Monthly Archives: October 2009

Bloodsport

Posted on October 29, 2009 by OGR

There is a full contact fighting tournament in Hong Kong. It is supposedly hush-hush but everyone seems to know about it. JCVD skips the army to be there. There are way too many pointless flashbacks, although it was funny to … Continue reading →

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Zombieland

Posted on October 29, 2009 by OGR

The first 1/3 of this movie had me thinking “I’m buying this on DVD!” The middle 1/3 had me thinking “Come on, move things along.” The closing 1/3 had me thinking “Well that was OK.” Hardly a mind blowing recommendation … Continue reading →

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Highlander

Posted on October 28, 2009 by OGR

Every year there are dozens of films released to suck in the teen crowd, usually a bunch aimed at young boys, Fast and Furious, Harry Potter, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (Oops, take that one out.) and many aimed at girls, anything … Continue reading →

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I Sell The Dead

Posted on October 28, 2009 by OGR

I would never have watched this if it wasn’t for the title. Is it a good thing that I did? Not really. I hardly want my 80 minutes back but after I click on “Submit Post” I don’t think I … Continue reading →

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The Gift

Posted on October 28, 2009 by OGR

I really wanted to like this even more, as it is it’s a pretty good flick with a lot of in-theory-pluses, but doesn’t come through on quite enough of them to elevate it more. The potential pluses include: 1 – … Continue reading →

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Sudden Death

Posted on October 28, 2009 by OGR

This is no better than at least 5 other JCVD films that I have watched in this testing last month, yet I will probably give it a bigger write up than any of those. Why? Because it tries so damn … Continue reading →

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The Hills Run Red

Posted on October 27, 2009 by OGR

I have had a good recent run with horror movies over the past couple weeks, Trick R Treat was entertaining in a safely-scary way, and Splinter was a nice surprise. While neither film is destined for all-time classic status as … Continue reading →

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Second In Command

Posted on October 27, 2009 by OGR

Looks like someone wanted to make a film badly enough that they didn’t care how it turned out. This is the result. There is “civil unrest” in Moldavia, and several citizens have taken it upon themselves to try to oust … Continue reading →

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Trick r Treat

Posted on October 26, 2009 by OGR

Every year there are a billion web sites trumpeting the upcoming Summer releases, Rotten Tomatoes, imdb etc. I don’t read them all but I definitely trawl through a few to see what might be worth checking out in advance. Around … Continue reading →

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Knock Off

Posted on October 26, 2009 by OGR

Welcome to the first of too many JCVD Van Dammathonne reviews. You will note that they are far more succinct than my “standard” movie discussions but then again plot is hardly a massive consideration when greenlighting a JCVD flick. This … Continue reading →

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