hereugo Reviews

100 Million BC (2008 Video)

Completely impossible idea, and bad acting.

[3/10 · 6 April 2008]

The acting is awful, I mean, REALLY awful. The budget is obviously very low, but I have seen short films with a 300$ budget with better acting than in this. The CGI on the dinosaurs is laughable, about 4 times as worse as sci-fi channel pumps out nowadays.

What is silly is the idea of going back 100 million years BC in order to cause the less effects that would change the future. In the movie one of the guys says "Why not send us back 6 weeks instead?", and then the physicist answers that by sending them back 100 million years, it has less effect in the future. This was really silly as the farther back in time you go, the larger chance of the smallest change, well, er, changing the future.

So the guys go back 100 million years, and some guy is smoking a cigarette right after they arrive and throws ash on the ground. That smallest change could mean species never even happened, even humanity might not exist just because of that.

But what is silly is the the sound effects of the weapons. They use an Mp5, but each persons MP5 sounds completely different when firing. One sounds like an M4, another an M249-saw, the list goes on and on.

Also you can hear birds tweeting in the background of the forest all the time, and I do mean modern birds.

Avoid this!!!

Outpost (2008)

A very nice surprise!

[8/10 · 22 February 2008]

Outpost was quite a surprise for me, and that means in a good way. I remember hearing about it a while ago but forgot all about it. I had the chance to see the movie recently and I sat down without any expectations at all. I figured it would be your typical B movie with horrible acting, but boy was I wrong. The first 10 minutes of the movie had me convinced that it would be a lot better than I had anticipated.

Memories surfaced of Dog Soldiers, mainly because a large portion of the Mercenaries team were of British, Scottish and Irish background. The cast mainly were from UK, which was nice to see them all acting different roles (Russians, etc, however poorly they did the accents).

One of the great things about Outpost is the setting. You really get a feel for a war torn country and the bunker itself seems rather eerie. The cast did a great acting job and to actually see some proper firefights for once was nice and realistic. The Mercenaries acted in a team, calling out when they are moving, setting, reloading and giving off information that would help the group move to cover, etc. Nice touch! The actual story was pretty good as well, but I won't ruin that here. Basically it is a mixture of horror and action with lots of suspense. The director deserves credit for being able to make a lot of things believable, as well as putting together the story into something that isn't a mess.

I gave this an 8 out of 10, because in my opinion, this is on the same level/quality as Dog Soldiers. Not a mega budget, but the actual story/acting/casting/direction all deserve credit. I would have paid to see this in the cinema, it was just that good. A movie that will probably go missed by lots, but for those who watch it then it most likely will be a surprise just like it was for me. If you watch it, don't expect too much from it and then you'll be able to enjoy it that much more as everything unfolds into "Wow, this is much better than I thought it would be".

Don't miss this, it's definitely worth it.