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Dark Fusion (2024)
This was special and filled with great action.
The cast, acting, and plot are all quite good with only a few misses. The soundtrack doesn't blow me away but it's suitable. The visuals are incredible though and where this movie really shines; I can't think of a single moment in the film where I felt like the vision was held back by the technology available.
It's a dark, mysterious, grim, hopeless, sad and lonely film, set in a possible near future where the human race is hanging by their fingertips on the edge of doom, and everything seems lost the humanity in a pair of cyborgs tries to save the world, by destroying their evil makers.
I loved this film, it's the best film I've seen all year, It is a must see, a monumental triumph of a film in the low budget era.
Loved the interaction between the cyborgs and their creator doctor Clay.
This film is very much like a painting, every stroke of the brush matters, and every little detail is carefully crafted, it takes monumental skills to pull it of.
Sith Wars: Episódio II - O Legado dos Sith (2022)
A good portuguese fan film.
First of all congrats to the guy who made the yoda voice, is was so wonderfull he captured the essence of the character but in portuguese language, i´ve showned my nephews, and they loved it.
The movie is very good, it has lots of characters, many of them i don´t know, but i like that, saw it with my family and everyone of us liked it.
In my house we have 4 children and everyone of them liked it, we already seen the first chapter, and knew that they woul post it on christmas day, a true gift for all portuguese fans.
Kudos to everybody that made this movie come to life it´s very rare in Portugal to see movies like these, and with portuguese actors in it.
Hope they can continue for many years on the making of movies like this.
Congrats also to the actress that made the character Kyria she was the best and for me she was my favorite character.
The Thing: O Regresso (2021)
A solid addition to this franchise that I love so much.
If you're a fan of the original looking for something similar, than this is the movie for you.
Story-wise, with the exception of some additions, it hits the same beats as John Carpenter's original movie, it continues the story of the classic, and a team from mcmurdo base is sent to investigate, they arrive and see the base destroyed finding the bodies of Rj macready and Childs on ice, one of them is taken by one of the creatures, and the horror begins again.
The sense of fear returns again, and we don´t know who is infected, paranoia takes over, so the mcmurdo base goes on full alert, John, Doc and Dean, and others form teams, to kill all the creatures, that´s when the scary stuff begins.
If you love the 1982 version, you owe it to yourself to check this one out.
O Mundo Dos Anjos (2020)
Watch it with someone you love, an incredible movie
Warm and inspiring. We need more like this at the end of a cold, hard day.
Director Rui Constantino returns to romantic movies in a way i didn´t expect, what a beautiful movie, i´ve seen it twice.
Since Jardim Secreto that he didn´t venture himself in this type of movies, but i really love them, i just hope that this movie has an incredible sucess, so he can make more love stories like this one.
With a soothing soundtrack this movie is quiet and romantic and heartbreaking and beautiful all at once.
The songs are superb.
A must see, must see.
Inimigo Desconhecido: Enemy Unknown (2020)
Good mindless fun with pretty good ending.
The tone of this film is very similar to the predator with its jungle theme, but the creature is very different, way more powerfull.
The story is quite simple and enjoyable and most of the characters are true Badass. Action is pretty well done and filming locations are similar to the original Predator.
OVERALL: I recommend this movie. I think it's got decent action and a likable cast even if they aren't expanded on too much.
Sniper Português (2020)
A fun low budget sniper movie.
The locations where awesome, the action was great.
The screenplay works to some degree but fails to make certain connections clear and answer some questions.
Who is this mercenary sniper ? Who is the main enemy that send this mercenary to kill the rebel leader ?
Maybe in a sequel we´ll get the answers.
As for music in general it´s decent, the main actors, music, action and
camera-work are fun but it's all brainless.
Aliens: A Redenção (2019)
Time for the true redemption of the series
It's a fantastic film with some genuinely suspenseful and visually it was a pleasure to watch, making this director just as much an artist as Cameron or Scott were. Let's just say Alien and Aliens are classics, and this guy brought to us the best of both worlds, in one single short movie, on how to teach Disney, how you can make a cool and great story of Aliens.
Beautiful sets, and effects, i can´t believe they only spent 5,000 doing this, it´s an amazing job of everyone involved.
Loved the post-credits scene so much....Aliens will never die, they just keep coming back for more.
