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I am Dee Jay and I review movies. From the classics to the most recent, the good, and the bad, I do my best to review the movies that you may be considering watching and letting you know where they stand.
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Plot A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.
What I Think We are introduced to a faceless computer program that introduces an intense, high action game of death via live stream. The game ends and we drop into the life of a nobody coder who works at a video game company that seems to be going nowhere. But today he will become famous because he trolled the wrong people.
This movie is high-octane murder porn with a lot of death, a lot of blood & guts, and a whole lot of profanity. It has a little bit of a Scott Pilgrim feel to it with the gaming effects as well as a Shoot em’ Up/John Wick action vibe.
This is a movie that you can watch with a bunch of friends, make fun of the funny parts, and really get into the action. I cannot recommend this movie enough to anybody because it really did stand out.
Daniel Radcliffe did a great job in this comedy action movie that pushed the limits of taste in my opinion. Although there were some rough moments throughout the movie, a bit of cheesy dialogue, and some grandstanding from our bad guy, the movie was actually very solid.
If you like the above-mentioned movie examples, including the movie Gamer, then you will definitely love this one.
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Rating: 4 out of 5.
I’m going to give it 4 of 5 stars.
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A short movie review for people with short attention spans!! Spoilers Possible!!
Director Adrian Grunberg is mostly know for being the Assistant Director of such films as Man On Fire, Apocalypto, and numerous episodes of Narcos: Mexico. He has also directed the film Get the Gringo.
What I Think The RAMBO franchise has made it through four decades as an action paradigm that explores, possibly unwittingly, the lingering effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the perspective of veterans of the Vietnam War.
This particular installment though shows “Old Man” John Rambo finally relaxing on a ranch in Arizona, training horses with his niece. He still has his trademark Bowie Knife and a decent assortment of guns in an underground bunker but those are just for a rainy day.
What drives Rambo to return to his old way of killing happens when you mess with the only family he has left. Once he crosses that line…all bets are off.
This installment is okay to say the least. We are seeing Rambo in a non-war environment which already is hard to believe because that is where he lives in my mind. The fact that he is going head to head with a Mexican Cartel is believable though. If there is a group that causes plenty of problems domestically, that is fairly untouchable, cartels are at the top of that list.
There are a few questions that have to be asked when watching this movie, of which the answer to said questions is very much yes. Is he going to get these guys? Are there consequences for their actions? Is this movie just like all the other Rambo’s?
Like the series or not, this film does deliver the goods. In the end this movie didn’t need to be made but it does help to know that John Rambo did make it back to Arizona, the place he was headed before that cop got in his way in first blood 38 years ago.
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
I give this film a 3 1/2 of 5 stars Poster, Pictures, and Plot courtesy of IMDB.
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Plot Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
What I Think As the movie opens we follow a little girl into the woods when she comes upon a strange lady with a top hat. They converse in a friendly manner. Suddenly, the mood of the conversation shifts and strangers appear in the forest closing in on the two. The top hat lady grabs the little girl and the strangers rush them and all goes black.
Fast forward, we are catching up with Danny Torrence almost 3 decades after the incident at the Overlook Hotel. He is still able to shine but he is using drugs and drink to block out all of those memories. Danny finds himself in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere where he meets a new friend that guides him to a path toward sobriety, helps him to get a steady job and a place to stay. Shortly after arriving in the small town a message appears on the wall of his room. The writing of a child.
Finally, a young couple are throwing a party for their little girl, after the party they discover that their little girl has a gift. This gift is new to her but what she figures out is magical, curious, and terrifying all wrapped into one.
Now that I have laid down a bit of a foundation on the movie, here is my biggest gripe. There are some flashbacks in the movie that showcase The Shining. Scenes like the long hall with Danny on the Big Wheel, the bar scene with Jack, the old lady in the tub, etc. In the film they casts lookalikes to play the part of Wendy and Jack. With the advancement of technology, specifically deep fakes, you are telling me that they couldn’t do a face swap to make those roles more authentic? All the money put in to make this sequel awesome and they skimp on deep fakes. I’m off my soapbox.
