Mark at the movies No 2

 

Carter

This is a South Korean action film in which the main character deals with various baddies using an endless series of actions and stunts galore.

It even has a sort of political message as it features North and South Korea on who is behind a deadly virus called DMZ.

Of course, our hero who had his memory taken away is involved in helping a renowned epidemiologist who has found a cure through his daughter, it's his mission to save the girl they are a subplot of the Americans being involved but it's forgettable.

It's worth a watch not for the plotline as it is nonsense but watch out for the outrageous action and cinematography.

So if have a spare 132 minutes why not check it out on Netflix?

(12+)

Directed by Jung Byung -Gil.

Running time 132 minutes.

In Korean and English.

Rating.

3 out 4 

Mosting just for the stunts.

Day Shift 

Bud who is seen dressed as a plumber is a vampire hunter who has been kicked out of the Vampire Hunting union and makes a living by killing said vampires and then defanging them so to get paid, we learn the price on the black market is not very good.

He discovers he needs to find 10:000 dollars real quick as his wife is going to move to Florida taking their daughter as his wife can't afford the school fees.

So he calls on a favour from a current member of the vampire hunting union to get him back in.

The boss of the union is not too pleased to see him back so makes him partners up with an uptight operative who has never done any field work.

On there the first adventure together they stubble upon an aged vampire who Bud kills, and the operative wets himself.

The killing of the aged vampire causes the female alpha vampire to get angry as the aged vampire was her daughter.

The film then dives into Killing vampires, Alpha Vampire trying to avenge her daughter's death by making Ben's Daughter into a vampire.

This film does its best to create a buddy film with attempted humour, the best bit in the film is when Big John saves the day with his gun big Bertha.

I would describe this film available on Netflix as a b movie.

Directed by J.J.Perry.

Running Time 114 minutes.

Rating

2.5 out of 4.

Beast.

Plot.

Recently widowed Dr Nate Samuels and his teenage daughters, Meredith and Norah, arrive at the Mopani Game Reserve in South Africa for a vacation. Nate reunites with their old friend, Martin Battles, a biologist and Mopani manager, who introduced Nate and his wife. Martin takes Nate and the girls to the village where Nate’s wife grew up. Nate confides to Martin his guilt over being distant when his family most needed him. The trip is to reconnect with his daughters.

The next day, Martin and the family tour the reserve's restricted areas. Martin shows them a local lion pride and notices that one is injured. At a nearby Tsonga community, Martin discovers most of the population is dead. Suspecting a lion is responsible, Martin rushes back to report the finding. Nate encounters an injured Tsonga man on the road but is unable to save him. Martin is mauled as he tracks the lion. It then ambushes Nate, who takes cover in the car. Meredith speeds away, but crashes into a tree, stranding them.

Martin radios Nate on a walkie-talkie, warning him to stay away, saying the lion is using Martin as bait to lure the others out. As the radio is out of range to contact help, Nate assembles a tranquillizer rifle. He confronts the lion, hoping to subdue it long enough to recover Martin and trek back to civilization. The lion attacks and Meredith takes advantage of the distraction to save Martin. Norah stabs the lion with a tranquillizer dart after it knocks the gun from Nate’s hands, causing the lion to retreat. Meredith brings Martin back to the car and Nate treats his wound.

As night falls, the now-recovering Martin speculates the lion went rogue after poachers killed its pride. Soon after, the poachers arrive and initially agree to transport the group to the village, then spot Martin, an avid anti-poacher, inside the car. The lion attacks and scatters the poachers, killing most. Nate manoeuvres his way past the lion and finds the poachers' truck keys. Back at the car, Martin holds the lion off long enough to allow the sisters to escape, though Meredith sustains a deep laceration to her side. The car falls into a ravine and Martin sacrifices himself by setting off an explosion, severely burning the lion. Nate starts the truck and races away with Meredith and Norah.

At an abandoned schoolhouse, Nate treats Meredith's wound and then forages for water. The lion appears and stalks the girls, but Nate returns and scares it off. Locking his daughters inside a room, Nate promises to return after subduing the lion. Luring it into an opening, Nate attracts the local lion pride which Martin helped raise. In the ensuing struggle, Nate is mauled by the lion and is nearly killed until the pride patriarchs intervene and kill the rogue lion. A Mopani worker arrives and saves Nate as he falls unconscious.

Awakening in a hospital, a recovering Nate tells his daughters he loves them. Sometime later, the three return to the preserve, this time as a united family.

Unfortunately, this film script lets it down as this action film seems more of a comedy and has mixed important messages, just watch for the male lion which I believe is CGI.

I liked the poster I expect it to turn up on a streaming site somewhere.

Running time 93 minutes

Rating (15)

Rating.

2.5 out of 4.

Mr Malcolm's list.

Plot.

A young woman in 1800s England helps her friend to get revenge on a suitor who rejected her for failing a requirement on his list of qualifications for a bride.

This film has been influenced by Pride and Pride and Prejudice and Bridgerton but is a very sad attempt, it has fancy costumes but the plodding stated script will leave you desperate for Mr Darcy.

Running time 117 minutes

Rated (PG)

Rating 

1 out of 4.

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Official Competition.

Plot.

An aged multimillionaire, Humberto Suárez, seeking to leave a legacy decides to finance a motion picture directed by eccentric Palme d'Or laureate Lola Cuevas. The screenplay is adapted from an award-winning novel about a man who is unable to forgive his brother for killing their parents in a drunk-driving accident. The two brothers are to be played by stage actor Iván Torres and celebrity actor Félix Rivero, whose differing methods cause them to clash during rehearsals.

During rehearsal, the three characters enter into a deliciously funny bitchy fight battle of egos that delivers bitingly sharp satire about the film industry.

I found this film to have outstanding performances from the three main characters with a very witty script but the downside is towards the end of the film it loses its momentum and fizzles out like a damp squib towards the end.

Running time 114 minutes.

Rated (15)

Rating 3.5 out of 4.

So that's the end of this mixed bag of films to watch or not, reviews are only my opinion, so go get some popcorn, sit in a comfortable chair and enjoy the movie.

Bye Bye

Mark Antony Raines.