morris' other stuff, but still very funny and even touching in some parts.

BioZombie · #**5545** 12th August 2010, 12:01 AM

After Colin I decided to watch Dragon Tiger Gate.

It's not a terrible film but it did have a lot of parts that annoyed me. The plot was a bit all over the place, there was some truely horrid cgi and it could have done with an extra fight scene in the middle when it got a bit slow.

The fights themselves were well choeographed by Donnie Yen (if a little too depedant on wire work and acrobatics), but the cinematographer seen more intent on showing off fancy camera movents rather than choosing shots that worked with and showecased the martial arts to it full extent.

I'm glad I only paid a fiver for the dvd and didnt shell out 12 quid for the blu-ray.

BioZombie · #**5546** 12th August 2010, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

"Hell On Wheels": stock car racing, moonshine and country music. Sounds great but this is a yawnfest with lots and lots of crap country musical acts performing throughout the film.

"The Wild Rebels" more stock car racing but no country music this time. Instead we get the smallest gang of Bikers ever, totalling 4 if you include the gangs' mama. The final shoot out with the police is okayish if you're in a forgiving mood.

Doesn't sound like you had the greatest evening of entertainment there MTDS.

antmumford · #**5547** 12th August 2010, 08:28 AM

Last night I watched Jackie Chan & The Kung Fu Kid and Red Road.
I really liked the Jackie Chan one, I mean of course I would even if it was crap but it was genuinely a good film. It's about a boy who idolises Jackie Chan and so goes on a little trip to Beijing to try and find him to become his disciple. It had some comedy elements, some good fighting and it was quite touching at one point (I think it was due to seeing myself in the kid). 3 out of 5
Red Road was a great film. About a lady CCTV operator who sees someone on one of her cameras that she may know so she kind of follows him

I can't say much about the story to be honest because it'll ruin it for you but it's a good British film. It's quite tense and really portrays Glasgow in all it's miserably gloomy self. Unsettling but ultimately rather touching too. 4 out of 5

buggenhagen · #**5548** 12th August 2010, 09:27 AM

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It's quite tense and really portrays England in all it's miserably gloomy self. Unsettling but ultimately rather touching too. 4 out of 5

That'll be Glasgow it's portraying! The Red Road flats are very iconic, and due to be demolished in the near future. Yeah, it's very dark but a good little film. It's meant to be part of a trilogy, I worked on the next film (called "Rounding Up Donkeys") but it's never seen the light of day unfortunately.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**5549** 12th August 2010, 10:03 AM

I've recently finished watching Yakuza Papers: Battles without Honour & Humanity which are five stunning gangster movies with really visceral and realistic violence, an extremely complicated structure (fortunately the set comes with a 'family tree' to help you follow who is who) and it's up there with the best gangster movies I've ever seen.

antmumford · #**5550** 12th August 2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by buggenhagen

That'll be Glasgow it's portraying! The Red Road flats are very iconic, and due to be demolished in the near future. Yeah, it's very dark but a good little film. It's meant to be part of a trilogy, I worked on the next film (called "Rounding Up Donkeys") but it's never seen the light of day unfortunately.

Of course it was. Edited now