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Reviews
The Reaping (2007)
Predictable, but hardly horrible
In the light of all the horrible reviews I've seen of "The Reaping" in IMDb.com, I was actually a little confused whether I should go see it or not. But then, Friday night, and I was bored, so I thought what the heck. The result is that although the movie certainly isn't something that'll stay in my memory for too long, it was hardly as bad as a lot of viewers have been making it out to be either. The story follows Hilary Swank's character, a former priest who has lost her faith thanks to a past tragedy. She's now a professor at LSU who's obsessed with debunking supposed 'miraculous' events throughout the world. She gets called to Haven, a backwater town somewhere deep within the bayous, where supposedly the ten plagues from the Old Testament have been showing up one after the other. First, the bad: the plot builds up neatly for the first one hour, but after that it's so predictable that it's not even funny. You can see the ending and the twist coming from a mile away, leaving you a little underwhelmed at the end. Secondly, some of the acting was pretty ordinary. The actress who plays little girl in the center of the story was unconvincing at times, and god after this movie and Basic Instinct 2, I think David Morissey should just pack his bags and return to England. He's just plain horrible, with the most horrible 'southern' accent ever, which kept switching back to his native English accent from time to time. Now the good: as predictable the story is, it's still solid and is paced well. Although the ending's predictable, the ride leading to it is not too shabby. A lot of that has to do with the special effects used to portray the plagues; very impressive use of CG I must say. There are one or two creepy moments in the movie, not as many as you'd want, but the ones that are there are well done. In conclusion, it certainly isn't the best supernatural thriller you'll ever see. The twists and the ending are predictable and if you're looking for an all out scare-fest in the vein of the recent release Dead Silence (an underrated gem that one, but that's another story) you'll be disappointed. However, it certainly isn't the worst movie you'll ever see and this isn't a bad movie for a night when you're bored and there isn't anything better to watch. Certainly when it's out on DVD, it's worthy of a rental.
Junoon (1992)
One of the better Indian Horror Films
Horror movies in the early 90s were typically Ramsay Brothers low budget fares starring B list actors. Junoon was the rare exception, produced by the Mukesh Bhat and with a quite strong cast, including the then rising young stars of Bollywood, Rahul Roy and Puja Bhat. The story was pretty good too, with a quite original take on the werewolf myth, only with tigers. Rahul Roy plays a spoilt rich brat, who is attacked by a cursed tiger during a nocturnal hunting expedition. The next full moon, he himself turns into a tiger and must hunt for prey. The rest of the story is his wife (Puja Bhat) and her ex boyfriend racing against time to stop him. Not really that scary, but the original story and very good special effects, considering the times make this the best Indian horror movie of the 90s, and one of the better ones of all time. Recommended.
Saw II (2005)
Wow
Just got back from watching Saw II. I'd never seen the first one, never want to really, and I must admit when I heard that they'd come out with a sequel so soon, I rolled my eyes thinking to myself "eh, just another blatant Hollywood attempt to cash in on the existing popularity of a hit movie". But I went along with my friends to watch it anyway. And I came out of the theater with the credits rolling a very very impressed man. The story, the camera work, the violence, everything just blew me away. The movie also manages to throw some social commentary at you. But what I really loved was the subtle hints that the director threw at the viewers all throughout the movie. Right from the beginning, you see things, hear things, things that seem really unassuming and harmless at first, but at the end of the movie, all of it ties up for an explosive twist. The final twist of the movie caught me totally off guard, I don't think I've been so surprised by a movie twist since "The Others" in 2001. This is a great movie, and if you're not scared of blood and are a horror/thriller fan, you owe it to yourself to watch this movie. Now to go get Saw 1 in DVD...
Arpointeu (2004)
The best Asian horror movie since Tale of Two Sisters
I just picked up R-point outta the blue one night when I didn't have much to do. By the end of the movie, I was sh*t scared, and for the next two nights, I went to bed with the light on. Even then, it wasn't easy to sleep. R-point had that kind of an effect on me. It's kind of hard to pinpoint what exactly makes R-point such a creepy film. It doesn't have an abundance of gore. It isn't chock full of special effects, neither does it use cheap shock tactics. However, right from the intro R-point has a quiet sense of dread which slowly but steadily grows over the next one and a half hours, until right before the end when all hell breaks loose. The atmosphere of the movie is superb, as is the acting. Although the soldiers are rarely given much character development, their growing sense of tension and paranoia is superbly paced by the director, and even without the character development, you end up caring for more than one of the soldiers. There is more than one genuinely creepy moment in the movie, with the one standout being when one of the soldiers gets separated from his platoon, but then thinks he sees them right in front of him, moving cautiously forward...he follows them, but we can tell that something is wrong with this platoon of soldiers, that it's not his group...we wait in tension as the soldier makes his way near the group as they move forward in slow motion, and right as he's almost catching up with them, the group of soldiers slowly seem drop down on the long grass...and then they disappear. I know words don't do this scene justice at all...but it was one of the creepiest scenes I've ever seen in a horror movie, right up there with Sadako climbing out of the television set in Ringu. In conclusion, if you're into thoughtful, atmospheric horror movies like Ringu and A Tale of Two Sisters, this should be right up your alley. I know a lot of people in IMDb seemed to have complained that they didn't understand the movie, but I thought it wasn't that hard to understand at all. All in all, R-point is a great movie. Score another point for the Korean movie industry, which keeps churning out excellent movies like Oldboy, Tale of Two Sisters, Failan (which is not a horror movie, but is beautiful nonetheless) and now R-point. HIGHLY recommended.