‘Criminal Activities’Trying to be too clever.film review 2015

The film starts off well, a group of friends meet up over coffee and one of them mentions that he has a friend with information about stock that is only going up in the near future, they all agree to go in it together and raise the funds to invest.

The movie then copies the theme to Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and creates a sense of panic and a need to raise a certain amount of money before their lives become threatened.

It was nice to see Michael Pitt again after ‘Boardwalk Empire’ & ‘Funny Games’ but the scene stopping moment comes when John Travolta shows up with his new wig, I say wig, I am guessing it is some kind of implant,black paint,superglue attachment, either way a close friend should have pulled him to one side and told him to grow old gracefully or go and get some fake hair that actually looks like hair, not the stinky raccoon he is using at the moment.

Back to the film and it just tried to hard to be slick and clever, a lot of the plot and dialogue has been used for similar films in the last twenty years and by the time the big reveal comes near the end,I just did not care.

4/10

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Maze Runner: ‘The Scorch Trials’ How to ruin the legacy of the 1st.film review 2015

The first film was a cracker, filled with suspense,mystery and excitement.

I was looking forward to more of the same in Maze Runner 2, how disappointed can one be in a film,well for me, very!

The film carriers on from the first,the escaped kids are being taken to a safe area,from there the film is filled with moments and scenes that go nowhere,zombie like characters in the style of the ‘walking dead’ weird monsters and a chase team.

The people responsible for this sequel need a smelly cold fish slapped against their face continuously until some brain function returns,Bloody dreadful film.

1/10

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‘Ant Man’ Film review -Paul Rudd’s pension sorted! (2015)

I like Paul Rudd, he has that every man quality and lends his face beautifully to sarcasm.

So we have had Superman,Spiderman, Batman & now Antman? I am still not sure on this, the action sequences are entertaining and the skill of being able to shrink at will seems to bring as many solutions as it does problems.

I found myself losing interest after thrirty minutes, I am sure a thirteen year old would be glued to the screen, it just didn’t hold my attention even though Paul & Michael Douglous share good chemistry on screen and Paul offers some witty one liners the film quickly fizzles into a forgettable memory.

5/10

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