Moving on from my visual disappointment of the flashback I did like the story. The way we get to see what happened after the events at the Overlook is enlightening. How this rogue band of light eaters known as The True Knot enters the story and adds a new level of terror to the story is chilling. Finally, introduction of this new stronger keeper of the shine is also very cool.
With all that said, there are a couple of disturbing scenes involving kidnapping and child murder, elements of science fiction, and of course the paranormal.
If you enjoyed The Shining then know that this movie is a bit faster but just as long.
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
I give this film 3 1/2 of 5 stars Poster, plot and pictures courtesy of www.imdb.com
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Plot A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.
What I Think A college swimmer attending school in Florida gets a call from her sister saying that she cannot get a hold of their father who lives on the coast. A Category 5 hurricane is headed his way and she is worried. Since she is close to where her dad lives she makes the trip to his house in an effort to make sure he is okay.
As she gets close to the town, she encounters a roadblock manned by an old friend. He tries to turn her around due to the distance of the storm but she bypasses the roadblock to get to her dad’s place. She locates him in the basement of their old house but he has been injured and needs medical attention as soon as possible.
Just as she is about to get out of the basement to call the local emergency services she is suddenly stopped by an alligator. This is when the shit hits an already shit covered fan. As you would expect she and her dad become trapped in the basement fighting for their lives while the water level begins to rise in the basement due to the Hurricane.
This premise is exciting and pulse pounding and as much as I wanted to really like it the movie as a whole fell short. There were times I was saying, “There is no way they would be able to do that!” I am no animal expert by any means but I have seen enough nature shows to know how alligators attack, with that said some scenes were very unbelievable.
At the end of the day this is a movie and not everything in a movie will absolutely happen in real life so I cannot fault the writer or director for embellishing the action.
With that said, if you like animal attack movies such as Lake Placid, Cujo, The Edge, or Jaws, you may enjoy this flick.
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Rating: 3 out of 5.
I give this movie 3 of 5 stars Poster, Pictures and Plot courtesy of www.imdb.com
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Plot A young boy in Hitler’s Army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
What I Think A good little member of the Hitler Youth, JoJo is attending a camp that trains the German youth in military action. This includes marching, ambush tactics, in field survival, rifle use, first aid, and explosives training. During the training Jojo gets hazed and runs off to consult his imaginary friend Hitler…yes “THE” Hitler. After a pep talk with the Führer he goes head first into an explosive training session that causes him close to life threatening injuries.
He recovers from his injuries but they cause him to be disqualified as a future fighter of the German Army. This means he can only do menial jobs like passing out flyers and collecting metal for bullets. One day while he is home JoJo hears a noise coming from upstairs and investigates. His curiosity leads to him finding a small room behind the wall in his sisters room. He searches the room and finds a young Jewish girl hiding.
Making light of the atrocities that happened during World War II is a very hard thing to do. Making it funny from the Germans point of view is even harder. These are a people that blindly followed their leader to completely wipe out the Jews in Germany by murdering 6 million of them. With that said, the way that Taika Waititi injected a humorous, bumbling, cartoonish version of the dictator Adolph Hitler into the landscape of this film, artfully broke the tension, drama, and the heaviness of the situation.
The cast also injected humor into the whole movie even if it was just being flippant with the authorities, voicing misunderstandings, or in most cases saying things that were so outrageous that they instantly made you laugh. Sam Rockwell playing the hopeless German Officer that keeps getting demoted, Stephen Merchant as the heartless Gestapo, Rebel Wilson who is a camp counselor (of sorts) for the Nazi Youth, and Scarlet Johansen in the strong mother role made the movie. Great casting choices that solidified the movie as a fantastic viewing experience.
In short, this film is a genuine work of art, that plays like The Producers and hits like Blazing Saddles with a good drama added for good measure.
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
With that I give this movie a 4 1/2 of 5 stars. Poster, Pictures and Plot courtesy of www.imdb.com
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The Grudge (2020)…a short movie review for people with short attention spans. Spoilers Possible!!!
Director Nicholas Pesce wrote and directed this version of The Grudge as well as the movies Piercing (2018) and Fantastic Cinema Festival Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing Award winner The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
Plot A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.
