Film Review: Left Behind

Genre: Action  Sci-Fi  Thriller 

Cert: 12A (PG-13)

Director: Vic Armstrong

Screen writer: Jerry B. Jenkins , Tim LaHaye , Paul Lalonde , John Patus

Starring: Nicolas Cage , Lea Thompson , Chad Michael Murray , Nicky Whelan , Cassi Thomson , Quinton Aaron , Jordin Sparks , Martin Klebba , Laura Cayouette , Stephanie Honoré , William Ragsdale , Judd Lormand , Major Dodson , Candice Michele Barley , Ashton Leigh

Running time: 110 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A woman watches her airline pilot father walking with a flight attendant that is smiling and staring at him; she stares at him as she looks up and down the length of his body.

A man kisses a woman on the cheek.

A woman becomes friends with a man and it is implied that they begin a romantic relationship when they hug for several seconds in a later scene.

A woman asks her father where his wedding ring is and he says that he does not wear it when he is flying, but that he and his wife are not getting a divorce.

A husband says that his wife talks about God too much and remarks, "If she's gonna run off with another man, why not Jesus?"

A married man ends a relationship that he is having with another woman and the second woman tells a friend that she and the pilot never had sex.

Throughout the film a college-aged woman wears a long-sleeved shirt open at the neck and exposing some cleavage.

A flight attendant wears a long-sleeved shirt that gaps a bit at the openings between buttons (we see no flesh or undergarments).

A few women in an airport terminal wear short shorts.

One woman on a plane wears a tight sweater that accentuates her ample bosom.

Violence & Gore: Various even happen lending to some intense moments people rioting & people being scared.

Profanity:  2 mild obscenities, 6 religious exclamations (Oh God, Thank God, Thank You God, Jeez Louise, God Knows What, Holy Cow) and exclamations (shut-up.)

Name-calling (crazy, insane, nutty and wacko.)

Stereotypical references to pilots, flight attendants, reporters, wives, mothers, fathers, single parents, teenagers, the elderly, Christians, Muslims, skeptics, conspiracy theorists, US Southerners, African Americans, little people and drug addicts.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:A woman on a plane shakes and shivers in her seat and runs to the bathroom where she looks into the mirror and says, "It's a bad trip. You've had them before" (referring to drug use.)

A reporter sees injection track marks on a woman's arm.

A bottle of wine is shown in a corner of a kitchen counter in a house.

A flight attendant carries a bottle of champagne to the service area in the front of a plane.

An airline passenger calls for a Scotch that we never see.

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  Destruction images.

When the Rapture occurs, people disappear, causing general panic.

There's a minor plane collision and an intense, forced plane landing, with lots of fire.

Viewers hear a story of a woman and children who died in a flood.

Story: A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction. 

Likes : Left Behind is an American apocalyptic thriller film directed by Vic Armstrong and written by Paul LaLonde and John Patus. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. It is one of two films based on the novel, the other being Left Behind: The Movie from 2000.
 The film follow a story line as Chloe Steele played by (Cassi Thomson) has flown in from college to surprise her father pilot Rayford Steele (Nicolas Cage) for his birthday party as her mother quickly informs her, however, that her father cannot make it. While at the airport waiting for him, Chloe meets up with investigative reporter Cameron "Buck" Williams (Chad Michael Murray).
It not long after this we get to see the plot of the film as thing start to suddenly happen, all hell breaks lose, The only problem this film dose have is the concept of the film is heavily on religious beliefs i can see why this film hasn't got great reviews which is a shame because the acting is good.

Dislikes : Here the problem problem's with this film, the lack of understanding people sins, there is nothing to explain why these people are the only one left behind which should have been explain in more content, the music sound track serious sound like a bad elevator music,  Casually calm characters on the air-plane after one of the most horrifying events known to mankind has just occurred make this so unbelievable. Out of place comedic relief. The film its self dosent feel like a cinema movie, it feel like a cheaply made SyFy channel movie at best, for this type of concept this film could of been so much better, this film is a bad disaster & barely watchable at best.

Overall : Best on an age old religious event that is badly told, good acting but poor written.

Rating: 3.2 out of 5 for entertainment / 3.1 out of 10 for concept . scripted writing.

Film Review: Fury

Genre: Action Drama War

Cert: This was given a 15A but due to curtain scene this should of been a R-rated film.

Director: David Ayer

Screen writer: David Ayer

Starring: Brad Pitt , Shia LaBeouf , Logan Lerman , Michael Peña , Jon Bernthal , Jim Parrack , Brad William Henke , Kevin Vance , Xavier Samuel , Jason Isaacs , Anamaria Marinca , Alicia von Rittberg , Scott Eastwood , Laurence Spellman , Daniel Betts

Running time: 134 min


Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A soldier goes into a room with a girl and they kiss briefly; later we see them come out of the room and adjust their clothes and it is implied they had sex.

A man says 'I wonder if Hitler would f**k us for a chocolate bar.'

A few mentions of 'p*ssy.'

Some men talk regarding the 'easiness' of German women

Violence & Gore: Blood splatters when soldiers are shot. Many of these shooting deaths throughout the film.

A man leaps onto another man who is on horseback, throwing them both to the ground. The attacker then stabs the rider several times including through the eye socket, killing him.

Skin from a man's blown-apart face (including lips and eyelids) is visible inside a tank; another man is made to clean up the mess.

A tank is hit by an anti-tank weapon and soldiers on fire emerge from inside. One burning soldier takes out his pistol and graphically shoots himself in the head while screaming in pain.

A tank track graphically runs over a soldier's head, killing him.

A soldier is made to shoot an unarmed prisoner.

A soldier's leg is severed by machine gun fire.

A soldier is executed and people cheer.

A building is destroyed by artillery, bodies are visible in the rubble with a little blood.

Soldiers are shot with incendiary rounds.

A tank track rolls over a dead body, crushing it further into the mud.

A soldier is blown apart by a tank shell; another is decapitated.

Bodies hanged as cowards are shown.

A soldier has his throat slit and blood pours out

Profanity:  35-40+ uses of 'f**k', many uses of 'sh*t.'

Unclean language throughout most of the dialogue.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Many characters smoke throughout the film.

Several brief instances where alcohol is ingested by soldiers.

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  Very intense battle sequences (see 'Violence & Gore'). recommend age to watch this 18 - R-rated for bloody violence.

