Genre:HorrorSci-FiThriller Cert: 18 cert Director :Mark Hartley Writer :Justin King Starring :Charles Dance, Rachel Griffiths, Sharni Vinson, Peta Sergeant, Damon Gameau, Martin Crewes, Eliza Taylor, Simone Buchanan, Shane Nagle,Camilla Jackson, Jackson Gallagher.
Running time:96 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Man woman seen a bath together naked, woman is seen showing her breast, young boy on a bed is seen aroused & naked.
Violence & Gore:Knives are seen in the back of a nurse & blood is seen. Man & woman are violently electrocuted in a bath then the woman is seen to be drown. A mirror smash's you see a piece of the mirror being pull from a woman's arm. Body parts are shown. A nurse get stabbed in the eye with a needle.
Profanity:mid to strong language Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:A green medical liquid is seen in a needle & being used.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:There are a few moments that may be disturbing for some viewers on a level of a 18 cert.
Story:When a young nurse begins work at an isolated psychiatric ward, she quickly becomes fascinated with Patrick, a brain dead patient who is the subject of a mad scientist's cruel and unusual experiments. What starts as an innocent fascination quickly takes a sinister turn as Patrick begins to use his psychic powers to manipulate her every move, and send her life into a terrifying spiral out of control.
Likes :An Australian remake of the 1978 horror flick of the same name directed by Mark Hartley (who's most well known for directing documentaries on rare exploitation films) and written by first time film writer Justin King. It tells the story of a nurse, recently employed at a remote psychiatric ward, who becomes fascinated with a mysterious comatose patient there.
Vinson stars as Kathy Jacquard, a young nurse who fills a job opening at an isolated mental hospital. She impresses the lead scientist there right away, Doctor Roget (Dance), with her medical knowledge but doesn't hit it off well with his daughter, Matron Cassidy (Griffiths), who's long been employed there. She makes friends with another nurse, Nurse Williams (Sergeant), and draws romantic interest from Williams' ex fling, Brian Wright (Crewes). She also must ignore persistent calls from her own ex though, Ed Penhaligon (Gameau). At the same time she becomes quite intrigued with a brain dead patient there named Patrick (Gallagher). Patrick has a dark past and abilities which put Kathy and all those close to her in grave danger.
This is less of a gory horror more of a physiological horror thriller to which some viewer might find frightening but for me this was just not frightening enough.It a film that take you into dark world of telekinesis & astro project & have this gift in the wrong hands can prove fatal.
Its not a bad effort for a horror film its little cheesy but it does keep its dark atmospheric feel with what looks like an old asylum building, i haven't seen original to this film alot of people that have will probably say that the original was better but i wouldn't know about has ive never see it, but as i said this film as a lone film isnt bad for a one time view.
Dislikes : The plot seem a little weak the pace of the film was not great but ok, just the fact it was original it was a little cheesy.
Overall : Dark atmospheric concept, not bad acting, ok story line.
Rating: 4.3out of5for entertainment / 5.4out of10for story-line/horror concept
Genre:Sci-FiThriller Cert: 15 cert Director:Caradog W. James Writer:Caradog W. James Starring:Caity Lotz,Toby Stephens, Sam Hazeldine, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Denis Lawson, Lee Nicholas Harris, John Stylianou,
Running time: 91 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: cyborg is see with no clothes slightly reviel breasts but not so much as the light is very dark Violence & Gore: A man is seen with half he head missing, two men get there arms snapped & a woman is seen being shot on a video screen, cyborg combat training. Profanity:There is strong use of the F-word to a few other strong language thrown through out the film. Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:None
Frightening/Intense Scenes:Some scene maybe a little disturb for some viewers most scene are 15 cert & higher
Story: Two computer programmers fall in love as they create the first ever piece of self-aware artificial intelligence, which is designed to help humanity. But things go wrong when the MoD steal their breakthrough and teach it to become a robotic weapon.
