Killers

It may interest you to know that this is, in fact, my 25th film review. Is that the silver one? Or the bronze one? Or the something shiny one? No matter, I'll ignore that, I have a film to review, he said excitedly.

Killers. The title makes it sound promising. When you read the title, you immediately think action epic starring some buff actor, probably Jason Statham. Sadly, you're mistaken. This epically titled film stars heart throb Ashton Kutcher and the gorgeous Katherine Heigl. So there we go, that's the female audience covered in Kutcher and the male audience covered in Heigl. But, sadly, the film doesn't quite live up to expectations. In short, the film is very good looking, but lacking in any real substance.

Kutcher is, we learn quickly, some sort of James Bond/Jason Bourne super spy. He has the looks, the gadgets, the skills, everything. Plus, he has the power to pull anyone he wants, namely, Katherine Heigl. Now the beginning is, quite frankly, shit. There's no two ways about it, it's just how the two meet, and nothing happens. Cut to a shot of a quaint suburban village, and the words "Three Years Later". For the lads in the cinema, this is the best scene of the film, because Heigl is in her bra. Excellent. But anyway, this is finally where the film kicks into action. We find out that Kutcher has a bounty of like $20,000,000 or something on his head, and that's the story - Kutcher and Heigl go on the run, with pretty decent action scenes in between them and the end of the film. That's, literally, it. So then you sit back, relax and enjoy, because after the Three Years Later bit, it is quite enjoyable. The explosions are pretty awesome and, though Kutcher's character seems pretty useless at it, the fight scenes aren't half bad either.

Apologies for the below-par review, there really isn't much to go into great detail about! But it's worth the £7 I had to pay to ogle Katherine Heigl all film. Good times.

I'd give it a 6/10. Alright, I suppose.

Prince of Persia

(This review has been a very, very long time coming. I wrote the first two paragraphs the day aftter I saw it, the rest are going on pure memory!)

When you have a look online at the latest films, or what you want to go see later in the cinema, any time you see a film adaptation of a game appear on the list, you immediately seek to avoid said film at all costs. Hitman is but one of many examples. Prince of Persia, however, is a very good exception to this rule.

The story is rather complicated. We quickly learn that Dastan (Gyllenhaal) is an orphan with exceptional courage and is rather good as free-running (you know, climbing up walls and jumping from building to building). The King of Persia saw this courage and talent and adopted him into the Royal Family of Persia - the first member not to have any royal blood whatsoever. Zoom on 6 or 7 years, and you know have Dastan with a supremely impressive 6-pack, and a knack for disobeying the rules. Lots of things happen in a very impressive battle and we learn of The Sands of Time. Lots of other things happen, Dastan steals a dagger, and escapes alongside the gorgeous Princess of Alymet (or something), Gemma Arteton - she really is gorgeous. The two go on a few adventures together and bicker continuously as the story goes on, but, inevitably, they both realise they have a thing going on. (They do kiss in the end, they may bonk aswell, but I forget)

That's all there is to it. The rest is a number of battle sequences that involve lots of special effects (in particular the final battle, which is good on the eyes, but looking back, it's very silly). Because I forgot about this review, I'll keep it blunt - it's a good film if you just want a bit of fun and if you're a heterosexual boy/homosexual girl you can stare at Gemma Arterton for 2 hours, or if you're a heterosexual girl/homosexual boy you can stare at Jake Gyllenhaal for 2 hours. If you're looking for a deep plot with twists and turns, then this isn't for you. Oh, and for good measure, it has a predictable ending.

6.5/10.

Let The Right One In (2009)

I have literally just finished watching this film - around 30 minutes ago - and though this film isn't, and wasn't, out in any cinema near by, I think this needs reviewing. Such is the effect of the film on me, it will test my reviewing skills to the extreme.

I watched this film with very high expectations. All reviews I'd read previously had said that it's among the greatest Vampire films of all time, 5 stars all across the board, using superlatives such us "amazing" and "jaw-dropping". I couldn't wait to get my teeth into this one (oh, vampire pun!).