Story: April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

Likes : This film has gotten alot of mixed review's i dont think alot of people truly understood the film as a whole, we have seen alot of world war 2 film's about the troops on foot fighting the nazi's war machine but we dont see that many war film's from the tank brigade side i think this was perfectly done to truly show the dark gritty reality that war truly is.
I would go as far as this almost revivals the Oscars winning saving private Ryan film, in the way of emotional & heart pounding moments that have you grip to the edge of your seat, now im not normally in to war film because they can get the same concept all the time but there is something different about this film that give the story a better feel.
The outstanding acting performance from Brad pitt (Don 'Wardaddy' Collier), Shia LaBeouf ( 
Boyd 'Bible' Swan), Michael Peña (Trini 'Gordo' Garcia) real added a war torn characters that you could see war has changed them in personality, alone with the new guy after loss there first guy
Norman Ellison played by Logan Lerman who dose an outstanding believable performance as a rookie that has never see war or kill anyone before you could see through the film this war transaction from a rookie to a soldier as he see the real horrors of war & what he must do to survive this is truly shown in his character.
Fury pits a tank filled with five American soldiers at the tail end of World War II as they struggle to fight off a small army of Nazi soldiers & hold a cross roads off against over whelming odds.
 David Ayer directs this brutal dark reality war film with no romance just pure action & a dark reality of a bloody war.Its the type of film that is bloody and unrelenting that fully captures the absolutely horrific nature of war.
Brad Pitt's Wardaddy is far from Lt. Aldo Raine in Inglorious Basterds, he is a man who is truly run ragged by this war. So much so that it is all the character knows. Followed by his brigade of miserable men played by the likes of Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman and Jon Bernthal,  Fury depicts not only the atrocities of war but the ideology of brotherhood which this film show perfectly.
 Each of these actors, especially LaBeouf, give their all in the roles that are merely supporting on paper. Ayer has an extremely keen eye for chemistry on screen and he directs each of these actors to deliver performances that are well beyond anything that could be scripted that is what makes this film outstanding in every possible way.
Fury is a film that is not for the light heart film fan's, this truly is a war film that show the brutality of what war truly is & your subjected to every bullet wound, every explosion of sharp shrapnel, every wound with the uttermost visceral imagery which make this film violent & bloody. It's disturbing yet necessary for a film like this giving it's concept with dark tones and brutality of life in the ww2.
This is a film i highly recommend you go see, i believe were maybe look at an Oscar winner here.

Dislikes : The only thing really which dosent let the film down is the story as it progress can be a bit predictable at time, but some scene will shock you.

Overall : Fury is a brutal war film that shows war exactly how it should be shown. Its disturbing, its violent, its scary. Fury really hits a home run between the sweeping cinematography, the phenomenal performances and the near perfect direction, it is one hell of a film that shouldn't be missed.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 9 out of 10 for story concept / performances

Film Review: Step up 5: All in

Genre: Drama Music Romance

Cert: PG 13 (12A)

Director: Trish Sie

Screen writer: John Swetnam, Duane Adler

Starring: Ryan Guzman , Briana Evigan , Adam G. Sevani , Misha Gabriel Hamilton , Stephen Boss , Stephen Stevo Jones , David Shreibman , Mari Koda , Christopher Scott , Luis Rosado , Chadd Smith , Facundo Lombard , Martín Lombard , Parris Goebel , Cyrus Spencer

Running time: 112 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: None


Violence & Gore: none

Profanity:  mild

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: drinking at a bar & Vegas bar

Frightening/Intense Scenes: None

Story: Sean brings his dance crew known as The Mob to Los Angeles to try and make it. But they haven't had much luck, eventually the Mob decides it's time to go back to Miami but Sean decides to stay. He learns of a dance competition is Las Vegas wherein the winner will get a three year contract. Sean needs a new crew so he asks fellow dancer Moose for help. And Moose introduces him to Andie, another friend and dancer who got injured a few years ago and is now ready to get back in. He recruits some other friends and they head Las Vegas as Lmmental. When they get there, they discover that the Mob too is also there, which is very touchy for Sean.

Likes : First off all I have to say these movies are just like the Fast & Furious franchises, these film are some what of a guilty pleasure for some people, some love them other hate them, these have a love & hate relationship always will. I can't dance to save my life but watching these movies is very entertaining to watch them put on these stunning performances with street dancing like a show on stage. You can see alot of work as gone into making these film as these dance choreographs cant be easy to do take a long time to get it right so it comes off brilliantly on screen.
What amazing is how well the acting is with the dance routines which comes off with a believable character with believable drama moments between the main characters. I will admit that these film did get better after the 2 film with the exception of the 3rd film, which had a bit more of an impact special step up 4: Revolution it had more impact with the Group called the mob who done these brilliant flash dance number just out of no where which give the film its edge.
 This film kind of follows from Step up 4 with a few of the original cast returning like Briana Evigan playing Andie & Adam G. Sevani playing Moose which adds to the flare of the film bring back original crew which i liked.This film is purely going to appeal to those who loved the other film's or love street dance movies really but it all down to your own taste of movies.

Dislikes : My only complain here is it didn't really have the wow factor or impact step up 4 had to be honest, all though its dose have its moment, but i feel step up 4 is the best one of the series of film's.

Overall : great dance choreography, great music, brilliant acting.

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 for entertainment / 6 out of 10 for concept / dance performance scene

Film Review: Extraterrestrial

Genre:  Horror  Sci-Fi 

Cert: 18 cert (R-rated)

Director: Colin Minihan

Screen writer: Colin Minihan , Stuart Ortiz  - The Vicious Brothers   

Starring: Brittany Allen , Freddie Stroma , Melanie Papalia , Jesse Moss , Anja Savcic , Sean Rogerson , Emily Perkins , Mike Kovac , Ian Brown , Fred Keating .Reese Alexander , Gil Bellows , Michael Ironside , Jacob Tremblay

Running time: 100 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Couple kissing.

Violence & Gore: Attack man is seen with open slash cuts on he face blood is seen.
 A man is in a alien device is extremely experiment on.
Alien is seen shot with blood.

Profanity: 1 use of slut, alot of f words most used.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Drink is seen

Frightening/Intense Scenes: This film is extremely intense frighten concept that some viewers maybe be disturbed by so viewer discretion is a advised as some scene are very disturbing (r-rated)

Story: A group of friends on a weekend trip to a family cabin, find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, after something crashes in the woods it become a fight for survival to stay alive as something is staking them all hell break lose.

Likes : From the trailer this film looks pretty frighten & intense, i wasn't wrong, directed & written by the The Vicious Brothers they take you in to a seemly dark story concept of a group of young people on a road trip to a family cabin.
 The story start off like most other film of this type where you get to see the character development  which is pretty well acted for believable character's when something crashes in the woods behind the cabin the story is put in to over drive of intense & frightening scene as you see this group of teenage fighting for there lives against something staking them.
This is where this film take on this very disturbing & darker tone, with an independence day, forth kind & fire in sky concept where its gets seriously intense & frightening, i feel as if this film is unfairly underrated as this is not a bad film, it keep's it pace intense dark feel to it which is great because not once dose it loss its concept so this is a well made film in part for what it is.
Extraterrestrial seriously put the fear back in to Sci-fi horror even the tone on the film itself just puts a chill down your spine, which is weird paranormal, gore horror film's dont scare me much but this type of concept dose which is weird.
There is just something psychological about this type of film that just gets in your mind, its the fear that no matter where you hide they will always be-able to get to you that to me is frightening, thi is what is shown in this film which is brilliant done, but its without its flaw's.

Dislikes : The film is great all the way though its keep its dark tone which i liked then the ending happen you left kind of thinking W.T.H, why did it end like that it kind of ruins the whole feel of the film, yes i get the ending but i feel this should of ended a better way than it did, because it leave you with unanswered question to what is going on.