Likes :This is a smart movie, thought provoking, and has numerous twists and turns that take you in different directions than you anticipate. Solid acting and performances by all special Caity lotz, excellent casting, appropriate motivations & emotions for all characters (not clichéd, but nuanced, and sometimes guarded, sometimes unchecked & raw, as situationally appropriate when one is working and being monitored in ultra secret MoD environments on a high tech war footing, when lives are at stake, and government paranoia is omni-present), especially Vincent and the Machine, and the damaged soldiers being experimented upon. Vincent is a world weary brilliant scientist who is using the MoD to save his daughter & to carve out some semblance of a "normal" family life against an uncertain and dangerous global Cold War, and has to walk a dangerous tightrope. This is one of Toby Stephens best performances of his career, and he is completely believable as the tortured protagonist. Caity Lotz (star of series arrow aka black canary) performance in this film was outstanding, were looking at a brilliant future actress here that plays this almost human like cyborg Ava who has the intelligence to think & learn for her self, just the way she perform's this role is very believable, its one of the hardest thing to act like a machine she pulled this off with ease really made this film a top notch film for the budget it had.
This is a type of film that has that terminator / metropolis feel to it but done is such a brilliant way it takes a low budget film to a brilliant made film, the C.G.I looks like its had some money throw into it because it doesn't look fake which is a plus for this film also with a very atmospheric feel from start to finish. The cold blue lighting and soft focus lense work helps create a very solemn mood that all the best Sci-Fi flicks have and the cinematography is absolutely spectacular, which has the feel of a blade runner film. This is a film i recommend to all sc-fi fan's because this is just absolutely brilliantly made from director Caradog W. James who look to be the next big sc-fi director.
Dislikes : Pace of the film could of been a bit faster but all in all brilliantly made film
Overall : very atmospheric, Brilliant C.G.I, well written story, brilliant acting from all.
Rating:5out of5for entertainment / 9.8out of 10 for Sc-fi concept/ Storyline
Director:John Stockwell Writers:James Robert Johnston, Bennett Yellin Starring:Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Danny Trejo, Luis Guzmán, Stephen Lang, Amaury Nolasco, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Treat Williams, Yvette Yates, Eloise Mumford Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: man topless, woman see in a bikini,woman in a club wear a sexy dress. Violence & Gore:man falling from a height, fight scene are brutal, man seen having his throut cut, long needle in the back Profanity: Strong to extreme language Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:drinking in a club
Frightening/Intense Scenes:Few scenes that may disturb viewer
Story:When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Likes :Directed by former teen actor John Stockwell, In the Blood stars real life mixed-martial arts champ Gina Carano as Ava, who is on her honeymoon in the Caribbean with her new husband Derek. Stockwell's skill in the early scenes is to capture the lush atmosphere of this island. It looks like ad for a cruise line so we can easily understand how the two lovers get caught up in it.
Then something happens. At a nightclub, a small incident leads to a fight. Ava mops the floor with three guys who are about to beat up Derek. The next day, the couple go zip-lining. There's an accident and Derek is injured. An ambulance comes. She is told that she cannot ride with him, so she is told the name of the hospital that he is being taken to. When she gets there, she is told that he never checked in. Something is clearly wrong.
Dealing with a hard-weathered police officer (played by the ever- reliable Luis Guzmán) she is given the run-around. The cops seem to be following the pattern but are clearly dragging their feet. So, she decides to do some digging herself. Then follows a long, and quite dangerous, spiral into the dark underworld of the Latin American criminal underground in which Ava muscles and strong-arms one guy after another to get answers to Derek's whereabouts, which is especially tough since the wall of resistance is held up by the likes of Luis Guzmán, Danny Trejo and Stephen Lang.
Now this mite seem like a good film, some of the fight scene were okGina Carano did a good job in this film playing ave, but it had alot flaws in curtain parts it not as good as her previous film haywire.Alot of the actors in this film were camero, it does do a great job in showing what the dark underworld of latin america is like with police being paid off, drug running & everything esle but this wasn't the greatest film to be honest.
Dislikes : The film quality was poor it was like amateur hour being filmed on a video camera, some of the fight scene special the club you could hardly see what was going on in the fight scene, the plot of this film is pretty weak i thinking it could of had a better plot & better action for what it was.
Overall : Amateur filming, poor subplot, could of been better.
Rating:2.1out of5 for entertainment / 5out of 10for story-line/ action
Genre:ActionHorrorSci-Fi warning this film is extreme content of gore & blood
Cert:R-rated 18 cert
Director:Richard Raaphorst Story/writer:Chris W. Mitchell, Richard Raaphorst , Miguel Tejada-Flores
Characters: Mary Shelley
Starring: Karel Roden , Joshua Sasse, Robert Gwilym, Alexander Mercury, Luke Newberry,Hon Ping Tang, Andrei Zayats, Mark Stevenson, Cristina Catalina, Jan de Lukowicz, Zdenek Barinka.
