The Last Exorcism: Part 2 - Preview

The Last Exorcism: Part 2

Updates released opening scene - To be honest a bit pointless

 






The Last Exorcism (2010) Was a great example of how the much hated documentary style "Found Footage" film can work well.  In it Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) an evangelical preacher with a sideline in fake exorcisms for cash takes a film crew follow to him on his final job.  A film with Eli Roth on the production credits its not going to be an easy ride for him.  For full Review Click 


Part 2 looks a completely different sort of movie.  Firstly its a proper film and not found footage and looks more of a standard demon possession horror.  The first poster was fucking awful (right)  hope it was a in joke and will disappear from any released material.

Which could be good but it was the very human not supernatural aspect that made the first one so good.  Hopefully it will still hold some of that.  Release Date March 13th 2013  
 


Trailer

4TH REICH Will it ever be made

No news is bad news 

Director: Shaun Robert Smith

Cast: Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee,
Jason Flemyng Tom Savini

Production Status:     In Pre-Production

The 4th Reich seemed like it was going to be a great addition to the Nazi Zombie sub-genre.  There were some decent actors attached including the ever reliable Sean Pertwee & zombie film legend Tom Savini.  In 2010 Sean Bean reveled he would also be involved and the film would be released in 2011.  It looked to have a Dog soldiers (2002) feel to the film from the teaser released (Which seems to have since disappeared from the internet) but it still doesn't look like appearing any time soon.  IMDB has moved to a 2013 release but AV productions who have the distribution rights have not updated anything since 2011

Will this film ever be seen any info please update

Till then we only have Shaun Robert Smith 2007 short film that got him the job.  Click on link below

Link to Film
    
           
     
Plot: Beset by a barrage of German gunfire Allied forces land on Normandy. In spite of the countless number of bodies strewn along the bloody beaches the manoeuvre is hailed a success in the Allied efforts to liberate France.

However there is no respite for war weary Corporal Roberts and Sergeant Major Gordon as they are assigned on a covert mission progressing deeper into occupied France. Led by the battle hardened Captain Bathurst, the small select infantry are tasked with a mission to take over from where a previous operation failed - to eliminate the notorious Oberleutnant Dirlewanger and destroy the secret research facility he and his SS division are guarding with their lives. With the mission's details being on a need to know basis, rumours amongst the infantry circulate about the Nazi's occultish experiments.

As they advance through war ravaged towns seeing off the last faithful members of Nazi resistance, Roberts discovers that the rumours may not be as far fetched as he believed. Finding the macabre corpses of the first operation, the disturbing reality that they were not simply the victims of battle begins to sink in.

Their suspicions prove justified as they explore the deserted research facility revealing the truly horrific implications of the Nazi experiments and discovering their successful trials to regenerate an indestructible 4th Reich from Dirlewanger's SS dead division. The soldiers are now faced with an undead evil for which even the extreme nightmares of war could not have prepared them. 

 Cast

    Sean Pertwee as Captain Bathurst
    Sean Bean as Sergeant Major Gordon
    Doug Bradley as SS-Hauptsturmführer Gast
    Tom Savini as SS-Standartenführer Dirlewanger
    Axelle Carolyn as French Girl
    Craig Conway as Private Smith
    Ian Virgo as Professor Davidson
    Jay Sutherland as Markham
    Johan Rudebeck as SS-Obersturmführer Dr. Turek
    Simon Bamford as SS-Unterscharführer Kraus
    Shaun Robert Smith as Ives
    Patrick Toomey as 2nd Lt. Thompson
    Clayton Fussell as Dexter
    Andreas Schnaas as Willhelm[2]

HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (2013) - REVIEW

HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (2013) 

Plot:  Hansel & his sister Gretel are lost in the woods and hungry.  They find not only a cottage but one you can eat, being lured in and trapped by a medieval Saville, in the form of a witch.


