My next review for the world of Netflix's is Knucklehead starring the WWE's Big Show. It also stars Dennis Farina, Melora Hardin and Mark Feuerstein. There is also a bit part by one of my favorite character actors Saul Rubinek.
The movie is all about The Big Show's character traveling and learning to be a fighter after her burns down an orphanages kitchen. Show's character, Walter, is an orphan who never got adopted and just stayed on as a handy man. Mark Feuerstein plays a sorta crooked trainer named Eddie who owes Dennis's character twenty five thousand dollars and is going to use Walter to get money. Dennis of course doesn't want him to get the money.
Show has excellent comedic timing. I've always enjoyed the big man's talent as a wrestler and I actually decided to watch this after watching the documentary that WWE made about his career. If you can find the sketch from SNL with him, The Rock and Mick Foley.
Back to the movie there is a scene where Walter fights bare knuckle Dave. I won't ruin the scene but it involves a funnel cake and a rear naked choke.
This is a family comedy so there is quite a few fart jokes...which of course having the mentality of a 13 year old I laughed at each and every one. Although I really don't need to see the Big Show's ass again.
This is actually a nice feel good comedy with of course the stupid romantic stuff thrown in. It probably would have done okay if it didn't have the WWE stench on it. I mean the last statement sarcastically. People wouldn't, including me, didn't give it a chance because it was from WWE flims. Much like the Condemned with Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones.
If you want just a stupid family comedy I would suggest this. I really enjoyed it.
2011/04/29
Movie review of "Exam"
I've returned with yet another movie review! Netflix's is AWESOME! Anyway to my next movie, yet another British flick, Exam.
The plot is that 8 people enter a room for an exam. They are all finalist for a position in an exclusive company. They are given directions and 80 minutes to take this exam. Each person has a piece of paper in front of them. However...there is nothing on the paper. From there people are figuring out how to solve the riddle they've been given to get the biggest chance any of them have had.
As one character says this is one big mind fuck. They are told there is one question and only one answer in this room. If they try to communication with the people in charge they are disqualified. If they leave they room they are disqualified. If they soil the paper in front of them they re disqualified. 80 minutes and go.
From here the people are trying to figure out just what this one question is. I really enjoyed the psychological aspect of it. Is it all for one or is it all about number one? Is this test to see their team work or just how cut throat they can be?
If you like dialog heavy plot lines this is a good movie for you. 3.75 out of 5.
The plot is that 8 people enter a room for an exam. They are all finalist for a position in an exclusive company. They are given directions and 80 minutes to take this exam. Each person has a piece of paper in front of them. However...there is nothing on the paper. From there people are figuring out how to solve the riddle they've been given to get the biggest chance any of them have had.
As one character says this is one big mind fuck. They are told there is one question and only one answer in this room. If they try to communication with the people in charge they are disqualified. If they leave they room they are disqualified. If they soil the paper in front of them they re disqualified. 80 minutes and go.
From here the people are trying to figure out just what this one question is. I really enjoyed the psychological aspect of it. Is it all for one or is it all about number one? Is this test to see their team work or just how cut throat they can be?
If you like dialog heavy plot lines this is a good movie for you. 3.75 out of 5.
Movie review of Rampage
Rampage is a movie directed by Uwe Boll....but don't hold it against the flick. I really enjoyed it but maybe that says something about me. The plot is a young man from a seemingly wealthy family plots a killing spree. Then he does it. That's it. Lots of shooting.
Okay for my next review...wait...you want more? There really isn't more. You have explosions, shooting and bank robbery.
I wish there was more. There is an underlying storyline involving the main characters friend but it was pointless.
I enjoyed the violence in the movie and honestly that is all I wanted when I read the description. If you want just violence with a little social commentary watch this on NetFlix instant watch
Okay for my next review...wait...you want more? There really isn't more. You have explosions, shooting and bank robbery.
I wish there was more. There is an underlying storyline involving the main characters friend but it was pointless.