Running time:84 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:A body is shown nude on an operating table (nothing explicit visible).
Violence & Gore:An interrogation leads to a graphic finger cutting scene. Dr. Frankenstein uses a sawing drill apparatus to cut through the skulls of two men. He then proceeds to take out their brains and "operate" on them. During the sawing portion the two men scream (one is seen on camera, through the perspective of a mirror, while the other is shown briefly before the camera cuts away.) This is all seen on camera, making it incredibly disturbing. For many this scene will undoubtedly be hard to watch as it spans the duration of a minute or two.) A man is stabbed in the stomach with a massive drill by one of the zombots. He is then stabbed in the neck by another man (to kill him and put him out of his misery.) He is seen shortly after with his spinal cord ripped out and strewn across the floor. A man is stabbed with a saw-like hand through the mouth. The camera focuses on him, as blood falls from his mouth. After the saw is retracted, we very briefly see him spit his tongue out before he falls over dead. A man is force-fed stewed chunks of bloody meat. This scene is incredibly disturbing as it is done as a form of torture. (Do note the camera is half a room away, but it is still very visible.) He spits and chokes, making very disturbing sounds. He is then seen being force-fed a bowl full of the stew (further choking, spitting, vomiting noises, etc.) ]A zombot rips at his bloodied face, tearing flesh from it. It then stands and proceeds to kill another man by ripping at his throat (off-screen.) A woman is slapped, punched and then has her head smashed against a desk (no blood and mostly done offscreen.) A young boy is tossed down what resembes a garbage chute. We can hear him screaming, and moments later a zombot with a massive fanblade replaced as a head crawls up the garbage chute. The boy is very clearly killed, but it is all offscreen and not seen. A man is dragged by a zombot offscreen. He is seen kicking and screaming as the zombot drags him around a corner and offscreen. ]A man's head is smashed in by a zombot. He is left alive, his metal helmet squished into his skull. Later a woman attempts to remove his helmet, but instead rips the upper portion of his head off (along with what appears to be a gallon of blood). His brains are seen stuck in the helmet, the brainstem still intact. Bloodied human remains (arms, legs, torsos and heads) are seen in being transported in mining carts. A man walks into a room with the camera where we see dozens of corpses hanging by hooks from a building's rafters. Not so gory as it is disturbing. A zombot with no legs is seen dragging itself on the floor. A zombot is seen with heads attached and dangling from its body. (This is partially offscreen so many may miss it.) A man, still alive is seen in a minecart. A zombot proceeds to move the minecart with the man in it. He is heard screaming, yelling and sobbing as he and the zombot turn a corner and go offscreen. [spoiler]Not very bloody, just disturbing as up to this point we have seen some rather gruesome zombots and are getting an idea as to what Dr. Frankenstein is doing. A zombot is shot in the head and we see its head explode. We see a woman's head in a glass case, her neck stitched and attached to the lower half of a teddy bear. This is quite disturbing as we see her eyes darting around and her breathing. There is a quick video shot of a drilling apparatus being drilled into a glob of meat (it is merely a random flash.) A man is seen with two ripped off arms. He is later stabbed in the chest with and injected with a needle. A man is seen, strapped in a chair, being electrocuted for several seconds, very graphic. We see a man with what appears to be a metal slab stuck into his head. Profanity:Over 50 uses of "Fuck"
Around 30 uses of "Shit" Several uses of "damn" and "asshole" Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Russian soldiers are seen smoking in several scenes. In one scene we see many Russian soldiers, all very intoxicated.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:The scenes with the zombots are pretty spine chilling. Many are stitched, cut, bleeding, attached with very disturbing and obscure apparatuses and such.
Quite a few jump scares, specifically from the 22:00 minute mark onwards. The war zone with the villagers and the nun scene may be pretty upsetting to some. The climax is very intense, bloody and disturbing. Some people may find it too hard to sit through.Despite the low score, do note that the film is a very dark, intense and violent gorefest.There is next to no comical relief, thus making the violence quite realistic.