Sensing danger they kick the shit out of the witch and shove her in the oven, turns out they are immune to witchy magic.  Years later we see they have grown up into (Jeremy Renner) and (Gemma Arterton) who seem to have stolen some weapons from Van Helsing and taken to wearing tight leather outfits (Awesome on Arterton, dodgy, kind... of creepy with Renner). 

Move away from the fucking candy

The sibling have earned a rep as Witch Hunters and this time round are hired to kill a witch and hopefully return the lost, local kids she has stolen.  Along the way they pick up Witch Hunter superfan Ben (Thomas Mann) & Mina (Pihla Viitala) after saving her from being burned alive as a witch by a seriously pissed off Sheriff (Peter Stormare), he don't like H&G at all, especially after Gretel gives him a kiss (weirdo), in the face with her forehead (Ahhh). 

The problem (apart from the sheriff) is Grand Witch Muriel (Famke Janssen) who has orchestrated the whole errr orchestra, luring H&G in. Bad news they aren't immune to her magical mumbo jumbo, the Hunters become the Hunted in a plan to......   something about a Blood Moon I don't think it's really important. 

I still would

Alternative Plot:  Two chavs get caught trying to eat a old woman's house, restraining them using reasonable force, before the authorities arrive they overpower and burn her alive.  Growing up into a pair of leather clad fetishists (one of them is also a candy junky), they travel the land making money from their witch genocide, with extreme violence & defying the Geneva Convention using torture to gain information, until the witches cannot take this persecution anymore and finally make a stand. 

Is it good:  Yes, if you read other reviews though you wouldn't believe that.  Only holding 15% on Rotten Tomatoes is not good but don't believe them, miserable Titanic lovers.  Enjoy this Grimm Fairytale from Hollywood via Norway, a Grim tale in the same sense that demon possession movies are based on  true stories (It's a weak link). 

Its very similar in style to the equally panned Van Helsing (2004) but with the added attraction of buckets full of blood.  Filmed by the maker of the awesome, Nazi zombie movie Dead snow (2011) you would expect no less.  This goes into overdrive when a Troll goes shit arse nuts in one of the highlights.  Gemma Artertons' face splattered with brains in another, kinky (I have issues).

Wait that's siouxsie and the banshees

Witches have always been a bit crap, just flying around on broomsticks casting spells, giving people dodgy golden delicious, it was time to let them use the kick arse moves vampires & werewolves have been enjoying lately.  Famke Janssen seemed to relish the bad girl role, much like she did in GoldenEye (1995) kicking ass, all sexy and Evil, not bad since shes knocking on 50. 

Unfortunately there nothing as good as "Yo She-Bitch, Let's go"  but the film has a sense of humor, there are some good one liners like "Whatever you do, don't eat the fuckin' candy", Will Ferrell was one of the producers but don't worry there's no shake & bake going on. 

Great action with plenty of (if strangely existing) heavy weaponry.

Some of the critics have slated the leads but even though Janssen & the underused  Stormare steal the show, Renner and Arterton do play their parts pretty well. 

Turdige: Definitely style over substance in a big way but so was Avatar and that was Oscar nominated.  Hollywood should give up on the 3D gimmick, its crap.  If I want to see 3D I'll walk around outside in real life for a couple of hours, give us back 2D and spend the money on some better editing.  

"What is it", "It looks like a giant cock & balls"

That's what lets this down for me, you can over look a lot of problems (story - With twist that if you don't see coming your brain needs corrective surgery, Over CGI, grip on reality - Gatling gun in medieval times) but jumping around too much with no linking scenes is annoying (A bit like the no linking of the paragraphs in this review).  I blame finishing the film off with 3D CGI, messy business and probably with Renner being only slightly less busy than Ryan Gosling they couldn't film any.  

There's also a lot of posing with big guns.... pointless. 

Overall:   Vastly more enjoyable than the misery fest  Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) .  I almost gave it an 8...  but I didn't.

Director: Tommy Wirkola Cast: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala, Peter Stormare






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