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Dog Soldiers (2002)
One of the best horror movies since The Evil Dead
Chances are most people will come across this movie like I did. Walking through your local video store looking at shelves for something to rent. Dog Soldiers caught my eye, and I picked it up, looked at it, and laughed. When I found nothing else in the store, I walked back to it and decided 'what the hell' and decided to rent it. When I got home and watched this movie, I was surprised to find out I had rented one of the best horror movies since The Evil Dead.
The premise of the movie is about a squad of troops that enduring survival training in the middle of nowhere (never a good sign), when they come across a rival squad that has been decimated, except for the leader who is badly hurt. Now throw in the typical chase/shooting/lets go in that house scene and you've got yourself a horror movie!
Some of the violence may be over the top (like when Cooper has his stomach sliced open), but the acting is suprisingly solid with some sassy british wit thrown in. Add that with some great scenes and decent werewolf design, and you've got what a horror movie should be, chilling, not special effects.
8/10
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
She's the last remaining original!
"She's the last remaining original!"
So says David, Saya's boss. Saya is a vampire, but she is the only person with the means capable to hunt the demons that have begun to run rampant around the military airbase where the movie takes place.
There are only a few demons left, but they are in danger of leaving the city, and if they do, demons will be running rampant throughout the world. The agency that Saya works for has a lead that says the demons are disguised as humans at a school, so Saya enrolls, hoping to find them before they can escape.
Blood: The Last Vampire, is a very, very, very violent movie as one would imagine. There are many scenes that will make you wince, but at the same time you won't want to take your eyes off the screen. Although it's only 45 minutes long, this movie will keep you watching from start to finish and wanting more.
Backyard Dogs (2000)
Just a horrible movie, especially for wrestling fans!
***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** When I first heard of Backyard Dogs, I laughed. Alot. Just the thought of making a movie about Backyard Wrestling is pure idiocy. So I imagined that this movie would be bad. Then one day at blockbuster, I came across this, so I decided to waste my money and see how bad it really was.
***Just a note, I am a LONG time fan of wrestling. I've watched it since i was 4 years old. Just to let you know I'm not some outsider that hates wrestling in general.***
Now, I get home and put this movie in DVD player (which will forever be soiled because of this) and took a seat. The story (heh) of this movie, follows two friends touring the backyard circut as a tag team called the backyard warriors in order to earn money for college next year. This tag team consists of 'The Paperboy' who's an all american hero and lee hakura 'the mighty ninja' (played by none other than Zack the black power ranger!). Lee brings his friend Chris (who's having legal troubles and needs money herself) to a backyard show. After paying to get in, they sit back and watch crappy wrestling complete with lines like 'that's real blood!' and 'this is crazy!' all leading upto the debut of The Paperboy! After the show and the next morning, the warriors ask Chris to manage them and get them known across the internet and the backyard circut, so they can get to the backyard championships which the winner gets a spot at the FMW pay per view. Chris decides to accept, but changes the paperboy into a much better gimmick. to quote her directly from the movie:
'Straight from the moshpits. Ooozing with slime. Cole 'The outlaw' Davis'
She also changes the name of the team to the 'Backyard Dogs' (after stepping in dog crap). Having their new business agreement, they drive off in Lee's expensive sports car.
Okay, you get all those plot holes?
They need money, so they're wasting their time backyard wrestling. People are PAYING to get into backyard wrestling People are getting PAID to wrestle in the backyard circut There's an actual backyard circut The FMW is coming to america Lee needs money, but he's driving an expensive sports car
This is just the START of all the plot holes in this movie, add bad acting/camera/horrible love story and just plain bad everything (the wrestling consists of slams, clotheslines and sloppy dropkicks), all adds up for piece of crap.
Some people i've talked to say this is a good movie for wrestling fans. No, it's even worse for wrestling fans, because it gives us all a reason to hate what we like. and for everyone that hates wrestling, doesn't give them a reason to like it. Backyard Dogs is just a horrible movie, especially for wrestling fans! There's a reason this sits at the bottom of the IMDB.