We begin with a harrowing scene of 1981, Sweden, the place picturesquely covered completely in snow across a set of flats, which is where we first see our bumbling hero, per se, in his pants. Why he's in his pants, I have no idea, but in his pants he is. The opening 15 minutes or so is merely setting the scene for what's to come, a 12 year old school boy bullied by his peers being called again and again "piggy". He isn't fat, he's just called piggy, presumably for his pig-like facial appearance, but we won't go into that. This is Oskar, the young boy secluded from society totally, a loner who knows a bit too much about murder it seems. We are then introduced to Eli, the also (more or less) 12 year old girl who quickly befriends Oskar as he practises his knife wielding skills on an unsuspecting tree. The conversation between the two gradually develops from childhood shyness after meeting a pretty girl to subjects far too morbid and evidently deadly for 12 year olds to fully comprehend. Sad to say though, my enjoyment of the film was dampened very, very slightly by the pure annoyance of Oskar himself. That said, I guess that is Oskar, so our young star Kåre Hedebrant did brilliantly. The show is stolen completely however by young Eli, the vampire played exceptionally by Lina Leandersson.

We then meet a group of conspirators who, after hearing of two murders in their small village, obviously suspect the worst, regularly meeting to conspire and discuss the latest incidents. One member of the group (I won't divulge who, I'll keep it a surprise) is attacked by young Eli, leading indirectly to the second most spectacular set-piece in the film (the first I'll talk about later) really gives the director - Tomas Alfredson - reason to boast to the Michael Bays of this world that big budget stuff really doesn't mean a good film.

The cinematography and direction in general of the film is up there with the best I've ever seen. Every shot has a symbolic meaning behind it, for example, the closed door between Oskar and Eli, symbolising that however badly they want their love to flourish, there will always be an invisible barrier between the two. Similar to the barrier that prevents vampires from entering another's home, something we get to experience quite incredibly and disturbingly. 10 respect points for Alfredson. The snow covered world the film is set really gives a sense of harrowing worry as to whether Eli wants Oskar to be her boyfriend, a friend, a sidekick or simply lunch is always a possibility, one which on one occasion very nearly becomes a scary reality as our blithering idiot that is Oskar purposely cuts his hand in order to made a "blood brothers-like" connection between him and Eli.

The film is filled with small hints towards it's incredible conclusion, truly showing how far the young lovers are willing to go to help each other (Oskar putting his life on the line to save Eli as one of the conspirators approaches Eli in her sleep) to one of the best moments in film I've ever laid my eyes on. As Oskar plays with fire as he takes the word of Eli and sticks up for himself and "hits back", he inadvertently brings his bully's older brother into the mix, leading to a sublime 30 seconds of cinema, taken place underwater as we play the guessing game of "how the hell did that happen?!" Those 30 seconds sum this film up absolutely perfectly - not what you expect, yet utterly amazing.

In a time where it seems vampires are suddenly the new wizards, it's a feat to set your film apart in comparison to 30 Days of Night and True Blood, and this film has done so, in incredible fashion. To even use it in the same sentence as Twilight would be a disgrace to man kind, so I won't. Let's just say that if you like Twilight, you really have no idea what a vampire is. Let The Right One In is, in effect, a love story told so darkly and absorbingly, that it's a true horror film, and it's an absolute masterpiece. Give me none of this torture porn you see all over the place, I want Swedish vampire films.

There is an American remake of the film coming this year, which I will review in comparison to this one, but hear this: If the remake is better, then it will be the greatest film of all time. That's how good this film is, it'll be nigh on impossible for anyone to do better.

Simply stunning. 9.8/10.

The Hurt Locker

Bizarrely, The Hurt Locker has never been screened here in the United Kingdom. Typically though, this is the film that went on to dominate every awards show (apart from the Golden Globes, but no one really cares about them anyway), and most importantly it won 6 awards at The Oscars. But at home, no one has actually seen the film, which led us all to doubt the credentials of the film itself, considering the huge success that was AVATAR worldwide, but for a film that was pretty much only shown in America to blow it out of the water. Finally, I paid the fee charged by Sky Box Office and sat down, ready to answer the question that's been on so many people's lips. What's all the fuss about?

The opening scene is enough to answer that question. The immediate stark realisation of the wasteland that is Baghdad, Iraq, of the unimaginable living quarters that the Iraq people have to live in day in day out, of the strange fact that the locals watch the Army go about their work from the safety of their apartment, if you can call them that, windows. The opening scene makes you completely forget that you're even watching a film, the shaky camera that's at work puts you right in the thick of the action, almost as if you're there with them, watching the terrifying incidents unfold before your very eyes.

