The Cabin in the Woods
The Cabin in the Woods starts off with the basic horror plot,college age group heads to a cabin for fun times,meet a creepy guy along the way.He says some cryptic stuff about the cabin...blah blah blah.I should have know TCITW would be anything but basic with Joss Whedon as a co writer.
With it's plot twists,and unique turns TCITW is entertaining and then some.
The last half reminded me of some of my horror favorites like Wax Work,Phantasm and The Evil Dead.
Director Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon provide so much the film gets a bit jumbled towards the end,but that doesnt stop it from being a fun and involving film.In fact its so involving ,when the character Marty Mikalski (Fran Kranz ) talks about a wish he has ,i found myself saying me too man!!
Scale of 1-10 an 8
LOCKOUT
Luc Besson and FilmDistrict present Escape From New York...in Space!!....err...LOCKOUT
Guy Pearce is great as Snow an ex government agent,sent to rescue the presidents daughter Emilie Warnock(Maggie Grace) from a space prison after things go terribly wrong during her fact finding mission aboard the the prison.
Loved Snow's one liners and the banter between Snow and Emile.
Joseph Gilgun as Hydell is semi intimidating as a dead eye psycho prisoner,but i never felt like Snow or Emile were in any real danger.
The SFX for the most part are beyond cheesy.
Im all for suspending disbelief when it comes to the hero/heroine in an action film surviving daring feats,but when a character survives something that would put SuperMan into a coma thats just beyond implausible.
Scale of 1-10 a 5½
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Going in i thought the film would be extremely preachy,but thankfully it wasnt.Unfortunately the script is extremely predictable.The acting was a bit stiff but i was still entertained,and its still fun to watch Pam Grier do her thing.
Scale of 1-10 a 7