Reviews

I'd read some bad reviews, so my expectations were low. This is normally a good thing , there's a good chance I'll enjoy it, but this Terminator deserved any and every criticism, as a stand alone it was at best mediocre, as a key part of the franchise, it brings about it's demise. There was nothing fresh in this. Most of the action seemed to be a cut and paste of 1 & 2, but now the terminator seemed to be able to fly, divide into 2, and grow tentacles; probably to appeal to the Marvel fan or the hard of thinking. I've seen and enjoyed the new Bladerunner and, The Martian, but for the life of me I don't recall Davis. Here in a main role, she really doesn't impress. Initially see seems to affect a Robot-y demeanor, which is odd as she is an(enhanced) human, maybe its her acting style or bad direction. Much worse though is Hamilton's role, I like and respect Hamilton but she should have given this a miss, to resurrect her character after nearly 40 years was just wrong. It was like they were dragging round a senile bad-ass granny, it was as if she has become a parody of herself. But it wasn't really her fault entirely, she had been given some of the most cringe worthy, cliched cheesy lines in movie history. Arnie turns up, but adds little more than his name. The other protaganists I barely remember. In T2 Robert Patrick was a frightening and relentless Terminator,scary. Arnie forged an ersatz parent child relationship. These aspects reached out and connected with the viewer. I felt no emotional connection with TDF whatsoever, I didn't care what happened to the characters, or even the human race. There has been a lot of discussion on whether this was trying to be woke, I suppose its a fair comment. But if your trying to make a woman-prominent film you have to create more intelligent developed roles, it's not enough to stand in mens' shoes and say lines that could be written for men. Perhaps more woman should be involved in the whole production process, particularly Direction and scriptwriting. At the moment I don't think the is any need to be concerned with future T movies.

If you go right to the bottom of the pile of Prime's worst movies ,and then keep digging you may come across this. This is so far beyond terrible, but I did manage to laugh. It's set in a dystopian USA that has been "overrun" by Globalists (The S.C.R.A.G.S,honestly!) The rebel faction are the 'Pales'. The scrags head a conspiracy , whereby they kidnap pale women and breed them to create a global race of light skinned people. I can't believe that I'm writing this. I won't bother with the minutiae of the plot, but our 2 male, pale, heroes rescue a couple of unappealing females from the scrags , they live happily ever after. To be fair there were a couple of well shot scenes involving the car, with interesting music, but these were totally at odds with the rest of the film. The acting was completely and utterly diabolical as was the script, I think I've named a new genre 'Bumblecore'. The action scenes were risible in the truest sense. The special effect, an explosion, was made on a machine running Windows '98. The costumes were really funny, the fascist cops wore gas masks for some reason, and what appeared to be children's toy helmets that didn't fit properly. It put me in mind of very old b/w episodes of Dr Who. You could see that it was the same mishapen actors that were in every fascist cop scene. Lastly, it was made in black and white, apart from the scenes when it was inexplicably in colour. I've only bothered to write this because, once again it has been given a mystifying rating of 6.7, while on planet Earth 0.67, would have been generous. Perhaps if you were watching this with a few mates, beers and, smoking a few euro-fags, followed by Plan 9 FOS, it could be a giggle. Right now I score it as 1/2, the only reason that I scored so high is because the actresses kept their clothes ON!

It's not really a horror film, it's a tries-too -hard-to- be- arty teen flick with the cannibalism merely a device. Perhaps I'm being a little unfair, but I've looked forward to seeing this for some time, mainly because of the hype and it was a let down. It was well .made and good to look at but that's all. I only stuck it out to the end because of the supposed big reveal which turned out to be a damp squib and was obvious from the first scene.

I've just watched this on Prime. This is one of the most disturbing films I have seen, but utterly absorbing. I didn't recognise any of the cast but they all played their roles really well, in particular the very youngest child. It's uncomfortable viewing though not in the same vein as Hostel,Saw etc, and not nearly as visceral , until the last few scenes that is. I won't explain the plot, although towards the end when you think it can't get any more fu**ed up, it suddenly does (with a loud WTF! from me). There were some flashbacks and other small clues that alluded to the origins of the female protagonist, but nothing too explicit. At the end I couldn't help wondering how long Dad's activities had gone on for and there were maybe few bodies scattered around his ranch style property; Or even perhaps he was introduced to it by his own father?

I read here that some cinema goers walked out of this movie citing 'misogyny', woman here are subjugated and brutalised in many ways, but in no way is it titillating, sensationalised or enjoyable. You are left in no doubt that the males portrayed are nasty depraved scumbags who satisfyingly, get what they deserve. While the Father (and Junior) are clearly misogynistic, the subtext of the movie is not. I've said too much.