HILARIOUS, NOT SCARY

There are horror stories that were never meant to be scary, just utterly ironical and funny and „An American werewolf in London” is one of those stories.

All the trademark werewolf script elements will be there, as well as some hilarious dialogues between the dead and the living. On the other hand, special effects and acting will just be horrible, so that kinda evens up the score.

„An American werewolf in London” was better to have been directed as a comedy than a horror movie.

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON – 3/10

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IT FOLLOWS WELL

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The only thing that can save modern American cinema are its independent film makers.

”It follows” is a cheap, non pretentious, ‘80s style horror movie about the invincible supernatural force that haunts the common people after having intimate contact with the infected individuals.

CGI is minimal, as well as the gore and blood, so the terror is forced inside the spectators heart old-fashioned way: dual focus shots, sudden cuts and creepy sound effects.

”It follows” will scare you and entertain you, without going too much into banal and obvious.

IT FOLLOWS - 7/10

UNINTERESTING

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American war stories are these days literally drowning in the sea of pathetic scripts and badly camouflaged CGI.

”Unbroken” is no exception from that trend. True story about the Olympic athletic champion and his journey through the WWII as an aviator is fascinating, but does not relay that fascination to the silver screen. On the contrary.

Angelina Jolie’s ”Oscar” runner for this year is just plain naïve and corny mashup of unrelated episodes in the Japanese captivity. This goes to the Jack O'Connell's acting and rare action sequences as well.

You should bypass ”Unbroken”, even if you don’t  know any wiser way to spend your Sunday afternoon.

UNBROKEN - 3/10

DARK, BUT FUNNY

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John Michael McDonagh is one talented screenwriter and director. His filmography led me to ”The guard”, dark humored tale of the corrupted and politically incorrect policeman who likes drugs, alcohol and prostitutes and who, by chance, becomes the final obstacle between the trio of ruthless Irish drug smugglers that obtain heroin for the Ireland via Atlantic.

Brendan Gleeson is great in his lead role, while Mark Strong and Don Cheadle present a decent backup. Script is harsh, insulting and quite funny from time to time, but still falls short in terms of consistency.

”The Guard” is one solid dark humored comedy with an attitude.

THE GUARD - 6/10