Angel of the Night (1998)
Jul 29, 2000Danish Vampire Film
Not very well made Danish vampire film that almost redeems itself by trying to conduct everything as a John Woo-styled action film
Ulrich Thomsen
The Weight of Water (2000)
Apr 26, 2001Historical Murder Mystery
One of Kathryn Bigelow's less successful films, an adaptation of an Anita Shreve historical murder mystery that tells a story in two different time periods
Hitman (2007)
Dec 15, 2007Videogame Adaptation/Action
Disappointing film adaptation of the videogame from Xavier Gens that comes with unremarkable action scenes, a script filled with holes and Timothy Olyphant miscast as Agent 47
The Brøken (2008)
Jun 12, 2012Mirror Body Snatchers
Variation on Invasion of the Body Snatchers with body-snatching doppelgangers emerging from mirrors. Directed with an impressive air of subtle, brooding disquiet, this manages to run up some reasonable twists on an oft-told tale
Season of the Witch (2011)
Jan 14, 2011Mediaeval Action Fantasy/Escorting a Witch
Medieavel fantasy action film with Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman assigned to escort a witch who may be able to deliver the land from the Black Plague. The wider moral issues of the film are buried under action and CGI
The Thing (2011)
Oct 16, 2011Shapechanging Alien Nasty
Though pitched as a prequel, this is essentially a remake of John Carpenter's classic. Alas, this only finds the same phantasmagoric outlandishness as Carpenter did in a couple of scenes that may be moderately impressive for those who have never seen the original