Story: Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat Likes :This film start off as a typical war film, gun fights, raiding German village all the usual stuff until they reach a village that seem like no one is round until things start happen they stumble across what i would describe as a tortured experimental creature that started to kill everyone, then you start seeing more.
This is not so much a look of Mary Shelley Frankenstein it looks more like something out of the game wolfinstein ,those that have played the game will know what i mean by that, as for these things from what i could see have had blades, drill's & metal fussed to them in such weird looking way they look like mechanical creature's.
But seriously dont expect a all out brilliant horror film here as all your getting is a very low-rate B movie with maybe a few good scenes, but seriously do not watch this if you have a weak stomach as this film is seriously bloody & a gore fest that to me is overrated with a weird mixture of Ed Gein meets Willy Wonka in a hell raiser feel.Depending on your taste of film you might like this or you might not but this film as a lot of flaws.
Dislikes : Big flaw in this film is it had no direction what so ever, it was just them running around shooting & shouting at each.The other thing as well is the shaky camera movement as you could hardly see what the hell was going or really see some of the creatures, ya i know this is a low budget film but the camera shaky stuff complete ruin the enjoyment of a film as it makes you iver sea sick or give you a headache watch it, but apart from that some scene were ok.
Overall : Complete gore-fest film , shaky camera, weak plot & story-line that has no direction but you may like it.
Rating: 2.4out of5for entertainment / 4.1out of10 for story-line
Genre:Gritty Black Comedy, true storyDrama Director:Derick Martini Writer/screen play:Andrea Portes Novel:Andrea Portes Starring:Chloë Grace Moretz, Anson Mount,Juliette Lewis,Robert Baker, Eddie Redmayne, Blake Lively, Alec Baldwin Cert:15 cert Running time:99 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:The film is about female prostitution (which can be disturbing to some).
Luli McMullen (Chloe Grace), 13, is a girl who has grown up around an adult lifestyle. She wears low-cut, revealing clothing throughout, all skin-tight; short shirts (bare arms & belly visible), & extremely low-cut shorts (bare legs & buttocks are shown). Luli acts VERY sexual & seductive throughout the film, asking men if they think she's pretty enough to kiss. There is a scene where Luli is holding a gun in front of a mirror, and she is wearing a baby-blue tank top, & extremely low-cut rainbow colored underwear (bare arms, legs, and thighs are shown; buttocks can be seen); she's quoting Dirty Harry; Luli make pop sounds from her mouth while pretending to shoot the gun. Luli looks down the front of her shirt to check her breasts out, she then squeezes them through her shirt. A teenaged girl changes her clothes in the front seat of a car. No nudity is shown, but bare arms are seen. Glenda (Blake Lively) wears a long, red dress throughout most of the movie. There is an implied rape scene. Nothing is seen or heard but it is obvious she is raped. We hear a voiceover of Luli rapidly naming the letters of the alphabet; she is calm at first, then around "K", she starts hesitating; when she says the letter "O", she is heard moaning sensually, then begins to cry as she says the last few letters (obviously, the voiceover is expressing what she is feeling during the implied "rape"). Luli is tied to a bed, her hands & feet bound to the frame. She is wearing a very low-cut blue nightgown, which reveals her bare legs (thighs and buttocks can be seen as she tosses around trying to get free, cursing, & calling for help). Violence & Gore:Not much violence at all, yet the two instances are Strong...
Luli is raped & tied to a bed; the rape itself is not seen. two people are killed/shot: Glenda's death is very upsetting. Luli is forced to shoot Eddie at the very end of the film. The death of Eddie is Very Intense. Profanity:Lots of swearing, "s" words, "f" words, "tits". Some blasphemy. Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:People drink at a bar. A guy and girl play a drinking game. She is underage.
A girl's 13th birthday party is held in a bar, with lots of alcohol being consumed, not always responsibly. A very drunk patron drives away from the party. A young woman and a young girl snort some cocaine. The girl has minor hallucinations that involve blurred and colored images. Nothing too extreme. A man and two women are in a room littered with drugs and drug paraphernalia, including a crack pipe. Quite a bit of smoking cigarettes. Frightening/Intense Scenes:The film is emotional, with many scenes of comedic levity to balance it out, & some dark/violent scenes as well.