Overall : Great acting, Frightening & intense, just a bit of a lame ending that leave you with questions

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 for entertainment / 6 out of 10 for dark concept

Film Review: Annabelle

Genre: Horror 

Cert: R-Rated

Director: John R. Leonetti

Screen writer: Gary Dauberman

Starring: Annabelle Wallis , Ward Horton , Tony Amendola , Alfre Woodard , Kerry O'Malley , Brian Howe , Eric Ladin , Ivar Brogger , Geoff Wehner , Gabriel Bateman , Shiloh Nelson , Sasha Sheldon , Camden Singer , Robin Pearson Rose , Keira Daniels.

Running time: 99 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: None 

Violence & Gore: The film follows a worn looking, antique wooden bride doll with wide eyes, splotchy and cracked facial "skin" and red, cracked cheeks with what appears to be blood or splotched paint on one cheek; the grinning lips becomes larger and redder throughout the movie.

A woman finds a large doll in an armchair and screams, "What do you want from me?" then picks up the doll and smashes it several times on a metal crib, but the doll is undamaged; the woman sees her baby lying face-up and apparently dead in the doorway and grabs her, crying before the baby changes into a laughing doll and we hear loud prolonged laughing.

A woman takes a doll to a window ledge and leans backward; the camera cuts to an aerial view of her body lying face up and dead on the sidewalk in a huge pool of blood, holding the hand of the doll lying beside her.

A woman smells something and goes to the kitchen to find all electric stove burners on and the whole room in flames and she falls onto her pregnant belly; the camera cuts to her lying in a hospital bed and we hear that she is fine, but needs to have complete bed rest before she has the baby.

Some force blows a woman away from a window and we see the hem of a gown fly around a doorway and into a hallway and the woman follows it and sees a small child standing in a nursery before the child runs at her, changing into an adult woman who screams and forces the first woman into a corner, crying.

An antique doll stands up by itself in a shadow, grows to the size of a child, then grows into a woman and we see a black devil's face with red eyes behind her.

A priest takes a large doll away from a husband and his wife and takes them to his church in his car; we hear static and a growling voice coming from the radio the radio and it shouts, "May God have mercy on your soul!"; when the priest walks in the door of the church, an unseen power blows him and the doll back out, smashing them to the sidewalk, as a woman watches and picks up the doll and the priest lies face up in a large pool of blood and the camera cuts to a hospital corridor where two nuns talk outside a patient room and we hear that the priest is a patient; we see him in bed in a hospital with IVs of blood and a clear liquid and he opens his eyes to tell a doctor that the doll he took is evil (his eyes are bloodshot-red and his face is splotchy).

A woman takes her baby out of her pram outside her building, the baby buggy rolls into the street, and a huge green truck smashes it.

A demon impersonates a priest and goes to an apartment where he stands with his back turned to an apartment door; a woman opens the door after hearing very loud pounding and the priest shouts at the camera with red eyes, a splotchy red face and a deep roaring voice, "May God have mercy on your soul!"

A stereo switches itself on with very loud music.

A man puts a doll in a trashcan outside and when he and his wife move to a new city, they find the doll in a packing box; the woman decides to keep it and loud stomping sounds begin to occur in the apartment above them along with loud whispers in hallways when the woman is alone.

We see large police photos on a desk of a man and a woman killed at home and we see two walls of a bedroom splashed almost solidly in blood, with a woman on the bed and her clothing bloody while the man lies in a pool of blood with blood on his shirt; a mark on one wall matches a mark a woman later sees on her arm.

A pregnant woman sews at home and the machine needle hits her finger and we see blood as she grunts, "Ouch."

In several scenes, we see a teen girl as an adult after her death walking through a house in the background behind a woman and a baby who live there.

Profanity:  7 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Oh God, God Knows What, Please God) and and exclamations (Oh my gosh.)

Name-calling (crazy and shrink.)

Stereotypical references to men, women, pregnant women, Catholic priests, doctors, police detectives, the haunted, believers and skeptics.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A priest receives an IV of clear liquid that is unmarked and an IV of blood in a hospital.

A TV reporter mentions drug use by the Charles Manson Family in connection with murders.

A bottle of wine is shown on a dinner table.

A half-full wine is seen with an empty glass.

A woman drinks a little from the glass of wine.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some jump moments.

Only a few dead bodies, but blood is shown.

Bloody crime scene photos.

A man is thrown across the pavement by a ghostly force.

Story: John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle.

Likes : I don't think alot of people realise that the Annabelle doll is a real doll & this haunting happened not like in the film but in a different way, which this is based off. The story behind the real doll before Mia & John Gordon got the doll is a mystery so weather there was an cult Satan worships not sure but some of the events in this film were true like the piece of paper where the other things were dramatised to give his film is creepy & frightening concept.
This film dose have it moments where you get scene of a loving couple happy together then all of a sudden it would take on this darker form as things start to happen which really set the film up pretty well, but i cant help but feel the director & story writer haven't done any research on the back ground story of the real doll as hardly any thing in this film represents what truly happen it feels a bit of a let down when it comes to true events story side, but as a stand alone supernatural horror it dose work on scares & jump moments that chill you to the bone.
We have met the creepy vintage doll Annabelle before in last year's excellent and very memorable horror film "The Conjuring." She was just the front act there, showing up only at the pre-opening credits sequence. This year, we get to know Annabelle more and how she came to be demoniacally possessed, which is unclear in real events. this film may appeal to some people. but as i said this hardly has any of the real events that happened.

Dislikes : As ive said before this film is a let down in the concept of the real story, i think this would of been better if they did their research on the back ground of this doll & made this film that way it would have come off better as a true story.
The only thing in this film that really did happen was the pieces of paper with the writing on with crayon this did happen & the way the doll would be in one area on minute & in another the next. These are the only two things in this film that happen in really life, everything else is Hollywood dramatised which i feel lets this film down in a true story, because it could of been done better.
As a stand alone film yes it worked but as a true story no this is where this film failed in concept.


Overall :  Great horror film as a stand alone but fails as a true story events

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 for entertainment / 5.6 out of 10 for the real story content

THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE FILM 

The real Annabelle doll. 

Here is the true story of the Annabelle doll & what actually happen,because what you see in the film only had two things that were real the other thing dramatised. Beware this will be creepy as this is real events of what happen: 

Annabelle is real. 

One of the creepiest parts of the truly scary The Conjuring is the evil possessed doll Annabelle, who makes up the cornerstone of Ed and Lorraine Warren's spooky museum of trophies. Director James Wan redesigned Annabelle for the movie, giving her a much more disturbing appearance, but in real life Annabelle was just your run of the mill Raggedy Ann doll. 

Donna got Annabelle from her mother in 1970; mom bought the used doll at a hobby store. Donna was a college student at the time, and living with a roommate named Angie, and at first neither thought the doll was anything special. But over time they noticed Annabelle seemed to move on her own; at first it was really subtle, just changes in position, the kinds of things that could be written off as the doll being jostled. But the movement increased, and within a few weeks it seemed to become fully mobile. The girls would leave the apartment with Annabelle on Donna's bed and return home to find it on the couch. 

Their friend Lou hated the doll. He thought there was something deeply wrong with it, something evil, but the girls were modern women and didn't believe that sort of thing. There must be an explanation, they reasoned. But soon Annabelle's actions got even weirder - Donna began to find pieces of parchment paper in the house with messages written on it. "Help us," they would say, or "Help Lou." Just to make the whole thing that much creepier nobody in the house had parchment paper. Where the hell was it coming from?

