Saturday, December 31, 2005

The Descent

AKA:
Crawlspace (UK) (working title)

Written by:
Neil Marshall

Directed by:
Neil Marshall

Made in:
UK in 2005

Actors:
Shauna Macdonald .... Sarah
Natalie Jackson Mendoza .... Juno (as Natalie Mendoza)
Alex Reid .... Beth
Saskia Mulder .... Rebecca
MyAnna Buring .... Sam
Nora-Jane Noone .... Holly
Oliver Milburn .... Paul
Molly Kayll .... Jessica

Plot:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other. IMDB

Review:
I don't think that I could say enough good things about this film.
It is extremely refreshing! And I'm anxious to watch it for a second time.

It is sorta difficult to watch, with all the tight spaces.
Very thrilling, exciting, and scary. Very refreshing plot. The ending leaves for plenty of interpretations.

Definately take the time to see it!!!

Fahrenheit 9/11

Written by:
Michael Moore

Directed by:
Michael Moore

Made in:
USA in 2004

Actors:
--

Plot:
In this film, muckraker Michael Moore turns his eye on George W. Bush and his War on Terrorism agenda. He illustrates his argument about how this failed businessman with deep connections to the royal house of Saud of Saudia Arabia and the Bin Ladins got elected on fraudulent circumstances and proceeded to blunder through his duties while ignoring warnings of the looming betrayal by his foreign partners. When that treachery hits with the 9/11 attacks, Moore explains how Bush failed to take immediate action to defend his nation, only to later cynically manipulate it to serve his wealthy backers' corrupt ambitions. Through facts, footage and interviews, Moore illustrates his contention of how Bush and his cronies have gotten America into worse trouble than ever before and why Americans should not stand for it. IMDB

Review:
I love Michael Moore's work.
Not because he is a democrat (because he isn't - he is an independent).

This is a fantastic documentary.
Those who are supporters of Bush will probably not watch or like this film. But I strongly recommend it for everyone. Even if you don't like Michael Moore, watch it for those who have gone to Iraq.

I cry from start to finish of this film.
I wish everyone could see it.
We have a wonderful DVD copy, and I recommend buying it.
Not only do I recommend this, but I recommend all of Michael Moore's work.

Banned in Kuwait.

Equilibrium

AKA:
Cubic (Europe: English title) (video title)
Librium (USA) (working title)

Written by:
Kurt Wimmer

Directed by:
Kurt Wimmer

Made in:
USA in 2002

Actors:
Dominic Purcell .... Seamus
Christian Bale .... John Preston
Sean Bean .... Errol Partridge
Christian Kahrmann .... Officer in Charge
John Keogh .... Chemist
Sean Pertwee .... Father
William Fichtner .... Jürgen
Angus Macfadyen .... Dupont
David Barrash .... Evidentiary Storage Officer
Dirk Martens .... Gate Guard
Taye Diggs .... Brandt
Matthew Harbour .... Robbie Preston
Maria Pia Calzone .... Preston's Wife
Emily Siewert .... Lisa Preston
Emily Watson .... Mary O'Brien

Plot:
In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. Whe he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it. IMDB

Review:
Possibly one of the best movies ever made. No kidding!

Christian Bale at his best and sexiest. ;) hehehe

The puppy/dog scene is one of the best ever!!

A movie that makes you think. A movie that will make you cry and cheer. Beautifully acted and directed. A must-see!! I could watch this movie every day and not blink.

Especially with two of the most beautiful actors ever (Christian Bale and Emily Watson), how can you not see this film??

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Original title:
Raiders of the Lost Ark

AKA:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (USA) (video title)

Written by:
George Lucas
Philip Kaufman

Directed by:
Steven Spielberg

Made in:
USA in 1981

Actors:
Harrison Ford .... Indiana Jones
Karen Allen .... Marion Ravenwood
Paul Freeman .... Dr. Rene Belloq
Ronald Lacey .... Major Toht
John Rhys-Davies .... Sallah
Denholm Elliott .... Dr. Marcus Brody
Alfred Molina .... Satipo
Wolf Kahler .... Colonel Dietrich
Anthony Higgins .... Gobler

Plot:
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the ten commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy, and his ex-flame Marion, escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo. IMDB

Review:
A classic.
Probably not many who haven't seen any of these three movies.

