Review: Devil

Devil is the first movie in the planned Night Chronicles series. The basic premise is that five people get on an elevator. The elevator stops on its way up, but not due to any sort of mechanical or electrical failure. We soon learn that a supernatural force is tightly controlling the situation. Things start to take a turn for the worse as one of the passengers get cut/bitten when the lights flicker. Soon things become increasingly worse for those stuck in the elevator and those who try to assist them. As the film's tag-line says, "Bad things happen for a reason"

Devil is a first rate suspense movie from the mind of Mr. What-A-Twist himself M. Night Shyamalan. The acting was excellent. When the different characters needed to convey a certain feeling to the audience it was conveyed well. The story itself is gripping and interesting. It has some tense moments, especially towards the end.

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie and how good it was, even if it falls short of my mandatory 90 mins or more time limit. The best part is the fact that you know the twist well in advance so there is no last minute where did that come from feeling.

Overall, Devil is a good suspense movie that should be given a chance. If you have the opportunity you should....

GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review: Resident Evil Afterlife

Resident Evil Afterlife is the fourth installment of the long running franchise that is based upon the even longer running video game series. This installment of the series has us yet again following Alice (Milla Jovovich), the only surviving character from the original movie, as she fights to survive and tries to find Claire Redfield(Ali Larter) and the group of survivors she led from the first movie. Along the way she confronts the Umbrella Corporation and the series ultimate baddie Albert Wesker. Can she finally put Umbrella's sinister plans to rest? Only time will tell.....

REA is not the best of the RE franchise, but it is far from the worst. The acting was par for the course. The CGI and special effects were excellent, but I don't necessarily know if it was worth 3D being added. The story was alright, but there was no real resolution to the main conflict. At this point I am to far invested into the series to not have conflict resolution. It's not necessary to have the story overall to come to the end, but [SPOILER ALERT] we basically have a similar set up for the next movie (Yes it has been confirmed that they are making another one) that Resident Evil Extinction had for this movie. What makes it worse is that the cliffhanger they leave us with is so much more larger.

Overall, Resident Evil Afterlife is okay, but it is not worth the 3D. If you can see it in normal definition do that. If not you can wait and ......

RENT IT.

The We're SOOO Behind Review

The AJ Movie Review's No We Haven't Quit and Yes We Are Behind Review

This will be a set of movies that we have seen but have not reviewed because we were busy. The reviews will be one to two sentences and won't contain plot elements or character names. We will try to be as concise as possible.

First up is Machete:
Machete is a heartwarming tale of death and revenge. It's not original but it is very entertaining. If you liked the Grindhouse movies you'll like this one. GO NOW!!!!!!

Takers:
Takers is a mash up of many different heist movies, except those movies are much better. No new ground is broken here. RENT IT.

The Last Exorcism:
TLE is possibly one of the worst mockumentary movies I have ever seen. It is seldom scary and the ending is simply dumb. The beginning and middle were fine but the end ruined it for me. FX/TBS IT.

Scott Pilgrim VS The World:
Scott Pilgrim is one of the best comedy movies of the year. Full of small video game references and fun action sequences SP is a can't miss movie. If it is still playing you should GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There that should catch everything up. We want to thank all of our supporters and we will try to be on the ball next time.