lel8one Reviews

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

fab!

[8/10 · 25 October 2004]

I'm a total Alien's fan! Could watch one of the 4 of them every night!

I thought the film was really good, made you think about the whole Alien - Predator saga.

I thought the story line was good, with regard to the fact it was set before Aliens but after the Predator films, made sense if you really thought about it. Setting was good as well, it would of been too hard to do it on another planet or in a city.

They could of perhaps got a stronger cast i thought, except the guy from Trainspotting, he was good!

Even still.....Brilliant!!!!!!

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Great

[6 June 2004]

Really good film, I liked this one!

I recently bought the boxed set, (all 3 films) and really enjoyed watching them again. I have to admit though, I did not quite laugh as much as I did when I first watched them.

I remembering watching them the first time and thinking "What the hell am I watching? This is MAD! hahaha lol. All the bits like Frank hitting stuff with his car every time he parks and the bit with Nordberg at the start - classic!

Really good light-hearted fun...

7 out of 10

Mad City (1997)

If you like Travolta - watch this

[6/10 · 5 April 2004]

Quite a good film, the initial situation grabs your interest and you kinda wonder throughout the film how it's going to end.

You understand where Travolta is coming from, and the whole debacle really intensifies after what is really an accident...he's trying to get his old boss (who had to pay him off) to listen to him, and while waving his shotgun about (only to emphasis his point), he acccidentaly shoots the remaining guard in the chest!

I don't really care for Hoffman and actually frowned on his flirting with his young assistant, nothing sinister - I just don't think he's attractive enough to carry it off - sorry.

Good film though, and a reasonably unexpected ending......

Above average 6 out of 10.

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Quite good

[7/10 · 4 April 2004]

Had heard of this film for ages but never actually watched it. Looked at the cast list, recently and thought: "I should really have seen this....".

I thought it was quite good, quite intricate and it's testing to keep up with all the different characters at times... Crowe isn't my favourite actor, but I thought Spacey was his shmarmy best. It gave an insight to how corrupt the LAPD was/is... probably even more corrupt back in the time the movie was set.

I would definatly recommend people to watch this and make up their own minds but it's not one I'm going to rush out and buy.

7 out of 10.

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Seen better, seen worse.

[5/10 · 9 March 2004]

Cold-war submarine films are not my favourite, but i thought i would watch this seen as I quite like Ford and Neeson. The film was alright, quite a good edge to it, but it's not one of those that you sigh at the end of, and say "That was guid!" It was more a sort of "Glad i wasn't involved in any of that!!!" Made more interesting by the fact that it was based on a true story, the film slowly moves along, building the characters as you go. The special effects were quite good, (it was made in 2002 though...)

All in all a 5 out of 10 for me....