Review: Repo Men

Repo Men is the newest Sci-Fi/Action movie this spring. The movie takes place in a distant, but realistic future where your life expectancy can be greatly increased by artificial organs. This increase in life expectancy comes at a price though, usually a six figure price. But, the people who sell the organs state that payment plans can be made that fit your lifestyle. With any thing that you make payments on, you can fall behind in payment. In this world that can place you in a life threatening situation. This is the exact situation that Remy(Jude Law), the Repo man that the story follows, finds himself in. As the movie's tag-line says, For a price, any organ in your body can be replaced. But it can also be repossessed.

I'll be honest with you I am very conflicted in what I think of this movie. Having only seen it 5 hours ago, I am torn on how I feel about it. Repo Men has a very good premise and is set in a future that is fantastic, yet believable. The execution of this premise is for the most part very well done. The acting felt real and organic, you could believe that these people exist in the real world. Although the movie started off slow the full range of emotions were covered. There were moments when I laughed, was mad, or wanted to shed a tear.

The main complaint that I have with Repo Men is the ending. It is not about how the ending was executed or acted, but literally how the movie ended. That is really my only complaint, but it is only an opinion and not anything I can fault the movie for.

Overall: I loved the movie, but hated that ending.....

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

Review - Alice in Wonderland (3D)

Alice In Wonderland is finally out in theatres. It's the latest movie from Tim Burton and the latest in 3D format. It stars Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice. It also features the voices of Matt Lucas, Michael Sheen, and Stephen Fry. The story itself is obviously based on the characters created by Lewis Carroll in his books Alice's Advetures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. However the story itself is pretty much original. Alice, now about 18, ventures back down the rabbit hole and back into Wonderland to find that the Red Queen has taken full control of society. Only Alice herself can free the Wonderland's residents of her evil reign. But will she?

Along with Shutter Island, this is one of the best movies I've seen in a while. It is visually stunning. But, in addition, it has the element of good story telling. Something I think many of the 3D movies of recent times have been in lack of. The acting is wonderful. Not just Johnny either. Everybody was impressive. Overall I think the Cheshire Cat (voiced by Fry) is my favorite. Creepy but friendly. The movie was just the right length. Everything about the movie I liked.

The only complaint I can come up with is there was no, as far as I could see, cameo by Gracie Slick anywhere (you know the song).

Alice In Wonderland is a definite GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and for an added bonus...check out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8

Review - The Crazies

The Crazies is the latest in what seems to have become a whole genre of horror movie remakes, and the latest of a George A. Romero film. It tells the story of a small rural town in Iowa that has become the victim of strange, violent behavior of many of its residents. The behavior spreads like a plague and soon the military becomes involved in a quarantine procedure. It stars Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, and Joe Anderson.

The Crazies is much better than I thought it was going to be. I always pay close attention to the quality of the acting. The acting was very good and always believable. Many movies that have been made look good with fancy graphics and efx, but fall apart with bad acting. The Crazies combines both acting and graphics to make a good film. I also like the commentary the movie has on society and the way people interact and get along with one another. This is usually seen in Romero's stories. This movie also contains some real good individual scenes and suspense. This seems hard to really get to work these days.

The only complaint about the movie was the predictable ending. It was pretty much what you would expect and what you have seen before. It looked really cool, but it's been done.

Overall this is a good movie. I would definitely recommend that you RENT IT.