Out to own today:
Transformers: Age of Extinction
| “My face is my warrant,” James Savoy (Titus Welliver) When you have a Transformer whose head turns into a gun, you probably can guess the level of mythology paucity you are about to watch. AGE OF EXTINCTION is just noise: A 165-minute farce, reeking of just being a commercial to sell. Product placement, merchandise-bait and the pandering to governments turn the stomach. For those who thought the last three instalments were inept, wait till you get a load of this. [To read more, click here.] |
Earth to Echo
| It almost got us killed three times already,” Munch (Reese Hartwig) Any children of the 1980s reading this? Imagine your favourite movies from that era being dumbed down into creatively bankrupt lazy tripe, and you will have an inkling as to the quality of EARTH TO ECHO. Modern updating comes in the form of a found footage formula, all but redundant from over-use (see also the execrable THE DINOSAUR PROJECT), and hyperactive attention-deficit storytelling. [To read more, click here.] |
The Purge: Anarchy
| “We’ll be fine; I promise,” Shane (Zach Gilford) 4:34pm, March 21st, 2023, Los Angeles, the annual Purge is one hour 26 minutes away from commencing. Opening out from house-under-siege predecessor, ANARCHY takes to the streets and focuses on a quintet of characterless leads caught up in what should have been a MAD MAX-style maelstrom, yet is in execution a bargain basement sadistic thriller. [To read more, click here.] |
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