chud50's film reviews

Sunday, August 1, 2010

The Crazies (1973)

pretty good thriller from george romero

although george a. romero doesn't stray too far from the zombie genre, he does tend to do a good job no matter what. the crazies isn't a zombie film, but rather a story about a virus outbreak that turns people insane and a small town that gets infected. the military swoops in and keeps the people in the dark while rounding them up and killing many of them. a good theme in this film is, 'who is really crazy?' and even though the special effects are dated and not impressive, it's still a good story and decent film. we'll see how the remake turned out.

Operation Endgame

great cast, horrible script and execution

man this looked like a winner. rob corddry, zach galifinakas, bob odenkirk, and more, problem is that the film has more drama/action than comedy, and the script is so slight and almost nothing really happens. a bunch of funny people got together and threw this film together with almost no real ideas at all. it's based on a government secret agency that is operating behind the scenes and the leader gets killed or something and then operation endgame is engaged. now the guys need to kill eachother and end the operation before the world ends or something. it's lame. corddry is funny as usual though.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Cop Out

kevin smith continues to prove he's a worthless hack

yes i said it, kevin smith is a one trick pony, and his trick wasn't even that great. this movie blows. he can't direct an action sequence to save his life, and the film isn't very funny. even with bruce willis (one of my alltime favorites) this film can't be saved. tracy morgan is meh as usual, and the story is unoriginal to say the least. they're 2 brooklyn cops, one black and one white. willis needs to recover his stolen baseball card to pay for his daughter's wedding, meanwhile morgan believes his wife is cheating on him and there is a mexican gang trying to recover a stolen mercedes benz. it's not fun, funny, action packed, or at all enjoyable.