I enjoyed the violence in the movie and honestly that is all I wanted when I read the description. If you want just violence with a little social commentary watch this on NetFlix instant watch
2011/04/28
From Paris with Love Review
So I couldn't sleep and I decided to watch a movie. This time around it was From Paris with Love starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Let's just start with the fact that this is just a basic action flick. Nothing special so right off the bat I'll start with my score. 2.5 out of 5. I actually probably would have rated it higher if not for Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his role. The whole time I was thinking I was watching an episode of Saved by the Bell. I honestly felt that it was Zach Morris running around with Travolta. Actually Mark-Paul Gosselaar could have been a better choice. He was in NYPD Blue. I was also distracted by the look they went for Travolta. Bald and goatee for the bad ass look I guess. Stone Cold pulled it off much better!
The plot is basic. Meyers plays a secret agent of some kind and wants to move up in the agency. Travolta plays the rugged vet who gets assigned to team with Meyers and hilarity ensues. Wait...that isn't right. They went with the basic and Meyers is dumbfounded by Travolta's off the cuff tactics. Half the movie Meyers carries around a vase full of coke. Yeah just carries it around and no one asks anything. I will say the action scenes are pretty cool and the chase scene with the bazooka was awesome.
There was one scene where Travolta goes down a fireman's pole, I don't want to ruin it too much, that nearly put it over the top. Basic action flick with horrible dialog and I almost felt like Travolta was doing the same character as Face-Off. It is on instant watch and only and hour and a half. If you like a basic action flick watch this.
There was one scene where I just about gave up on the movie. T
Let's just start with the fact that this is just a basic action flick. Nothing special so right off the bat I'll start with my score. 2.5 out of 5. I actually probably would have rated it higher if not for Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his role. The whole time I was thinking I was watching an episode of Saved by the Bell. I honestly felt that it was Zach Morris running around with Travolta. Actually Mark-Paul Gosselaar could have been a better choice. He was in NYPD Blue. I was also distracted by the look they went for Travolta. Bald and goatee for the bad ass look I guess. Stone Cold pulled it off much better!
The plot is basic. Meyers plays a secret agent of some kind and wants to move up in the agency. Travolta plays the rugged vet who gets assigned to team with Meyers and hilarity ensues. Wait...that isn't right. They went with the basic and Meyers is dumbfounded by Travolta's off the cuff tactics. Half the movie Meyers carries around a vase full of coke. Yeah just carries it around and no one asks anything. I will say the action scenes are pretty cool and the chase scene with the bazooka was awesome.
There was one scene where Travolta goes down a fireman's pole, I don't want to ruin it too much, that nearly put it over the top. Basic action flick with horrible dialog and I almost felt like Travolta was doing the same character as Face-Off. It is on instant watch and only and hour and a half. If you like a basic action flick watch this.
There was one scene where I just about gave up on the movie. T
2011/04/27
Review of the movie "Doghouse"
Doghouse is a flick I found while just messing around in Netflix's instant watch. This is the description on netflix:
"Six guys hell-bent on having a raucous weekend away from wives and lovers arrive in the town of Moodley. But something's odd about this quaint hamlet. Where are the men? And why do all the women look like they're thirsting for blood? The poor blokes soon discover that half the population has been wiped out by the same virus-infected, man-hating cannibals terrorizing them. Stephen Graham, Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke and Lee Ingleby star."
How could I NOT check this flick out? I didn't notice but Mickey from Doctor Who starred in it as well (Noel Clarke).
This was done in a similar tone as Shaun of the Dead where the main characters are morons while things go to hell around them. The deaths are over the top most of the time which is fun. The gore is over the top which is cool and everyone does a great job in their roles.
As the description above says, a group of pals decide to take their recently divorced friend away for a weekend of drinking. They got to Mikey's (Noel Clarke's) grandma's house in a small wooded town. She is out on a cruise. When they get there the town is dead...almost literally. About 25-30 minutes in you run into your first crazy woman and then it goes from there. The group of guys are dumb and running around. The humor is done with their reactions much like in Shaun of the Dead.
Overall I really enjoy this flick. It is British and I don't think it made it over here to the states but I could be wrong. Noel plays Mickey basically which made it slightly better in my opinion.
Again Overall I enjoyed it and I left it in my queue as I might even watch it a second time. There you go, another night at the movies with the Fat Man.
"Six guys hell-bent on having a raucous weekend away from wives and lovers arrive in the town of Moodley. But something's odd about this quaint hamlet. Where are the men? And why do all the women look like they're thirsting for blood? The poor blokes soon discover that half the population has been wiped out by the same virus-infected, man-hating cannibals terrorizing them. Stephen Graham, Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke and Lee Ingleby star."
