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The Cell 2 (2009)
Tessie is too grim
This was quite a short film 89 minutes and the last 8 were the credits with what could have been an ad for a holiday in Utah. I know they must have put up some money for the film. Anyway it was not a bad story but Tessie Santiago never smiled once and she is a beautiful girl and with her first role as The Queen of Swords wearing a mask she used her mouth to convey the emotion as did Michael Keaton as Batman. But in this she was just too grim. The other actors were adequate and the procedures seem logical, but I don't how The Cusp would have got away with it for so long, 23 murders. The film in England was rated 18 but should have been no more than 15 as there was hardly any blood and gore.
Queen of Swords (2000)
Best Script
This series was wonderfully scripted and my favourite lines come from the episode Kidnapped when Vera is saved by The Queen of Swords and returns to town on Grishams horse and Colonel Montoys says to Grisham "There is your girl, there is your horse, keep off one and get on the other and get me my gold" This episode summed up the series even though Dr Helm was not in it but mentioned in one scene. Other notable episodes are The Serpent with David Carradine, The Uncle and all the episodes that featured Peter Wingfield. A special mention to Yorkshireman Valentine Pelka for such a convincing portrayal of a Spaniard that I did not realise he was English. He also appeared in Zorro 1990 in one episode. Some episodes are cut. The death of El Serpiente is 5-10 seconds longer in the uncut version. four profanities cut in "Vengeance" and The Queen using a profanity in "Betrayed" is cut in some versions. The major problem was the sheer cost of each episode and being aimed at an adult audience.