Blackout

Written by:
Ed Dougherty

Directed by:
Rigoberto Castañeda

Made in:
USA in 2007

Actors:
Amber Tamblyn ... Claudia
Aidan Gillen ... Karl
Armie Hammer ... Tommy
Katie Stuart ... Francesca
Eloisa Bennetts ... Nikky

Plot:
Claudia is a young woman in a hurry to return to the hospital bedside of her dying grandmother. Tommy is a young punk on his way to elope with his girlfriend Francesca and rescue her from the physical abuse by her drunken father. Karl is a husband and father with guilty secrets that must be erased from his apartment before his wife and daughter get there. All three, in other words, have an urgent need to be somewhere else. But all three are trapped in an elevator one holiday weekend in a deserted building. IMDB

Review:
What a godawful movie. :/

Really, really, REALLY boring. It jumps around a lot in the beginning, I wasn't sure where the movie was going to take us. We know which one is the serial killer, so the excitment just isn't there. I suppose I wanted more of a twist. Some movies have too much of a twist, or the twist is predictable, this movie had nothing. I feel sorry for the actors for being in such a failed movie.

I'm not a picky movie watcher, I'll try anything once. But I'm just glad that I only paid 5$ for this one.

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

Written by:
Alan B. McElroy
Turi Meyer

Directed by:
Joe Lynch

Made in:
USA & Canada in 2007

Actors:
Erica Leerhsen ... Nina Papas
Henry Rollins ... Dale Murphy
Texas Battle ... Jake
Daniella Alonso ... Amber
Steve Braun ... Jonesy
Aleksa Palladino ... Mara
Matthew Currie Holmes ... Michael
Crystal Lowe ... Elena
Kimberly Caldwell ... Kimberly

Plot:
Dale Murphy is hosting and producing his own reality T.V show called "The Ultimate Survivalist: The Apocalypse", with six contestants led by Nina Papas, who'll be thrown together for six days in a simulated post-apocalyptic wasteland, and the winner will walk away with $100,000. Located in a remote part of West Virginia, the contestants discover that what they are really fighting for is their survival - against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all... Who will survive? IMDB

Review:
Not THAT bad of a movie. Could have been much worse. Very cheesy, but still good. :) Entertaining at least. It very much wants to mimic Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The movie doesn't take itself seriously, which is why I am giving it a higher rating.

If you enjoy cheesy, bad horror movies, then this one is for you!

Iron Man

Written by:
Mark Fergus
Hawk Ostby

Directed by:
Jon Favreau

Made in:
USA in 2008

Actors:
Robert Downey Jr. ... Tony Stark / Iron Man
Terrence Howard ... Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes
Jeff Bridges ... Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger
Gwyneth Paltrow ... Pepper Potts
Leslie Bibb ... Christine Everhart
Shaun Toub ... Yinsen
Faran Tahir ... Raza
Sayed Badreya ... Abu Bakaar

Plot:
Tony Stark is the complete playboy who also happens to be an engineering genius. While in Afghanistan demonstrating a new missile he's captured and wounded. His captors want him to assemble a missile for them but instead he creates an armored suit and a means to prevent his death from the shrapnel left in his chest by the attack. He uses the armored suit to escape. Back in the U.S. he announces his company will cease making weapons and he begins work on an updated armored suit only to find that Obadiah Stane, his second in command at Stark industries has been selling Stark weapons to the insurgents. He uses his new suit to return to Afghanistan to destroy the arms and then to stop Stane from misusing his research. IMDB

Review:
What a movie!

I was very sceptical going into it.
But I absolutely loved it! Completely blew me away. Forget Batman and Superman, Iron Man is the ultimate hero.

Dialogue is fantastic. The movie is witty and funny.
And who can't love a sarcastic, billionaire superhero??