But still a must-see!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Written by:
Douglas Adams (book)
Douglas Adams (screenplay)

Directed by:
Garth Jennings

Made in:
USA & UK in 2005

Actors:
Bill Bailey .... The Whale (voice)
Anna Chancellor .... Questular Rontok
Warwick Davis .... Marvin
Mos Def .... Ford Prefect
Zooey Deschanel .... Trillian
Su Elliot .... Pub Customer (as Su Eliott)
Martin Freeman .... Arthur Dent
Stephen Fry .... Narrator/The Guide (voice)
Richard Griffiths .... Jeltz (voice)
Dominique Jackson .... Fook
Simon Jones .... Ghostly Image
Thomas Lennon .... Eddie the Computer (voice)
Mark Longhurst .... Bulldozer Driver
Kelly Macdonald .... Reporter
John Malkovich .... Humma Kavula

Plot:
Everyone has bad mornings. You wake up late, you stub your toe, you burn the toast...but for a man named Arthur Dent, this goes far beyond a bad day. When he learns that a friend of his is actually an alien with advanced knowledge of Earth's impending destruction, he is transported off the Earth seconds before it is exploded to make way for a new hyperspace motorway. And as if that's not enough, throw in being wanted by the police, Earth II, an insane electronic encyclopedia, no tea whatsoever, a chronically depressed robot and the search for the meaning of life, and you've got the greatest adventure off Earth. IMDB

Review:
Fun, silly, and one of my favorites!
Starts out exactly like the book, and then the plot takes a different turn.
You'll laugh the whole way through the movie!
I love the point-of-view gun. :) And the depressed robot is super cute.

Romper Stomper

Written by:
Geoffrey Wright

Directed by:
Geoffrey Wright

Made in:
Australia in 1992

Actors:
Russell Crowe .... Hando
Daniel Pollock .... Davey
Jacqueline McKenzie .... Gabe
Alex Scott .... Martin
Leigh Russell .... Sonny Jim
Daniel Wyllie .... Cackles
James McKenna .... Bubs
Eric Mueck .... Champ
Frank Magree .... Brett
Christopher McLean .... Luke
Josephine Keen .... Megan
Samantha Bladon .... Tracy
Tony Lee .... Tiger
John Brumpton .... Magoo
Don Bridges .... Harold

Plot:
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity? IMDB

Review:
An amazing movie.
We picked this up a long time ago, Fredrik said it was very good, and it is an incredible movie!

I am not a Russell Crowe fan, but I could tolerate him for this movie.
Definately a movie worth seeing. Very much like American History X.
Very entertaining.

After being romantically involved with Romper Stomper co-star 'Jaquline McKenzie', Daniel Pollock (a heroin addict) threw himself under a train after filming was finished.

Once banned in Finland and South Korea.

The Incredibles

AKA:
Untitled Brad Bird Pixar Project (USA) (working title)

Written by:
Brad Bird

Directed by:
Brad Bird

Made in:
USA in 2004

Actors:
Craig T. Nelson .... Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible (voice)
Holly Hunter .... Helen Parr/Elastigirl (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson .... Lucius Best/Frozone (voice)
Jason Lee .... Buddy Pine/Syndrome (voice)
Dominique Louis .... Bomb Voyage (voice)
Teddy Newton .... Newsreel Narrator (voice)
Jean Sincere .... Mrs. Hogenson (voice)
Eli Fucile .... Jack Jack Parr (voice)
Maeve Andrews .... Jack Jack Parr (voice)
Wallace Shawn .... Gilbert Huph (voice)
Spencer Fox .... Dashiell 'Dash' Parr (voice)
Lou Romano .... Bernie Kropp (voice)
Wayne Canney .... Principal (voice)
Sarah Vowell .... Violet Parr (voice)

Plot:
Mr. Incredible is a superhero; or he used to be, until a surge of lawsuits against superheroes submitted by the people they've saved forced the government to hide them in witness protection programs so they could lead normal, anonymous lives. Now known exclusively by his secret identity, Bob Parr, he lives with his wife Helen, formerly Elastigirl, and their three children Violet, Dash, and Jack Jack. He works as an insurance claims specialist, and he's fed up with his pushy boss and his immoral profession, but his wife's worked too hard to build a normal life for her family to abide his nostalgia for heroism. When Mr. Incredible's offered the chance to play the role of hero again by a mysterious informant, he jumps at the opportunity, but when it turns out to be a trap set by an old nemesis he had a hand in corrupting, the whole family must reveal themselves to save Mr. Incredible and countless innocents. IMDB

Review:
A pretty good movie.
Excellent for children and entertaining for adults. It was able to hold my attention, and it was funny in several places.

