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The Black Phone (2021)
Really well done
I haven't read the book but have it on good authority that it is faithful.. I can't prove that but it doesn't matter..
For the first half an hour or so we see young Finney going through life with his sister.. they live with an abusive/alcoholic father who is a widower..
Finney has problems with bully's at school and is constantly looking over his shoulder.. all there while there is a serial child kidnapper in the area and a number of kids have gone missing..
No spoilers.. I would say get through the first 40 minutes and you're set..
The performances are great especially from Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw..
However in parts the writing is very clunky and doesn't seem to land but it's forgivable for a well crafted story..
Ethan Hawke is superb as the creepy Grabber and does invoke a lot of unease..
I highly recommend this one and could be my horror film of 2022 (maybe my overall top film of 2022)
Last Seen Alive (2022)
Awful! I want my hour and a half back..
Where to start? I've always enjoyed Gerard Butler but lately he seems to be taking some bad projects.. and this is no exception..
Butler plays Will Span who is going through a rocky patch with his wife.. on a road trip to her parents they stop at a petrol station and she mysteriously goes missing..
The acting is.. well I guess it can be called acting but it is really bad from everyone involved.. Butler seems like he can't be bothered and it's just a payday..
The writing/Dialogue is terrible.. the plot is shockingly bad.. there is one scene that made me laugh out loud and I don't think that was the intention.. You'll know it when you see it..
Overall I cannot recommend this one.. I really wish I could get my hour an half back..
Top Gunner: Danger Zone (2022)
The Asylum is still at it...
What is there to be said? The Asylum doing what The Asylum does best..
Ripping off a Blockbuster movie, BADLY!
I mean, the writing is always awful, the acting is even worse, the effects look like they're done by a 12 year old who has been using After Effects plug-ins..
Honestly though I can't hate The Asylum because most of their movies qualify as so bad it's good and always give a good laugh!
Don't pay for it though whatever you do... Just get some pals round, get drunk, stick the film on and take the piss out of it.