The negative press surrounding this movie had until recently stopped me from watching this film since its original release in 2007. That reception is overblown if you ask me. This film is superior to the first in that it delivers what the audience is expecting from a goofy presence like this. We get carnage. We get multiple battles between the lone predator and the aliens. We get a passable story that takes turns but that doesn't take away from the…
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AVP: Alien vs. Predator 2004
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Alien vs Predator has a ridiculous premise and the audience knows exactly what they want going in. Gruesome violence and amazing fights between Fox's Marque aliens. The trouble is that this movie tries far too hard to get us invested in the plight of our human protagonists to detriment of the film. These human characters just don't have anything special to offer us. Even the lead character, Alexa falls flat to me. Forgiving the idea that an ice navigational guide…
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Satan 1991
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Satan follows young Vitaliy who is new to Moscow but engages in rape, blackmail, and murder with no remorse for his victims. However, much drama those crimes conjure up in the mind this movie does it with little fanfare. Vitaliy takes what he wants whether it be the newly wedded Bride's virginity or the credit for Olya's murder. I struggled to stay engaged with the story but it was interesting to see the Soviet system on the big screen. The…
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Europa 1991
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With limited experience watching Lars von Trier films, I came into Europa excited to see what the fuzz is all about. And Wow what an experience indeed. Europa focuses on a little-known time in history as Americans occupy Germany and as civilians attempt to return back to civil society. The protagonist is Leopold Kessler, a young American man, and pacifist trying to do his part in rebuilding Germany in the post-war period. Leopold never served and has only recently come…
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