Not perfect, it was an okay film, I think it was good - but it could have been better.

One Hour Photo

Written by:
Mark Romanek

Directed by:
Mark Romanek

Made in:
USA in 2002

Actors:
Robin Williams .... Sy Parrish
Connie Nielsen .... Nina Yorkin
Michael Vartan .... Will Yorkin
Dylan Smith .... Jake Yorkin

Plot:
Seymour 'SY' Parrish has been doing photo development for 20 years. He has a vast knowledge of modern photography and develops photos at a local department store for a living. But SY lives a sad and lonely life and begins spying on the Yorkin family, his biggest customers who seem to have everything in the world. SY begins to feel that he wants to be in the Yorkin's life, but when he discovers that the Yorkins are not as perfect as they seem, he becomes a man on a mission to expose the imperfections of the Yorkin family that could tear them apart. IMDB

Review:
A very different role for Robin Williams, and he does a fantastic job.

I do like this movie, it is very strange, and odd, and does a great job of showing the maddness of the main character, Sy.

I don't think the movie is perfect, because I always think things can be darker than they are, but it gets pretty close.

I definately recommend the movie, especially even those that aren't fans of Williams.

Monday, December 26, 2005

The Day After Tomorrow

AKA:
Tomorrow (USA) (working title)

Written by:
Roland Emmerich

Directed by:
Roland Emmerich

Made in:
USA in 2004

Actors:
Dennis Quaid .... Jack Hall
Jake Gyllenhaal .... Sam Hall
Emmy Rossum .... Laura Chapman
Dash Mihok .... Jason Evans
Jay O. Sanders .... Frank Harris
Sela Ward .... Dr. Lucy Hall
Austin Nichols .... J.D.
Arjay Smith .... Brian Parks
Tamlyn Tomita .... Janet Tokada
Sasha Roiz .... Parker

Plot:
This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of the next Ice Age. At the center of the story is a paleoclimatologist (a scientist who studies the ways weather patterns changed in the past), Professor Jack Hall (Quaid), who tries to save the world from the effects of global warming while also trying to get to his son, Sam (Gyllenhaal), who was in New York City as part of a scholastic competition, when the city was overwhelmed by the chilling beginnings of the new Ice Age. In addition to all of the other challenges Dr. Hall faces, he's also going against the flow as humanity races south to warmer climes, and he's nearly the only one going north... IMDB

Review:
Actually not a bad movie.
I didn't think this would be worth anything at all, and it really isn't that bad. It could be a lot worse. Not saying it is "good," but it isn't horribly, horribly bad.

The acting isn't too over the top until near the end, then it gets a little cheesy and silly. The plot is a little silly considering, but if you look past that and only see it from the entertainment value, it isn't too bad.

The effects are pretty good.

Could have been much better, but not too bad.
It works if you are really bored.

Instead of this you could watch the SouthPark parody called, "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow." Priceless. :D

R-Point

Written by:
Su-chang Kong

Directed by:
Su-chang Kong

Made in:
South Korea in 2004

Actors:
Woo-seong Kam .... Choi Tae-in
Byung-ho Son
Tae-kyung Oh
Won-sang Park
Seon-gyun Lee
Nae-sang Ahn
Byeong-cheol Kim
Kyeong-ho Jeon
Yeong-dong Mun

Plot:
This Korean horror film is set towards the end of the Vietnam conflict. The basic plot is that a platoon of Korean soldiers went missing at R-Point, a former French plantation in Vietnam. A new group of soldiers is sent to investigate the disappearance after a radio message is received from the missing squad claiming they are still alive. There are two amazingly creepy scenes in it and, although it owes a lot to John Carpenter's THE THING when it gets down to a few guys left, it keeps up the intensity. IMDB

Review:
A fantastic movie!
I absolutely love South Korean horror! (It is not a war movie, that is just the setting, it is a very scary movie.)
Scary and very intense. The plot is fresh and exciting, and very, very scary.
Language is in Korean, available with subtitles.

Amazing movie, you have to see it! I love this movie!
Did I say that it was scary??

