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Runtime: 82 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Stars: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb, Mykelti Williamson
Plot: After seeing a vision of a crash at a car race, Nick and his friends must out run death and survive the ensuing carnage.
Review: Of all the Final Destination movies, this one is by far the worst. I have always looked forward to seeing the elaborate death scene that kicks off the movie in these Final Destination films. I was really looking forward to this one as well, but it definitely did not deliver. Not even in a small way. The effects were totally lame and looked very fake. That pretty much sums up how I feel about this movie.
I couldn't have cared less who lived or died. Some of the death scenes that followed the car crash were pretty cool and imaginitive, but really not executed well. There was some humor when George (Williamson) explains that he wants to die and had been trying to kill himself all day, but couldn't get the job done.
Overall, this movie stunk worse than a rotten egg fart. One of the worst horror movies I have seen...and I just got done watching the remake of Prom Night recently.
Rating: 1/10, and I am being generous
Official Site: http://thefinaldestinationmovie.com/
IMDb: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1144884/
Runtime: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vernon Wells, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Alyssa Milano
Plot: After the kidnapping of his daughter, Col. John Matrix must assassinate a politician in order to get her back. But Matrix has other ideas on how to get his daughter back, and the people responsible will pay.
Review: OK, so this movie doesn't have great acting. Heck, it doesn't even have good acting. Sure, the bad guy looks like Freddie Mercury in chainmail and couldn't scare a fly. Sure, there are so many camera mistakes that can be spotted by the biggest amateur film watcher. Even the plot is paper thin. You would think this would all add up to a terrible movie, and normally you would be right. But in the case of Commando, you would be dead wrong. As dead as one of Bennett's pissant soldiers. As dead as Sully after being dropped off the cliff.
This movie is so bad, it is great. It is literally my favorite movie ever made. It is a pure guilty pleasure and there is nothing wrong with that. After all, why do we watch movies? For entertainment, right? Well, this movie entertained me from the first moment until "We Fight For Love" starts playing and the credits roll.
I have seen this movie so many times, I can recite the script from memory. There is a huge cult following for this movie, and I am happy to say I am part of that following. For those out there that still haven't seen this movie, and I can't believe there are many of them, I highly recommend you wake the heck up and give this movie a chance.
Rating: 10/10...nothing else to say
IMDb: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088944/
Runtime: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Stars: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Timothy Olyphant, Liev Schreiber, Jerry O'Connell
Plot: With the movie of the Woodsboro Murders about to open, a killer is again on the loose and after Sidney Prescott at the campus of her college.
Review: I really like this sequel. Although not as good as the first Scream, it is right behind it in terms of overall movie quality. While Scream totally revamped the Slasher Horror genre, Scream 2 picks up right where its predecessor left off. It was pretty original, suspenseful and funny. Throughout the whole movie, you don't really get a sense of who the killer is until he is revealed.
For a horror movie, Scream 2 is filled with terrific performances. Neve Campbell is great as Sidney Prescott, and she totally owns that role. For once, there is a lead woman in a horror movie that I didn't want to see die. I think Timothy Olyphant did a great job as Mickey, the deranged film student. Laurie Metcalf does a great job as well. First as the annoying reporter, and then as the film reveals, she is Billy Loomis' (killer from Scream) mother. I have always thought Laurie was a great character actor.
The death scenes in this movie are great. Most are pretty original and you get a sense of how smart the killer(s) are. The ending was pretty standard, as far as horror movies go. Overall though, I loved Scream 2.
Rating: 8/10, highly recommend to any horror fan.
IMDb: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/
Runtime: 88 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Stars: Brittany Snow, Johnathon Schaech
Plot: A killer escapes from custody and returns to terrorize the girl he is obsessed with on her Prom Night.
Review: A pretty run of the mill horror/thriller. Nothing really good going on in this movie. I am not exactly sure why they call this a remake, because it really isn't anything like the original Prom Night starring Jamie Lee Curtis. So for those who think it is a close remake would be disappointed.
Brittany Snow is ok as Donna, a girl who has had a past encounter with a sadistic killer named Richard Fenton. Richard is obsessed with Donna and previously murdered her parents and brother. Now he has escaped from custody and tries to get to Donna. At her prom, he kills several people, including her friends, and a couple of hotel workers. Eventually there is a showdown at Donna's house where Richard is finally stopped.
The movie was very predictable and didn't provide anything new. Still, if you have an hour and a half to waste, there are worse things you could waste it on. I wouldn't really recommend this movie though.
Rating: 4/10
Official Site: http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/promnight/
IMDb: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0926129/
Runtime: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Stars: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Amber Heard, Gary Cole, Craig Robinson, Kevin Corrigan, Rosie Perez
Plot: After witnessing a murder, Dale goes on the run with his drug dealer, Saul, in hopes of clearing his name and taking down the man responsible.
Review: I absolutely love this movie. It is funny from beginning to end. This movie isn't one that takes itself too seriously. In fact, it doesn't take anything seriously. That is the whole point. This isn't a movie in which you must be a stoner to appreciate. It is just good, old-fashioned funny situations, and all kinds of mayhem.
Seth Rogen as Dale does a great job as a mid-twenties stoner who is dating a high school girl. His job as a process server is what leads to him witnessing Ted Jones (Cole) and Carol (Perez) murdering a member of a rival drug dealer. Having nowhere to go, Dale goes back to Saul's (Franco) apartment. Saul is Dale's pot dealer, and just sold him a new kind of pot called Pineapple Express. Dale happened to drop some of this weed at the murder scene and since Saul is the only one who sells this kind of weed and his dealer got it through Ted Jones, Dale and Saul go on the run.
A lot of funny stuff happens after that, such as a scene in the woods where Dale and Saul think they are being chased, a fight at Saul's dealers (McBride in his breakout role) house, a car chase, a dinner at the house of Dale's girlfriend, and finally the big action scene at the end at Ted Jones underground warehouse.
The two best parts of this movie are James Franco as the pot dealer, Saul, and Danny McBride as Red, the guy who Saul gets his supply from. Originally it was supposed to be Franco in the role of Dale and Rogen as Saul, but they switched because Franco was better at being Saul. They really made the right choice there. I don't think I would have liked this movie nearly enough if the roles had been switched. Red is a very funny character. He bakes cakes for his dead cat, and is waiting for his wife to get out of prison. Meanwhile, he fluctuates between being loyal to his boss, Ted, and loyal to his friend, Saul. He makes the right choice in the end.
This movie is one of those movies that you will find yourself quoting over and over again.
Rating: 10/10, recommend to everyone who likes funny movies
Official Site: http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/pineappleexpress/
IMDb: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0910936/
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