Ghost Town

Written by:
Duke Sandefur

Directed by:
Richard Governor

Made in:
USA in 1988

Actors:
Franc Luz ... Langley
Catherine Hickland ... Kate
Jimmie F. Skaggs ... Devlin
Penelope Windust ... Grace
Bruce Glover ... Dealer
Zitto Kazann ... Blacksmith
Blake Conway ... Harper
Laura Schaefer ... Etta

Plot:
Deputy Langley tracks a kidnapped girl to an abandoned ghost town. However, the town is not abandoned, but haunted by the spirits of an outlaw, Devlin, and his gang, who hold the equally deceased townspeople hostage until the outlaws can be killed by a lawman. IMDB

Review:
I really wouldn't watch this unless you have a lot of patience.
Definitely a movie for die hard movie fans. You have to enjoy bad movies to like this one.

Continuity is completely missing. Nothing makes sense.
I personally really enjoyed it, but I doubt that many would.

American Gangster

AKA:
The Return of Superfly (USA) (working title)
Tru Blu (USA) (original script title)

Written by:
Steven Zaillian

Directed by:
Ridley Scott

Made in:
USA in 2007

Actors:
Denzel Washington ... Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe ... Det. Richie Roberts
Chiwetel Ejiofor ... Huey Lucas
Josh Brolin ... Detective Trupo

Plot:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story. IMDB

Review:
I didn't like Denzel in Training Day, and I was a little afraid of this film. But this movie was great! Very entertaining.

A true story.
And another great performance by Russell Crowe.

To Catch a Killer

Written by:
Jud Kinberg

Directed by:
Eric Till

Made in:
Canada & USA in 1992

Actors:
Brian Dennehy ... John Wayne Gacy
Michael Riley ... Lieutenant Joseph 'Joe / Polock' Kozenczak
Margot Kidder ... Rachel Grayson
Meg Foster ... City Attorney Linda Carlson
Martin Julien ... Theodore 'Ted' Koslo
Scott Hylands ... Delta Squad Sergeant Mike PaxtonDavid Eisner ... Detective Terry Williams
John Boylan ... Detective Gary Atkins

Plot:
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys. IMDB

Review:
Fantastic film!

A made for TV-film that is very difficult to find! It hasn't been released on DVD, but when it does, we are definitely going to buy it.

Even though you know who the bad guy is through the entire film, it is still exciting and extremely entertaining. Maybe also because it is a true story.

Our copy was horrible, made from VHS. It kept stopping every 5-10 minutes or so (sometimes more often), and pausing, but the time would continue. So thank goodness it had Swedish subtitles, or we would have missed most of the dialogue.

Eragon

Written by:
Peter Buchman
Christopher Paolini

Directed by:
Stefen Fangmeier

Made in:
USA & UK in 2006

Actors:
Ed Speleers ... Eragon
Jeremy Irons ... Brom
Sienna Guillory ... Arya
Robert Carlyle ... Durza
John Malkovich ... Galbatorix
Garrett Hedlund ... Murtagh

Plot:
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king. IMDB

Review:
I don't understand why people are so critical of this movie. Maybe because they don't understand the "Law of Fiction." That all Fiction novels have the same mold.

I thought it was extremely entertaining. The end fighting scene didn't last for an hour. It was slightly corny and cheesy (with all of the "Laws" it has to follow), but I liked it and I recommend it!

No Country for Old Men

Written by:
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen

Directed by:
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen

Made in:
USA in 2007

Actors:
Tommy Lee Jones ... Ed Tom Bell
Javier Bardem ... Anton Chigurh
Josh Brolin ... Llewelyn Moss
Woody Harrelson ... Carson Wells
Kelly Macdonald ... Carla Jean Moss
Garret Dillahunt ... Wendell
Tess Harper ... Loretta Bell

Plot:
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. IMDB

Review:
I had high expections for this movie and I really wanted to see it.
In the end I was very disappointed.

I enjoyed the plot, the characters, and the actors did a great job.
I thought it started going downhill after the Mexican hospital.

And I definitely did not like the ending. The whole dream thing.
Maybe I am being a bit harsh, but I thought it could have been better.