Film

[Pentagrimes]

Watched Event Horizon the other day which I'd somehow never seen. Not quite sure I get the hype but it was a good time. Bit of a Hellraiser buzz towards the end.

[StoutAndAle]

Watched "The Gray Man" the other night - should be called "Era, It's Grand, Man". Nothing to it. Few solid action scenes but a lot of the stunts are CGI.

I've been on an 80/90s action binge recently. Some of the stunts and stuff they did then were incredible. Especially in Hong Kong! Jackie Chan in "Police Story" and "Project A" is something else.

A fucking lunatic is what he is.

[open face surgery]

Only saw Event Horizon in the last few years and I loved it. Been meaning to revisit.

[Ollkiller]

Ya the Gray man was barely watchable for me. Event Horizon though is class. Haven't seen it in about 15 years. Must revisit.
Watched half of the new Elvis film last night. A big pile of meh. Prey is the best thing I've watched recently.

[astfgyl]

Event Horizon is class. Can't put an illicit substance into myself since without thinking about Sam Neill telling Laurence Fishburne "Where we're going we won't need eyes to see".

No Joke. Every time even if it's 2 pulls of a joint.

[ochoill]

Yeah fairly fond of Event Horizon too but seeing it when it came out likely helped.  Great film.

[Pentagrimes]

Sticking with Cosmic Horror, albeit dealt with in a far more absurd way,watched "Glorious" last night which I thought was fantastic, felt like a fresh take. And crucially for a modern horror film, it was actually entertaining. If you enjoy things like Frank Hennelotter or stuff like From Beyond, Society, etc it has that kind of darkly humourous vibe to it but it's absolutely not in any way a retro affair. Really enjoyable film.

[Necro Red]

Watched Rise Of The Footsoldier Origins the other night. Not to be taken too seriously at all, helps if ya love gangster movies. Violent and funny and Vinnie Jones beats up a load of lads. As an origin movie it is decent enough. The original one is still the best though. Any fans of the franchise?

Watched one of these on Netflix the last night. Absolute shite of the highest order.
It's like if the Kinahan's decided to make a movie lol

the first one is actually good. The rest are a bit meh. Entertaining anyway I found

[Necro Red]

Sticking with Cosmic Horror, albeit dealt with in a far more absurd way,watched "Glorious" last night which I thought was fantastic, felt like a fresh take. And crucially for a modern horror film, it was actually entertaining. If you enjoy things like Frank Hennelotter or stuff like From Beyond, Society, etc it has that kind of darkly humourous vibe to it but it's absolutely not in any way a retro affair. Really enjoyable film.

cool, never heard of that now. Where did ya watch that?

[Eoin McLove]

I fired on The Game. Haven't seen this in years but I remember loving it as a chungfla.

[Pentagrimes]

It's on Shudder, came out yesterday. Other places too obviously. Go in blind if at all possible, the less you know about it the better. It has an absolutely ridiculous premise but it works, great craic.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched Prey tonight. Pretty cool alright. Couple of things I think might have increased my enjoyment of it...

Spoiler

First, if I hadn't heard it was originally planned to be filmed in Comanche rather than English. Difficult now not to think it just would have been better had this been the case. Seems producers maybe dropped the ball on current audiences who have made, for example, Squid Game, Narcos, etc., major international hits.

Second, also might have benefited from not taking so much for granted that the audience already know exactly what the Predator is. A slower reveal from the perspective of the master hunter protagonists would have added even more tension, especially in the first half or so.

[close]

[StoutAndAle]

"Operation Mincemeat" - there's a decent spy thriller in there somewhere but they've overcooked this film with stupid (and not fact-based) subplots.

[Eoin McLove]

Coming Home in the Dark. Decent New Zealand thriller but I thought the ending was disappointing. Worth a look though.

[Ollkiller]

Watched the new Top Gun last night. Was looking forward to it as it got such good reviews from critics and mates.

A truly awful film. The cringiest hammiest shyte ever. Terrible story, awful acting and not enough action. Christ i wanted them all to die.