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:3.1out of5 for entertainment / 4.1out of 10for concept
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.
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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 theSoska sisters, written byNathan Brookesand 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 Isabellewho 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 sayKane 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:3.2out of5for entertainment / 4.1out of 10for story / concept
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. Nowlinwrote the screenplay.Dylan O'Brienplayed the lead role of Thomas, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster andKaya Scodelarioportrayed 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 byDelacorte 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) andThe 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 Poulterdose 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:5out of5 for entertainment / 7.2out of10for concept
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 Johnnydone 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 Fisheras Michelangelo was awesome i love this way he gave this character this surfer dude joker character with some hilarious moments, Jeremy Howarddone 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 Woodburnplaying Splinter done a great job voice by Tony Shalhoubdone 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: 5out of5 for entertainment / 10 out of 10for story / special effects for stop motion capture & FX
Screen writer:Keith Bunin (screenplay), Joe Hill (novel)
Starring: Juno Temple , Daniel Radcliffe , Heather Graham , Sabrina Carpenter , Kelli Garner , James Remar , David Morse , Max Minghella , Kathleen Quinlan , Joe Anderson , Dylan Schmid , Laine MacNeil , Kendra Anderson , Christine Willes, Mitchell Kummen
Running time:120 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:There are multiple scenes where people bluntly make sexual references, some involving gay tendencies and graphic dialog.
A woman asks a man if he is horny.
A woman is seen dancing seductively
A man is seen pissing on a shrine.
A woman very briefly discusses to a man how much she enjoys black c*ck.
We briefly see two people having sex; nothing explicit but involves thrusting
A teenage boy is seen looking at a pornographic magazine, we see the photos of the naked women.
A man and woman start kissing while the man pulls off her dress, we see her breasts. The man thrusts her.
A man wakes up to find a woman thrusting into a man sitting on a chair. We briefly see her breasts.
We briefly see a man's genitals for a few seconds.
Two men talk about their hidden gay interest towards each other, later they are seen kissing.
A woman is beaten and raped.
Violence & Gore: We see the man's horns pierce his skin, not gruesome.
A boy is seen with blood coming from a wound on his head.
We see a boy who has blood squirting from his hand with missing fingers, it is said that a cherry bomb exploded in his hand.
A group of people start punching and hitting each other with objects, we later see the same group still fighting while covered in cuts.
We see a pale body that appeared to be bashed in the head with something, the wound is slightly gruesome.
A man beats his horns repetitively against a wall.
A group of snakes bite into a struggling woman, blood is seen from her wounds.
During a man's hallucinations from consuming a whole bag of various drugs, we see bloody images and the dead girls body.
A man bashes a pitchfork against the side of a man's head, some blood is seen.
We see how the woman was killed. Without listing who did it:
A man beats another man with chains. The man is seen with bloody cuts on his face.
We see a man burned alive while trying to escape before driving into the ocean. We see the man with burnt skin briefly.
A man's leg is shot from a shotgun, chunks of skin and blood is seen shot from the wound.
A man's head is shot off by the same shotgun, one of the more gruesome scenes in the movie with a lot of blood.
A man's body burns in fire.
A man is stabbed through the stomach with the main character's horn, the wound is very bloody. A snake then crawls through the bloody wound before crawling into his mouth.
Profanity: 38 uses of the f-word, 1 motherf*cker, 1 sh*t, 1 faggot, 3 use of damn, 1 use of twat
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A man appears hung over at the beginning, an empty bottle is next to him.
Main character drinks and smokes cigarettes.
A man talks about wanting to snort oxy.
A man is seen snorting cocaine multiple times. The man pulls multiple bags of drugs and consumes all of it. We see his hallucinations.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: There are curtain scene that may offend or disturbing to some viewers
Story:In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples all chaos comes from it.
Likes :This is not a bad storyline for a film special the novel of Joe Hill aboutA man is accused of murdering his girlfriend & the town people baying for blood. until one morning, after having sex with the town trollop, he discovers that he is sprouting a pair of horns from either side of his head. This is where the concept of the story comes in to play, as it show these horns are for a reason as they say when someone take something you love from you, you must become the devil to take revenge, this show with everyone he meets they tells him of their desires, be they sexual, violence, whatever. More importantly, people tell him the truth which results in some of the funniest, outrageous moments your see in a film although it dose give off this dark chilling concept as the film progress. It become a man hunt to find out who the person was that took is love away from him.
The film is a clever blend of horror and humour without going overboard on either with a really good entertaining feel to it so your not find yourself getting bored of it, it keeps you watching as you want to find out what going to happen next. As the movie progresses, it does take on a darker tone which really works for the film & gives this a edge. Daniel Radcliff has certainly come a long way from his Harry Potter days, and has proven himself to be a very good actor who is quite versatile in doing variety of other roles over the few film since harry potter. The film was original & fresh it is always a good thing when it comes to film's as most film do seem to have the same concept where this is new. There is moment's where this film can become emotional special a curtain part of the film it becomes a bit of a tear jerker moment which added a nice tone balancing the darker tone give the film a light mood.