What I Think The screams come immediately, no time is wasted as we start the story in Japan and bring it to the USA. A caregiver who was taking care of a sick patient in the original Grudge house is now back home and she brought home an attachment. Two years later everyone who steps foot in her home is cursed to deal with the horrors that follow.
Through the frights and the nightmares, a fresh perspective on what horror used to be can finally be seen in this movie. It has been a long time since I have jumped at a jump scare and there are a couple in this flick that accomplished this feat.
With that said the movie does have a good story, there are flashbacks between victims because everything is from the perspective of a case file which chronicles the deaths. With many affected by the curse, which is what I am calling it, there is plenty to pull from in terms of the nightmares that we all have.
I am not a slouch in the horror movie category, being a lifelong fan of all things scary, but after the movie I had to walk back to my home at night and I ended up being very paranoid.
The only real problem that I had with the whole movie was the fact that nobody ever drove a vehicle that was made in 2004 which is when the movie takes place. All the cars were pre 2000, very unsettling.
Other than that, the movie has kills, blood, gore, paranormal scenes and is definitely not for kids. Enjoy!
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Plot The armies of the night number 100,000; they outnumber the police 5 to 1; and tonight they’re after the Warriors.
Synopsis Nine delegates from 100 gangs meet up to hear from Cyrus the President of the biggest gang in New York, The Grammercy Riffs. Halfway through the speech however Cyrus is murdered and the blame is put on The Warriors.
“Warriors…Come out and playay!!”
During the remainder of the movie, after escaping from the park where the event happened, they are relentlessly hunted by other gangs that are trying to take them out and deliver them to Cyrus’s gang. All they need to do is get on the train and go the 27 miles to Coney Island and they’ll be safe…They think.
What I think This movie, when I was younger, was fantastic. It had everything that could pique my interest, such as gangs, mild violence, and a decent sense of life or death.
Once you see the first five minutes of the movie you realize that all of these gangs in it have a very strict dress code and they have to dress the same but in some cases the costume itself is ridiculous from The Boppers dressed as pimps to The Furies dressed like clowns in baseball uniforms to The Turnbull AC’s that are skinheads wearing bowling shirts. Even the Warriors have a vest that says Warriors on the back of it and blue jeans, very motorcycle gang (minus the motorcycle), strict when it comes to the dress code.
“Can You Dig It!!!”
Even though the costumes are outrageous, the action and story were interesting and exciting. The slow moments are jam packed with tension, the pace of the story is just right, and when it goes down the fights are very violent and entertaining.
As you go through the story with The Warriors you can feel the tension as they make their way through the street where every alleyway could spell death. From the fights with the The Furies and The Orphans to the set up with The Lizzies, an all girl gang, to the final showdown with The Rogues in Coney Island. Every encounter whittled away the numbers of the Warriors.
The Nitty Gritty of this review is that, for the time, the acting was pretty good, the look was good, and the wardrobe matched the time perfectly. The not so good is that when the movie was re-released, the production company inserted comic book wipes that, for lack of a better term, screwed up the flow of the movie. Between the scenes the film gets switched to a comic book cell and then moved over to another scene the changed back to a film.
All and all, this was a great movie that I revisit on a regular basis.
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If you like gang movies, the 70’s, fighting, and action then this movie is good for you.
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Rating: 4 out of 5.
I give this movie 4 of 5 stars. Poster, Pictures, and Plot courtesy of IMDB.com
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Plot Jack Cunningham was an HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.
What I Think Ben Affleck’s character, Jack Cunningham, is a construction worker with a drinking problem working long hours during the day in an attempt to distract from everyday life. It looks like life has handed him the short end of the stick until he is given another chance, receiving a call that would bring him back from the brink of self destruction.
The opportunity to become a high school basketball coach at the school that he had once attended is on the table. He gets to take over the team after the regular head coach has a heart attack and is unable to continue for the rest of the season. This movie has several stories within it, the main story has more to do with Jack’s personal life and how he deals with it.
The second story has to do with his job as a coach for the kids of his old high school and what he must do to form them into a winning well oiled machine. He must also overcome his demons to take control of the team and figure out how best to become a leader who inspires while at the same time pushing them to become responsible adults.
