My Thoughts on Wishmaster 4

I’ve watched my fair share of shitty movies and I’ve also spent my fair share thinking about genies so it’s pretty much inevitable that I’d write about Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled. I’m sure I’m probably late to the game on this one since the movie came out in 2002 but—

What’s that? I’m not late? I’m the only one here. Well that makes it a bit easier.

Wishmaster 4 was the final entry in the Wishmaster series so it’s the one with the least amount of production value on screen which is unfortunate because this movie actually has a pretty interesting premise as far as evil genie movies go. Now don’t go rushing to pick up a copy of this because of what I just said; it is not a good movie and I’m inclined to believe that anything interesting that happened in this movie is purely by accident. (I don’t think they’ll be using my quotes for the Blu-Ray re-release edition.)

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The Raid: Redemption – Review

The Raid: Redemption PosterI think I may be addicted to The Raid: Redemption. It came out last week and I’ve gone to see it twice now and I am seriously contemplating seeing it a couple more times before it leaves the theatres. Maybe there’s a 12-step program for me but, to be perfectly honest, I’m not anywhere near the point of acknowledging it as a problem so I will continue to binge on this movie because The Raid: Redemption is one of the best action movies to come out in awhile.

The action sequences are pretty f***ing amazing and director Gareth Evans does a really good job of making each set-piece feel different enough that it doesn’t get repetitive. He also manages to eschew (that’s right, I said eschew) the modern action film-making style of shaky-cam and ADD editing, opting instead to use longer takes and shoot wider shots which really highlights the fight choreography. Continue reading

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