Plot
"Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival"."
My Thoughts
A lot of people that where avid film fans in the 80's will know that this film is a remake/re-boot of the classic "Evil Dead" series, I never saw any of the films from the 80's and I do intend to watch them someday but that has nothing to do with this review. This film takes the same premise of the first film basically with friends meeting up at a cabin and strange events begin to occur once a book is found and passages from it are read out loud. The setting for this film was perfect the area around the cabin really lent to he atmosphere really well and helped draw the viewer in. The actors in the film are basically unknowns to most of the general audience, Which I felt was a good decision as a big name in a film like this would to me ruin it. The acting in the film was of good quality for a film of this nature no one actor did a bad job or stood out for a bad performance, I will say Lou Taylor Pucci gets a special mention in this film for me he played the character Eric who unknowingly caused all of the craziness that happens in this film, nonetheless his character for me the overall best character in terms of the writing and the way Lou Taylor pucci played him really made him stand out. When reading up on this film I was pleasantly surprised to see that the director decided to go the no CGI route, in today's times it is so much easier to just use CGI especially in a horror movie and I was happy to see that Mr.Alvarez decided against that completely and I felt it added a certain realness to the film that many horror films now a days are missing. If you area fan of gore and a lot of blood this is the movie for you this movie piles on the blood with more blood and I loved it it is very graphic and does not try to hold anything back it defiantly felt like a 1980's horror movie which was the golden generation for horror films, I was really happy to see a film like this being done so often you see a trailer for a horror movie and then after the trailer ends you see PG-13 and you know it is going to be watered down which is unfortunate but it is all about making money and more people will a chance to see a film if it is rated PG-13 and not R, Overall this was a very good horror film filmed when plenty of gore and "jump" moments if you are the type who is prone to that. There was not much I did not like about this film a few minor points about the film that I did not like, first the ending for me was not very good in the way it was executed,I wont say anything but I just did not like the ending, leading into my second gripe about the film had to do with the ending when a certain entity is awakened, all I will say the proper steps where not all fulfilled for this to happen which are mentioned in the film.My last minor gripe has to do with the beginning of the film the whole set off point of the film, the reason for them being in the cabin and the way they handled the situation once bad things began to happen for me was a tad unrealistic some may disagree with me but I didn't really believe the whole "kick" the drugs bit at the beginning especially the response they gave once outlandish things began to happen again i am really nitpicking none of these are major reasons they are all very minor.Rotten Tomatoes gave the film 63% saying "It may lack the absurd humor that underlined the original, but the new-look Evil Dead compensates with brutal terror, gory scares, and gleefully bloody violence", I have not seen the originals to comment on the comedic part of the new film contrast to the old films (the only chuckles in the film for me where given by the character Eric). the bloody,gore and all that I agree with wholeheartedly, this was a very good horror film that I highly recommend.
Rating
If you are a fan of Gore, Blood and "Jump" scares this is the film for you. 7.9/10!!!!!!!
The second and last film for the month of April is "Oblivion" Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko.
Plot
"A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself".
My Thoughts
I will be the first to say that I am not a bug Tom Cruise Fan, none of his films (with exception of "War Of The Worlds" ) I would say i enjoyed, this film kind of crept up on me , I had no intention of seeing the film until i saw the trailer and decided then and there I would go see this film. I think I should have stuck to my guns and decided against seeing this film, the trailer pulled a fast one on me, this film was not very good in any way shape or form, I don't really have anything to say about this film other than the execution and the acting was not good at all and the ending for me just ruined any chance of this film being any good at all. the one plus i WILL say is the CG was top notch but it is a Tom Cruise film so the budget will be a high one.Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 56% saying "Visually striking but thinly scripted, Oblivion benefits greatly from its strong production values and an excellent performance from Tom Cruise". I agree with everything they say except the score from me would be lower, there is nothing I liked about this film and i felt like i got sucked into "oblivion" by the time it was over.
Rating
Nothing to see here pass 6.7/10!!!!!!!
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