NEVERENDING STORY

Mila Jovovich and her spouse Paul W.S. Anderson are back. Again. And again. And again. Spanning though almost two decades, one of the once interesting female action heroes sagas is just keep on pushing further and further afield from the originals, twisting and turning into endless circles that will make even a die hard fans forget the basic plot. Zombies are there, but now mutated into dragons, the action is there, but sparse, as well as only a couple of trademark mass scenes. Mila is there also, but without any energy and with some heavy bodily upgrades. Everything is there but the closure, leaving the room for more and more non-creative ideas.

Everything seen and viewed, „Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” is sadly, not the final chapter at all.

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER – 2/10

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TAKING DOWN THE MASKS

There are movies that were made into what they are thanks to the limited resources of their creators, forcing them to compensate the lack of money, production and special effects. „Army of darkness” is on those sequels that brought all those things, but lost the connection to the first two parts, turning the entire concept into a teenage comedy. Sporadically, Bruce Campbell will make you laugh, but the overall sense will be quite empty.

„Army of darkness” signals the end to the entire genre in every major aspect.

ARMY OF DARKNESS – 2/10

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ELABORATED, BUT DUMBER

Although disconnected from the first one when it comes to scripts, „Evil Dead II” will bring us more action, more money for the production and further advance of Sam Raimi's directing skills.

The story will be even more dumber than in the first one, but Bruce Campbell will carry the entire flick with ease of a freshly crowned trash star. Humor and irony will also step in, distancing the flick from its predecessor in the sense of seriousness.

„Evil Dead II” will be honored by the genre lovers, but not many more.

EVIL DEAD II – 4/10

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DIRECTING FOUNDATIONS

Sam Raimi's franchise about the dead coming back to life went almost side by side with Romero's „Living dead” story and the parallels are unavoidable. „The Evil dead” will tackle the same situation horror layout, with young people being trapped inside the lonesome cabin in the woods, but with some weaker plots and action sequences.

However, Raimi will compensate the hollow script with his directing talent and trademark fast moving camera to create the tension and horror. As for the Romero, effects are really outdated, but also more gorish. Also, a whole new B-production star will be born with Bruce Campbell taking the male lead.

„The Evil dead” is one the flicks that made zombie trash horror genre.

THE EVIL DEAD – 5/10

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HILLARIOUS AND CYNICAL

Accumulating more money and technological resources, George Romero created the sequel to his zombie horror story with ease and productional lavish. The script picked up where the first flick stopped, making the phenomena of the dead eating the flesh of living more global and massive. Sets are grandious for the genre itself, and there are some really great mass scenes. There are more characters, subplots and the action scenes are more attractive.

However, the show is being stolen by the phenomenal script, just overflowing with irony of the modern US society and mass media. Tacky, but hillarious lines will follow the overall fast pace of the movie up until the very end with great success.

„The dawn of the dead” is a must see for the zombie horror lovers.

THE DAWN OF THE DEAD – 7/10

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CREATING THE ENTIRE GENRE

Zombie horrors were made by George Romero's franchise and they were made in a proper way when it comes to directing skills. Camera on the floor, narrow angle and a fast cut created the claustrophobic atmosphere of a couple of young people besieged inside the house by the army of the dead that came back to life.

The script is by all means naive, as are the special effects, but the foundations of the entire genre are well laid down, including the confusion and the brutal ending to the enitre flick.

If you are a zombie horror fan, „The night of the living dead” is the place where it all started.

THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD – 6/10

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ENTIRE GENRE REVAMPED

I thought that zombie horror subgenre was officially dead and I was wrong. I was wrong because Koreans hadn't done it before, at least not in the feature film format.

„Train to Busan” is basically an adapted manga, placed in a bullet train from Seoul to Busan, making it a classic situation thriller. The retarded basic storyline is there, as well as the corny dialogues and cliche characters, but so is the trademark Korean originality when it comes to intellectual subplots and extraordinary micro-action sequences. All of this will be spiced up with minimum CGI and a truly powerful, altough pathetic ending.

„Train to Busan” is probably the most original zombie horror ever filmed.

TRAIN TO BUSAN – 7/10

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