Captain38 Reviews

Blended (2014)

Quite funny rom-com

[8/10 · 6 July 2015]

I had quite a few laughs watching this un-pretentious ROM-com. You can see it coming a mile away but it doesn't matter in this sort of film : you're just there to have fun(which there is plenty of) enjoy the cracks (quite a few passable ones) and the scenery (Africa in glorious safari style). You needn't worry where it's going to go, just what path it will take and what clichés will get smacked along the way.

All in all a good 2 hours of entertainment. If you don't enjoy rom-coms watch something else (what are you reading this review for anyway?!).

The music is good, the dancing is fun, and the guy gets the girl in the end... but you knew that anyway!

Everly (2014)

Gory drivel, Mindless violence. Only for Salma Hayek

[3/10 · 6 July 2015]

This is extremely gory and mindless. Not nearly as glorious as Kill Bill (of which one can't help but think).

This is just an excuse for lots of blood and shooting and cuts etc.

Can't figure out why the heroin doesn't just kill them all straight out (as she seems so good at it) instead of just waiting for the next team of useless violent jerks to turn up. Scenario-wise this is really poor. Do not expect any real twist, any intelligent decision, any verisimilitude.

For those of you who like stylised violence for the sake of it, you might spend the time, others just go straight to Kill Bill and don't waste any time on this unless you are really a Salma Hayek fan of course...