A Chamada 2 (2019)
As scary as the original
As sequels go, this isn't a better movie than the original, but what it is and what it does well, it does really well. I have to say right away here that I was scared in this movie. There are some truly ingenious and horrific shots in this film. There are times when you really aren't expecting what's about to happend, and when it does, it sends chills through you.
The purifier and breeder as one of kind, criminals above any law, and this time there´s others the mercenary blue star, the voodoo man, the mask maker, and breeder´s soldiers, all of them hunting down agent Caetano and the police force.
The purifier´s house is dark and quiet and rather empty. And that adds to the atmosphere of the film. It gives us lots of long hallways so we can have a few shots of him hunting his prey.
Darkness is everywhere, and in the middle of this we´ve got the return of Alice the girl of the institute, that likes the killer, i think she is the only one, that he treats like a sister or a friend, and he cares for her, in all his evilness, he really cares for her.
Brilliant in particular are two shots, one when Caetano summons him trough the darkness that surronds him, the lighting is solely responsible for the affectiveness of this shot, and the other one is when the killer is really near Caetano and even with the flashlight, he can´t see him, it works so well, his mask shinning trough the dark, it´s really scary.
Not only is this a good horror movie, it is a good film.
I´m going to watch it again tonight.
Ninja Português (2018)
The exiled portuguese ninja
The story begins with a japanese messenger that brings a scroll to the exiled portuguese ninja, and then leaves his home, and travels to Portugal, to recover the golden key, from the evil Mr. Kane.
As this story spins and runs, we have a tribute to all the classics from the 80´s ninja movies, especially to ( American Ninja ), i felt the love the director has for the movie, the soundtrack is perfect, all the acting his great.
All in all this movie was hands down, an awesome Ninjitsu experience.
Um Dia Negro (2017)
A Portuguese cult classic
A young man (Miguel Branco) is driving trough the forest, until he picks up a very strange man (Helder Santos) he doesn't make himself out to be a nice guy, this short movie opens with a masterful bolt of suspense, the conversation between them is very scary, and the look on the killers eyes is obscure, both actor are exceptional, i loved this movie, hope they can do more like this, it's very good !
The twist is phenomenal, and it really caught me of guard, i never expected to be so cool.
Um Dia Negro, is one of the greatest short movies, i've seen. and it will become a cult classic for sure, because nothing is what it seems like, i truly recommend this picture.
10/10
Infinitium (2017)
An Action Spectacle, Villains on Full Throttle
What to say about a movie like this one? It's easy. It's and incredible movie, with great cast, the story was also very good it's an insane post apocalyptic journey, it's action packed and well balanced with a story. The villain lives in his building controlling the world, he drinks and eats well, while the world starves. Only a girl and a lonely warrior are on a journey to deliver a ring to an elder God, there is some backstory told through dialogue but that is very brief, and we've got a constant theme of survival, great soundtrack congratulations to the composers, to the voice of the incredible Francesca Genco, that provides an epic ending to the movie.
The movie was indeed a visual wonder and spectacle, and I enjoyed watching it.
O Caminho Da Luz (2016)
One Monk against the forces of darkness to save a family
This monk does an incredible job to defeat the forces of evil, with a help, of a great artifact " the Genesis dagger " This film is full of effective and very ominous images and scenery and the film is very dark, I appreciate perhaps most the shots of the church in Bulgaria, the director take us from the a view trough the monk's eyes on ( fps )to the streets of Alfama, it's great, a short with personality, but it lacks more creatures and more background story, maybe if a sequel is made, those questions would be answered.
O Caminho Da Luz aka Path Of Light gets 7/10 from me. Great work again Constantine !
O Jardim Secreto (2012)
One of the most enjoyable short's ever made...
Saw this movie on the channel of Constantino Filmes on you tube, and i must say, i was surprised, it's a lovely fairytale, this movie quite simply, puts the viewer into an imaginative world where an ancient elder has a pact of immortality with a girl, and the pact can only be broken by true love, it's great... You can feel the chemistry between the two actors, one of my favorite scenes is when John waits for her on the top of the garden, and she appears to him magically, behind him, this short has all the ingredients, that made it wonderful, i even love the credits, i loved it the first time I saw it and love it more now. Well worth watching. Recommended...