The story itself is easy enough. Simply, it follows the US Army's Bomb Disposal Squad as it answers its calls out to the open wasteland. That's it. But that's not the point of the film, Kathryn Bigelow (director) set out to make a point, that a film needn't have a huge, complicated plot (unlike AVATAR) in order to be good. As long as it's interesting, it'll do. Now some of you may turn a blind eye because of the lack of storyline, but once you're in, you don't want to look away. Every scene as an unparralelled level of intensity, caused by the impending doom that surrounds Iraq, the occasional jet heard screaming over head causing a brief panic that that jet plane could be a missile. Every pile of rubble passed by the soldiers could contain a monstrous size of explosives.

As the film passes, you realise that this is as close to reality as any film is ever going to get. The use of real-life soldiers, the naturalistic, almost improvised dialogue. And don't even get me started on the explosions. I've never seen better explosions on screen, and the stop-motion camera adds a realism to the opening scene, and is only used once more in the whole film. The stunning stop-motion moments are the defining images of the film, particularly at the beginning. But then, you've got all these special effects and it's all very well, but interestingly enough, the best scene in the film is stripped down totally, focusing primarily on two men and a Sniper Rifle. The scene lasts 15 minutes. No sound effects besides maybe four gun shots. It's pure cinematic genius.

We Brits may feel a sense of dubiousness when it comes to seeing this film, as it may be a very pro-American, all guns blazing gung-ho War film. Pay no attention to this whatsoever. When it comes to War films, everyone will talk about the Saving Private Ryan's, or the Apocalypse Now's or the Black Hawk Down's. The first film that will come to mind when talking about War films is The Hurt Locker.

What's all the fuss about? The fuss is about an absolutely incredible film that you should catch while you can, one of the great war films of our time and though it won all those awards, it will never get the recognition it deserves, from us here in the UK, anyway.

9.4/10. Amazing.

Sherlock Holmes

This Victorian tale was filmed by the man behind films such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and RocknRolla - Guy Ritchie. You would think that the person that's directed numerous gangster films wouldn't be the best director to direct a classic detective in Victorian London with very few guns to use. And yet, Ritchie managed to direct a very, very good film. The was some furore regarding Sherlock himself - Robert Downey Jr. wouldn't exactly be the Sherlock we've come to expect over the years. The very smart, elegant detective that goes about his duties with not much fuss. And yet, Downey Jr. plays an oh so different Skerlock, that I absolutely adored (my man crush on Downey Jr. did further this adoration, mind you).

Once the film started, you could easily tell that Ritchie had spent much time thinking about the setting of the film - Ye Olde London. The very dark and idyllic London is simply stunning, with half-built Tower Bridge being the piece-de-resistance. Each dark alleyway that Sherlock and Watson trudge along from time to time have a genuine eeriness about it that shows that though London is one of the most well known cities in the world, back in the day London had many skeletons in its closet, with courtesans and shafty salesmen being a regular sight throughout.

The story itself is a very interesting one (that Sherlock, naturally, is able to suss out, for the most part), and I was captivated by the way Sherlock went about at explaining how he figured all of the important elements out, sometimes with a sort of flashback, and others you really had to listen to what Sherlock was saying as only a few pictures were shown. This isn't a film you can just watch as a bit of fun on a Sunday evening, if, like me, you want to figure out the story before it gets explained, then your attention is a must. Sadly, I didn't figure out what happened before Sherlock had to explain, but I was oh so close.

Finally, you have to mention the camaraderie between Downey Jr.'s Sherlock and Jude Law's Watson is among the great partnership in current cinema. The connection between them is second to none, regularly making quips to one another.

The film has it's flaws, obviously, but there are so many pros that out weigh the cons that you nearly miss them. Oh, and the fight scene at the beginning is amazing.

To summarise, the classic detective portrayed in not-so-conventional fashion, but this really was a conventionally brilliant film.

7.7/10.

Avatar

Here we go. The film everyone has been talking about for months. The return of James Cameron, director of Titanic and Terminator. Revolutionary special effects, we were promised? Are they? Oh hell yes. Was it worth the wait? Oh hell yes.