The escalation continued. One night Donna returned home to find Annabelle in her bed, with blood on her hands. The blood - or some sort of red liquid - seemed to be coming from the doll itself. That was enough; Donna finally agreed to bring in a medium. The sensitive sat with the doll and told the girls that long before their apartment complex had been built there had been a field on that property. A seven year old girl named Annabelle Higgins had been found dead in that field. Her spirit remained, and when the doll came into the house the girl latched on to it. She found Donna and Angie to be trustworthy. She just wanted to stay with them. She wanted to be safe with them. 

Being sweet, nurturing types - they were both nursing students - Donna and Angie agreed to let Annabelle stay with them. And that's when all hell broke loose. 

Lou started having bad dreams, dreams where Annabelle was in his bed, climbing up his leg as he lay frozen, sliding up his chest to his neck and closing her stuffed hands around his throat, choking him out. He would wake up terrified, head pounding like all blood had been cut off to his brain. He was freaking out. He was worried about the girls.

A few days later he and Angie were hanging out, planning a road trip, when they heard someone moving around in Donna's room. They froze - was it a break in? Was there an intruder in the apartment? Lou crept over to the door, listening to rustling within. He threw open the door and everything was as it should be - except Annabelle was off the bed and sitting in a corner. As he approached the doll Lou was consumed with that feeling, a burning on the back of the neck that indicates someone was staring at you and he spun around. Nobody was there. The room was empty. And then sudden pain on his chest. He looked in his shirt and saw a series of raking claw marks, rough ditches in his flesh that burned. He knew Annabelle had done it. 

The weird claw marks began healing almost immediately. They were totally gone in two days. They were like no wounds any of them had ever seen before. They knew they needed more help, and they turned to an Episcopalian priest, who in turned called in Ed and Lorraine Warren

It didn't take the Warrens long to come to their conclusion: there was no ghost in this case. There was an inhuman spirit - a demon - attached to the doll. But they warned that the doll wasn't possessed; demons don't possess things, only people. It was clinging to the doll, manipulating it, in order to give the impression of a haunting. The target was really Donna's soul. 

A priest performed an exorcism on the apartment and the Warrens took possession of the doll. They put it in a bag and began the long drive home; Ed agreed to stay off the highways because there was a concern that the demon might fuck with the car, and at 65 miles an hour that would be disastrous. And sure enough, as they drove on the back roads, the engine kept cutting out, the power steering kept failing and even the brakes gave them trouble. Ed opened the bag, sprinkled the doll with holy water and the disturbances stopped... for the moment. 

Ed left the doll next to his desk; it began levitating. That happened a couple of times and then it seemed to just quit, finally laying quiet. But in a couple of weeks Annabelle was back to her old tricks; she started appearing in different rooms in the Warren home. Sensing that the doll was ramping back up the Warrens called in a Catholic priest to exorcise Annabelle. The priest didn't take it seriously, telling Annabelle "You're just a doll. You can't hurt anyone!" Big mistake: on his way home the priest's brakes failed, and his car was totaled in a horrible accident. He survived.

Eventually the Warrens built a locked case for Annabelle, and she resides there to this day. The locked case seems to have kept the doll from moving around, but it seems like that whatever terrible entity is attached to it is still there, waiting. Biding its time. Ready for the day when it can again be free. 

Film Review: Jinn

Genre: Horror Thriller

Cert: 15 cert

Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad

Screen writer: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad

Starring: Serinda Swan, Ray Park , William Atherton , Faran Tahir , Sibylla Deen , Dominic Rains , Milica Govich , Walter Phelan , Amber Whelan , Danny Mooney , Ele Bardha , Shaun Paul Piccinino , Corlandos Scott , Ron Causey , Sonny Sison 

Running time: 97 min
 
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Man topless

Violence & Gore: Blood is seen on the face of a woman, fight scene with the jinn.

Profanity: Mild to strong  

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Drinking is seen

Frightening/Intense Scenes: the Jinn look maybe frightening to some viewer

Story: Shawn, an automotive designer, enjoys an idyllic life with his new wife Jasmine until it is interrupted by a cryptic message. The message warns of imminent danger and a curse that has afflicted his family for generations. Having lost his parents as a child, Shawn doesn't believe this unsettling revelation of his past....until strange things start to happen. Unable to explain the threats and fearing for his life, Shawn turns to Gabriel and Father Westhoff, a mysterious duo claiming to have answers. With their help, and the aid of Ali, a shackled mental patient, Shawn discovers that there is far more to this world than he ever imagined. These revelations set Shawn on a collision course with the unknown, and he alone must find the strength protect his family and confront the ancient evil that is hunting them.

Likes : Some part of this film has its moments with its general concept with some genuinely creepy moments, the acting is good, but for some reason i could tell if this was meant to be a horror film or a thriller/sci-fi film.
The promise of the film set its tone as the begin there was there were 3 made, man made of clay, being made of light, being made of fire known as the Jinn a supernatural creatures in Islamic mythology as well as pre-Islamic Arabian mythology. They are mentioned frequently in the Quran (the 72nd sura is titled Sūrat al-Jinn) and other Islamic texts and inhabit an unseen world in dimensions beyond the visible universe of humans.
 The Quran says that the jinn are made of a smokeless and "scorching fire", but are also physical in nature, being able to interfere physically with people and objects and likewise be acted upon. The jinn, humans and angels make up the three sapient creations of God. Like human beings, the jinn can be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent and hence have free will like humans and unlike angels.
The shaytan jinn are the analogue of demons in Christian tradition, but the jinn are not angels and the Quran draws a clear distinction between the two creations this film clearly shows this which is good, but you can clearly see why this film isn't a well made film.
The special effects were pretty good its has this spawn like concept to it but its just let down in other area, i cant help but feel this film could of been better for what is.Not sure if they tried to make this from a comic novel or trying to get the concept of the jinn with a prophecy story it just comes off as a mess.

Dislikes : You can clearly see where this film has gone wrong with several reason, one is the story, this film felt more like a low budget tv series than a film,the horror moments are completely let down with comedy elements in it which really lets this film down.
Seriously what was the point of the sports car? it felt more of a film advertising the car than being a film about the jinn, the high production values prevent the film from be a crappy delight, but make the confusing plot bearable-able to watch at time as the story is just weak. A film like this could have been done alot better with holly-wood treatment with a massive budget, because its a story that has potential to be a great film, but sadly this was not, personally the Jinn its self wasn't frightening enough to be called a jinn, i feel the this concept of the jinn could of been made alot more evil looking & darker than it was shown in this very disappointed in this film as it had so much more potential.

Overall : Great acting, let down by story writing & concept, this is a red box rental movie to watch once

Rating: 3.1 out of 5 for entertainment / 4.1 out of 10 for concept

Film Review: See No Evil 2

Genre: Horror 

Cert: 18 cert 

Director: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska

Screen writer: Nathan Brookes, Bobby Lee Darby

Starring: Kane, Danielle Harris , Katharine Isabelle , Kaj-Erik Eriksen , Chelan Simmons , Greyston Holt , Lee Majdoub , Michael Eklund , Reese Alexander , Kelly-Ruth Mercier , Lynn Colliar , Nancy Bell , Christina Vidal , Samantha Noble , Steven Vidler , Cecily Polson , Tiffany Lamb , Sam Cotton , Zoe Ventoura , Annalise Woods.

