A twisting, turning erotic thriller with a perfect screenplay and great performances. A Korean con artist wants to work his way into marriage with a rich Count’s niece solely to become wealthy himself. To do so he hires a young girl to become the noble woman’s maid to help setup his romance and convince her…
Tag: thriller
Review: Passengers
Star power alone can’t push this slow moving spaceship. An ark of five thousand stasis-sleeping passengers, on a trip to a new planet to call home, suffers from damage to its systems, waking two people while there’s still ninety years of travel remaining. They find the task of getting to know each other complicated with saving…
Review: The Accountant
An exceptionally well put together thriller! A Government Treasury Director hunts down a mysterious hitman known only as The Accountant, who has worked for numerous dangerous groups and mafia across the world to cover up their financial dealings. Ben Affleck is certainly good at picking his roles. From Gone Girl to Argo, he often plays…
Review: The Girl on the Train
A taut, grim thriller with plenty of twists and turns and great characters. An alcoholic ex-wife takes a train ride daily that passes by her old house. When she sees something unusual happening in one of the next door houses during one particular trip, she starts to investigate. But when secrets and relationships become entangled,…
Review: The Girl with All the Gifts
A grim, post-apocalyptic take on the zombie movie, and a very solid entry in the genre! The world is ending. Tiny pockets of civilization battle for survival against hordes of rabid humans driven mad by a fungal pathogen, and yet one facility believes it has a cure to the outbreak. Melanie is one of several…
Review: Don’t Breathe
A tense, well executed horror/thriller that demands your attention. Three thieves are informed that over $300,000 cash resides in the home of a blind war veteran living in an abandoned neighbourhood. But in deciding to rob him quickly goes sideways upon entering the house, and they find themselves hunted. Don’t Breathe is an excellent little…
Review: Aftermath (2012)
Well that was depressing. The wars in the middle east trigger a nuclear catastrophe, and survivors find themselves trapped in a basement in Texas after their country was hit by multiple nuclear strikes. Recommended by a fan of Cinema Cocoa, I had zero expectations and no knowledge of the film. Limited release in 2012, the…
Review: The Shallows
Wow, I was not prepared for how good The Shallows was going to be. A surfer looks to get away from her troubled life by going to the waves at a secluded bay, but when she goes just a little too far out, a great white shark arrives in waters far shallower than normal. Now…
Review: The Neon Demon
Nestled somewhere between Drive and Only God Forgives, the film is incredibly visual but also compelling, uncomfortable and seriously messed up. A sixteen year old girl without family or friends pursues a career in modeling. The embodiment of innocence, Jesse lives from a rundown motel, and is instantly pray to the other, older, girls in…
Review: Only God Forgives
Well that was a thing that I watched with my eyeballs. From what I can gather: an American man running a martial arts ring in Thailand is forced by his psychotic mother to seek revenge on the kill-crazy police officer that had his older brother killed. Director Nicolas Winding Refn also made the incredible Drive, also…