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Thursday 20 October 2016
Monday 3 October 2016
The purge election year review
THE PURGE ELECTION YEAR
Rotten tomatoes: 54% IMDb: 6.1/10
Cast: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson etc
Initial release: July 1, 2016 (USA)
Box office: 113.3 million USD
Budget: 10 million USD
Frank Grillo
Age: 51
Contact: @Francisco Grillo
Other appearances: Captain America: civil war
Elizabeth Mitchell
Age: 46
Contact: @Elizabeth Mitchell
Other appearances: Dead of summer
Mykelti Williamson
Age: 56
Other appearances: Forrest Gump
PLOT
As a young girl, Sen. Charlie Roan survived the annual night of lawlessness that took the lives of her family members. As a presidential candidate, Roan is determined to end the yearly tradition of blood lust once and for all. When her opponents hatch a deadly scheme, the senator finds herself trapped on the streets of Washington, D.C., just as the latest Purge gets underway. Now, it's up to Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo), her head of security, to keep her alive during the next 12 hours of mayhem.
CRITICS
Though too sloppy to hold weight as a political statement (e.g. “capital” misspelled in the opening info-dump), Election Year nonetheless manages to pack itself full of potent anxieties. Full review
The dystopian crime-frenzy horror franchise seems to have run a little short of new ideas. Full review
Election Year maintains the nervy tension that made the first films entertaining, but doubles down on the political metaphors, overwhelming you with its soap-box rhetoric. Full review
Let us now praise creepy masks and class warfare! Full review
OVERVIEW
I didn't even need someone to tell me this was a low budget movie😒. This was a poor sequel to its first two prequels; The purge (2013), The purge anarchy (2014). I initially liked the fact that the directors used the movie's characters to represent the presidential candidates of USA 2016 election. But it got silly when it came down to portraying the republican candidate (Donald Trump).
And the democratic candidate (Hillary Clinton) as this sinless saint.
You don't have to crush the image of someone to make a good movie. I mean Trump is doing that well enough by himself. Enough about politics.
- The movie centers around Charlie roan (the democrat), who was being attacked by terrorist/agents of the NFFA(the committee who supported the purge movement). I can understand her head of security taking a bullet to secure her, its his job. But she later got protection from normal civilians who where also being shot at. Its only wise for them to stay away from her if they wanted to survive😐😐. Its foolishness if everyone is trying to be the hero.
- Also people were travelling from far away just to witness the purge night.😑😑😑. They were literally travelling to their deaths.
- I still don't understand the relevance of these girls in the movie. They just died so quickly and easily.
Tobytale ratings: 6.0/10
Related movies: The purge, The purge anarchy etc.
Saturday 1 October 2016
The Conjuring 2 review
THE CONJURING
2
Rotten tomatoes: 80% IMDb: 7.6/10
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor, Simon Mcburney, Bonnie Aarons etc.
Budget: 40 million USD
Box office earnings: 320.1 million USD
Director: James Wan
Release date: June 8th, 2016
Patrick Wilson
Age: 43
Twitter: @Patrick Wilson
Instagram: @Patrick Wilson
Other appearances: Fargo
Vera Farmiga
Age: 43
Twitter: @VeraFarmigasEye
Instagram: @VeraFarmigasEye
Other appearances: Bates Motel
Frances O'Connor
Age: 49
Twitter: @francesoconnor
Instagram: @francesoconnor
Other appearances: The missing
PLOT
In 1977, paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren come out of a self-imposed sabbatical to travel to Enfield, a borough in north London. There, they meet Peggy Hodgson, an overwhelmed single mother of four who tells the couple that something evil is in her home. Ed and Lorraine believe her story when the youngest daughter starts to show signs of demonic possession. As the Warrens try to help the besieged girl, they become the next targets of the malicious spirit.