If you don't know what this is all about, where have you been for the past 6 months? Well, this is the story of a man named Jake Sully who takes part in the AVATAR Programme in 2154 (yes, I paid attention to the video logs) where he takes control (drives, as called in the film) of a member of the Na'vi, a tribe of aliens that live on a planet named Pandora, where he becomes one of them in order to find a rock named "Unobtanium" (stolen from "The Core"?) and, well, obtain it. The story is one of simplicity, and yet the manner in which the movie goes about it is so incredibly epic, that you couldn't care less about the story until it all kicks off in the last 30 minutes, you just want to watch Jake's progress as he learns the ways of the Na'vi.

When I first saw Jake's Avatar, around 10 minutes or so in, I was a bit apprehensive. He started running around the camp in which he was "made" per se, and he easily stood out as a CGI creature, and I was wondering "oh no, please don't say it looks like that for the rest of the movie!" and two things occurred. 1) It doesn't. 2) Even if it does, you don't notice because the creatures are so immaculately created. After the bump in the first 10 minutes, it was pure jaw-dropping sights. The Pandora jungle is simply stunning, everything has been created to the tiniest detail. The space is so vast, it's unreal how, err, real it actually looks. But, what's even more impressive than that are the creatures in the jungle itself. Every tree, flower, strange floating insect has had time spent on it, getting every detail precise. An astonishing feat considering the vastness of the whole project.

I'll talk about the Na'vi later, I'll begin with the animals. Well, not animals, creatures. The bizarre dog-like aliens that attack Jake early on his Avatar experience, are incredible. Even the way they're mouths open is astounding. The big dinosaur crossed with hammerhead shark creatures are cracking too, but the big achievement animal wise has to go to the ikran, or however you spell it, commonly known as a Banshee. They're just amazing. They're pterodactyl likeness and the different colours on their heads are of such detail that it'll take hours and hours of viewing to see every little thing they've put on these incredible animals.

The Na'vi. These 12ft beasts are just astounding. Where Cameron came up with this tribe is beyond me, it's like Smurfs have been subject to Gamma radiation and this is the outcome. The fact that Jake and Naytiri look so real is one thing, but to have thousands upon thousands of them, all with they're own personal traits and evident trademarks, set them apart from everyone else in the crowd of thousands. Though the female Na'vi remind me a bit of Mystique from X-Men, they're originality is breathtaking.

After leaving the cinema, I had time to have a real think over what I just saw. I did that with Transformers 2 and look how that turned out. But this one really is a spectacle you mustn't miss. It's been twelve years in the making, and it shows. Everything has been meticulously planned. Everything from that huge mean animal called a Thanator, to that has wings that spin colourfully when it flies. The added effect of when at night, everything sort of glows, with a fairytale like appearance to it all. Clearly, Cameron as taken time. In fact, to make one scene, it took 2 years. That's just phenomenal (I'm running out of superlatives here). He's not rushed into anything, he's planned every scene to a tee, every conversation, the Na'vi language, the shrieks of the Banshee's, everything. Exceptional.

Cameron has said that if Avatar is a success, he's planning 2 sequels. We only see a snippet of the wondrous world of Pandora, it has so many different directions it could go to. If so, I've already booked my tickets. But please Mr. Cameron. Don't rush into it, you've set a brilliant foundation. Don't ruin it.

Though the film is a bit weird, and it probably won't be every one's cup of tea, it really is outstanding. Make sure you go see it, make sure you can say that you were there when the future of cinema truly began.

Using my brand new RBJ-O-Meter, I give Avatar, an incredibly impressive, 9.1/10.

New Moon

The most of you that read my film reviews must know what film this is. Yes, it's the second film of the both adored and hated saga (got it yet?) across the world. Twilight. I'm a strange one. I utterly despise the books...but both films so far have pleasantly surprised me in being quite an enjoyable experience.

The story has a Romeo and Juliet esque, with a slight difference where the Montague's and Capulets are actually Vampires and Werewolves. This does sound promising, and though the books rumble the pits of my stomach with what I ate last night, the film does otherwise, leaving me satisfied, wanting to know more of the story as the films continue. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has fallen in love with Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), Edward is the Vampire, Bella is the human. That's all you need to know, anything else could and probably will cause numerous spoiler alerts in this review, so I shall say no more and review the movie, not story tell.

