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Dead Alive, a review by addicted2dvd

Dead Alive
Throw out all your preconceptions about the limits of horror! A new standard has been set with Dead Alive - The Mother of All Horror Films.

On a quiet street, in a small town, pure evil has come to stay. Lionel, an innocent young man, is forced to care for his domineering mother and finds the task a whole lot more demanding after she's bitten by the cursed Sumatran rat monkey. Passing the point of death, Lionel's mother sucks friends and family into her gruesome existence among the living dead and Lionel is sent spiraling into a goulish nightmare.

Now a crazed zombie, she soon infects enough people to make it difficult for Lionel, still the faithful son, to keep the neighbors from suspecting that something is terribly wrong.

Dead Alive is dripping with state-of-the-art special effects that feature mutilations, rock 'n roll dismemberments and household appliances, combining into the most bizarre ending ever filmed.

My Thoughts:
Ok... this movie was suggested to me over and over again. I had multiple people tell me that this is a must see movie. I think in this case I may have allowed people to hype it up just too much for me. I mean it was an OK movie... but not much more then that in my opinion. Definitely had it's moments... some funny scenes... and plenty of gore. Only problem is a good portion of that gore was so unrealistic it was almost cartoon-ish. As I said... it had it's moments... but while watching it all I could think of is everyone is going nuts over THIS... I just don't get it. But I am not sorry I have it in my collection... especially since it cost me nothing. And I can see myself watching it again here and there for a few laughs. But I personally don't see the cult following on this one.

(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on March 27th, 2008)

Dragon Wars, a review by KinkyCyborg

Dragon Wars



Title:Dragon Wars
Year: 2007
Director: Hyung Rae Shim
Rating: PG-13
Length: 90 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Spanish

Stars:
Jason Behr
Amanda Brooks
Robert Forster
Craig Robinson
Aimee Garcia

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Storyboard Comparisons
Closed Captioned


Leapin' lizards!

I would have been much happier if they had of just made this a simple story about dormant dragons coming out of the woodwork to wreak havoc on the world. Instead they wrapped that basic premise tightly into a story about Korean mythology and legend. The result what somewhat cheesy and hokey. 

In some instances the CGI was brilliant and in others embarrassing. I loved the warring between the dragon hordes and man's technology in the big city and wished for longer sustained battles.

The giant, bumbling, turtle like reptiles with the rocket launchers were nifty and the air to air combat between the flying lizards and the gunships was thrilling!

I give high marks for originality in this one but what should have been a straight forward check your brain at the door fantasy/action flick was tainted by the director who tried to turn it into a story which usually results in a flawed equation.


KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on November 21st, 2010)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

6.05 Life Serial
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), David Fury (Writer), Jane Espenson (Writer), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: Nick Marck
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles), Danny Strong (Jonathan Levinson), Adam Busch (Warren Meers), Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells), Amber Benson (Tara Maclay), Enrique Almeida (Marco), Richard Beatty (Small Demon), Winsome Brown (Woman Customer), Clint Culp (Bartender), Alice Dinnean Vernon (Mummy Hand), Mark Ginther (Horned Demon), Jonathan Goldstein (Mike), Noel Albert Guglielmi (Vince), Paul Gutrecht (Tony), Jabari Hearn (Steve), James C. Leary (Loose Skinned Demon), Christopher May (Male Customer), Derrick McMillon (Ron), David J. Miller (Rat-Faced Demon), Jennifer Shon (Rachel), Andrew Cooper Wasser (Slime-Cover Demon)

I liked Jonathan's attack best. Warren's didn't really lead to anything and Andrew's was rather average.

Rating:



6.06 All the Way
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Steven S. DeKnight (Writer), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: David Solomon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles), John O'Leary (Kaltenbach), Kavan Reece (Justin), Amber Tamblyn (Janice), Dave Power (Zack), Amber Benson (Tara Maclay), Lorin Becker (Witch Woman), Charles Duckworth (Glenn), Chad Erickson (Guy), Lily Jackson (Witchy Poo), Emily Kay (Maria), Steven Anthony Lawrence (Chunky Kid), Adam Gordon (Carl), Dominic Rambaran (Paramedic #1), Anthony Sago (Paramedic #2), Sabrina Speer (Girl), Dawn Worrall (Christy)

A rather boring Halloween episode. It focuses too much on Dawn and her friend.

Rating:



6.07 Once More, with Feeling
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles), Hinton Battle (Sweet), Amber Benson (Tara Maclay), Timothy Anderson (Henchman), Hunter Cochran (College Guy #2), Alex Estronel (Henchman), David Fury (Mustard Man), Marti Noxon (Parking Ticket Woman), Matt Sims (College Guy #1), Daniel Weaver (Handsome Young Man), Zachary Woodlee (Demon/Henchman), Scot Zeller (Henchman)

I love this episode. Joss Whedon shows here for the first time, that he can write entertaining musicals. I own the soundtrack to this episode and still like to listen to it from time to time.

Rating:



6.08 Tabula Rasa
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Rebecca Rand Kirshner (Writer), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: David Grossman
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles), Raymond O'Connor (Teeth, the Loan Shark), Amber Benson (Tara Maclay), David Franco (Vamp #3), Stephen Triplett (Vamp #2), Geordie White (Vamp #1)

A great episode. It is fun to see the reactions of everyone after they lost their memories. I also like all the references to previous episodes. The only thing I didn't like about this episode is the ridiculous shark demon.

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(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on September 19th, 2010)