I, Robot

AKA:
Hardwired (USA) (working title)

Written by:
Isaac Asimov (suggested by book)
Jeff Vintar (screen story)

Directed by:
Alex Proyas

Made in:
USA in 2004

Actors:
Will Smith .... Del Spooner
Bridget Moynahan .... Susan Calvin
Alan Tudyk .... Sonny
James Cromwell .... Dr. Alfred Lanning
Bruce Greenwood .... Lawrence Robertson
Adrian Ricard .... Granny (as Adrian L. Ricard)
Chi McBride .... Lt. John Bergin
Jerry Wasserman .... Baldez
Fiona Hogan .... V.I.K.I.
Peter Shinkoda .... Chin
Terry Chen .... Chin
David Haysom .... NS4 Robots
Scott Heindl .... NS5 Robots

Plot:
Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of "robotophobic" Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner's (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there's nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe... they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots. IMDB

Review:
I was sceptical about this movie, but it is actually pretty good!
A serious role for Will Smith, and he does a great job with the movie, too.
I didn't think I would like the plot, either, but I recommend this movie.

The Fugitive

Written by:
Roy Huggins (characters)
David Twohy (story)

Directed by:
Andrew Davis

Made in:
USA in 1993

Actors:
Harrison Ford .... Dr. Richard Kimble
Tommy Lee Jones .... Marshal Samuel Gerard
Sela Ward .... Helen Kimble
Julianne Moore .... Dr. Anne Eastman
Joe Pantoliano .... Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro
Andreas Katsulas .... Frederick Sykes
Jeroen Krabbé .... Dr. Charles Nichols (as Jeroen Krabbe)
Daniel Roebuck .... Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs
L. Scott Caldwell .... Deputy Marshal Poole
Tom Wood .... Deputy Marshal Noah Newman
Ron Dean .... Detective Kelly
Joseph F. Kosala .... Detective Rosetti (as Joseph Kosala)

Plot:
Wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, Dr. Richard Kimble escapes from a prison bus and tries to find out why she was killed and who the murderer really was. He is relentlessly pursued by Samuel Gerard, a U.S. Marshal, and is forced to keep out of contact from any friends or relatives. However, his determination and ingenuity soon produce results and he comes to the frightening realisation that he can trust no one. IMDB

Review:
I've always liked and enjoyed this movie.
I think it is a Harrison Ford classic. Lots of great, well known actors.

28 Days Later...

AKA:
28 Days Later (UK) (closing credits title)
28 jours plus tard (France)
29 Days Later (USA) (longer version)

Written by:
Alex Garland

Directed by:
Danny Boyle

Made in:
UK & France in 2002

Actors:
Alex Palmer .... Activist
Bindu De Stoppani .... Activist
Jukka Hiltunen .... Activist
David Schneider .... Scientist
Cillian Murphy .... Jim
Toby Sedgwick .... Infected Priest
Naomie Harris .... Selena
Noah Huntley .... Mark
Christopher Dunne .... Jim's Father
Emma Hitching .... Jim's Mother
Alexander Delamere .... Mr. Bridges
Kim McGarrity .... Mr. Bridges' Daughter
Brendan Gleeson .... Frank
Megan Burns .... Hannah
Justin Hackney .... Infected Kid

Plot:
It has been twenty-eight days since Jim, a young bicycle courier, was knocked off his bike and injured in a car accident. When he wakes up from his coma, the world has changed. London is deserted, litter-strewn and grim, and it seems the entire world has disappeared. The truth, however, is even more horrifying - a devestating psychological virus has been unleashed on the world, turning the population into blood-crazed psychopaths driven only to kill and destroy the uninfected. A bitter struggle to get out of the city with fellow survivors to a military encampment at Manchester follows - but there, their troubles are just beginning... IMDB

Review:
Fantastic movie!
This is not a zombie movie!!
It is scary and thrilling, a great plot, very enjoyable. The characters are realistic and fun.

I definitely recommend this for everyone!

