kidCrow Reviews

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

It's hard to even talk about the story, because the Red-Bull & coffee induced editing just takes you out of the story.

[3/10 · 5 April 2017]

This is by far the worst of all the Resident Evil films. I had to check and see if it was the same director, because the direction seems a jump from previous films. In the past, The Resident evil films used all the cliché film jump scares and action fighting sequences. Cliché means that it works, but has been over done…. but it works. Paul WS Anderson seems to be trying something new, or just wanting to upset his audience so they stop asking for more of these Resident Evil films. The story, is passable, but it's the editing that is just brutal. This film is like watching a strobe light, while driving on a bumpy, pot-hole filled road. I think he purposely broke all rules of editing. He constantly breaks the 180 rule, where the camera should never jump more then 180 degrees, because it throws the viewer off, and brings them out of the situation. Anderson will have 2 characters fighting, in the next shot they are in the opposite position. He will have 6 cuts for something that should be 2. He has shots that are under 9 frames (it takes 6 frames of film, for the human brain to register what it is seeing). The camera shakes all over during action scenes like it's sitting on a paint mixer. We go from mid-shot, to extreme close up, to an extreme close up of something else, but with a moving camera. Pull outs, followed by a push in. Flashes of random images of gore from previous films. Whip-pans that cut away to a 10 frame shot. Jump-cuts where the camera cuts to a slightly closer and slightly different angle, where it could have been different takes, and someone forgot where the camera was placed. Characters in different positions from one cut to the next. … and more. It's hard to even talk about the story, because the Red-Bull & coffee induced editing just takes you out of the story so harshly, that the acting, special FX, and Action are all irrelevant. Just be sure you are not epileptic before watching this film.

Kill List (2011)

What we expect from critically acclaimed film... trash

[1/10 · 7 August 2012]

Australian film makers have put out a number of really good horror/suspense films, but this is the worst. I expect a lot of character development in Aus films. Much more then western films. In the west, the first 45 minutes could be cut. This film drags on and on, with a few action points to try to wake up the audience, to no avail. With 5 people watching this we all voted to play it at 2x speed, and still people were getting up to check their email. The sound designer should be fired. If any of you ever listen to Pink Floyd, you'll know this feeling. Most of the volume is super low. We had to turn the volume up to 8 to hear what people we talking about, but then there will be something like knocking on a door, or an action sequence, or party, where the volume is SO super loud, that even on volume level 2 it would bother your neighbors. Don't watch this film. If you HAVE to watch this film, watch it at 2x speed, and with the volume remote in your hand. Also.. Spoiler----> This is just a bad remake of Wickerman.

The Phantom (1996)

This movie is a MUST SEE

[7/10 · 30 July 2000]

For those who like Rocketteer, Deep Rising, Tremors, Pitch Black, This is a movie for YOU. It has all the thrills of a roller-coaster. It's like watching a comicbook. Roger Rabbit is another. Believe anything, relax, and don't take it too seariously, and you will love this film. It has brainless, popcorn fun for multiple viewings. The Shadow is another. If you like any of these films, you will like this one. Some people go to movies to change there lives. Others just go for fun. This is for those people.

Simple.