This film deals with themes of adolescence, maturity, choices, & the burden of growing up... A definitive coming-of-age story. A teenaged girl feigns an epileptic fit, which causes an elderly man to have a heart attack. The encounter in the bathroom can be seen as intense. Luli (Chloe Grace) is raped by Eddie (Eddie Redmayne) in a field of grass; it is implied, but not shown as we see Luli running into the field with Eddie after her; the camera pans upward over the field, but you can't see anything since it's dark out. A voiceover from Luli (see "Sex/Nudity" section) is heard as she names off the letters from the alphabet; as the audio continues, we hear Luli's voice begin to pitch higher as she starts to pant/moan, then begins crying (implying that we were hearing the feeling she was experiencing at the moment without any visual presentation). Very Sudden & Upsetting The next scene, Luli is tied/bound to a bed; She starts screaming for help, but no one answers. Not a moment later, Eddie walks through the door and un-restrains Luli, apologizing for what he'd done to her. He offers her a necklace that he made, and continues to talk to her. Eddie hears something and wals out for a moment. Luli then starts to daydream about her drawings, which relaxes her. Soon, Glenda (Blake Lively) arrives, & unties Luli. Eddie shows up with a gun in his hand; he argues with Glenda, and tells her that Luli wants to stay with him, yet Glenda pushes back. Eddie continues to discuss Luli's fate with Glenda, who in turn wants nothing to do with Eddie. Unexpectedly, Eddie shoots at Glenda, who falls down; Shocking. Eddie breaks down crying, & curls Glenda's body next to his while Luli goes for the gun in her backpack. Eddie gets up, and walks over to the other side of the room while Luli nervously raises the weapon, shaking it in her hand (she doesn't know that it is loaded at this point). Eddie turns around & Luli fires the gun (no actual shot is heard as the audio becomes muted, but you do hear a low-pitched pop, kind of like a "thud" sound); we see a bloody bullet shot on his chest before he falls down; Luli breaks down into tears. VERY DISTURBING & EMOTIONAL; Defiantly the most traumatic part of the film This film DOES send a very good message....
Story:A young teenage girl escapes her life in Nebraska and her alcoholic parents, taking a pistol along for the ride. Along the way she meets Glenda, who takes her under her wing.
Likes :After viewing this film, it not bad but i can see clearly where the flaws are in this film which il go into more detail in the dislikes, but this film does a great job in show curtain things based on a true story i think this could of been a little bit better than what it was it was very hard to follow.
I thinkChloe Moretz &Eddie Redmayne done a good job at trying to make convincing characters in this film along with Blake Lively which i feel should of had more involvement in this film & Juliette Lewis playing the usual stereo type drunk mum. Film as a whole isnt bad but it not great but the good thing with this film is it does give a clear message to any girl thinking of running away as this film paint a very dark reality of what could happen if you did run away from home as we live in a world that not everyone is kind or respectful, some people are nasty & evil this is show perfect in this film.This film is OK to watch the once it pretty much a road type movie but the flaws slightly let this film down.
Dislikes : All fairness to Chloe Moretzshe a brilliant actress, she proven that well with film like Carrie & kick ass, but the poor scripting & bad choice of actress playing this role the character just didn't suit Moretz Chloe acting skill i found her character to be less believable she didn't come off as a country girl i think Saoirse Ronan would of been a better choice for this role as she more suit to the character change she can be the character, but fair play to Chloe for playing this role.
I thinkBlake Livelyshould of had more involvement in this film, as she a very talented actress i think this film would of been better & had more impact than it had, i just think he story could of been written better in the film this might of been a brilliant film, i think alot of people have over rated this film just because they like Chloe moretz but everyone has there own opinion, i just didn't feel her character in this film, i just think she was the wrong choice for this role.
Overall : Not a bad film to watch, but fall short of being a brilliant film.
Rating:3.1out of5for entertainment / 4.7out of10for story-line
Director:Neil Burger Writer:Evan Daugherty Screen play:Vanessa Taylor
Novel:Veronica Roth Starring:Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Kate Winslet, Maggie Q, Mekhi Phifer. Cert:12A
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:A female is seen undressing. We see her bra but no nudity is seen. This is very non-sexual.
A man shows his bear back to a woman to reveal his tattoo to her.
A man and woman kiss passionately.
