Showing posts with label Megan Fox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Megan Fox. Show all posts

Friday, June 11, 2021

Jennifer's Body (2009)


 

A newly possessed high school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates.

A horror film wrapped up in a feminist message works both ways as genre movie and as political statement, but some male audiences might not notice.

Maltin**: "Attempt to layer horror-movie tropes onto a story of female friendship (and the roles young women inhabit) doesn't work. Written by Diablo Cody, but this teenage outsider isn't as easy to embrace as the heroine of JUNO." 


 

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Passion Play (2010)



An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

A silly phantasmagoria with a Noir touch has Rourke and Murray in good form, but you'll need to be in the mood for a slow-paced, brooding fairy tale; the 'twist ending', however, was obvious from the beginning on.

Maltin*1/2: "Jumbled noir-ish fantasy...Murray is game, playing a hood named Happy, but even he can't add much to this barely watchable, instantly forgettable mess. A less than auspicious directorial debut..."

Monday, November 17, 2014

Jonah Hex (2010)



The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.

Comic adaptation as steampunk Western; a good example that the sum of well-produced parts don't result into a good movie.

Maltin BOMB: "Dreadful comic-book/Western hybrid...Buried beneath a mound of makeup, Brolin can't make the character (introduced in a 1972 comic book) come alive. Fox is embarrassingly bad and the script is incoherent. Brief running time suggests heavy cuts were made during production, but considering the mess on-screen that's probably a good thing."


Monday, November 9, 2009

Transformers (2007)




An ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between two extraterrestrial clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a young teenager

Sci-fi nonsense made for an adolescent audience, some fun to be had on the way.