Running time: 90 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity:Mild sexual behavior between two characters but are interrupted by jacob.

Some kissing and dirty jokes.
Violence & Gore:Though out this film, there is a lot of blood & violence , very R-rated some scene maybe disturbing.

Profanity:  Sex related jokes.

Constant swearing and yelling "Holy Shit" and variations of others when screaming and yelling in a panic.  

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Drinking and smoking at the party.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: The movie is quite intense trying to watch these characters try to survive in the dark corridors of the morgue.

Quite a few jump scares. but this film is not suited for any one under 18 suit rating R-rated film.

*

Story: A group of friends pays a late-night visit to the city morgue to surprise Amy (Harris) on her birthday. But the surprise is on them when the one-eyed corpse of brutal psychopath Jacob Goodnight (Jacobs) unexpectedly rises from a cold sub-basement slab. Their wild party quickly turns into a terrifying slay-fest as the sadistic mass-murderer resumes his savage rampage complete with hooks, surgical knives and power saws.

Likes : See No Evil 2 is a slasher film directed by the Soska sisters, written by Nathan Brookes and Bobby Lee Darby, produced by Michael Luisi, and stars professional wrestler Kane. It is the sequel to the 2006 See No Evil. Unlike the original, which had a theatrical release, this film was released in 2014 direct to DVD and Blu-ray.
The story follow from the first film set in the black well hotel as the group of teenage sent to clean the hotel came face to face with a brutal psychopath Jacob Goodnight played by kane (WWF). Only this time a group of morgue workers & a group of friend come face to face with Jacob once again in a morgue hospital, it become a brutal cat & mouse game for survive against a man hell bent on destroying every sin & going on a blood psychopath of slaughter.
This film dose have it moment where tension is high, like this first film, but very rarely dose a Sequel succeed its original film, sadly this is why two director don't work on making a film, because this film is so flawed its a disappointment that a film like this had some much potential of going in the right direction to the first film, but went an over way, this sadly is why this film when straight to dvd & Blu-ray.It dosent have it good moments but the film as a whole was OK in acting but fails in others.
It seem every time i see Katharine Isabelle who plays Tamara in this film she always see to get the stereo type role all the time of a complete slut that just has sex all the time or some town like some town bike which i think its about time someone gave her a better role in a film to see if she can do a normal role.
 I will say Kane dose have the look for horror film's, im not sure why no one has casted him in more horror role, like the first film he was brilliant he has the right build & look that menacing, i do feel he should be cast as Jason voorhees in a Friday the 13Th film.
The first film was brilliant done but this one seriously is a failure & dosent come close to how the first film was & looked.
 

Dislikes : The fact this film failed is the fact it was nothing like the first film in concept this is why you could see this was a straight to dvd, it just feel like they tried to rehash or copy concepts from Halloween / Jason voorhees's movie's in a hospital it just come off really bad.
 There is hardly any atmosphere like the first film in not knowing where he is or having those moments he could be around the next corner, because he appears in almost every scene.
There should of been more people in this film because it felt over way to fast which leave alot of open opportunity that this film could of been so much better in having, it might of had a cinema release instead of a dvd release. Very disappointing sequel that could have been like the first film in my opinion which is a ashame as it started off with a good start.

Overall : Great acting let down by Screen story writing, has a few moment but not a enough to be a great horror.

Rating: 3.2 out of 5 for entertainment / 4.1 out of 10 for story / concept

Film Review: Maze Runner

Genre: Action Mystery Sci-Fi    (WARNING: This film dose contain Scene of a violent natural & Scene that maybe frightening to some younger viewers under 15 (Viewers digression is advised)

Cert: 12A  

Director: Wes Ball

Screen writer: Noah Oppenheim , Grant Pierce Myers , T.S. Nowlin , James Dashner (novel)
  
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Aml Ameen , Ki Hong Lee , Blake Cooper , Thomas Brodie-Sangster , Will Poulter , Dexter Darden , Kaya Scodelario , Chris Sheffield , Joe Adler , Alexander Flores , Jacob Latimore , Randall D. Cunningham , Patricia Clarkson , Don McManus ,   Michael Bow  , Jerry Clark , Michael Deville , Dylan Gaspard , Mark Gibson , Cory Gooding , Cazi Greene , Dustin Guitreau many more.....

Running time: 113 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Teenage boys infrequently appear shirtless.

Violence & Gore: Many "Grievers" (a part mechanical crab-like creature with a huge mouth of teeth) charge into a glade where young men, teen boys and a teen girl are hiding; we hear screaming and see some people being taken away by the "Grievers" that grab them with their long mechanical tails that have a claw on the end; during the struggle we see some people being impaled by long spikes on the legs of the creatures (no blood is evident); a "Griever" is shown in flames after being struck by a Molotov cocktail of sorts and another is stabbed with two spears.

A teen boy and a young man hoist an unconscious young man up on a wall of ivy and to safety before a "Griever" approaches them; one young man runs away and the teen boy hides behind the ivy as the "Griever" passes and we hear it growl; the teen boy steps in a puddle of slime, a gob of slime falls on his shoulder and the "Griever" drops down on top of him; he runs, jumps between platforms and over walls (he nearly falls off a ledge), he clings to a wall of ivy and the "Griever" follows trying to stab the teen with its metallic legs before the teen coaxes the "Griever" to follow him as two walls close together (the screen goes black and we see the teen OK later).

A young man is dragged to the entrance of a maze where he gags and spits blood (he looks very sick); other teen boys and young men holding long sticks force the young man through the walls while he pleads with them and the wall closes; one young man says, "He belongs to the maze now" (he will presumably die inside the maze).

A teen girl is tied to a pole at the entrance to a maze and is told that she will be an offering to the "Grievers."

A teen boy encounters a young man in the woods and he looks sick with gray-tinged skin, blood on his shirt and crazy eyes; the young man charges the teen and slams him to the ground yelling that he will kill him and holds his hands over his throat; the teen grabs a skull off the ground and hits the young man in the head, then runs screaming for help and someone hits the young man over the head and others hold him on the ground.

A young man who appears ill from having been stung holds a gun and points it toward several others before another young man throws a spear and hits him in the chest we see the spear sticking out of his chest and he falls to the floor dead; the gun discharges as he is struck and a boy is shown with a bloody wound on his chest (the boy dies).

A young man in the throws of an infection lunges toward a teen boy and grabs him threatening to kill him before he is injected with a serum.

A teen boy stabs himself in the stomach with a stinger that infects him with something and he falls to the ground (he wakes up fine later).

Several masked and armed people enter a laboratory facility and shoot several people (we see people thrashing when struck, no blood is evident).

We see many dead bodies with bloody wounds and we watch a video that shows a woman holding a gun to her head and we hear the gunshot (we do not see the impact, but see her body on the floor later).

We see infected people strapped to tables and thrashing as well as piles of dead bodies on the ground.

Several young men and teen boys using spears fight a "Griever" on a narrow passage and push it over the side as another "Griever" comes toward them and then another; a boy nearly falls over the side and is pulled up to safety while a teen is grabbed and taken away; the "Grievers" chase the people and are crushed between closing walls (we see goo and slime on the ground).

A young man carries an unconscious young man toward the exit of a maze as the doors begin to close; another young man runs inside to get to them and the doors close behind him trapping the three inside.

A teen boy wakes up gasping for air and gagging while riding in what seems to be a freight elevator; the boy moves toward a grate and an animal on the other side squeals (sounds like a pig).

A teen girl is shown unconscious in an elevator and teen boys surround her and say, "She's dead" before she gasps and then falls unconscious again.

Two teen boys wrestle in a ring surrounded by others who watch and cheer; one throws the other to the ground, one slams the other to the ground and one trips the other causing him to fall and hit his head on the ground (he appears OK).

A teen boy shoves another teen boy to the ground and the boy yells.

A teen boy pulls another teen boy out of an elevator and throws him to the ground where he is surrounded by other teen boys and young men; the boy gets up and runs toward a huge stone wall and he trips and falls.

A teen boy slams into another teen boy accidentally and then invites him to a shoving match.

Several people fight briefly and threaten one young man with spears and machetes.

Several teen boys and young men go into a maze to retrieve pieces of a dead "Griever" and we see it pinched between two stone walls with a lot of goo and tissue hanging out of it; one young man reaches inside the crevasse to pull a blinking device out and the griever flinches causing them all to jump back; the young men and teen boys pull one of its mechanical legs off and find the device inside slime covered skin; one young man pulls the device out and we hear slurping and see a lot of slime.

A young man's shirt is lifted to show a large hole in his abdomen with veining spreading from it; we are told that he has been stung and the infection is spreading.

A bare-chested young man lies tied to a table as he struggles against the spread of an infection (we see dark veining spreading around his chest and neck).

A teen boy and a young man go into a maze and find blood-soaked clothing that implies that another young man has died; they run through the maze carrying a device that whistles and crackles; when the walls begin to move and close the two run out and some walls fall and debris falls around them.

We see a marker and skeletal remains of a human in the woods as a teen boy walks through it.

A teen girl barricades herself in a wooden structure and throws things at several young men and teen boys on the ground (we see them being hit in the head and complaining) until one boy climbs to the top and she holds a machete at him before he calms her down.

Several teen boys and young men gather at the entrance to a maze and hear loud rumbling and a wind blows out from the opening before the opening closes.

We hear eerie screeching coming from inside the walls of a maze.

Several teen boys and young men make remarks about "Grievers" and that they are some kind of creature that will kill them if they go into a maze on the outskirts of the glade where they are living.

Profanity:  Infrequent mild language.

"Shit" is said three times, once by a young boy.

One character repetitively says "shit" over and over again for around twenty seconds.

5 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 11 mild obscenities and 1 religious exclamation (Oh My God).

Name-calling (greenie, green bean, free loaders, crazy, dumb, shank, stupid, and newbie) and exclamations (shut-up).

A boy calls another boy an asshole

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A young man is injected with a serum from a glass tube containing blue liquid.

A teen boy offers another teen boy a jar filled with liquid that is implied to be alcohol and the second boy drinks some and spits it out asking what it is.

A teen boy is handed a jar of an unknown substance and drinks from it after a wrestling match.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: The film's tone is very dark throughout most of the film.

The film is filled with intense chasing and escaping scenes.

There are a lot of tense jump scenes and it is suspenseful.

When characters are bitten by the "grievers" they become crazy and could be frightening to children.

The "grievers" are monsters which are creepy and scary, especially when they are attacking the characters.

Story:Thomas wakes up in an elevator, remembering nothing but his own name. He emerges into a world of about 60 teen boys who have learned to survive in a completely enclosed environment, subsisting on their own agriculture and supplies. A new boy arrives every 30 days. The original group has been in "The Glade" for two years, trying to find a way to escape through the Maze that surrounds their living space. They have begun to give up hope. Then a comatose girl arrives with a strange note, and their world begins to change. There are some great, fast-paced action scenes, particularly those involving the nightmarish Grievers who plague the boys.

Likes : This film is A film adaptation of the book, titled The Maze Runner, was released by Fox on September 19, 2014. Wes Ball signed on as director and T.S. Nowlin wrote the screenplay. Dylan O'Brien played the lead role of Thomas, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Kaya Scodelario portrayed Newt and Teresa, respectively. Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper, Will Poulter and Aml Ameen round up the cast as the rest of the Gladers.
The novel was published on October 6, 2009 by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, and was made into a 2014 major motion picture by 20th Century Fox. The sequel to the movie, The Scorch Trials, is set to be released on September 18, 2015. The novel spawned two sequels: The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011).
Dashner also wrote a prequel to The Maze Runner, entitled The Kill Order, that came out in 2012.He also announced that another prequel, The Fever Code, is set to be released in 2016.
The story revolves around the main Protagonist Thomas played by Dylan O'Brien who dose a brilliant & convincing performance with his character has he is brought into a place known as the Glade, with no memories or why he's there except his name. He he's not alone i the glades there is other teenage boys who call themselves Gladers , a group community where each is assigned to a task belonging to different departments headed by a Keeper for survival.
 The dark concept of this film is the Glade is surrounded by a gigantic Maze in which mechanical creatures known as what the gladers call them the Grievers that stake the maze at night, this is what give this film its dark intense & frightening feel as the film progress's through the story.
The film it self is not bad but it not with out its flaws, there is a few point in this film that is confusing, but the action & suspense scene were brilliant done to give the audience something to be entertained with as it dose keep you on the edge of your seat.Will Poulter dose a really good performance as the tough guy of the group Gally, who is a little predictable from the start as you can see this guy was going to be trouble just by the way he was acting, but his performance playing this role is brilliant along with the rest of the actors playing the gladers.
The cinematography is outstanding in Special effect special the maze it self, it gave off this dark foreboding & menacing concept like there is just something not right about it, which just added to the dark feel of the film as you see what is staking the maze its self. All in all this is not a bad film but like i said not without its flaws.


Dislikes :  Several flaws in this film is the begin, it had not back story or explanation on what going it felt the begin of the film was just barley understandable you could really follow what was going on as it just starts by being throw in to the world of these teenage boys trap in the maze with no explanation.But thankfully it dose explain something but it still leaves you with unanswered question as to why these teenage are being tested as there is some else going on which is not explained in this film.This kind of leave the film open ending making you think what is really going on.
This film dose need a sequel which i assume they are doing to explain curtain thing more to really understand what's going on if you haven't read the books which is probably would be a good idea to read the books to understand this film better.
It dose get an little confusing to what's going on at time because the concept leave you with open end question, weather this was designed to be this way answer will be revealed in the sequel not sure but this film needs more explanation to full understand the first film.