A man aggressively tries to have sex with a woman but she resists and kicks him in the groin. Violence & Gore: Fair amount of violence. Some flesh wounds and stab scenes. Nothing too major.
Lots of shooting violence. The aftermath ends with bruises and scars. Blood is sometimes shown but it is not as gory and bloody. People do get shot and have wounds with blood but it is not disturbing or too gory.
Lots of fist fighting. Kicking, stepping, punching, and boxing is shown. They end up in bruises and bloody noses and faces.
A teen boy is brutally attacked by another teen (blood everywhere) and he has to go the the hospital.
A woman has her hand stabbed by a knife.
A person commits suicide. Their body is shown and we see their face with blood dripping from their eye and their nose. This is not too gory.
People cut a little part of their hand. Blood drips from the cut.
Someone is shot at the head. We see her corpse but we do not see the bullet or blood. We only see the legs and part for stomach.
Intense situations of fear and violence is shown in this movie. We see clips of peoples' fears and they're reaction to it. This can be too intense for younger audiences.
Towards the ending drugged members of a faction are shown shooting innocent people and dragging them out of their houses
A woman's hand has a knife thrown at it. We see some blood pouring from it.
There are many scenes where we see needles going into peoples necks. This may be disturbing to some viewers. Profanity:mediocre, teen style swearing. Two uses of bitch One use of asshole 3 religious exclamations. Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:though not many drug scenes are used, when they are used they are very intense scenes
Members of the main faction are injected with needles that have a special Serum to induce nightmares for testing purposes. This is more medical though.
All the members of the faction are drugged with a serum that turns them into drones Frightening/Intense Scenes:The entire movie is very intense and some scenes are frightening.
Two teenagers are brutally beat up, including the main character, and end up in the hospital.
The main character is beaten up and has a large bruise on her cheek that she holds an icepack to in the aftermath.
A teen boy is brutally attacked by another teen (blood everywhere) and he has to go the the hospital.
A teenager commits suicide, by throwing himself into a deep chasm, and it can be very emotionally upsetting for some people.
A girl's parents are both shot within a short time span, also emotionally upsetting.
A teenager is forced to kill one of their good friends. Very emotionally upsetting.
A girl is forced to fight her boyfriend who is taller and stronger than her, the whole scene is upsetting as he easily beats her until she can't fight anymore. A girl's mother is shot and dies.
The scenes in which they have to escape their fears are extremely intense and can become frightening for younger viewers.
Story:Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another - for the rest of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made. They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that transform them all. But Tris has a secret that she is Divergent, which means she doesn't fit into any one group. If anyone knew, it would mean a certain death. As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, this secret might help her save the people she loves... or it might destroy her.
Likes :Ive never read the book on this film, but Ive see from a few reviews of people that have read the book this film was spot on to the book which would make this a rare time that Hollywood has exactly saved the teenager type film in Hollywood.
Set in a futuristic Chicago, a community is enclosed behind an electrified fence. The community is split into 5 Factions to keep things running smoothly. The intelligent faction is known as the Erudite; the honest, Candor. The peaceful people are known as Amity, and the brave, Dauntless. The selfless faction, the one Beatrice belongs to, is Abnegation. One is born and raised in the faction of their parents. On your sixteenth birthday, teens undergo a test to see which faction they actual belong in. Regardless, a person can pick to be in any of the other four factions, or stay in the faction they were raised in.
When a teen chooses to leave the faction they were raised in, it is upsetting. They must say goodbye to their family. There is a good chance they will never see them again. And if you fail in your knew chosen faction, you can not return home. You become what is actually the 6th faction.
The Factionless -- those who don't belong to any faction, and live like the homeless, scavenging for food, and clothing, and shelter.
This is pretty well clear story-line from the start, there is mention of those out side of the city limits but never mention what they are or who they are,which i expect will come in to play if they do a sequel of this film.
