Posts Tagged ‘film’
The Darkest Hour: Review
Emile Hirsch stars in this sci-fi/action movie about a pair of friends that take a business trip to Moscow Russia. When the deal goes sour the decide to go out on the town to drown their sorrows. As the evening progresses and they leave an establishment, they see glowing alien creatures coming from the sky that soon turn invisible. As the surrounding citizens get closer to inspect the creatures they find out quickly that they didn’t come in peace. Now all that matters is their survival and to find how to stop them.
I enjoyed this flick quite a bit. I think mainly because I’m a big fan of sci-fi movies. This isn’t the best sci-fi movie I’ve seen but it was still pretty interesting. The fact that the threat is invisible added a certain amount of suspense to it as well. The aliens themselves were unique also. They weren’t seen at all for the most part but when they were revealed their look was a cross between the aliens from Independance Day and a some sort of glowing ball of energy (sorry, that’s the best I could come up with….lol). At times it did kind of feel like a big budget SyFy Original movie but I think the thing that did keep it afloat was Emile Hirsch. His acting ability really did help make this movie enjoyable as well and I thought he did really good in an action environment. Too bad there wasn’t a sweet Eddie Vedder sountrack to go along with it (I kid, I kid). This movie had a very ambitious ending and left it open to a sequel but I think thats asking for a little too much. Either way, if you dig alien invasion movies then it won’t hurt to “Redbox” it and give this a view.
The Woman in Black: Review
Starring Daniel Radcliffe as a young lawyer named Arthur Kipps, who is hired to handle the estate of Alice Darblow in a small English town after a horrible accident happens on the property (surrounded by marshlands). Soon enough a “woman in black” is spotted around the town and children being to mysteriously take their own lives. The people there realize that these incidents started to happen as soon as Kipps arrived in town and want him gone. He refuses to abandon the job that he was hired to do. As the days pass, Kipps himself comes face to face with the “woman in black” and now must find out what she is after and why.
This was a very pleasant surprise I must say. I saw Daniel Radcliffe and immediately thought “Aw hell, Harry Potter is in a horror movie” and that’s probably what alot of people thought as well I’m sure but that’s definitely not the case. Radcliffe really shows that he’s able to breakout of his HP legacy and try something fairly new for him (now all he needs is to be cast in a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and he’ll be set). This movie had all the best elements in an old school horror flick. The scares, the suspense and a little bit to be left to the imagination. It’s refreshing to see a horror flick that isn’t all about the blood and gore (not that I dont like those too) all the time. The ending was rather surprising but I do wish it would have ended with a bigger bang. Be that as it may, I recommend viewers that love classic horror to watch it and people that aren’t should definitely give it a chance. You’re sure to enjoy it.
Beneath the Darkness: Review
Starring Dennis Quaid, a group of high school students hear rumors about the “creepy mortician” in the neighborhood and decide to pay him a visit. What they find is a disturbing sight. After bring confronted and escaping the house of the mortician they are now his targets. He starts terrorizing the kids for what they saw and determined to silence them one by one.
This is one of those “under the radar” kind of movies. You know, the ones that make you say “Hmmm, well that sounds intriguing”. It was interesting to see Dennis Quaid in a role such as this. It’s huge departure from what he has played in the past and to be honest it kind of suits him well. I don’t think I’ve seen any of his work quite like this. The story could’ve used some work though. It has a good premise but I kept waiting for the big moment and it just never happened. Certain scenes had good build up and just as soon as I thought a good scare was coming it kind of fell flat. One of the only parts that made me feel creeped out was a buried alive scene. I don’t think I need to say why, it pretty much speaks for itself. Basically, this film had the inner workings of being pretty damn good but just missed the mark. It wasn’t completely horrible but most likely something I wouldn’t watch again.
