200 Degrees: Not sure what to make of this one.

The story of the investment broker whose slick image falls apart was pretty well done and Eric Balfour does a good job. You can see his growing despair as the story unfolds.

I noticed echoes of Phone Booth in there, though this voice sounds a bit silly at times (also sounds menacing some times, but still). Still doesn't touch on Kiefer Sutherland's performance as The Caller, though. Also, the ending was too convoluted to do the rest of the film justice.

Oh, good grief. This was so depressing. I may have been gut punched before I started watching this, for good reason, but this wasn't just somber, it has no uplifting resolution, not as far as I can see. If this was puzzling, at least that would have been thought provoking. This was malaise.

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::big grin::

Welcome Home, 2020. 6/10


Director: Pushkar Mahabal


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The title Doomsday is not very imaginative and neither is this film. It starts off as a dystopian future where a virus has surfaced in Glasgow, making sure Scotland is cut off from the rest of the UK. Then, a cure is found and a team is sent out, after which the film devolves into a poor man's Mad Max where the baddies speak with a Scottish accent. Which is mibbe jist a wee bit silly.

So there is a lot to be said and desired. But it has a badass heroin, some okay action beats, an appearance by Malcolm McDowell, and - since it's a Britsh film - a fairly decent soundtrack.

LOL Now I feel like I can be free of this Dead End burden!

We Can Be Heroes (2020)
6/10

Kids with super powers are tasked to save their parents/world from alien invaders.

It's a bit clunky and/or kiddie with the dialogue, acting and some of the shot selection, but it's how the director does it, and different is usually nice. It's not particularly heartwarming. The story and execution is very cliché for 2020. And the resolution, though unexpected, is cringeworthy syrupy.

From Dusk Till Dawn 8/10

Tremors 7/10

Been many, many, many years since the last time I saw these two flicks.

I remember the first time I saw From Dusk Till Dawn I throught it was one of the best horror movies I'd ever seen. Fast forward to today and after watching From Dusk Till Dawn I started on Tremors, and at the 30 minutes mark I was thinking to myself; Man, has my taste in movies changed as I've matured? Tremors is just better paced and the tongue-in-cheek dialogue better written. Then the next hour went and, no, I hadn't matured one bit.

So without further ado, here's From Dusk Till Dawn vs Tremors.

1. When it comes to the lead actors I thougt both Clooney and Bacon played their
characters very, very well and they both did a rock solid job. So that's a tie.

2. When it comes to dialogue Tremors is just more clever written where From
Dusk Till Dawn just so badly wants to be cool that it becomes tiresome before
the halfway mark. Heck, they might as well have Clooney just saying "I'm a
bad ass" throughout the entire movie. Actually, that would have been hilarious.

3. Story wise Tremors leads in the first third as both dialogue and pacing is great.
But then they got stuck on a rock. And after that they get stuck on a roof. And
after that they got stuck on a tractor. And after that they get stuck on a rock
again. The end. Just gets waaaay too repetitive. Probably due to a limited
budget.

So I considered giving them the same rating, but no, the limited progression in Tremors weighted it down too much.

I HAVE SPOKEEEEEN!!!

Pet Sematary was a surprisingly well done remake. I liked it.

Just wondering about two things: Did the original resurrect the child earlier in the film? And maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like this ending was darker than the original.

No, very late.