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Hardcore Henry (2015)
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Despite other people having said that this was not the first that they have seen filmed in the first person, this was the first that I have seen. I was not expecting what I was in for. This film was exactly what it said on the tin. I loved it from the first moment. The film does not pertain to be a serious reflection of the human character or a deep study of the possibilities of science in the future but it was a knee trembling, gun totin', self a facing, comedy from the off. It is a film that you can have fun with. It laughs at itself along with you. It is one of those films that you can switch off from your day and sit in front of and by the end of it you will feel better about yourself because you have had a good laugh. I have watched it several times now and feel the same whenever I have seen it. I know that I will watch it again, and I will feel the same no matter how many times I do. It has been added to my favorites.
Game of Death (2011)
Not worth the time it takes to watch it.
I have just had the most miss-fortunate of experiences that I felt compelled to write a review of this film, my first ever. I have been a Wesley Snipes fan from the first film that I saw him in. He has always, I believed been a good indication of a quality film. And so having found a film that I was not familiar with I sat down to watch in anticipation on a Sunday evening. The start of the film left me a little confused as to the plot, but never the less I gave it time and watched on. It seemed that his confession would be either heart felt or not at all. This I put down to screen writing. But still I ploughed on. This was beginning to drag I thought to myself. Before long I found my mind wandering and it was time for coffee. That would break the monotony. The acting was wooden. The pauses between the dialogue cavernous. The cinematography and editing was bad and confusing jumping from colour to black and white to slow motion with some weird pastel effect. The fight scenes were unrealistic. There seemed to be an endless supply of bullets. Not once do I recollect seeing anyone in the film reload a gun, and only once did anyone run out of bullets right at the end so that the final fight scene could take place. An obvious convenience. The end deflating.