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Hellbox III - A Vingança De Alastor (2020)
Surreal vision of hell
HELLBOX 3 picks up right where the last one ended.
The film's biggest problem is the script which relies too much on the special effects and the creatures,
Rui Constantino handles the film well visually with his two best sequences taking place in hell.
Outside of those uneven effects, the rest of the film's effects work and is really well done.
Alastor returns and we finally see him, in full form, and i really liked that, i was expecting a fight between him and the priest, but it never happend.
This low budget 3rd chapter leaves room for another sequel, i´ll see it when it arrives.
Sniper Português (2020)
A Bare Bones Sniper Thriller
Thoroughly enjoyed this.
Keep watching and you will discover a movie that has good and evil set straight in it's sights.
I'm most impressed by the fact that a film that I expected absolutely nothing from ended up being worthwhile.
The ending leaves space for a sequel, if it happens i´ll see it.
A Chamada 2 (2019)
A sequel i won´t forget for a very long time
I´ve waited for this movie for many years, since the first one came out and now it´s everything i want in a sequel, the gang is all here, and with more firepower than ever before, Breeder is more menacing than ever, he has a new elite soldiers force, the purifier has two new friends, the voodoo man and the mask maker, these lunatics are crazy, Alice is back, good cameo from this little actress, that one day will be a great protagonist, and the cameo of the blue star mercenary, one more to join the fun.
Agent Caetano is back with Chief Torres, and the portuguese police Department, along with the portuguese army.
They didn´t forget anyone, and that´s great !!!
Some movie forget about the past, but this one, is top notch on that.
The final conflict is glorius, Caetano is caught by the purifier, and they summon the dark demon from the institute, to enter his body, but Chief Torres returns from the dead, with portuguese army to kick back, and all hell breaks loose.
This movie has it all, I don´t know what they will try to do for another one, but it will be very difficult to top this, but i wish them luck.
For me, i´m buying the blu-ray of this great movie.
Hellbox II: A Dimensão Negra (2019)
Creative sequel
The imagination of this film is awesome. The first one is also good but in the second story is replaced by sheer brilliancy in the details of horror imagery. Secondly, I want to say that this a movie all fans of horror would have to see. It is the spirit of Constantino´s early vision.
The creatures from hell are all back from the clips that I saw it seemed more than promising and it sure was a great horror movie.
The special effects are wonderfully inventive and have clearly had more money thrown at them. "Hellbox II" is a glossier and more muscular beast than its predecessor.
Pushed forward by a strong cast (featuring Francisca Serralha that unfortunately died in January) and Constantino has the priest and Hugo Silvestre as Alastor.
This new monster lead is incredible, hope he can be in the next chapter.
Um Dia Negro 2: Estrada De Sangue (2019)
Supernatural crazy hitcher !!
This film does many things right. first and foremost, it nails suspense. We are brought from scene to scene with the most tension possible.
I would expect more violence, and much more gore. There is much potential for gore, and it is heavily played down.
So we get a roller-coaster such as this dark, violent road thriller where surviving seems impossible.
The flick has some moments where logic seems to be in question, but the flick is so well made and the suspense and style so ratcheted up, I could forgive momentary lapses of realism.
In this sequel the mystery of the hitcher is never revealed, he keeps coming back, even after Ricardo killed him in the first movie, there´s room for another chapter, i hope all is revealed in the next one.
I have various questions, but no answers : Why all the cat-and-mouse that ensues ? Why he kills everyone on the forest road ? Why he never leaves the forest ?
This movie is crazy, great stuff from the enigmatic director Rui Constantino
Overall rating: 7 out of 10.