Alice, Sweet Alice

Original title:
Communion

AKA:
Alice, Sweet Alice (USA) (reissue title)
Holy Terror (USA) (cut version)

Written by:
Rosemary Ritvo
Alfred Sole

Directed by:
Alfred Sole

Made in:
USA in 1976

Actors:
Linda Miller .... Catherine Spages
Mildred Clinton .... Mrs. Tredoni
Paula E. Sheppard .... Alice Spages (as Paula Sheppard)
Niles McMaster .... Dominick 'Dom' Spages
Jane Lowry .... Aunt Annie DeLorenze
Rudolph Willrich .... Father Tom
Michael Hardstark .... Detective Spina
Alphonso DeNoble .... Mr. Alphonso
Gary Allen .... Jim DeLorenze
Brooke Shields .... Karen Spages
Louisa Horton .... Dr. Whitman
Tom Signorelli .... Detective Brennan
Lillian Roth .... Pathologist (as Miss Lillian Roth)
Patrick Gorman .... Father Pat
Kathy Rich .... Angela DeLorenze

Plot:
After a young girl is brutally murdered during her first communion, her strange and withdrawn older sister becomes the main suspect. IMDB

Review:
Now, this is my kind of movie!
I love the plot. Everything is very well done in this movie.

Probably not for everyone, but if you like movies of the genre, I definately suggest it!

Banned in Iceland. :/ :)

The Grudge (Jap)

Original title:
Ju-on: The Grudge

AKA:
The Grudge (UK) (DVD title) (USA)
Ju-on 3 (Japan) (working title)

Written by:
Takashi Shimizu

Directed by:
Takashi Shimizu

Made in:
Japan in 2003

Actors:
Megumi Okina .... Rika Nishina
Misaki Ito .... Hitomi Tokunaga
Misa Uehara .... Izumi Toyama
Yui Ichikawa .... Chiharu
Kanji Tsuda .... Katsuya Tokunaga
Kayoko Shibata .... Mariko
Yukako Kukuri .... Miyuki
Shuri Matsuda .... Kazumi Tokunaga
Yoji Tanaka .... Yûji Toyama
Takashi Matsuyama .... Saeki Takeo
Yuya Ozeki .... Toshio

Plot:
An evil curse and vengeful spirits seem to linger upon a house where the horrific murder of a woman and child took place and anyone who sets foot inside the house is marked for a terrifying haunting which will not rest. One by one, those who have been tainted by the house begin to die, and nowhere is safe. IMDB

Review:
A slightly confusing movie, like most Japanese films.

It has good scare appeal, but surprisingly I think the American remake is better. I usually prefer originals, especially Asian originals over American remakes, but the remake I like better than this. This is still a good film, and worth watching, but it is confusing.

Language is in Japanese, available with English subtitles.

Monday, December 19, 2005

Guinea Pig

Original title:
Za ginipiggu: Akuma no jikken

AKA:
Guinea Pig
Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment

Written by:
--

Directed by:
--

Made in:
Japan in 1985

Actors:
--

Plot:
A group of guys capture a young girl with the intent of hurting her. They torture her in many ways, from beating her to putting a sharp piece of needle-like metal through her eye which pierces across her retina. IMDB

Review:
**Warning**

Not a movie for everyone.. or rather.. a movie for very few. :/ :)

This is my type of "movie." And it really isn't actually a movie, this is as probably as close to a snuff film as you can get, though, without having the real thing.

Bloody, gory, nasty, cruel, loads of torture... actually a very tasteless piece of film... And I love it. :D

Banned in Australia.
Language is Japanese. But you don't need subtitles or text, because nothing anyone says is important, there are mostly just screams of agony anyways...

If you have any kind of a weak stomach, please stay away. There is a reason why there is no director listed or actors, etc.. etc...
This is not a real movie, just 43 minutes of torture.

Land of the Dead

AKA:
Dead Reckoning (USA) (working title)
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (USA) (complete title)
George Romero's Land of the Dead (USA) (complete title)
Twilight of the Dead (USA) (working title)

Written by:
George A. Romero

Directed by:
George A. Romero

Made in:
Canada, France, & USA in 2005

Actors:
Simon Baker .... Riley
John Leguizamo .... Cholo
Dennis Hopper .... Kaufman
Asia Argento .... Slack
Robert Joy .... Charlie
Eugene Clark .... Big Daddy
Joanne Boland .... Pretty Boy
Tony Nappo .... Foxy
Jennifer Baxter .... Number 9
Boyd Banks .... Butcher
Jasmin Geljo .... Tambourine Man
Max McCabe .... Mouse (as Maxwell McCabe-Lokos)
Tony Munch .... Anchor
Shawn Roberts .... Mike
Pedro Miguel Arce .... Pillsbury

Plot:
In the 4th installment to George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" series, the zombies have taken over the earth. The surviving humans live on a small secluded strip of land, with two sides cut off by rivers. The humans strive to survive, while outside the zombies are steadily evolving... IMDB

Review:
An okay movie, nothing spectacular. A few known faces. Actually funny in many parts but not a very scary or a particularly thrilling plot.