There is the concept of the horn that might leave some people thinking why has he got horn well the film dosent quite explain this but you have to understand that when you want revenge it bring out the demon in you this is why he has the horns in the film.
The acting is brilliant from Daniel Radcliff,as I said above, his a really good actor. Final they put the beautiful Juno Temple in a movie where she's not playing some dumb bimbo or town trash which works for her acting as she a brilliant actress in this film even when it was just a short part for her her part were flawless. David Morseis always awesome. He's a very under-used actor, which is really too bad. The rest of the supporting cast was good as well. The title of the film is a little questionable but easy to look past as this is a great film to watch.
Dislikes : Some people might not get the concept of why he has the horns in the first place, which i do think should of been explain a bit more but i got the concept of it but some other might not.
Overall : Great mix of horror & humour, great acting, , brilliant fresh original story.
Rating: 5out of5 for entertainment / 9.5out of 10for original story.
Starring:Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon , Dominic Cooper , Art Parkinson ,Charles Dance , Diarmaid Murtagh , Paul Kaye , William Houston , Noah Huntley , Ronan Vibert , Zach McGowan , Ferdinand Kingsley , Joseph Long , Thor Kristjansson , Jakub Gierszal, Joe Benjamin , Paul Bullion, Mish Boyko, Dilan Gwyn, Arkie Reece, Phil Zimmerman, Dominic Borrelli, Tom Benedict Knight.
Running time:92 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Man is seen in the bath naked nothing is seen, passionate kissing is seen no sex scene's
Violence & Gore: The battle scene is pretty blood thirsty, the are scene of soldiers implied on pikes, man drinking blood.
Profanity: Son of a devil, monster few other word strong words.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: wine is seen being drunk in the kings court.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:15 cert for intense sequences of warfare, vampire attacks, disturbing images and some sensuality, some scene maybe frightening to some viewers.
Story:At the turn of the century, the young lord Vlad Tepes and his young family live a peaceful life ruling over their small kingdom. However, when a ruling rival king with a growing army demands from Vlad the first born male of every family to join his army; Vlad's wife makes a terrible mistake which will change history forever. Vlad's wife, Mirenea travels to visit bloodthirsty witches in the nearby mountains. While there she sells her soul to stop the invading army- the price however is that Vlad will become a blood-thirsty monster that will hunt the ages.
Likes : First i will say is this is not a horror story as such, but there was a few moment that really do make you jump, this really impressed me by keeping true to the history of Vlad the impaler with the Turks taking young boys from family at a young age & raining them to be warriors which one such boy was vlad.
The real history was that vlad after returning home the Turk started again which start a war with vlad. this is where the legend of vlad the impaler story became a vampire as people so though it was when he conquered his enemy & put their body's on pikes & drunk there blood as a right of strength, this is what put the fear in to the enemy think that vlad was some monster.
What clever about this film is it show details of this history with the fantasy of the vampire, but the story is much more than just a vampire story there is a much bigger story going on behind it that is not shown in the trailers which made this film alot better than people have made it out to be.
Yes there is some sort of love story there but as this film process you can see where this is heading, i will say this is the best Dracula film ive seen in a while.
The other films in the past have portrayed Dracula as just a monster, a killing machine with the thirst for blood, but with this film they portray him as a monster but also a character with love & strength to resist the darkness & corruption that come from being vampire.
This darkness is brilliant portray by Luke Evans playing Vlad Tepes, his performance in this film is outstanding in ever way not only showing a father figure & a family man but also the strength & resolve to protect his people no matter the cost which lends him to this path of darkness to the first vampire played brilliantly by Charles Dance, who's presence in this film is truly frightening & chilling to say the least, the on screen presence as him playing this master vampire is truly outstanding & very believable. Sarah Gadonwas absolutely brilliant playing the mother & wife of Vlad with alot of passion in her heart for the man she loves Sarah performance really show this perfect on screen, great performance. Art Parkinson (game of thrones star) who plays the son done a brilliant job portraying the son of vlad with a great performance, Dominic Cooperdone a brilliant job as the general Mehmed great final battle scene that well choreograph.
Not once did this film give up the dark concept & a war torn country but also the dark concept of the vampire which makes this one of the most epic vampire film that not only gives you a true Dracula love story but also portrays Dracula better. Those that have play the game castle Castlevania will see this film also has that slight concept of the game as well .One thing this film dose have is there is a bigger story in the concept going on which if you miss the dialogue you will miss the concept of the ending that i mention is beyond the love story, the vampire story as it become a game of chest which i though was very clever in the story.
