Crank 2: High Voltage starring Jason Statham is a fine sequel with the same insanely frenetic action and tongue in cheek humour as the original. Fans of highbrow movies should definitely avoid this one as it's crude and very violent throughout - otherwise strap yourself in for a thrill-ride like no other. Now that Statham has moved away from Ritchie's tired London-shtick he's turning into a very capable action star and has handled his recent projects really well.
I Love You, Man was a little disappointing, I like Rudd and the other guy from Freaks & Geeks Seagal I think and it was funny for most of the film but it traded on the fashionable cringe-comedy too much, was at least 20 mins too long and had a very predictable rom-com plot.
Thing From Another World - bit of a classic this one. I hadn't seen it in ages so thought I'd give it a go and it still stands up on it's own terms. Everyone smokes constantly and there's some nice lines between the Captain and his paramour mixed between attacks from the Thing. Worth catching if you've only seen the Carpenter remake.
God Told Me To, a weird little Larry Cohen film turned out to be quite good and ripe for a remake I think. The film follows a Catholic police detective investigating a number of unusual killings, all explained by the perps as occurring because "God Told Me To" - naughty, naughty God. Anyways this grimy little film then twists into something altogether different when the cop realises he might be connected to the crimes himself. I won't explain more but keeps your eyes open for the mangina at the end.
Another Larry Cohen film I watched over the weekend was Maniac Cop - despite starring Bruce Campbell this was a tediously formulaic, poorly shot killer-thriller. Not sure how it spawned two sequels.
No comments:
Post a Comment