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Bats: Human Harvest, a review by addicted2dvd

Bats: Human Harvest (2007/United States)

	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Director:	Jamie Dixon
Writing:	Brett Merryman (Writer), Chris Denk (Writer)
Length:	87 min.
Rating:	Rated R : Violence and Disturbing Images
Video:	Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio:	English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Thai: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles:	Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
David Chokachi as Russo
Michael Jace as Martinez
Pollyanna McIntosh as Katya
Martin Papazian as Downey
Melissa De Sousa as O'Neal
Tomas Arana as Doctor

Plot:
Time: Present Day. The Place: Russia. The mission: To track down and capture fanatical weapons specialist Dr. Walsh hiding in a research facility deep in the notorious Belzan forest of Chechnya. Specially trained and armed, an elite unit of soldiers is combing through the endless forest looking to bring their target to justice. But what they're about to find is an enemy they're not prepared to fight - genetically altered vampire bats programmed to feast on human flesh and blood - in this horrifying action thriller.

Extras:

Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:

I enjoyed the first one... so thought I would give this sequel a chance. I picked up this DVD at Big Lots for $3.00 back in October of 2010 and am just now getting around to watching it. After watching the trailer my hopes wasn't up that high that it would be as good as the first one. And it wasn't as good as the first. But I was still able to enjoy it. It was definitely worth the money I paid. Though still not what I would call a great horror movie. I don't really care for the direction it went using the military as a main storyline. It felt like they wanted to do something similar to Dog Soldiers... but they weren't able to pull it off.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

(From What Movies I Been Watching on January 20th, 2012)

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Superhero Movie , a review by Dragonfire

Superhero Movie

Spider-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four will never be the same after this outrageously funny spoof of your favorite comic book movies! Drake Bell (Drake & Josh) stars as a nerdy high school student bitten by a genetically-altered dragonfly. He stumbles hilariously through the process of becoming a crime-fighter and as his powers grow, so do the laughs. Sara Paxton (Aquamarine) and Christopher McDonald (Spy Kids 2) costar as the clueless damsel in distress and the comically intense super villain, along with Pamela Anderson and Leslie Nielson. Going from superzero to superhero has never been this much fun!

My Thoughts

I'll just start by saying that I know some will probably doubt my sanity over this one. But in my defense, this is loads better than Date Movie and Epic Movie. That doesn't mean that this is a great movie, but it manages to be entertaining. The spoof stuff works better in this one instead of just seeming like a bunch of random references thrown together in with a nonexistent plot. This one sticks to superhero movies, and more specifically, Spider-Man. The main plot is clearly pulled from Spider-Man, though there are also references to X-Men and Fantastic 4 as well as Batman. I think a big reason why the movie is entertaining is because some restraint was shown instead of throwing in references to every superhero movie ever made into the movie.

Most of the humor is silly and not all of it works, but there are funny moments in the movie. Some of the humor is a bit gross, but thankfully not that much of it. There is a bit of action to what is going on which does help to make things interesting. The violence is rather mild. Some of the lines are very suggestive and had to have played a big part in the movie being rated PG-13.
The characters are all right without being anything special. Uncle Arthur and Aunt Lucille are my favorites, though it is really odd to me to hear Marion Ross saying some of those lines. I still think of her as Mrs. Cunningham.

The plot isn't the most original since so much of it is pulled from Spider-Man. Even with that basis, the plot is still a bit weak. The characters are pretty flat, though a few of them are interesting. Despite the flaws, the movie is entertaining.