The fight scene & battle scene are outstandingly choreograph with authentic battle armour from the time period & some of the best special effects with the bats is just spectacular, special with the way they had the morphing of Luke characters from human to hundreds of bats to solid form these special effect much of took ages to do, the team have really pulled this effect off brilliantly.
This is a film i highly recommend watching at the cinema, epic tale of honour, love & struggle.
Dislikes : Nothing wrong with this film
Overall : Brilliant FX, Outstanding performances from all cast, all round epic adventure of the best told Dracula film to date
Rating: 5out of5for entertainment / 10out of10 for story concept/ Real history mixed with fantasy.
Screen writer:Scott Frank (screenplay), Lawrence Block (novel)
Starring:Liam Neeson , Maurice Compte , Patrick McDade , Luciano Acuna Jr. , Hans Marrero , Laura Birn , David Harbour , Adam David Thompson , Kim Rosen , Dan Stevens , Eric Nelsen , Jon Goracy , Razane Jammal , Stephanie Andujar , Al Nazemian.
Running time:114 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Rated R for violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.
A close-up of a woman's face as a man's lips kiss it briefly, then the camera zeros in on the faces of two men looking at her, then it shows duct tape over the woman's mouth and the woman crying, the two men have their arms on her shoulders and knees (the villains are men that sexually torture women, these acts are off screen.)
A villain smashes a woman against a wall and rips off her top in the process to reveal her bra, and kisses her briefly on the lips, the woman is crying the whole time (sexual menace implied.)
There is a painting of a nude woman in 2 apartments, briefly seen.
A kidnapper tells a detective over the phone that he will send him a cut-off breast of a teen girl if a ransom demand is not met; On a bed a clothed man (villain) orders a woman to choose between her breasts to cut them off (we do not see her breasts, only her face and sexual violence is implied) Violence & Gore:Lots of violence, as usual with a Neeson movie.
The main villains are a sexual menace
There are exchanges of gunfire and scenes of intense hand-to-hand fighting, including the use of weapons such as bottles, a meat cleaver and a garrotte. Violent acts sometimes result in sight of bloody injuries.
Profanity:About 20 uses of the F-word,1 probable use of "c--t"
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Some of the main villains (and even some heroes) are drug dealers.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:The van scene maybe disturbing to some viewers
Story:Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once. And that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive.
Likes :There seem to be atrend of the Neeson film's around just lately which can be a little boring at time seeing the same actor play the same roles, for the most part he is plays some grizzled, world weary, growling bad a** with a checkered past. exempts movies like "The A-Team", "Clash/Wrath of the Titans", and ugh...."Battleship".....dear lord that wasn't a bad film but not the greatest film around....although it is always nice to see Rihanna trying to be a bad a**!". you get the picture. As for the examples of slightly less awesome Neeson bad a** movies, these are the ones like "Unknown" which lets be honest was way to slow, and some may even say "Non-Stop" but its actually an intense & entertaining film to watch.
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" falls into this category. Many will go into this movie looking to see Neeson take out the bad guys left, right & centre may be sorrily disappointed as this isnt one of those movies. "Tombstones" is more about the detective story and the darkness that the characters descend into. As the film progresses. Neeson plays Matt Scudder, a retired cop/alcoholic turned P.I. after a case 8 years ago that left him emotionally and psychologically scarred from an event. He is brought to meet drug dealer (excuse me, "trafficker") Kenny Kristo (worse drug kingpin name ever?) who wants to hire him to find the two men who kidnapped and murdered his wife despite paying them the money they asked for. The pace of the film is questionable along with a spunky, homeless kid T.J, fish around for clues. Their relationship is interesting at first because it's unclear as to why Scudder continues to come into contact with this kid besides the fact that perhaps by helping this kid, he can make up for a lot of sins he has committed in his past.
Neeson is almost in every scene and his presence alone keeps you engaged in every step he takes which keep the story interesting. As you get closer and closer to the truth the film gets more disturbing which some scene maybe disturbing for some viewers. The film is unnerving for sure and is a mental disturbance more than anything special some scene can be very disturbing. Even though it may not be as action packed as some of Neesons' past films with this dark nature like (The Grey) but it may be a pleasant surprise for other reasons. One of Americas guilty pleasures is loving serial killers (Dexter, The Killing, Hannibal, films and series, Se7en, etc.) so people may actually enjoy the film but for a completely different reason then they previously thought. Although this film is without its flaws.
Dislikes : One problem with this film is because of the lack of action in it the pace of the film is two slow it lets the film down as you find yourself get bored of watching it dispute, the usual neeson scenes being in the film which only slightly make it more interesting, you just kind of found the story concept a little bland.
Overall: Not a bad film, just to slow, great acting & little dark & disturbing
Rating:4.1out of5for entertainment / 6.1out of 10for storyline / concept
