Tversity treats

What Doesn't Kill You, was pretty good, an understated tale of a couple low life hoods in Boston, apparently based on a true story, it's got two strong performances from Ruffalo and Hawke that lift it above the well trod path.

Escape from Huang Shi, another true story, sadly wasn't as well acted, Rhys-Meyers & Mitchell both ropey, which was a bit of a shame as it's a great story. Nonetheless it was fairly enjoyable, with some stunning landscapes and of course Chow Yun Fat.

Prophecy, the first of this week's Frankenheimer pics, wasn't a great film but provided me with quite a few unintentional laughs. Essentially a monster movie with some enviromental stuff stitched in, it had a decent cast but was poorly scripted and directed. I loved the bit with the kid in the sleeping bag trying to escape Monster-X however.


The other film from F. this week is The Train - this was a fantastic WW2 thriller about a greedy Nazi trying to steal art from Paris before the Allies arrive. Burt Lancaster stars as a resistance hero trying to thwart their plans - great stunts, well paced and some great performances. Gonna have to get this for the shop.

And finally we have another Roger Corman pic - The Man With X-Ray Eyes - short and to the point this scifi drama played out a little like an episode of the Twilight Zone. Basically an ambitious scientist experiments on himself and ends up with extraordinary sight allowing him to see not just under peoples clothes but eventually into the depths of space, cool.