joedfilms Reviews

Triggermen (2002)

I quite enjoyed it

[7/10 · 25 January 2008]

I'd never heard of this film in Britain, but picked it up in a second hand DVD store having moved to Canada in 2007. I figured it would be a safe bet with so many well-known English actors and Donnie Wahlberg.

We enjoyed watching it. OK, so it wasn't laugh out loud funny throughout, but it was entertaining enough. Wahlberg was good. Forlani looked great throughout & did a good job. Morrisey was Morrisey (I'm not a big fan as he only ever plays one role). I preferred Dunbar and Plummer.

Overall, an enjoyable enough film. Surprised I'd never heard of it.

Worth seeing on a quiet night in.

Subzero (2005 Video)

The worst climbing film ever? Probably.

[1/10 · 20 January 2008]

OK, much has already been said about the ridiculous plot; total lack of research, shopping mall props and general total ignorance exhibited within every facet of this film. Evidently it was directed with contempt for the audience's intelligence. It did occur to me early on that this whole film might be a mis-packaged spoof of all the bad films that went before, but no - they appear to have been serious in their attempt. Although how anyone could think people would not notice the continuity errors (e.g. red rope/blue rope, tarmac outside the mountain-top gun station, Nissen huts suddenly changing shape, etc etc) is beyond me.

But the crowning glory for me was:

Do the producers really think that there are pine trees at the summit of K2?