Tag: 2010

My Soul To Take (2010)

This is the latest from writer director Wes Craven (original nightmare on elm street). This is a new slasher thriller.

Starts with a story about a murder being hunted only to turn out a everyday family man with split personality or souls depending on the legend you hear. After his sane personality figures out he is the ripper the cops head out to stop this killer. after discovering he has killed his pregnant wife he goes after his little girl on for the cops to stop him. transferring him to the hospital an accident loses the body into the river.

16 years later we have seven teenagers who were born the same day the ripper died. These seven of all different social groups meet and a ceremony every year to guard from the ripper’s return. only it got interrupted by the police. now the ripper is back but who is he?

This film has similar feel to a lot slashers with some twists turns to keep you guessing on who the killer is. it lacks in suspense of the great slashers but is worth a view if you like a horror slasher movie, it also gives little character development to the surviving cop who is trying to figure out what is going on. The overall storyline is nice with the whole high school politics and their weird scoring punch system and a good job from an unknown cast too.

My rating 74%

Tags 2010, Horror, My Soul to Take

Movie Review

Megamind (2010)

Director: Tom McGrath

Starring: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller

Based on the idea of Lex Luther defeats Superman.

Megamind blasted to Earth from a dying planet and Metroman from a rival planet both grow up on Earth to become best of enemies. Megamind is out blue antihero and his faithfully second minion keep finding plans to first escape prison, kidnap Roxy and try and fail to defeat Metroman.

One day he does, then we are left with a super villain with no hero to stop him. feeling empty inside he starts to question is motivation until he decides to create a new hero. This plan like all his other fails and Megamind himself must now become the hero.

With a great list of voice talents including Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah hill and David Cross. this is one of your usual ABC animation of good is in all however evil you may well have been. Megamind is very likable anti hero who always wanted just to be loved and to be a normal person.

My Overall Score is a strong 85%

Tags 2010, Animation

Movie Review

Tron Legacy (2010)

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Beau Garrett, Michael Sheen

This is the follow up to the 1982 movie Tron Staring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn Fighting on the grid of a virtual reality world. Fast forward twenty years we meet Sam Flynn, Kevin’s son a Twenty-seven year old tech at the firm Kevin once ran.

Sam receives a page from his father old arcade so he goes to investigate only for himself to get transported into the grid. Now a much darker world Sam get captured and sent to play on death games where he meets Clu who he believes to be his father but is just a clone of him. fighting in the games he is saved by Quorra and taken to his real father who is in hiding from Clu. Now some back story fills in some gaps and we are left with the race to escape.

Jeff Bridges delivers good performance as Kevin Flynn and Clu and Olivia Wild as Quorra is a good addition with he beauty and with her programmed robotic performance. Garrett Hedlund as Sam Flynn does a good job after being on of his only major film roles. Also a nice almost cameo from Michael Sheen. With a huge 170million dollar Budget it has been success with almost 400 million dollars made from it.

This film is visually brilliant but the truth is instead of a remake it really is just a revamped sequel. the grid games are similar only in 3d now and some added machines to use for transport.

Overall this is a good film that is well worth a watch with strong performances and good story and good visual effects. my rating is 88%