The lead actressShailene Woodley as Tris successfully portrays a confused yet brave teenager and captures innocence, while the lead actor Theo James as four renders a mature vibe that help save the movie from being categorized as yet another superficial teenage love story like twilight that people so love to complain about & compare other film like this to that.. Jai Courtneydoes the usual role hard ass trainer with a no wholes bar attitude & Kate Winslet pull off a brilliant performance as a hard ass ruthless bitch type business woman for a convincing character, i found this film good but there was a few flaws in the story-line it didn't help with the slowness at times but this is more of a story film than a action film. Its got that Hunger game's feel to it as in the way of a young girl being the heroine of the film, i feel her character will come in to play more in the next film, Acting is pretty solid nothing feels out of place apart from the story its a little flaw in curtain area's but this is not a bad film. Dislikes : The pace of the film could of been a bit faster, i think a bit more action because it didnt really stand out for me as a perfect film it was missing something to give it the wow factor but as a story this film was good.
Overall : Pretty good story-line,pace is a little slow but still good storytelling.
Rating:4.5out of 5for entertainment / 7out of10for story-line/concept
Cert:12A - warning some scene push this to a R-rated film Director:Darren Aronofsky Writers:Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel Starring :Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Nick Nolte Running time:138 min Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Shem playfully tackles Ila in the forest and kisses her passionately, his mouth working its way to a large scar on her belly, at which point she makes him stop. In a later scene, Ila runs to Shem and begins kissing him like crazy, hurriedly stripping off clothes. (The camera briefly spies skin and then moves away.)
The forms of Adam and Eve are seen, but they are glowing with light and no body parts can be distinguished. When Noah becomes drunk and passes out naked, he is seen from such a great distance that only the shape of his body can be seen. Naameh's draped top reveals part of her chest but no breast. In the village, screaming girls and women are forcibly dragged along the ground, to be traded for food. Violence & Gore:We repeatedly see a silhouette replay of Cain killing Abel with a rock. And at one juncture, the sequence morphs into warlike conflicts throughout the ages, with the killer and victim becoming soldiers from ancient to modern times. In ditches and valleys piles of dead bodies and/or skeletons are seen multiple times. We watch men pull down and kill the giant Watchers. A fiery cataclysm decimates a throng of warriors. Fire from heaven kills even more. People are bashed and stomped and trampled and stabbed and hacked and, of course, drowned.
Tubal-Cain kills Noah's father with a hatchet blow to the head, with blood-squirting results. Noah kills quite a few assailants (in self-defence). When hunters have shot an animal, Noah plucks the sharp projectile from the beast's bleeding side and uses it to fight the four men when they turn on him. Other animals have their throats cut or their guts grotesquely spilled. In a bloody marketplace, live animals are torn apart and eaten raw. Noah has visions of countless drowned humans and animals, and he walks on ground saturated with blood. A girl gets caught in an animal trap (metal points piercing her leg). Noah comes to believe that God means to spare only "innocent" animals and end the human race entirely, explaining to his family, "We are all guilty." He instructs his family that once they arrive in a cleansed world, they are all to grow old and die without wives or additional children. Because he believes this, when Ila unexpectedly gets pregnant, Noah tells her that if the baby is a female (and thus a potential mother), he'll kill the infant as soon as she leaves the womb. We later see him raising a knife above the baby, though he relents and spares the child. Noah often stands as a fearsome figure, glowering with his unsheathed blade. In one scene, he allows a young woman to die by way of a trampling horde when he runs away in self-defence instead of stopping to help her. Profanity:Damned" is uttered four times (but in context, the word is used correctly, with Tubal-Cain declaring that he'll be "damned" by the Creator no matter what he does. And because he does what he does, he is indeed damned.) Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Noah, believing he let the Creator down, gets rip-roaring drunk, spending what would seem to be days guzzling down wine. He finally passes out, naked (we see him from a distance, lying face down.) Methuselah gives Noah some tea that appears to be drugged, leading to a strange vision.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:The whole flood sequence and battle is intense.
