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Child's Play 2, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Child's Play 2 Year: 1990 Director: John Lafia Rating: R Length: 84 Min.

Stars:
Alex Vincent
Jenny Agutter
Gerrit Graham
Christine Elise
Brad Dourif

Plot:
Andy Barclay has been placed in a foster home after the tragic events of the first film, since his mother was committed. In an attempt to save their reputation, the manufacturers of Chucky reconstruct the killer doll, to prove to the public that nothing was wrong with it in the first place. In doing so, they also bring the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray back to life. As Chucky tries to locate Andy, the body count rises. Will Andy be able to escape, or will Chucky succeed in possessing his body?


My Thoughts:
I watched this one on Encore On-Demand. I watched it many years ago when it was first released... but this is the first time since. I liked it quite a bit. Maybe not quite as much as the first one... but close to it if not. I like how it seemed to take place shortly after the first one ended. One of these days I will have to add this one to my DVD Collection.





Count:
Movie Count: 89
TV Ep. Count: 49 I Made It! (10/20)
Other Count: 8 I Made It! (10/15)

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 25th, 2010)

Man with the Screaming Brain, a review by RossRoy

Original Title: Man with the Screaming Brain Year: 2005 Country: United States Director: Bruce Campbell Rating: NR Length: 90 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles:

What they say
Somewhere in Bulgaria, sleazy American industrialist William Cole (Bruce Campbell) is finalizing a tax scam that will earn him millions. Meanwhile, mad scientist Dr. Ivan Ivanov (Stacy Keach) and his demented henchmen Pavel (Ted Raimi of Xena) have created a drug that can connect human brains like Lincoln Logs. But when an illicit tryst with a sultry hotel maid leads to Cole's murder, Dr. Ivanov reanimates him by transplanting the half-brain of a former KGB operative into Cole's skull. Now, the capitalist and the communist must reconcile their differences to hunt down the beautiful gypsy freak who killed them both.

My Thoughts
I bought this movie solely on the strength of Bruce Campbell being in it. I like his work in Evil Dead, and I had recently seen, and liked, Bubba Ho-Tep when I bought this. And I liked it, but I guess I just had high expectations. I was expecting it to be really funny, but it was lacking in that department. Actually, it was even all too serious at times. Although, the restaurant scene with William Cole and Yegor fighting over what to eat and drink is really funny. But once they make the pact to hunt down the gypsy girl, it becomes rather bland and it's just a man hunting a gypsy. The dual brain part doesn't really get into it.

I'm also still wondering what the heck it was with the robots and why they were even in there! I guess it's part of the twisted humour of Bruce Campbell as a writer. Though the robots do look really creepy, making them basically the scariest part of the movie!


Rating:


(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on October 9th, 2008)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

Waking the Dead - Series One

Pilot - Waking The Dead
A new team of detectives, the Cold Case Squad, is put together to re-examine evidence of unsolved murders using advanced technology. In their first investigation DCI Peter Boyd has a second go at nailing the murderer of Alice Miller, a young girl who disappeared five years ago. Trouble is, the perpetrator is as keen as Boyd to act again, and abducts another girl...



Led by Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd (Trevor Eve) the Cold Case Squad investigates serious crimes which have gone unsolved. Armed with the latest technological advances and old fashioned hard work, Psychological Profiler Grace Foley (Sue Johnston), Forensic Pathologist Frankie Wharton (Holly Aird), Detective Constable Mel Silver (Claire Goose) and Detective Sergeant Spencer Jordan (Wil Johnson) wake the dead for clues and answers.

Brutishly long 2 part pilot special, the near 2 hour marathon was quite a slog and the epsiodes felt padded out. This very popular UK series did not hook me with this first episode, I did not warm to either of the 2 leads, Eve and Johnston, and felt they were too old and past it for the roles intended. The actual storyline was ok but surprisingly unoriginal, and there was very little suspense built up over the kidnapping drama.
Altogether not very inspiring.
 

(From My PILOT Marathon on September 17th, 2009)