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
Xavier Gens
Frontier(s) (2007)
Sep 24, 2008Backwoods Brutality
Xavier Gens delivers a French copy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. This is largely by the numbers excepting for a gore level raised to what must be a maximum for the genre
The Divide (2011)
Jul 7, 2012Survivors of a Nuclear Holocaust in a Cellar
Tough and brutal depiction of the collapse of civilised order among a group of survivors of a nuclear holocaust holed up in a cellar. This holds an incredibly bleak depiction of human nature
The ABCs of Death (2012)
Feb 26, 2013Horror Anthology
Unique anthology that offers 26 episodes from different directors, each ending with a death. The episodes vary wildly in quality but a sufficient number ignore all good taste and/or travel waaaay across taboo lines
Cold Skin (2017)
Mar 11, 2018Remote Lighthouse at Siege from Amphibian Creatures
While The Shape of Water took attention, there was 2017's other film about sex between human and fish people. From Xavier Gens, a a Lovecraftian tale about men in a lighthouse engaged in a fierce battle against amphibians
The Crucifixion (2017)
Oct 16, 2017Exorcism Film/"True Story"
Xavier Gens film from the screenwriters of The Conjuring films based on a supposedly true-life exorcism. One was hoping that Gens would do amazing things with the exorcism genre but he only rehashes the same cliches
Under Paris (2024)
Jul 12, 2024Killer Shark in the Seine
Xavier Gens makes an undeniably entertaining big-budget film about killer shark amok in the Seine