Hellboy is an entertaining and engaging action fantasy film with stunning visuals and only a few minor flaws.
Category Archives: Review
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
A lackluster and disappointing movie which feels more like a collection of one-off action sequences than a real story.
Star Trek
A fast paced, well executed action sci-fi flick, with emphasis on the -fi and the characters, this franchise reboot gets it right in so many ways.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
A lackluster movie which suffered for having had most of the story told previously and also failed to deliver any real tension.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
There are major spoilers in this review, past the jump on the main page, but if you’re reading the article page or via RSS there will be no jump, stop reading now, you have been warned. You will not be warned again.
We took the chance to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine at our local Showcase De Lux (sic) in Derby. The sound and picture were really good, the leather reclining chairs were okay (not as comfortable as we’d hoped), the service and prices in the bar were shocking (prices not so surprising, service disappointing). Combined with the price and the cost of parking (during the day) we’ll probably stick to the premier seats in the Nottingham Showcase.
Anyway.
I thought X-Men Origins: Wolverine was okay. The movie tells the story of the (apparently) most popular X-Men member, Wolverine. Unfortunately, a lot of that was already covered in the first few X-Men movies, so there’s a little bit of repetition. Sure we learn some new stuff (for people who’ve never read the comics) and we see a little back story about how Logan started out, and we get to see how he turns from man-with-bone-blades to man-with-adamantium-bones. The problem is that there’s no tension. Spoilers follow.
Transporter 3
A weak script and terrible direction bring this franchise to its knees, Transporter 3 fails to deliver anything.
Twilight
Twilight is targetted directly at a specific demographic, but even if you fall outside that it’s an inoffensive film with some better than expected acting and some shockingly bad ‘special effects’ delivering an unmemorable but peaceful viewing experience.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
An above average comedy with some engaging characters and just enough solid laughs to keep you going and Pegg holding the movie together.
Body of Lies
Body of Lies is a reasonably good action-thriller with some strong performances and interesting context, let down by a soft-ending.
Babylon A.D.
A fractured and unrealised sci-fi drama which results in a dissapointing and unsatisfying action viewing experience.