Sunday, 26 October 2014

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.




Thursday, 23 October 2014

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




Wednesday, 22 October 2014

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




Tuesday, 21 October 2014

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




Monday, 20 October 2014

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. 




Saturday, 18 October 2014

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




Monday, 13 October 2014

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