Science Fiction & Fantasy > 2008 Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jumper bit like marmite?

Advantages: Jamie bell atleast gave me a few laughs along the way
Disadvantages: Hayden Christensen was it me or did he mumble most of his lines ?

Jumper the idea that around us are people capable of teleporting at will to any place on earth imagine the trouble you would cause with that power, as would anyone lucky enough. The film held the first position in its opening weekend with $27.3 million, the negative reviews remained a constant problem for the film. However personally they would be something I would agree with, however I would not give it as low as some people would. I just felt ...
...story centers around a young Jumper called David rice we meet him at 15 where he learns his special power of being able to teleport so to speak. Thus getting him out of a near death experience, however others not knowing his ability assume he has died. He then moves away from his drunk father at 15 and seeks to live his own life he does this by using his talent to gain financial stability for himself, I wonder if you can guess how ? We are then ...

bosdet 20.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Jumper (DVD)

Science defying Madness!

Advantages: easy to watch, reasonably priced, good picture
Disadvantages: very unrealistic

...I remembered her saying she wanted to see it at the cinema, but we never got round to going. I admit, i was a little uninterested as the whole concept seemed a bit ridiculous. If you haven't seen the trailer, then it wont be spoiling it too much that the premise of the film is action orientated and there's physics defying gun play where the main characters make bullets travel in circles and bends in order to kill people they shouldn't be able too. ...
...will be most disappointed. The story line centres around a young chap doing 9-5 in an office job. He's not happy in his work or his life. One day he bumps into Angelina Jolie's character ("Fox") in a chemist she is apparently there to save his life from an assassin, who also killed his father. He is then recruited into "the fraternity" a group of assassins who have been around since ancient times. Killing people according to the interpretations ...

AgeUK 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Wanted (Blu-ray)

The Force is weak in this one

Advantages: Characters, ships look good
Disadvantages: Only 3 original voice actors in it?

...this as either a new Star Wars movie or a Star Wars movie in its own right, what it is turns out to be nothing more than a pilot for the next animated Clone Wars series. The characters themselves are pretty well drawn on the whole and do accurately reflect their movie counterparts but you are left to wonder how much money George Lucas squandered in trying to get this into movie theatres merely to attract attention for a new tv series that most Star ...
...known and beloved to most Star Wars fans, instead it is replaced by a Flash Gordon style Narrator explaining what the current Star Wars universe situation is. Jabba The Hutts son is kidnapped by pirates so Mace Windu sends Anakin & Obi Wan to go and rescue him. If you aren't a huge fan you probably won't notice the tiny differences in the voice portrayals of roles like Anakin, Obi Wan, Yoda & Palpatine although the characterizations of them (as well ...

atytyut2434 06.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Star Wars - The Clone Wars (DVD)

The Dragon Slayer From Outer Space!

Advantages: Interesting take on sci-fi meets the Iron Age - fantasy with a touch of reality.
Disadvantages: None

Director: Howard McCain Writers: Dirk Blackman & Howard McCain Genre: Adventure - Sci-Fi - Romance - Action Country: USA/Germany Certification: 15+ Language: English/Old Norse DVD Release: TBC MAIN CAST: James Caviezel (Kainan) Sophia Myles (Freya) Jack Huston (Wulfric) John Hurt (Rothgar) 709 BC - a spacecraft crashes in a lake somewhere in the heart of the Viking kingdom of Herot in Norway. Kainan, the pilot, survives the crash, but his co-pilot ...
...out... when he awakens, it is to discover that his co-pilot didn't die in the crash, but just before - he was killed by a Moorwen, a vicious predator that had somehow managed to stowaway on Kainan's spacecraft. Managing to salvage a few high-tech gadgets, Kainan downloads information from his portable pc into his brain - the history of Earth, the many cultures, and the language used in the area where he has crashed - and turns his tracking beacon ...

GoFigure 19.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Outland (DVD)

The Fall- A gem of a film.don't miss it

Advantages: Fantastic script,visually appealing,Great performances.
Disadvantages: None really.A few might not like it though

...you will remember for long. The fall is directed by Tarsem Singh and stars Lee Pace as the main protagonist. Alexandria is a small girl living in a catholic hospital for his fractured arm where she meets an injured stuntman named Roy who agrees to tell her a story of 5 mysterious heroes trapped in an island who are looking to kill Prince Odius. Injured Roy needs morphine from the hospital pharmacy and asks Alexandria to steal it for him if she wants ...
...go to any extent. The film is fascinating to say the least.It does remind you of Pan's Labyrinth(just because of the whole fairy tale meets reality factor,nothing else). As the story proceeds we realise that Roy borrows a lot from reality and the story is actually a blend of both fantasy and reality. From the writing point of view,this is a masterpiece and would not fail to amuse you. This is one of the most visually brilliant films you would come ...

aadnan613 01.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Fall