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Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
Loved It ......
I seem to be in a bit of a minority here, but I loved 'Open Water", thought it was one of the best low budget films to date, and made me fear the ocean all over again ...(thanks "Jaws"!!). So I was pretty excited when I saw this on the shelf, had no qualms shelling out some dosh, and I am so pleased that I did ... Possibly even better than the first, talented (if fairly unknown) actors, and just a great premise ..... I can see how something like this might happen,a stupid mistake that can have very real consequences, and while I was sitting comfortably on my chair in my lounge, thinking "you should try this or try that", (which they mostly did anyway), I'm sure thinking logically whilst bobbing about in the very cold ocean is not so easy ..... I loved it, made me squirm, had to look away at times, and really felt for all the characters and their different ways of dealing (or not) with the situation ..... A great film.
Dead Birds (2004)
This is an Awesome Film...
I watched "Dead Birds" last night, and this was one kick-butt movie. It was refreshing to see some new ideas, I think Alex Turner is a directer to watch. Plenty of gore for the gore hounds, and loaded with jump-out-of-your-seat scares, this sees a motley group (deserters?) rob a bank during the Civil War, then take refuge in an abandoned old house, waiting for the heat to die down. Things get interesting as the night wears on...... After having a whine to a friend that the Americans just can't make horror films anymore, I had to eat my words. The cast are uniformly excellent, the token female is a babe, the special effects are really well done, (I believe this was a bit of a budget film, but it doesn't show). I'm pretty sure the house is the same one thats in the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre!! Anyway, keep an eye out for future Alex Turner projects, he's going to make something really important one day. Loved this.