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Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
Real bad I mean terribly bad
OK let's see, I am almost 4 years too late from the release but let me say this, Starship Troopers was one of my all time favorite sci fi movies to watch especially the re-release on Blu-Ray, I can watch that movie sooooooo many times and get pumped up and ready for action. I never seen part 2, but I figured with Van Dien Back, Marauder may be worth a look. Boy you can see just the look of Van Dien as he himself did not even take this role seriously at all and why should he? For starters this movie comes 11 years after the original, and yet even with today's computer technology the cgi looks incredibly bad, some video game effects look better. I know it's a much lower budget (original cost 105 million to make, this one got I believe close to 10 million) which even with all that, this is really bad. you can also see the age of Casper as well as he is 40 in this movie vs being 29 in the original. The bugs looks real dumb, the direction of Paul Verhoeven was soo missing here.
The movie starts off as we see the bugs are at attack again, and Mobile Infantry has designed some sort of electric shocking device to keep the bugs out of their unit. The Sky Marshall is a multi-platinum singer who ends up getting obsessed with the bugs. This movie had lots of less action and of course with the low budget I can see why, if they even though of trying to carry the same action that Verhoeven did, they would've shot themselves in the foot really bad. The sky marshall gets very religious and tells people they need to believe in god and all will be well. Well the god he was talking about wasn't really god, it was the BUG god, the brain behind the brain that was captured in the first one. The Bug God is the really horrible looking pathetic humungous bug ready to take over the world. And the Sky Marshall leads the gateway to side with him, givehim all his knowledge and let the world be taken over by planet P! Well not if General Rico has anything tos ay about it, what we get here is the introduction to the weapon to completely blow up planet P, and of course the Marauder weapon which was pretty cool, IF THEY HAD A BIGGER BUDGET, the ending fight scene looked even worse than some videogames, and wow again Casper Van Dien's acting was so mediocre, you can tell he probably only even came back due to commitment as the original movie made him a star.......Well bad movie in all rights......I do give it a 2 just to see Rico return........otherwise this movie should not have been made.......Well heard last month 12/11 they are scripting a complete remake of the original 15 year old classic, hope it's good, and hope they have a big budget as well as the original became a cult classic and still one of the best by today' standrds.......
Urban Legend (1998)
Even after 7 years this movie is still a classic to see.....
This movie is just as good if not better than scream. I found myself completely blown away by the identity of the killer, I never, ever saw it coming. Well I won't say more for the people who haven't seen it. This movie for some reason got terrible reviews and I don't know why, The previews did make this look like an I know what you did last summer rip off, but man this movie blows that movie to shambles.
This movie also has some really hot women, in Rebecca Gayheart (nothing to loose) and that red head chick whose name I can't remember. Let me say this, you just won't see the ending coming at all. it's just the exact way you execute a slasher mystery.
10/10, one of my favorite ultimate slasher movies. THis movie should've gotten the attention it deserved and not just passed as anohter general slasher as it was more than just that.
Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001)
I actually see myself watching this movie a whole lot for some reason
Well OK, I watched this movie a little over 2 years ago and now I pulled it out of the dusty shelf to watch it again and I must say, I actually think this movie is good. This movie caught a buzz as the bootleg I Know What You Did Last Summer 3, much like Final Stab was to Scream 4, and well this movie isn't that bad. I mean it had flaws and of course it would be laughable to release this in the theaters but still for a midnight popcorn flick, this movie is not half bad. It has some scares, and some really hot women I might add. Plus it shows off Joey Lawrence's new beefy look though obviously even that hasn't won him any big Hollywood roles either......I feel bad for the man, he had such a career in the early and mid 90's with blossom, some Disney movies and the everlasting Lawrence brothers show.....Joey Lawrence was a bit player in the sitcom scene, but then like in a 360 degree turn, his career went south only doing low budget movies like this one.
The movie also throws you off guard in, it makes you think between the crew, there really is a secret that someone knows, to only be disappointed in the end to find out the secret. It also throws you off on who the killer is, I had an idea but still woulnd't think the killer was who he was, but his motives combined with the secret was a huge letdown. Now, had there been a secret that was let out? This movie could've been one of the better b rated movies. But also I am a sucker for college themes and I also in college went on spring break in a mansion sized beach house similar to the one in here so it just made me feel sentimental about this movie.
A so-so slasher flick. Good for a midnight movie.