Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The Butcher (2008)
Monday, July 4, 2011
The Found Footage List
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As you may have read, we have intense interest in the found footage genre. If you are one too, here's our recommendations on some found footage movies worldwide. We'll review these soon so in the meantime, light one for us.
The United States
1. Paranormal Activity
2. The Blair Witch Project
3. 8213 Gacy House
Australia
The Tunnel
Japan
Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Nights
Korea
Malaysia
1. Seru
2. Penunggu Istana
Indonesia
Keramat
Singapore
Haunted Changi
Thailand
Voice from the Grave (Coming Soon)
Greece
Subconcious
India
Ragini MMS (2011)
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Reviewed by Cigarette Smoking Man B
I don’t give a damn what anybody thinks, I love the freakin’ found footage genre. If you have been living under a rock or a fat wife for the past five years, it has been a craze for the horror community to get the genre right. It’s the whole ‘reality’ thingy and ‘what if it was me?’ feeling that gets my pants in a rush. Every country has got one, except for… can’t think of one at the moment, so, let’s carry on with my debut of a review...
India’s try with this genre comes from Independent Bollywood iRock, claiming its bollywood entertainment redefined, helmed by some director dude named Pavan Kirpalani. The release of this flick came by a storm of boring warnings by the Indian Board of Film Certification requesting for some loads of censors for gratuitous boobies grabbing and ass shaking scenes. If you ask me, they should have shit lots of that. Now, the censored version of RAGINI MMS floats around.
I must say, this movie had me sweaty for the first hour of the movie with a lot pure cock teasing moments and what the ladies refer to as ‘intimate moments’ as our main characters Uday (Raj Kumar) and Ragini (Kainaz Motivala) run thru the town and set out for a erotic weekend at run down, bug infested, brothel like bungalow in the middle of nowhere. (Just for the record, my wife would cut my balls off we ended up there.) But to the surprise of all movie goers, Uday ain’t no Bubba Love as he actually made a deal to get Ragini doing the wild thing on camera so that he gets to be an actual actor… who can act!!. Fine explanation for the whole ‘CCTV mode’ of the movie. A lot of steaminess here and there but always keep your eyes out of focus as you will actually have glimpses of some activity elsewhere. The ghostly entity doesn’t actually rears in face till an hour in but it is worth the wait. There are moments in the movie that will get you hooked and I can actually say that without giving out any spoilers, this maybe the genre’s Top 10 worldwide list maker. The CGs are alright and avoiding typical horror clichés, I would recommend at least two views and some good subtitles. So till my next words, light one up for us. Download here
I Saw The Devil (2010)
Reviewed by Cigarette Smoking Man A
Korean cinema has come far than just sappy love dramas. Throughout my observation, Korea first came to attention with dramas like Winter Sonata that gain immediate international recognition with popular korean actors and cute-as-buttons korean actresses. On the other spectrum, Korea had also release thrillers such as Old boy, Chaser and Memories of Murder, all of which is high quality, extremely well-made movies that also established korean cinema as a powerhouse to be reckon with in the industry. To compare, I preferred Korean movies to Japanese ones, mainly because the pacing is much faster.
Then they came out with I saw the devil. Old boy, Sympathy for lady vengeance and Sympathy for Mr. vengeance is a trilogy of quality revenge movies by director Chan-wook Park and I thoroughly enjoyed all three for its art style and direction, not to mention rock-solid, gripping storyline. That being said, I saw the Devil runs in the same veins as a revenge flick but even better than the revenge trilogy. That's right. Director Kim Ji-Woon had succeeded in surpassing korea's best and most gripping revenge flick ever.
The premise of the movie is very simple. Fuck the complicated storyline with twist and turns. This movie is very, very straightforward and that's what makes it so damn enjoyable. A serial killer happens to kill a top secret agents fiancee and its up to the agent to avenge her. Simple as that. But the meat of the movie is the entire process on how the agent chased the killer and his method on inflicting pain to the killer. Expect superb acting by veterans Lee Byung-Hun and Choi Min Sik, both who are exceptional in their own movies and even better when they are working together. There's this one scene in the movie (I won't reveal much) that involves the inside of a cab and 3 murderers. That scene, you will have to see to believe, awesome camera work and action choreography. The movie is violent and gory, but not something that we gore-fans can't handle. Each gore scenes and violent altercations are there because it needs to be there, not to be there to satisfy gore fans. It's 2 hours long but because its so damn good, you won't feel it. Foreign release of the movie will have theaterical cuts, get the uncut blu-ray version. You will thank me.
For me to review any further would be me spoiling the movie for you. What I can suggest is watch the movie (like fuckin' NOW), cos' if you don't, you will be missing out on one of Korea's best thrillers. Download here