The film is a psychological study of the character of Noah, and given what the character goes through, the entire film is emotionally and visually intense. Noah has several apocalyptic visions, the first of which involves seeing himself drowning amongst thousands of screaming people. Very intense. In one scene, Noah travels to a village to find wives for his sons. He finds them acting like animals; we see babies being taken away for food, and women are traded for livestock. An animal is thrown into a crowd and violently eviscerated alive. Noah then sees a vision of himself amongst the crowd, eating the animal's flesh raw and growling like an animal. This entire scene is extremely frightening and intense. There is one very brief scene where Ham approaches Tubal-Cain, who has made his way onto the ark. Ham reaches down and Tubal-Cain grabs his hand. This is a bit of a jump scare. (It got a lot of people in my theatre.) An innocent young woman is injured in an animal trap and then left to be trampled by a rampaging crowd. After the flood begins, Noah and his family are inside the ark and all they can hear are the dying screams of thousands of drowning people. Very chilling. The visions, screaming and the traumatic scene in the village begin to prey on Noah's mind and he becomes fanatical in his drive to do his Creator's work. He becomes convinced that the Creator intends to wipe out humanity entirely, and decides that he and his family will die when the flood ends. When he finds out that Ila is pregnant by Shem, he becomes furious, and later states that if the child is a girl, he will kill it. This part of the film is psychologically disturbing and intense. After Ila gives birth to twin girls, Noah almost murders them but changes his mind after seeing them and throws down his blade. He later explains that he could not kill them because he loved them. This entire scenario is extremely intense. The Watchers emerge from the ground and rise up into giant rock creatures with glowing eyes. Although they later prove to be allies of Noah, some viewers may find them disturbing.
Story: A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world, that not only come a test of make man kind better or fall in to madness & become corrupted as the human race was before.
Likes :wow every review on this film by people say this is not the story of Noah or this was a big disappointment I'm guess these people are christian born or have something to hide because there was a clear message in this film i for one think this shows the real story of Noah & not what some bible Say's seeing that this was a fictional story in the first place that make sense in this world today.
This is a brilliant, compelling, challenging, thought-provoking, enjoyable film.it holds no punches in tell the full story that christian church complete hide, if your offended by this film then you clear have seen yourself on one side or he other. It's emotional at several points that bring a tear to your eyes. It provoked lively discussion with people because its basically saying all those that crave power,greed & do evil things, try to control people through fear are corrupted & the descendants of Cain. The film takes utterly seriously the Judeo-Christian belief in God, God's relationship with creation, and the faith assertions of the Genesis stories of early human civilization tell the true story that has always been hide because the 3rd son of Adam & eve is never mentioned Seth.
Seth descendants are know as spiritualism people that will not given in to corruption or power, they take care of the people around them & every-living creature on this planet, it wasn't until Cain evil corruption in this world, this world because evil, but there are still descendants of Seth in this world willing to save the world of this evil.
This film basically is saying god gave the world a gift of life, it was Adam that gave in to temptation & created evil that created the corruption in the world upon seeing this the first angels of light defied the rules of interfering try to help the human race build but the corruption corrupted them they were dammed by god to live on earth as watchers, until such time a Seth descendant will come along to save the Innocent & the corrupt, evil power driven people will die in the end of the world, so live can be restarted & done right.
I see this film has no lies in contradiction to Genesis 6-9, and that's the only thing that matters: remember, "the one who is not against me is for me." Yes, folks, the "rock monsters" you've heard about…clearly a wonderfully creative attempt to render fallen angels make sense of the delightfully enigmatic "Nephilim" of Genesis 6 and Numbers 13.
One voiced by real-life "rock-monster" Nick Nolte brilliant done as they all had their own character's, There is also the sense of a sort of living Biblical exegesis on screen: the touching scenes of Noah his family representing something of the hope God had for what humans race was meant to be, and conversely, the scenes of Tubal-Cain's self-centered, destructive, broken humanity, played brilliantly by Ray Winstone Jennifer Connelly as Noah's wife is crucial in this film as she was a grounded person in Noah life to show him a way not to become corrupted, she was fantastic in this film. Emma Watson great performance as a young woman whose change in destiny serves as an object lesson in the importance of women's roles in a future of man kind after the flood. There is at one point of this film you get a scene, relatively brief and experienced from Noah's viewpoint of how far the human race as fallen in human savagery and violence in a society hopelessly broken down, that packs the punch of any horror film out, that personally qualifies as a way to visualize Hell on earth. Russell crowes performance as Noah was nothing short of brilliance, the emotions, stress the worries of defending his family & trying not to fail god plan with the one scene where he try's to talk to god for an answer that acting right there is completely why Russell crowe is one of thee best actors of all time.This is a film i highly recommend you watch.
Dislikes : just a little slow, the pace of the film could of been a bit faster.
Overall : Brilliant back story of Adam & eve three son's, great c.g.i scenes some of the best acting ive seen in a while.
Rating:5out of 5for entertainment / 9.5out of 10for story-line/ theme.