Let's begin with the good stuff. Stewart has much, much improved her performance from the first film, being much less annoying and really grasping her character in this film, the pain showed after Edward leaves her (No, that's not a spoiler, it showed that in the advert), and though her reaction is rather strange - screaming out loud while you sleep is slightly unnatural to say the least - she gradually loses her pain as she comes closer to Jacob (Taylor Lautner), and then gains it once more when an incident involving Jacob causes her to remember Edward again. Cue un-human screaming once more. But, nevertheless, this is a minor gripe in an otherwise good performance from young Kristen.

Though there is very, very little action, the action it contains is of a good standard coming from a romantic movie, with the Werewolves fighting eachother and Werewolves fighting a Vampire (yes, it only happens once sadly) which is another gripe. I know this is a romance, but come on. There're vampires and werewolves. Action scenes should be a plenty, but sadly it was concentrating on the romance, leaving less than 5 mins of action in the 130 minute film. Poor turn out, Chris Weiz. This is where I prefered the first film, it's action was plentyful, the baseball scene was superb and the climax was one of high tension and good fighting. Though this is another gripe, the film's content is an important crux to the story and possibly to the crux of the entire series its self.

To finish, I pose you all a question. We've all seen this Team Jacob and Team Edward business because, after witnessing the latest installment, they both have impressive labido's. But, the thought I pose to you, is one of wonder. Where the hell is Team Alice?

To sum up, an impressive film that lacked the action the 17 year old male inside me desired, but the story was well told by a group of relatively young actors and very impressive turns from both Michael Sheen (the leader of the Vulturi) and a surprise appearance from Dakota Fanning, playing the creepy Jane, a young vampire with the ability to inflict pain. Chris Weitz has set up for a very interesting 3rd installment, and with (hopefully) more of Sheen and Fanning, it should be a belter.

7/10.

The Men Who Stare At Goats

Yet another strange title, and though this film was closer than Imaginarium to a good film, this attempt falls short of the mark, leaving what could've been a hilarious wild ride with all the good people, into a good premise, but a poor finale, quite literally.

The story is one of deep wonder, and bafflement (taking into account part of the story is actually meant to be true) where supposedly near the latter part of theVietnam War (1970 give or take), there were experiments held by the American Army into supposed psychic ability, taking all of the people with the most ability and training them up to become Psychic Spies (or Jedi Warriors, ironically called when the main character is played by Ewan McGregor, one Obi Wan Kenobi himself) enabling them to get the upperhand in any wars over the Koreans, Chinese, Russians, Germans, whoever the hell gets onto American land.

Now, it sounds like a potentially good story to me, anything American conspiracy takes my fancy. This film ticks all the buttons (well, maybe not one). George Clooney (hilarious in Burn After Reading), Kevin Spacey (love the movie 21), Jeff Bridges (he's in Iron Man. Iron Man is epic.) and...errr... Ewan McGregor making an attempt at an American accent once again. Surely has he not realised that after his failed attempt at one in The Island (a film I very much enjoyed) that he shouldn't go back to it again? Or that failed attempt at a Scottish accent in Angels and Demons? The list goes on. And, fair play, this was better than those two attempts, but it was still pretty dire.

The film itself was fair average overall. Clooney, naturally, steals the show as the hilarious Lyn Cassady, a "retired" (see movie for reason of double inverted commas, though you can probably guess) Jedi Warrior, with an ability he lost many years ago, with numerous one liners ("I've developed the power to be invisible...well, not invisible, just found out how not to be seen") that make this film worthwhile. Spacey is fair bland as he doesn't have much to do until the last half hour, and Bridges is moderately amusing. However, one thing that kept striking me is that this should've been a Coen Brothers production, the premise is perfect for them to step up to the plate and make another Burn After Reading. But, sadly, this movie attempts a Coen Brothers movie, but without the Coen's themselves, it's just impossible.

Oh, I almost forgot.

Usually, short films seem too short or long films seem too long. Maybe long films seem short because it's an epic film. This film, for the first time ever, made a 90 minute movie into a 180 minute movie. It was short, yet incredibly long at the same time. That's the bafflement as aforementioned.

Average, really.

6.3/10.

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Here comes the review of yet another star that has left us. First, Imaginarium. Now, the musical legend that is Michael Jackson. And his curtain call is an absolute belter.

