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I missed this at the cinema and haven't bothered to watch it since it's been out on DVD, but HMV had it on sale so I bought it.
Bearing in mind this is just my personal opinion and therefore not to be taken as gospel.
It. Goddamn. Rocked.
A B-movie filmed in Australia, yet it blew the doors of any blockbuster I've seen in a looooong time.
One of my fav sci-fi movies.
It's exactly what horror/sci-fi should be.
Unpredictable, makes you jump and you sit there thinking "runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrun" when the characters should be running.
Fantastically sharp script (for a change) with some genuinely funny lines
"Did you run away from your parents or did they run away from you?"
"Where's Jons?" "Which half?"
Directed by David Twohy (never heard of him but someone will say "oh he did soandso and I loved it" to be cool.), filmed in Australia and has nobody really in it at all.
Except for my cult B-movie icon hero, Keith David.
The black, bald dude from most of John Carpenter's movies.
And he's fantastic, a Muslim (but nothing is mentioned or made of this fact, it's just who he is. Which was refreshing).
Aaaaand, more importantly...
Cole Hauser.
Son of Wings "Log Woodson" Hauser.
And he's really, really good.
But the main surprise for me is a dude called Vin Diesel.
He's huge and looks mean.
But unlike most muscle-actors, he can really act.
And he has top shiny, see-in-the-dark eyes.
For me, this is a cross between Aliens and Assault on Precinct 13.
Ship crashes on planet.
People discover things that attack in the dark.
Planet goes into eclipse.
Things attack them.
That's it. No flabby side-story, no love interest, no panicky-coward that endangers the rest of them, no slimy double-crossing corporate man.
Each person is something they don't appear to be at 1st.
No stereo-type characters at all, no whinging woman, no annoying kid.
Just balls-to-the-wall sci-fi B movie entertainment.
With some spectacularly different effects used for the daylight scenes and Riddick's night-vision.
No, it's not going to win any oscars.
No, it's not going to appear on anyone's top movies list.
But if you liked Aliens, or John Carpenter movies then this is well worth a rent or buy.
I thought this was top.
Bearing in mind this is just my personal opinion and therefore not to be taken as gospel.
It. Goddamn. Rocked.
A B-movie filmed in Australia, yet it blew the doors of any blockbuster I've seen in a looooong time.
One of my fav sci-fi movies.
It's exactly what horror/sci-fi should be.
Unpredictable, makes you jump and you sit there thinking "runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrun" when the characters should be running.
Fantastically sharp script (for a change) with some genuinely funny lines
"Did you run away from your parents or did they run away from you?"
"Where's Jons?" "Which half?"
Directed by David Twohy (never heard of him but someone will say "oh he did soandso and I loved it" to be cool.), filmed in Australia and has nobody really in it at all.
Except for my cult B-movie icon hero, Keith David.
The black, bald dude from most of John Carpenter's movies.
And he's fantastic, a Muslim (but nothing is mentioned or made of this fact, it's just who he is. Which was refreshing).
Aaaaand, more importantly...
Cole Hauser.
Son of Wings "Log Woodson" Hauser.
And he's really, really good.
But the main surprise for me is a dude called Vin Diesel.
He's huge and looks mean.
But unlike most muscle-actors, he can really act.
And he has top shiny, see-in-the-dark eyes.
For me, this is a cross between Aliens and Assault on Precinct 13.
Ship crashes on planet.
People discover things that attack in the dark.
Planet goes into eclipse.
Things attack them.
That's it. No flabby side-story, no love interest, no panicky-coward that endangers the rest of them, no slimy double-crossing corporate man.
Each person is something they don't appear to be at 1st.
No stereo-type characters at all, no whinging woman, no annoying kid.
Just balls-to-the-wall sci-fi B movie entertainment.
With some spectacularly different effects used for the daylight scenes and Riddick's night-vision.
No, it's not going to win any oscars.
No, it's not going to appear on anyone's top movies list.
But if you liked Aliens, or John Carpenter movies then this is well worth a rent or buy.
I thought this was top.
I missed this at the cinema and haven't bothered to watch it since it's been out on DVD, but HMV had it on sale so I bought it.
Bearing in mind this is just my personal opinion and therefore not to be taken as gospel.
It. Goddamn. Rocked.
A B-movie filmed in Australia, yet it blew the doors of any blockbuster I've seen in a looooong time.
One of my fav sci-fi movies.
It's exactly what horror/sci-fi should be.
Unpredictable, makes you jump and you sit there thinking "runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrun" when the characters should be running.
Fantastically sharp script (for a change) with some genuinely funny lines
"Did you run away from your parents or did they run away from you?"
"Where's Jons?" "Which half?"
Directed by David Twohy (never heard of him but someone will say "oh he did soandso and I loved it" to be cool.), filmed in Australia and has nobody really in it at all.
Except for my cult B-movie icon hero, Keith David.
The black, bald dude from most of John Carpenter's movies.
And he's fantastic, a Muslim (but nothing is mentioned or made of this fact, it's just who he is. Which was refreshing).
Aaaaand, more importantly...
Cole Hauser.
Son of Wings "Log Woodson" Hauser.
And he's really, really good.
But the main surprise for me is a dude called Vin Diesel.
He's huge and looks mean.
