This weeks reviews!!!!!

Omen 3:The Final Conflict

Plot

The final Conflict tells the progression of the now adult Damien Thorn to position of earthly power, set against the countdown to the Second Coming and attempts of a group of priests to kill the Antichrist.

Review

Well this film film opened up so nicely but very quickly fell flat with bad dialogue and terrible directing.

The script had it's moments don't get me wrong and it had some good ideas, as well as a couple of good deaths on par of the first Omen film.

                                               This is one of those good deaths

But it clearly needed another draft as some parts either dragged, just to move plot along or the tension was not there at all.

The main thing that kept this film going was Sam Neill as Damien, who was fantastic in this and gave a great performance and was always interesting in the film.

I also felt the director added to the problems with scenes that dragged on when they were suppose to build atmosphere when it cleary didn't.

                                   If only he came back to make the third one...Could have been a cracking movie

                                                                        

Final word

Poor film but has it has it's moments with a great performance from Sam Neill. No where near as good as the first Omen

Don't Say a Word

Plot

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...

Review

Terrible film after 40 mins there was still no tension and just turned it off as I got fed up of waiting for the film to start.

A big, noisy mess, with a howler at its center.

                                 Here I found an odd and rather pervy screenshots of Brittney Murphy while I was looking for a film poster for this blog...Honest

Final word

For the love of God...Avoid!!!!!!

The Omen

Plot

Gregory Peck is the ambassador to the United States who's wife has a stillborn child. Without her knowledge, he substitutes another baby as theirs. A few years go by, and then grisly deaths begin to happen. The child's nanny hangs herself and a priest is speared to death in a freak accident. It turns out the child is the son of Satan and can only be killed with the seven daggers of Meggado.

Review

Seen it before but as it was on TV I thought I would watch it again.

Well it's still a classic and a film so under-rated - mostly because it was released in the shadow of The Exorcist in 70's. The Omen is not only a much scarier and more enjoyable film, I also think it's a better made one.

Also felt The Exorcist was rubbish but that not the film I'm reviewing here.

                                        Gregory Peck and David Warner in a film that has no robots in it.

Thought Gregory Peck was fantastic in this and you really root/agree with him in the film with good suporting performances from Patrick Troughton and David Warner.

The tension in the film never stops for one second with the mysterious orgins of their son Damien, the devils deciples and deaths in the film. I couldn't recomended the film anymore to anyone of all backgrounds, as I felt the main problem with The Exorcist for example was the "good vs evil" element which to me made the film boring and one sided. This did the "good vs evil" and wasn't one sided and worked perfectly.

Final word

Classic film still and watch it if you can.

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Plot

In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.

Review

Well I managed to get a hold of an advance copy of Resident Evil Afterlife and what a suprise it was rubbish.

Thought the film was a run of the mill predictable Hollywood film. Once again slow motion actions scenes are everywhere to be seen with a production value on par to a b-movie film.

Paul WS Anderson returns as director and clearly wasn't happy with Claire Redfield and Alice in the previous films.

                                                       Love the game...Hate the films

As Alice right from the start loses her super human strength while Claire Redfield loses her memory but in the film gets part of her memory back to explain/further the plot in certain parts. Basiclly she was used to explain to the audiance what was going on in plot and couldn't have been more forced into the story.

Also felt like I needed to see the previous film to understand a couple of the flashbacks at the start of the film which I find really poor writing in general, when the viewer needs to see the previous film to enjoy the one he/she is currently watching.

                                           I am not watching this just for an explanation for five minutes of Afterlife

Good examples of films where you could watch a sequel without needing to see the previous film are The Dark Knight, The Empire Strikes Back and the Godfather Part 2. Bad example is Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3.

Also wasn't amussed with the cheap and poor copy of Dawn of the Dead which made up a fair chunck of the film.

                                            Oh yeah and The Matrix at the beginning clearly

It didn't help that the film pretty much ends where we started and there will clearly be another Resident Evil film as this has taken the most money, as well as leaving it clearly for another film.

Final word

If you like crap and brainless films that are all over the place, silly slow motion actions scenes (these tend to make me full asleep) and a plot so simple a five year old could come up with better, then this is the film for you.

Jonah Hex

Plot

Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone…and anything. Having survived death, Jonah’s violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the “other side.” His only human connection is with Leila (Megan Fox), whose life in a brothel has left her with scars of her own. 

But Jonah’s past is about to catch up with him when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can’t refuse: in exchange for his freedom from the warrants on his head, he must track down and stop the dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). But Turnbull, who is gathering an army and preparing to unleash Hell, is also Jonah’s oldest enemy and will stop at nothing until Jonah is dead. Based on the legendary graphic novel, “Jonah Hex” is an epic adventure thriller about one man’spersonal quest for redemption against the vast canvas of the battle between good and evil. 

Review

Wow what a stinker would like to know why they bothered with re-shoots for this one as it still sucked.

                                                                  How did this photo get here????

Total joke of a film with bland characters, a boring plot and terrible acting to go with it. Even Brolin and Fassbender couldn't save this film. Turned it off after the 40 min rule.

                                                          Bloody Hell not again...My finger must have slipped.

Final word

Total mess of a film and WB shouldn't have bothered with the re-shoots to save themselves money and my time. I'm sure this film will be forgotton about very soon.