This Is It is no ordinary film. In fact, it's not actually a film at all. It's 2 hours of rehearsal footage of MJ himself in the run up to his 50 date sell-out show (you can't call it a tour, it's all in one place!) in London's O2 Arena. And on the basis of the footage shown, the Show-That-Never-Will-Be would've been among the greatest shows of our time. The show was co-created by MJ and Kenny Ortega, the genius (ahem) behind the High School Musical films. Having said that, "co-creator" isn't really what Ortega does, as it shows in the footage, he just goes with whatever MJ tell's him he wants and says "Yes, do what MJ says" and just watches, clapping.

The film shows many of MJ's best songs in full rehearsal form. Songs such as Bad, Beat It, Thriller and Smooth Criminal, but to name a few. But MJ never really gives it everything in the performances. He was holding himself back, ready to unleash his absolute genius for those 50 dates, and those 50 dates only. He wouldn't sing the songs full belt in order to save it, his dance moves were much more intense than his singing, but even they were lacking in much oomph, if that's how you spell it. And even without the oomph, his dancing really is absolutely effortless.

One of the highlights of the film for me, however, was the footage of The Way You Make Me Feel and Billie Jean. The Way You Make Me Feel was breathtaking, MJ had changed the song slightly to a more acousticy feel, with just him, a piano and a small drum beat, and it was outstanding. Billie Jean was absolutely superb. In the final moments of the song, there is one spotlight, MJ and a drum beat. And that's where MJ shines. He seemingly improvises a dance routine that was close to his absolute best, and you have to wonder. In those 30 seconds, I was mesmerized. What would it be like for 90 minutes? Absolutely no one knows. And that's the sad part. It would've been absolutely incredible. But we'll never get to see it. After seeing that, I will completely blank out whatever he did that was controversial, his skin solour change or the business with kids or whatever. Michael Jackson was. An absolute genius.

A truly excellent experience, that still doesn't give full praise of the master himself. 7.6/10.

The following is for a male species that read my blog, but the female species may still read on if you're that interested.

I have no idea how, and I envy him incredibly for this. But MJ managed to find, without a doubt, the hottest guitarist in history. And she's bloody good at the old guitar too. There's footage of her improvising to the end of a song (I can't remember which song, I was mesmerised by her beauty) and that's unbelievable. Shortly afterwards, it shows her and the other guitarist doing a sort of duel/dual guitar solo, and it's just breathtakingly good. I find girls who play guitar very attractive indeed. And I've just found the best one yet. Unless Hayden Panettierre or Hayley Williams plays guitar, then they may have just been overtaken. Shocking, I know.

Zombieland

Having been very lucky in going to see two films in the space of around 4 hours, Zombieland gets the praise, with it's gory, occasionally jumpy, and frequently funny outing.

The story is no different to any Zombie film that we've seen. A virus spread through America, infecting pretty much everyone, apart from Columbus, played by the awesome Jesse Eisenberg, Tallahassee, played by the brilliant Woody Harrelson, Witchita, played by the lovely Emma Stone and Little Rock, played by the sometimes annoying, yet amusing, Abigail Breslin.

Jesse Eisenberg is fast becoming the new teen comedy star, quickly taking over Michael Cera, who I don't think is any good anyway. And this film really epitomises that. He plays the all alone geek Columbus, just trying to get to Columbus, Ohio to find his parents, or rather to see whether they're still alive, or one of the undead. And his performance is superb, his simple visual jokes and his many one-liners are one of the many highlights of the film, along with the brilliant Rules that Columbus thinks up to survive a Zombie plagued country, and, surprisingly, the opening credits, which was just pure brilliance.

The zombies of this film are the zombies of 28 Days/Weeks Later. They're not dead, they're infected, and can run, rather than the typical slow zombies that stumble along. These running zombies are much scarier than your average Joe zombies, and really suit this film well, keeping the laughs and the constant on edge-ness of a zombie could run at you quite quickly anywhere keep the horror comedy going, and it's bloody good.

And, as every other critic has mentioned in every review I've read, but for those of you who don't know, there is a rather big cameo in it. It's a he, and it's easily the best cameo I've ever seen, giving me the biggest laugh I've had in a long, long time when in the cinema, since probably The Hangover, and that was months and months ago.

This film is just superb on so many different levels, and puts it, for me, on a par with Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg's brilliant British RomZomCom, or maybe even better. It's just awesome, it's not a classic, which is when I only give 5/5 (District 9 and The Hangover), but it's oh so very close.

8.5/10.

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