I can't remember if I saw Dawn Of The Dead. I may have to hit the Library and check it out regardless if I did or didn't. Mac on the other hand probably has a copy bedside.

Resident Evil: Retribution (#5)


Ugh, how utterly disappointing. Not sure where to begin. Looking back at what I just watched, I can only think that this is just a quick filler movie to get from Resident Evil: Afterlife (#4) to #6. Because all this was is an escape film out of a Hollywood style set (uber big and fancy). Hardly any character, let alone character development. The dialogue was abysmal. The acting by some of the new folk was just ridiculous. I was really rolling my eyes, thinking, is this a joke? Some special effects were pretty cool while others were **** poor SyFy channel quality. I don't understand. It seemed so rushed and the editing just erratically moved it along.

I couldn't recommend this except for one reason. Alice (Milla Jovovich) baddass S&M suit. Sexxxxxxy.

House at the End of the Street

Meh, this is a rather ho-hum thriller/horror film we've seen several times before. With a couple of jump scares, but not much tension beyond that. I think you can see story lines coming at you a mile in advance. It does have a twist and that may make it worth watching. The acting is fine by Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue and Max Thieriot, but nothing phenomenal. I believe the target audience would be the tween crowd loving Hunger Games. Otherwise is an immediately forgettable movie the minute it ends.

Dredd (2012)

Let's make this clear, Judge Dredd (1995) is diametrically opposite of Dredd (2012) in so many areas. I know people will want to compare, but I think it's a waste of time. Talking apples and oranges. Dredd is a serious perspective depiction compared to the campy/humorous 1995 version. From what I understand the Dredd version is faithful to the UK comics. And that's fine. I liked it for what it was. I liked Judge Dredd for what it was.

I also get the comparisons to The Raid: Redemption. Dredd and his rookie Judge Anderson go investigate a triple homicide at a block. We learned from the other UK film Attack the Block that a Block is a building structure, that for the most part takes up a city block. Anyway a gang runs the block and a lock down occurs with the sole intention to kill the two judges. So another cat and mouse game occurs in the setting of one tall building. The violence is extreme. Bloody, gory and in ultra slo-motion at times. They incorporated a cleaver idea of distributing a slo-mo addictive drug as the gangs income. Time suddenly slows down in the users mind. This brings some almost poetic, surreal deaths.

I thought the pacing was excellent. The characters fun to watch, even the bad guys. I thought it was a bold move to have Dredd never reveal his face. At first I was thinking eyes express so much... but in this case a judge is supposed to engage justice and by having a faceless judge it takes away, yet adds a different dimension to the character.

I highly recommend a watch if you like action movies in this caliber. Watch it without prejudice.

Looper

I did not like this as much as I was thinking I would. Maybe too much hype, maybe I was tired. Maybe people want to be hip. I dunno. This is a time traveling, thinking sci-fi flick that pushes and pulls, and distorts the story line. Like an onion, it slowly peels back the layers of mystery waiting for the payoff. I did not see the payoff until the last minute, but in again, maybe I was tired.

I think Looper is 2012's Inception. That's fine and bring on more inspiring films like this, because my biggest complaint about sci-fi is gets to family friendly, too dum-ed down, to predictable.

I need to watch this again. I may change my rating at some point.