Legion

Watched With: Mr Porno & Mr Rider (23/01)
Snacks: Mixed Nuts and Coke
Genre: Fantasy / Horror

"God is angry with man so he sends his angels and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah"

Bob Hanson (Dennis Quaid) runs the Paradise Falls diner in the middle of the dessert with his son Jeep (Lucas Black), one-handed cook Percy Walker (Charles S. Dutton) and pregant waitress Charlie (Adrianne Palicki).
Just so happens there are a couple of out-of-towners passing through. The Andersons (Jon Tenney, Kate Walsh and Willa Holland) and city tough guy Kyle Williams (Tyrese Gibson).

Suddenly weird things start happening. An old lady warns that Charlie's baby must be killed before turning into a monster. Then a swarm of flies.
It's a good thing that a stranger named Michael (Paul Bettany) arrived because he just so happens to be an angel who's come to save them.

And surely enough more zombie-monsters come to the diner to try and kill Charlie's baby whom the learn is going to be the saviour of the world.
Even the archangel Gabriel (Kevin Durand) comes by to have a go.

So will they survive? Or will it be by God's will and the hands of the angels that the world shall perish?

Oh please this is such a cheap rip-off of 'The Prophecy' which rules.
And not even a good one at that.
The casting is horrible and there is wayyyyy too much talking in this movie. And I don't mind talking if it means something to the plot but talking about your past when you have the doom of the world on its way does not help one bit.

I wish they would have at least decided if they wanted to make an action movie or a monster movie. Because this didn't work at all.

Final Verdict:

Law Abiding Citizen

Watched With: Mr Baps Saigon & Mr Tank @ Cathay Cineleisure (22/01)
Snacks: Satay Broadbeans & Grape Soda
Genre: Drama / Suspense Thriller

"Can't fight fate."

2 criminals rob Clyde Shelton's (Gerard Butler) home and brutally murder his wife and daughter. Justice must be served.
But at the trial, one of the criminals, Clarence Darby (Christian Stolte) strikes a deal with hotshot lawyer Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) so that he can go free in exchange for his testimony against the other robber Rupert Ames (Josh Stewart). But this means that Darby goes free while Ames get a lethal injection.

Obviously Shelton is unhappy and wants both men put away for what they did but Rice tells him that the "deal has already been made".

10 years pass and all seems to be fine. But when Rupert Ames's execution is sabotaged and Clarence Darby turns up mutilated, all fingers point to Clyde Shelton.
And he does not dispute the charges.

In fact the coming days prove to be a test for everyone as Shelton promises to kill everyone unless his demands are met and justice is served but no one believes him.
It is only when people are still dying while Shelton is being locked up and they find out he used to be a top secret agent for the government that they realize they are dealing with a dangerous man.

Well Mr Jab called me immediately after he came out from the theatre and told me I simply had to watch it because it was one of the better movies recently.
So I went to watch it that very same night.

Well okay maybe it's one of the better movies released recently because it does well to build the suspense and makes you scratch your head trying to solve the big puzzle so it wasn't that bad.
But 2 things put me off. There ARE a few loopholes and convenient twists in this movie.
But the biggest put off was the casting of Regina Hall as Jamie Foxx's characters wife. See that chick from Scary Movie made me think Anna Farris was going to pop up on-screen too.

Final Verdict:

Daybreakers

Watched With: My Snooqums @ Cathay EHub (16/01)
Snacks: None
Genre: Horror / Action

It is 2019 and almost the entire world's population have become vampires.
Humans are captured and farmed for their blood.
But human numbers are dwindling forcing vampires to find an alternative blood-substitute to sustain their hunger.

Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is a scientist working on this blood-substitute while his brother Frankie (Michael Dorman), one of the foot soldiers who hunt humans, is against the idea of vampires drinking any other blood except human blood.
Corporate bigwig Charles Bromley (Sam Neill) doesn't care what blood is it as long as vampires survive and more importantly - money is made.

When humans Lionel "Elvis" Cormac (Willem Dafoe) and Audrey Bennett (Claudia Karvan) tell Edward that they have a cure - it hardly seems believable.

Is it truly possible to turn vampires back to human form or is it solely a choice between a civilized vampire or the primal Subsiders?

Well I guess this was a new twist on the whole vampire thing.
It's not really a new idea and to the movie seemed like something that was shot in the 90s or something.
Kind of a primitive action movie y'know what I mean.

And I can't help but feel that in this new season of 'vampire movie mania', the producers are just capitalizing on it.

Final Verdict:

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Watched With: Mr Baps Saigon @ Cathay Cineleisure (15/01)
Snacks: Mixed Nuts
Genre: Adventure / Comedy

"So do I turn into a bat?"
"No. No. That is bullshit"

Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia) is the model son.
Always following the rules and building his way to a perfect life mush to the delight of his parents but to the chagrin of his rebellious best friend Steve (Josh Hutcherson).

But Darren's life takes a turn when the Cirque Du Freak comes to town.
Instead of Steve getting his lifelong dream of becoming a vampire, Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) chooses Darren to become his vampire assistant.

So Darren learns to live with the other 'freaks' from the cirque including Evra The Snake-Boy (Patrick Fugit), Mr. Tall (Ken Watanabe), The Bearded Lady Madame Truska (Salma Hayek), Alexander Ribs (Orlando Jones), Rhamus Twobellies (Frankie Faison) and love interest Monkey Girl Rebecca (Jessica Carlson).

But when the mysterious Mr. Tiny (Michael Cerveris) and the blood-thirsty Vampeneze Murlough (Ray Stevenson) come along, it spells trouble for Darren, the cirque and also Steve.

So this movie is based on the first 3 books in the (apparently) popular Saga of Darren Shan series.
Think of it as... a different type of Harry Potter. But with vampires.

I guess it wasn't so bad. It was well worth it to see John C. Reilly in that red suit and there was a fair bit of comedy.
But overall you might get a bit bored especially knowing that there'll be sequels coming up.
Plus. Harry Potter - this series is not.

Final Verdict: