3 Quick Film Reviews

I haven't got round to watching all the films I bought in my tax rebate binge, mainly because I rarely get any time off. When I do I just want to watch unbelievably easy films. Which is why I own so many despite being a Film Graduate who should know better. However, these films give me hope that someone will fund one of my stupid ideas. So first things first;

Lake Placid 3

After worrying I wouldn't understand the story line as I have missed out on this second installment of this epic trilogy(not) I whacked this on late one night. It has to be one of the best worst films I own. And as previously stated, I own a lot. The opening sequence is one of the best worst to these types of films, a couple start having some sexy times on the bank of the lake and in these hybrid slasher/monster films sexy time is always a bad idea if you want to live to the end of the film. They inevitably get eaten in a crocodile feeding frenzy.

We then get to move to what I assume is a semi three dimensional story-line, not that you ever particularly need one in these films. The family of the woman who was feeding the crocodiles in the first film are clearing out her lake side house, which looks completely different but I assume is suppose to be her house, after she has passed away. I think she actually got eaten in the second one. Basically, without giving to much away, some animals have gone missing, the park ranger tries to find them, he meets some teenagers on a camping trip, a poacher and some other people and reasonably quickly they discover there are a lot of varying sizes of CGI crocodiles in the lake. Que a feeding frenzy, lots of bloody death.

Basically it's like the first one but without the dark humor or semi-memorable characters.

Boob count: Only 2 sets of naked boobs.

Ozombie

This is pretty much as ridiculous as Lake Placid 3. If not more. If you haven't guessed from the title in this films universe Bin Laden has come back to life as a zombie.

I was aware this would be a slightly racist and ridiculous film, and it did have a £9 price tag. And for me a crappy horror film should never cost more then £5 but, on the back they're is some pretty impresive stills of the zombie make-up. I love SFX-makeup, I did it as my FMP for my degree. So I had to buy this film just to see. I loved it. The make-up was so well done, it made up for the crap CGI blood which was splattered all over the desert and vanished by the end of the fight scenes.

I can't really tell you what happens in this film. There's some NATO special forces people and they're in Afganistan doing something and then there's loads of zombies to fight. Some of them die, some of them survive. I didn't care who lived or died. I just liked the fight scenes.

ZombieLand

If you haven't guessed yet, I like horror films. I have an extensive collection which can rival my local HMVs horror section.

ZombieLand is one of my favorite recent zombie films. It's like an indie film but with zombies, and a budget. It's well written, I can watch it with people who don't particularly like zombie films and it's got Woody Harrelson in. I would agree with The Sunday Mirror that it is "The best zom-com since Shaun of the Dead" but that's because there really isn't many mainstream funny zombie films. Or at least hasn't between 2004 and now. The only one I can think of aff the top of my head is The Mad, I think I liked that more than both of them but it never really got big. Canada comes out with some pretty good horrors ever now and again. Hobo with a Shotgun being one of the latest.

There's been so much hype with ZombieLand I'm sure everyone knows about it. Even though the zombies run a little I don't mind too much. Usually I hate it. Re-make of Dawn of the Dead upset me quite a bit, but for some reason I don't mind it too much in this one.

I've still got Wrecked to watch, so I'm gonna try and find some time this week, but my diary's already pretty filled.