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Night Shift (I) (2023)

Promising with a bad ending

[3/10 · 10 March 2024]

I was prepared to waste an hour and a half on a Saturday night with this one but it turned out this was pretty good for about two thirds of the film and easily worth six stars (or more). Solid acting by Phoebe Tonkin, Lamorne Morris, Madison Hu, and well, pretty much the whole cast. Everyone played their part with gusto on conviction. There really was a perfect balance between humor, suspense and apprehension throughout the film. My reason for 3 stars is 'the big twist' in the story. The last few minutes were a complete disaster IMHO and although the directors thought they were being clever, let's face it, we are not that dumb.

Reminiscence (2021)

A cross between Bladerunner and Strange Days

[8/10 · 25 August 2021]

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Sure, there are some 'believability' gaps but overall, the filmmakers created some decent world building.

G-Loc (2020)

Good story Low budget

[7/10 · 11 August 2020]

The script is solid, the CGI decent, acting is fine (not great). The real sets are decidedly low budget. A little more of a budget would have helped but it is certainly watchable.

The Complex (2020 Video Game)

I found it entertaining

[8/10 · 2 April 2020]

Just got through playing this once (@ an hour and twenty min.) and am looking forward to playing through the other 8 possible endings. Good production values, decent story and acting talent. Defiantly the future of certain types of movies. Well worth the price.

Mandy (I) (2018)

Like a Film Adaptation of an issue of Heavy Metal....

[7/10 · 18 October 2018]

That was written by David Lynch. That sums this up in as few words as possible without spoilers. Worth watching.

AmeriGeddon (2016)

This is the 'Red Dawn' of the 21st Century

[8/10 · 22 November 2016]

With the budget and feel of a Hallmark after-school special from a parallel universe, this movie delivers to anyone familiar with most New World Order (NWO) conspiracy theories. I could lay out some inconsistencies in the plot but I don't want to give out any spoilers. Let me just say, it's all here: U.N. takeover of the US, EMP bombs, US Presidential\Political sellouts, Constitutional and 2nd Amendment flag waving, whistleblowers, you name it, it's mentioned. Curiously and refreshingly, there is no racist or anti-Muslim themes.

Preppers guides, Faraday cages, Ham radios, home power generators, John Deere products and a still in your new hilltop stone fortress of a house will all be on your shopping list after watching this movie.

The acting, as you can imagine, is about as wooden as a Hallmark after-school movie as well but they deliver the lines they need to keep the movie going. The 'battle at the Texas compound' and 'helicopter showdown' stretches the imagination a bit too but the girls are hot ...just saying.

Lastly, this did have the feeling of a pilot for a future series or at least a part 2.