CRITICS
It's easy to feel a glimmer of admiration for his talent just beneath your tingling spine. Full review
While The Conjuring 2 isn't as innovative a horror film throwback as its predecessor, it's an excellent ghost story in its own right. Full review
Is the haunted house genre played out? It is until a goodie comes along that fries your nerves to a frazzle. Full review
With plenty of scares per square inch, this is a worthy follow-up to the original. Full review
OVERVIEW
I have loved horror for as long as I can remember. I watched them all from The Orphan to Case 39 to Child's play. Back then, these movies scared the hell out of me but overtime I became resistant to them. Until I watched the first Conjuring back in 2013.
I think Hollywood horror filmmakers have realized that horror movies don't scary their viewers like they used to, so they went on to make films which reenact true horrific events which took place a long time ago. I believe that this method they've adapted is very effective. There are some movies that aren't so scary as it is but when you realize that it's based on a true story, you start to believe that there is nothing stopping whatsoever it is happening in the movie from happening to you. WTF!
Conjuring 2 made use of this method and ended up frightening many of its viewers. Why is it that most scary movies make use of the most harmless things to torture an entire family. Such as; a little girl, an elderly person, a nun or even a doll. This movie had them all (well except the doll, that is just messed up).
Conjuring 2 was one of the most anticipated movies this year and it sure didn't disappoint.
Tobytale review: 7.5/10
Related movies: Annabelle, Insidious
Tuesday 27 September 2016
The 5th wave review
THE 5TH WAVE
Rotten tomatoes: 16% IMDb: 5.2/10
Cast: Chloe grace moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex roe, Maika Monroe, Live Schreiber, Zachary Arthur etc.
Budget: 35 million USD
Box office: 110.7 million USD
Director: J. Blakeson
Release date: January 1, 2016
Chloe grace moretz
Age: 19
Twitter: @ ChloeGMoretz
Instagram: @ChloeGMoretz Fan
Other Appearances: Kickass, Neighbours 2: Sorority rising etc
Nick Robinson
Age: 21
Twitter: @NickRobinson
Instagram: @NickRobinson
Other appearances: Jurassic world, Kings of summer etc
Alex roe
Age: 26
Twitter: @AlexRoe
Instagram: @Alexroe
Other appearances: Rings, Hot summer nights etc
PLOT
The human race stands on the brink of extinction as a series of alien attacks decimate the planet, causing earthquakes, tsunamis and disease. Separated from her family, Ohio teenager Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz) will do whatever it takes to reunite with her brother Sam. Fate leads her to form an alliance with Evan Walker (Alex Roe), a mysterious young man who may be her last hope. Forced to trust each other, Cassie and Evan fight for survival during the fifth assault from the invaders.
CRITICS
Taken on its own, "The 5th Wave" is an effectively decent post-apocalyptic, young-adult, world-in-the-balance survival thriller. Full review
Machine-tooled for teens, this dystopian sci-fi starring Chloë Grace Moretz starts well but wipes out in the closing minutes. Full review
For all the goodwill generated by its early scenes, by the time The 5th Wave lumbers to its conclusion, you realize you’re not watching a movie but an act of crisis management. Full review
Instead, The 5th Wave is another dystopian washout. Full review
OVERVIEW
This movie had a seriously poor reception even though the concept is similar to many successful movie like The hunger games, Independence day and many more. Personally I enjoyed the movie but I wouldn't still give it a high rating.
This is because the movie started out well but lost its initial purpose later on. The 5th wave was for the 'others' to take human form and kill every remaining human on the earth. One of the aliens took the form of a general and recruited hundreds or even thousands of children into one base, and then began training them for war against the humans. Why not just blow up the entire area where they were kept so they would just be left with a few surviving adults elsewhere. As the have successfully turned the children into soldiers, what is stopping the children from finding out the truth of who the 'others' truly are and killing them instead.
Funfact: Tobey Maguire, the first ever spiderman, was one the producers of this film 🙌🏾🙌🏾
TobyTale ratings: 6/10
Related movies: Ender's game, The maze runner etc
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