Overall : Great acting, brilliant concept, brilliant FX, slightly flawed but still a great film

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.2 out of 10 for concept

Film Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Genre: Action Adventure  Comedy

Cert: 12A 

Director: Jonathan Liebesman

Screen writer: Josh Appelbaum , André Nemec , Evan Daugherty , Peter Laird , Kevin Eastman

Starring: Megan Fox , Will Arnett , William Fichtner , Alan Ritchson , Noel Fisher , Pete Ploszek , Johnny Knoxville , Jeremy Howard , Danny Woodburn , Tony Shalhoub , Tohoru Masamune , Whoopi Goldberg , Minae Noji , Abby Elliott , Madison Mason , Taran Killam , K. Todd Freeman , Paul Fitzgerald , Malina Weissman , Venida Evans , Mikal Vega

Running time: 101 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A woman wears figure hugging jeans that emphasize her hips and thighs throughout the film.

A woman wears clingy, tight tops that reveal cleavage and emphasise her bosom.

Women wear scoop-neck tops or dresses that reveal cleavage and some bare arms/shoulders.

A billboard features a woman from the waist up wearing only a bra and revealing cleavage and her bare abdomen. Two turtles hide using the covered breasts on the billboard as camouflage, one of the turtles has his hands placed on the breast and raises his eyebrows suggestively.

A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle has a crush on a woman, telling his brothers "she's so hot he can feel his shell tightening", telling his brothers he has "dibs" on her, smiling at her, offering her his secret stash of soft drinks and singing a rock-and-roll love song off key while hanging out the back of his van; the van drives away from the camera as male voices inside the van say, "Give up Mikey."

A man stares at a woman's clothed buttocks as she leans out of his passenger window while he is driving.

A man asks a woman colleague on a date several times and she always refuses.

A man tells a woman colleague that she does not need to make up work assignments in order to spend time with him and she becomes defensive in denying his accusation; he finally accepts her refusals.

Violence & Gore: Several extended fight scenes include a rat/man against two sets of four villains and against a warlord, and four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles against a warlord wearing a knife-covered suit of armor; the rat/man sweeps villains away with his tail and uses kicks and punches to fell them while the Turtles and warlord use punches, kicks, stomps, rolls, throws, chokes and weapons (no blood is seen); we hear slaps and kicks as well as some groans, whoops, crashing debris and we see a large turtle foot in close-up kicking the warlord away while another turtle foot in close-up stomps a man below the frame; the warlord picks up each Turtle and tosses him away with a crash and at one point, all four Turtles hang from the side of a tall building, but swing one another back up to the top; the fighting continues on a metal framework tower that creaks and leans over, dropping debris beside two men on the street (we see them lying unconscious while other men and women duck and run away); the warlord's ejected knives and a sword cut through metal and cause a woman to fall (we see knife cuts on metal in close-up near her hands), but Turtles catch her before knives are thrown across the screen in close-up, the warlord suffers knife cuts and a sword stuck into his throat and shoulders (no blood), and falls hard to the pavement, creating a deep crater that we see from above; he lies in his shiny armor at the bottom of the hole and one of his hands forms a fist as the scene abruptly ends.

A business owner at a harbor says that villains have robbed his fleet continuously for 10 years as the scene cuts to the dock at night and masked villains with assault rifles steal chemicals from cargo containers; a lone vigilante in the shadows whoops as we hear clinking metal and villains and cargo containers being thrown across the screen from off-screen before seeing men and one female villain lying on the ground in shadows (no blood is seen) and a cargo container smashes against a wall and other containers; a woman watching the action finds two Japanese letters painted in blood on the side of a cargo container.

On a nighttime street people run out of a subway station and toward the audience screaming while a woman runs toward it until she sees villains with assault rifles and we hear a gun shoot off-screen; one of the villains grabs her and throws her to the platform floor where subway riders lie face down (no injuries are seen) until four silhouetted figures fight the villains, knock them unconscious and disappear; we see close-ups of rifles and swords and hear clinking metal, slaps, kicks and punches in addition to a few villains being thrown across the screen and landing on the platform (unconscious with no blood shown) while SWAT officers in cruisers with sirens blaring and lights flashing arrive to find the villains unconscious and hostages running away.

A man says that he did not need many bullets to kill a woman's father, before picking up a handgun and firing at the woman and her male friend, but misses; the woman distracts the man with blasts from a dozen ceiling fire extinguishers while her friend knocks him unconscious with a heavy microscope from behind (the friend suffers a shoulder injury and later wears his arm in a sling).

A scientist says that his father did not return from Vietnam and a Japanese warlord raised and trained him in martial arts; in a meeting with the warlord in a darkened dojo, the scientist agrees to help take over New York City via biogenic warfare whereupon the warlord says, "Tonight I dine on turtle soup"; the man gives the warlord shiny armor equipped with hundreds of blades on the shoulders, arms and legs (we see the blades extended at the hands and shoulders that look like sharp bird feathers); the warlord wears the armor in several scenes, stomping on challengers, sending knives flying across the screen and toward the audience and then retrieving the knives with electromagnets.

A close-up shows a black-robed man from the back, kneeling in the darkness with his hands tied behind him as the back of his bald head sweats; he fights away multiple attackers with head-butts and kicking and sweeping foot action, breaks his bonds and criticizes his attackers as inept and causing the woman leader to tremble in fear (in shadows, we see that his face is heavily lined and scarred).

Turtles are tasered with cattle prod size weapons several times (they yelp and chant "Pain is in the mind") in the rain and in a laboratory and enclose them in large glass cages with their arms chained to the walls.

The turtles find a warehouse full of villains and escape hundreds of bullets by ducking behind a heavy metal door as it slides shut.

A large armored warlord kicks a small woman in the stomach, throwing her and holding her stomach in pain.

A woman falls, slammed to a floor in one short fight with a Turtle.

A Turtle jumps through the wall of a van in which he rides, leaving a large hole.

An extended high-speed chase occurs after four Turtles and two humans steal a semi-truck and are chased by villains in SUVs that launch spears on long cables: some SUVs crash into each other on a mountainside in snow and slide off a ledge (we see no injuries), and Turtles grasp cables and slide downhill fast in the snow on their shells in close-up and across the screen toward the audience while whooping; an SUV flips along its long axis several times toward the audience and another SUV hits the semi-truck with some cracking glass, a Turtle punches through an SUV roof and grabs the steering wheel, sending the vehicle off the mountain (no injuries are seen) and the truck driver stares at his female companion as he hits a large snowdrift causing the cab and trailer to detach and fall over an embankment, creaking loudly; the humans hang from a cliff ledge along with a Turtle as other Turtles pull them all back up to safety (the SUVs drivers are never seen on screen again).

Turtles and a woman sit hunched inside a tower framework as it falls from a building and onto various signboards as it descends and sends up dust and sparks; two of the Turtles admit to fear and they all finally touch down without force on the sidewalk, unharmed.

A woman climbs a fire escape and a metal ladder to a rooftop, where one of four Turtles lassoes her with a long chain and pulls her to the roof where the Turtles tell her not to mention them to anyone and they wipe her cell phone camera of any photos.

A woman faints at the sight of the four Turtles and she awakens in the sewers of NYC where she meets a tall rat wearing a kimono; the Turtles bow to the woman after a rat/man tells them that she is a great guardian spirit.

A flashback shows a man setting fire to a laboratory, tall flames rising from equipment and papers and we hear that he dies in the fire as we see the charred equipment and piles of ashes in the room.

A rat/man lies under rubble in a sewer and is uncovered by a woman and a Turtle; he is gasping and weak until the Turtles inject him with a healing compound. Villains toss explosives into a sewer and we hear a muffled pop and see smoke, sparks and some light flashes (no injuries as the Turtles and a rat are thrown toward the camera).

Line drawings of cardboard-like figures of humanoid turtles and karate villains dressed in black with black masks appear.

A drawn human male figure lies in a street, reaching up to a villain that carries an assault rifle; the drawings end and weapons whose users are unseen swing through a dark room in which one small spotlight illuminates on each weapon as it appears; swords slice bricks, apples, and a watermelon in two while a long staff seems to swing itself.

A flashback time-lapse scene shows a young girl releasing pet turtles and a rat into a storm drain and the animals grow and change into tall humanoids in the sewers; we hear that an injected mutation-causing chemical caused the transformation and can cause self-healing on a cellular level.

Two flashbacks show small turtles being injected with an unknown substance (please see the Substance Use category for more details) and a tiny turtle's head butts his fish tank wall, cracking the glass.

Four Turtles appear as muscular, hulking green male humanoids who carry weapons that include ninja swords, a Bo staff, nunchaku (nunchuks) and sais (handheld tridents) while they each sport a few slice-like scars on their lips, wear colorful masks and have large turtle shells on their backs; we hear that the humanoids resulted from a scientific experiment that caused a mutation in small box turtles.

A man tells his assistants twice to draw all the blood out of four Turtles, even if it kills them, but the assistants do not succeed.

Two Turtles bicker, argue and push each other throughout most of the film.

A newspaper editor continually belittles a younger female reporter, calling her crazy and finally firing her.

Four Turtles pull up to their human friend's new car while driving a new van and raising a rocket launcher to show off; it launches and blows up the new car in tall flames under a viaduct.

Turtle men are shown sagging after a loss of blood and until a woman inputs a high dose of adrenalin into the computer that is somehow connected to their blood systems; they jump up, smash through glass walls with loud shattering and run to chase villains as one shouts, "We're bulletproof!"

Profanity:  2 incomplete S-words, 1 use of damn, 2 use of ass. (e.g. Oh My God and Oh God).

Name-calling (cowards, rat, crazy, insane, dumb-dumb, freak, stupid, little girl and human dirt) and exclamations (shut-up and geez.)

Stereotypical references to men, women, teenagers, superheroes, karate masters, kung fu brotherhoods, villains, Asians, mad scientists and reporters.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Two incense cones of an unknown substance burn in close-up briefly and we see wafting smoke.

Villains steal unknown biological chemicals from cargo containers (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details.)

High doses of adrenalin cause four Turtles to chatter quickly and gesture wildly as well as run and jump and roll.

Two flashbacks show small turtles injected with an unknown liquid.

A centrifuge distills turtle blood into a green chemical substance containing a mutation agent.

Turtles say they have injected a rat/man with a healing compound (we do not see it).

A blurry banquet scene features tall glasses of dark and clear beverages (possibly alcohol) on tables; no one is shown drinking.

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  A few jump scares in the film.

The sometimes-explosive violence includes a lot of martial arts fighting. Shredder can appear frightening and intimidating to younger children.

A flashback shows a devastating fire, the Turtles being tortured, and near deaths.

In one scene, one of the bad guys is forced to inhale a toxin that kills him. Though he is barely audible, the scene may be disturbing to watch, considering what happens to him throughout the scene. This particular scene may be disturbing to people who had a member of the family get this sort of treatment.

The film may be too intense for younger fans of TMNT.

Overall: 20.5/50

suggested rating PG-13 for sequences of martial arts action violence.

Story: Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O'Neil and her cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan

Likes : KNOCK KNOCK YOUR ABOUT TO GET SHELL SHOCKED !!!!!! First of all i will say everyone is entitled to there own opinion's, but i say sod the hater's of this film that hated iver because they say it ruin there childhood or because of Michael bay which didn't even direct this film, he endorsed. If you couldn't find this film at least entertaining then there is seriously something wrong with you because this was seriously entertaining & a well made film.
This has to be a first for me Megan Fox actual suited this role a April 'o' Neil, this is the first time iv seen her in a role that actual works for her make her look better on screen, i think this is because they haven't tried to make her in to these stereo type bimbo town stuck up type girls, this tone down role playing a reporter really works for her.
The way i see it is the original turtle film's was great in the 90's, but sadly ruined with the third film, but still is a great film for its generation, this this is meant for this generation of kids growing up which was brilliant done in my mine, yes i know they use C.G.I but it was brilliantly done. The cinematography is stunning special the fight scenes, now you just could get that amazing martial arts with actors in the suit, Tohoru Masamune playing Shredder was bad ass, the suit alone made that character more intense & frightening as a fighter dam he was almost to much of a match for the turtles alone which gave this film a better edge for the character, because having an enemy to easy to beat ruins the menacing look of the bad guy so this works well for the character.
With the story concept it dose pay homage to the original turtles film, but is a slightly different way of story telling with Stop motion capture & animation which is brilliant done to show them training & growing up to become the hero they are with some funny moments & some of the best C.G.I effect ive seen.
The turtles them selves looked bad ass, special with the C.G.I there look is perfect to potray turtle with ninja training, Leonardo played by Pete Ploszek but voiced by Johnny done an awesome job voicing this character, made him more bad ass with the voice, Raphael played by Alan Ritchson (smallvillle) gave Raphael this attitude of the tough guy in the group which along with th c.g.i just brought out his character better as it gave him a look of a serious bad ass fighter which i love the mimic of the batman voice which was funny in this film. Noel Fisher as Michelangelo was awesome i love this way he gave this character this surfer dude joker character with some hilarious moments, Jeremy Howard done brilliant acting job with Donatello's character, i like the way they gave him the tech look which he was in the original tech whiz, few funny moments as well, Danny Woodburn playing Splinter done a great job voice by Tony Shalhoub done a brilliant job with the voice acting, what is really good with this film is we get to actual see master splinter fight which was one of several fight scene in this film that awesome special the fight scene with Shredder, what an awesome fight scene.
Will Arnett playing Vernon Fenwick did a great acting although i feel they tried to stereo type him as the Seeley reporter that like April, but he did come off funny at time's.William Fichtner playing Eric Sacks is really good at playing the charming but charismatic bad guy in film's, i think he pull this off pretty well in this film playing both side while hiding his true who's side hes really on. This whole film is well put together with a great storyline, you really can not fault this film, as it is very entertaining film, with brilliant characters & great acting, this is a worthy remake of Turtle in my opinion.
special the sound track knock knock your about to get shell shocked by Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign ft. Kill The Noise  Madsonik [Official Audio] what an awesome theme tune for the turtles this makes.

Dislikes : There isn't anything wrong with this film very entertaining & worth watching, although some will disagree because of what some will say about Michael bay which it all negative whining

Overall : Great Special effect, awesome storyline, brilliant design on the turtles & Shredder, awesome sound track long with brilliant acting.brilliant C.G.I

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 10 out of 10 for story / special effects for stop motion capture & FX