The sequal to Dawn of the Dead?

Not really a movie for me. For a zombie movie, it takes itself WAY too seriously. Zombies evolving.. I dunno.. :/

Not horrible, but not a "Hurly" zombie movie.

Cannibal Holocaust

Written by:
Gianfranco Clerici (also story)
Giorgio Stegani (dialogue) (Italian version)

Directed by:
Ruggero Deodato

Made in:
Italy & Colombia in 1980

Actors:
Robert Kerman .... Professor Harold Monroe
Francesca Ciardi .... Tina 'Faye' Daniels
Perry Pirkanen .... Jack Anders
Luca Barbareschi .... Mark Tomasso (as Luca Giorgio Barbareschi)
Salvatore Basile .... Chaco Losojos
Ricardo Fuentes .... Felipe Ocanya
Carl Gabriel Yorke .... Alan Yates (as Gabriel Yorke)
Paolo Paoloni .... Chief NY Executive
Lionello Pio Di Savoia .... Executive (as Pio Di Savoia)
Luigina Rocchi .... Native

Plot:
A New York anthropologist, named Professor Harold Moore (Robert Kerman), travels to the wild, inhospitable jungles of South American with two local guides to find out what happened to a documentary film crew which disappeared nearly a year earlier while traveling into the same jungle, called the 'Green Inferno' to film a documentary about reputed cannibal tribes. After a long search and encountering a few primitive tribes, Professor Moore finds the remains of the crew and several reels of their undeveloped film. Upon returning to the USA, Professor Moore views the film in detail featuring the travels of the director Alan Yates (Gabriel York), his assistant Faye Daniels (Francesa Ciardi), and cameramen Jack Anders (Perry Pirkanen) and Mark Tomaso (Luca Giorgio Barbareschi) venturing into the jungles where the inexperienced, street-wise film group, after finding the indigenous tribes to docile for their film, decide to push them for kicks, with drastic consequences. IMDB

Review:
This is the Queen of all Italian Cannibal movies!

Outstanding effects, the charming, horribly dubbed English, fun music, and the best cannibal plot possible.

If you only ever see one, let it be this one.

Banned in: Australia, Singapore, Norway, Iceland, UK (until 2001), probably banned in Sweden.

Language is dubbed into English.

Some fun facts:

  • The special effects in the film were so realistic that director Ruggero Deodato reportedly had to go to court and prove that it was just make-up and fake blood and guts.
  • The animal slaughterings in the movie were real, which resulted in the movie's being banned in its native Italy.
  • The film caused some scandal in Italy at the time, and had trouble with the censorship board. There was a rumor that the performers had really been slain, so director Ruggero Deodato had to take the actors with him to the set of an Italian TV show in order to prove that they hadn't been eaten alive.
  • The in-film-documentary "The Last Road To Hell", which features several executions, consists of authentic footage supposedly from Uganda.
  • This movie has gained the title of the most notorious movie of all-time, holding the world record for the movie banned in the most countries (in almost 60 countries).



Nurse Betty

AKA:
Nurse Betty - Gefährliche Träume (Germany)

Written by:
John C. Richards

Directed by:
Neil LaBute

Made in:
Germany & USA in 1999

Actors:
Morgan Freeman .... Charlie
Renée Zellweger .... Betty Sizemore
Chris Rock .... Wesley
Greg Kinnear .... Dr. David Ravell/George McCord
Aaron Eckhart .... Del Sizemore
Tia Texada .... Rosa Hernandez
Crispin Glover .... Roy Ostery
Pruitt Taylor Vince .... Sheriff Eldon Ballard
Allison Janney .... Lyla Branch

Plot:
A Kansas City waitress (Renee Zellweger) with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband (Aaron Eckhart) murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol (Greg Kinnear). What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goes to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers (Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock) are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hitman planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. IMDB

Review:
I used to like this movie. But now I don't like it so much.

Renée Zellweger just scares me now with the anorexia and she looks like a freak, so I think she is slightly psycho.

And the crazy in-love obsession that Morgan Freeman's character has with Betty is scary, freaky, and annoying.

So, if it is on, watch it, but not something to go out of your way for. It is shown on Swedish TV ALL THE TIME.. which also makes the movie more annoying.