Mummies Alive! - Vol. 1 (Animated)

Advantages: Something to watch if you're bored
Disadvantages: boring, lifeless.

...The film cover states: 'When Terror is alive....evil never dies'. Bram Stokers The legend of the mummy 2 is a typical horror film, nothing more nothing less. Starring Jeff Peterson and Trent Latia, and directed by David Decoteau, the film is rated 18. The film concentrates os six students and a tutor, who are spending their holidays in some isolated compound. With conveniently enough an Aztec mummy! One of the students is convinced he is the distant relation of this an Aztec high preist. And he has powers. He uses these powers to bring the mummy back to life, and begin the reign of 'terror' His first victim is the tutor, who convinently happens to be working late. As she is stabbed manically to death, the rest are completely oblivious to the fact. And no one hears her screams for the obligatory thunder storm is raging. The mummy... Read review

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Advantages: action-packed
Disadvantages: somewhat predictable

...How many of us watched Maggie Thatcher making an idiot of herself with her appauling joke about the return of the mummy? Did she mean to tell us that she resembled the mummy in being evil, disheveled and utterly past it? Whatever her motives were I decided to invest some time in watching the original version of the Mummy. This film is set in Egypt and tells a story centered around the hidden city Hamunaptra that can only be seen at a certain time. An ancient egyptian tale unfolds around this lost city including the entrance of the famous seven plagues. These are brought about by an ancient mummy who had been mummified alive for a previous crime millions of years ago. When he awakens he terrorises the nation and a race begins to allow good to triumph over evil and save the world! The special effects of this film are very impressive and i... Read review

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Advantages: Not over complicated, easy to watch
Disadvantages: Lacking in quality dialogue

...A truly fantastic film from the master of action films Quentin Tarantino. Kill Bill takes you on a bloodthirsty whirlwind trip that only leaves you wanting more. Kill Bill Vol.1 portrays an imersive world that draws you in without detracting from the real point of the film, the central plot flowing smoothly through the picture and the understated acting making the overall feel of the film as sharp as the swords. This picture will deliver everything the trailer promised us and will leave you hungering for Vol.2. A must see for any Tarantino fan and a definate recomendation to any fan of action films, especilally those fond of Japanese style martial arts pictures. In addition to all of this the animated segment of the film allowed Kill Bill to show a particularly disturbing scene in a way that, if not tasteful, must certainly be credited... Read review

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