#1 - THE ROAD
Stars - Viggo Mortensen
Director - John Hillcoat, Kodi Smit-McPhee, John Duvall, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron
Memorable Quote - 'I will kill anyone who touches you. Because that's my job.'
Review - Oh, Lord. It's another one of THOSE disaster movies. Much like The Mist, this comes with a genuine stupidity moment, as Viggo drags his poor kid out into the wilderness where they face death, muggings, or starvation, instead of staying in the absolute safety of a bunker. I mean, WHAT? If you really believe you MUST get to the coast, and everyone who doesn't is going to die, then hey - wait a while. Eat all that food you just found. Then when you have enough left to carry, set off, and thanks to the mortality rate there won't be as many people around to threaten you. THIS MAKES SENSE. That old bloke deserved to die, he really did. What's more, I cannot seriously believe that after all of that time of his father teaching him to be so suspicious, the kid just trusts the next person to come along. And the woman just walks out to her death, even though she suspects she is leaving her son to a terrible fate? Sigh... and this could have done so well, too. 2.5/5
#2 - FLASHDANCE
Stars - Jennifer Beales, Michael Nouri, Kyle T. Heffner
Director - Adrian Lyne
Memorable Quote - 'When you give up your dream, you die.' OH YEAH SOUND MEDICAL ADVICE
Review - Much like Top Gun, this is a movie without a plot - simply an excuse to see a leading man and woman kiss a lot and put in some pretty pictures of planes, or in this case, dancers. Because all those thrusting hip shots were TOTALLY NECESSARY for the plot, right? Anyway, can't say as I actually think much of her dancing, either - it was all a bit repetitive, wasn't it? No longer the other dancers looked at her with scorn! Now Tina Tech, at least she could actually do some flashy movies like that jump into the splits, but Alex? She just splashed around in some water! Also, is it not more impressive that in a man's world she was managing to make a good living as a welder? Women's lib = pushed back fifty years. 2/5
#3 - RED EYE
Stars - Cillian Murphy, Rachel MacAdams, Brian Cox, Jayma Mays
Director - Wes Craven
Memorable Quote - 'Sometimes bad things happen to good people.'
Review - Cillian Murphy CILLIAN MURPHY good God he is just awesome, isn't he? Just... relentlessly creepy at the end. Didn't think too much of the plot or the script, but the leading actors outshone both. The pen in the throat, and then the scarf, though - those were awesome. Also, Jayma Mays is just so cute - she was great as Charlie in Heroes, and in this performance too you just want to squeeze her cheeks or something. Great little part! In summary, this is a B-movie saved only by the great work of the casting department. Interesting side note - if you put 'Red Eye' into Google images, you get the above still, 300 children, and the Queen. 3/5
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