But unlike most muscle-actors, he can really act.
And he has top shiny, see-in-the-dark eyes.
For me, this is a cross between Aliens and Assault on Precinct 13.
Ship crashes on planet.
People discover things that attack in the dark.
Planet goes into eclipse.
Things attack them.
That's it. No flabby side-story, no love interest, no panicky-coward that endangers the rest of them, no slimy double-crossing corporate man.
Each person is something they don't appear to be at 1st.
No stereo-type characters at all, no whinging woman, no annoying kid.
Just balls-to-the-wall sci-fi B movie entertainment.
With some spectacularly different effects used for the daylight scenes and Riddick's night-vision.
No, it's not going to win any oscars.
No, it's not going to appear on anyone's top movies list.
But if you liked Aliens, or John Carpenter movies then this is well worth a rent or buy.
I thought this was top.
Bearing in mind this is just my personal opinion and therefore not to be taken as gospel.
It. Goddamn. Rocked.
A B-movie filmed in Australia, yet it blew the doors of any blockbuster I've seen in a looooong time.
One of my fav sci-fi movies.
It's exactly what horror/sci-fi should be.
Unpredictable, makes you jump and you sit there thinking "runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrun" when the characters should be running.
Fantastically sharp script (for a change) with some genuinely funny lines
"Did you run away from your parents or did they run away from you?"
"Where's Jons?" "Which half?"
Directed by David Twohy (never heard of him but someone will say "oh he did soandso and I loved it" to be cool.), filmed in Australia and has nobody really in it at all.
Except for my cult B-movie icon hero, Keith David.
The black, bald dude from most of John Carpenter's movies.
And he's fantastic, a Muslim (but nothing is mentioned or made of this fact, it's just who he is. Which was refreshing).
Aaaaand, more importantly...
Cole Hauser.
Son of Wings "Log Woodson" Hauser.
And he's really, really good.
But the main surprise for me is a dude called Vin Diesel.
He's huge and looks mean.
But unlike most muscle-actors, he can really act.
And he has top shiny, see-in-the-dark eyes.
For me, this is a cross between Aliens and Assault on Precinct 13.
Ship crashes on planet.
People discover things that attack in the dark.
Planet goes into eclipse.
Things attack them.
That's it. No flabby side-story, no love interest, no panicky-coward that endangers the rest of them, no slimy double-crossing corporate man.
Each person is something they don't appear to be at 1st.
No stereo-type characters at all, no whinging woman, no annoying kid.
Just balls-to-the-wall sci-fi B movie entertainment.
With some spectacularly different effects used for the daylight scenes and Riddick's night-vision.
No, it's not going to win any oscars.
No, it's not going to appear on anyone's top movies list.
But if you liked Aliens, or John Carpenter movies then this is well worth a rent or buy.
I thought this was top.
That's it. No flabby side-story, no love interest, no panicky-coward that endangers the rest of them, no slimy double-crossing corporate man.
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Well, there is that bloke who runs off, dragging the light supply with him and shorts out all their lights, then does that cool "surrounded by aliens so let's light some whisky" thing...
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Well, there is that bloke who runs off, dragging the light supply with him and shorts out all their lights, then does that cool "surrounded by aliens so let's light some whisky" thing...
Goatboy wrote:
> and has nobody really in it at all.
What? No mention of Claudia Black? She's a lead character in Farscape! And the reason I bought the film, without knowing anything about it. But I agree - fantastic film all round.
Vin Diesel (great name) was also in The Fast and The Furious.
> and has nobody really in it at all.
What? No mention of Claudia Black? She's a lead character in Farscape! And the reason I bought the film, without knowing anything about it. But I agree - fantastic film all round.
Vin Diesel (great name) was also in The Fast and The Furious.
Stryke wrote:
Well, there is that bloke who runs off, dragging the light supply with
> him and shorts out all their lights, then does that cool "surrounded by
> aliens so let's light some whisky" thing...
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Oh you bloody beardy beard beard.
I mean like Judge Dredd's sidekick with comical quip that needs saving.
He freaks and crawls off.
For one reason only:
To give us the chance to see that incredibly cool shot of the fire-breathing shot.
Which is acceptable.
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See this is why I don't like sci-fi people, picky picky and another thing, why is eso\t\aejtl awt ntgpse\tgs\etg/.g/...////////
*he is dragged away by the nice nurses and sedated*
Well, there is that bloke who runs off, dragging the light supply with
> him and shorts out all their lights, then does that cool "surrounded by
> aliens so let's light some whisky" thing...
--
Oh you bloody beardy beard beard.
I mean like Judge Dredd's sidekick with comical quip that needs saving.
He freaks and crawls off.
For one reason only:
To give us the chance to see that incredibly cool shot of the fire-breathing shot.
Which is acceptable.
--
See this is why I don't like sci-fi people, picky picky and another thing, why is eso\t\aejtl awt ntgpse\tgs\etg/.g/...////////
*he is dragged away by the nice nurses and sedated*
I rented this film out on DVD and thought it was excellent. One of the best films I have seen in a while.
I have cable and I watched it on front row.
I though it is was class.
I though it is was class.
Bloody non-beardys with their metal and their bands..
:-D
:-D
METAL!!!!!
I agree. This film was superb and what made it so good was the boldy with his eye sight.