How could I NOT check this flick out? I didn't notice but Mickey from Doctor Who starred in it as well (Noel Clarke).
This was done in a similar tone as Shaun of the Dead where the main characters are morons while things go to hell around them. The deaths are over the top most of the time which is fun. The gore is over the top which is cool and everyone does a great job in their roles.
As the description above says, a group of pals decide to take their recently divorced friend away for a weekend of drinking. They got to Mikey's (Noel Clarke's) grandma's house in a small wooded town. She is out on a cruise. When they get there the town is dead...almost literally. About 25-30 minutes in you run into your first crazy woman and then it goes from there. The group of guys are dumb and running around. The humor is done with their reactions much like in Shaun of the Dead.
Overall I really enjoy this flick. It is British and I don't think it made it over here to the states but I could be wrong. Noel plays Mickey basically which made it slightly better in my opinion.
Again Overall I enjoyed it and I left it in my queue as I might even watch it a second time. There you go, another night at the movies with the Fat Man.
2011/04/26
Review of Michael Moore hates America
With Netflix I am finding all sort of things I never knew of. Such as this movie. Now let me start by saying that I am a fan of Michael Moore. I have seen, I think, all of his films. I don't always agree with him, such his last one about Capitalism, but I do watch them. I am also not a fan of his methods at times. He lies about what the films are about and uses the ambush method of interviewing people which I don't agree with either. However I think he gets people thinking and that is important.
Now this film is done almost exactly like a Moore film. Horrible narration, weird boring shots of nothing, interviews with people who really have nothing to do with the subject but are somehow in a weird six degrees of separation way of making it part of the main point.
The idea is that Michael Wilson, who finds quite a few holes in the Bowling of Columbine movie. He decides to make a movie about it and try to interview Moore. Moore of course doesn't respond. It is then all about Wilson proving that Moore hates actually hates America.
Wilson goes to Flint, Michigan and New York to try and find Moore. He also go to the bank where Moore got his free gun for opening an account in Bowling. It was extremely staged according to the teller and people from the bank. Penn Jillette is also featured in it talking about documentaries throughout.
Overall I enjoyed it. I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5. Its a couple of years old but I enjoyed it more than I did Capitalism.
Now this film is done almost exactly like a Moore film. Horrible narration, weird boring shots of nothing, interviews with people who really have nothing to do with the subject but are somehow in a weird six degrees of separation way of making it part of the main point.
The idea is that Michael Wilson, who finds quite a few holes in the Bowling of Columbine movie. He decides to make a movie about it and try to interview Moore. Moore of course doesn't respond. It is then all about Wilson proving that Moore hates actually hates America.
Wilson goes to Flint, Michigan and New York to try and find Moore. He also go to the bank where Moore got his free gun for opening an account in Bowling. It was extremely staged according to the teller and people from the bank. Penn Jillette is also featured in it talking about documentaries throughout.
Overall I enjoyed it. I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5. Its a couple of years old but I enjoyed it more than I did Capitalism.
2011/04/25
Deep in the Valley Review
So I am pretty sick today (I think food poisoning) and I recently picked up a free month of netflixs. One of the first movies that came up that I've never heard of was "Deep in the Valley" because I like Scott Caan. The idea of the movie is a loser and successful friend end up winning a old porn booth. After getting into it they are taken to a world that is all set in the world of Diamond Jim's porns, which the loser, Lester, knows everything about. From there it is just one horrible porn joke after another although it made me laugh quite often. Diamond Jim is played by Christopher McDonald who is Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore. It isn't something that I would say you have to watch but if you're bored one night, you have netflixs and aren't offended by boobs you will enjoy this I think. I laughed quite a few times. It kind of reminds me of the old National Lampoon movies. Some brief nudity and lots of sophomoric humor.
Overall I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Caan and McGavin are both great and lots of good young women.
Oh and on a personal note if you are wondering I think I have food poisoning. I don't feel bad except for all the puking. I hope to return to normal life tomorrow.
Overall I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Caan and McGavin are both great and lots of good young women.
Oh and on a personal note if you are wondering I think I have food poisoning. I don't feel bad except for all the puking. I hope to return to normal life tomorrow.
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