The third story I’m going to leave as a surprise because this little detail threw me off while I was watching the film. There are many obstacles in the way, that Jack put there himself, throughout the whole movie.
What I like about this movie is the fact that it shows an extreme amount of emotion from extreme highs to extreme lows. With as heavy as the drama is there are some moments of levity but there are also moments of absolute despair. With everything that goes on in this movie it is hard to believe that someone can go through that amount of trauma and depression without killing themselves. Ben Affleck did a great job of conveying this story. Al Madrigal, who is more known for his comedy, delivered a very dramatic performance while also providing the needed laugh or two.
Through the heartbreak, triumph, losses and gains this movie pushes us through the thickness of addiction, love, hate, and death while at the same time guiding us down the path to a safe place that gives us time to catch our breath and for that I thank them. With enough heart you can pull yourself out of your head and straighten yourself out just long enough to make someone proud but on the polar opposite you can try just hard enough to push everyone away. Don’t do that.
With all the highs and lows throughout this film if it’s drama you are looking for then you found it.
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Rating: 4 out of 5.
I’m going to give it 4 of 5 stars. Poster, plot and pictures courtesy of www.imdb.com
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Plot Early 1970’s. Four Strangers check in at the El Royale hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests’ reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
What I think We start with a man entering a room, almost like a stage performance, and he proceeds to tear up the carpet, move the furniture, and tear up the floor underneath to hide a suitcase. Once finished he puts everything back together. All furniture back in its place all carpet laid back down. He waits for a visitor and once the visitor arrives the man is shot, his secret forever lost.
Fast forward a few years, you have an FBI agent, a singer, a priest, a bellhop, and a beautiful girl.
This is a movie all about the secrets of strangers. This star studded cast was able to convey a cohesive story told from multiple points of view that was not only interesting but thrilling. There was a bit of a Tarantino feel with the way each story unfolded. It was engaging and fantastic.
Every angle of this movie captured an event that keeps the audience focused but second guessing themselves. You may ask yourself which story is the main story but in reality every story told is linked to the other. The plot isn’t really confusing you just have to wait for that part of the story to catch up. With the way the film progresses and weaves the tales in and out of each other it is a work of art.
From bank heists, murders, kidnapping, conspiracies, and to top it all off a crazy cult. This flick had everything and delivers a great bit of mystery, action, and drama.
If you like mysteries, multiple story lines, a retro backdrop, and suspense then this movie is very much for you.
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Rating: 5 out of 5.
I give this movie a 5 out of 5 stars. Poster, plot and pictures courtesy of www.imdb.com
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Plot A British drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire to a dynasty of Oklahoma Billionaires.
What I Think This film starts a bit like Snatch, in that we begin near the end of the movie and bring it back to the beginning. Normally I would call this pulling a Tarantino but the way Guy Ritchie did it was all in his own style. It pulls you in.
A journalist, Fletcher, and a gangster, Ray, have a sit down about a potential story that could ruin his bosses life. This narrative goes all the way to the end of the movie. There is a visual representation of the story being shown as the story progresses. Apparently, Ray’s boss Mickey had embarrassed Fletcher’s editor and his boss was none too happy about this slight.
The story that Fletcher is paid to write will expose Mickey’s illegal activities and ruin his reputation as a “Legitimate” business man. What comes after is a trail of intimidation, betrayal, double cross, assault, and murder.
This follows the way Ritchie shoots movies. Plenty of dialogue to make sure that no detail is overlooked and great cinematography that grabs your attention, never lets go, and never disappoints.
Matthew McConaughey plays his calm and cool self in a slight British accent but still very much a dominant force, Colin Farrell brings out his comedic side while staying stone faced serious, Henry Golding shows off his darker, grittier side, and Hugh Grant proves that he is a very funny person by being someone you love to hate.
If you have never seen a Guy Ritchie movie, I listed an impressive resume earlier that you should check this out. If you have, then add this to your must see list.
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Rating: 5 out of 5.
I give this movie an impressive 5 of 5 stars. Poster, Plot, and Pictures courtesy of IMDB.com.
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