Andystar77 Reviews

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

Entertaining, But Unrealistic

[5/10 · 3 March 2022]

This film is kind of films that used to be made at the mid 80 till the beginning of 2000s ( last one was Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) these films used to give you fun time with a lots of action scene ( a popcorn movie) or what we call ( a guilty pleasure movie) .

I still love this film, but it's not realistic at all i mean every 5 seconds there's an unnecessary fight!!! Unnecessary sex scene ( i mean honestly who wants to see how Bruce Lee had sex with his Wife!!!!) For mean the video game which was based on this film was a way much better, but still i Love it even if it's a silly one ( because it's one of my favorite 90s guilty pleasure list)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993 Video Game)

My All Time Favorite

[8/10 · 23 November 2021]

This game had a big impact on me: First, it's based on the famous biography Bruce Lee movie and second it brings me memories of my childhood.

This was the first game i played on Sega back on the 90s with my big bro ( actually i still remember that's the first game we chose when we bought Sega Genesis: and although we bought also a few games with it we kept playing it all night)

The fighting were fantastic back then and the graphics were also very realistic and the way they put the fightings in order just as the movie was also very charming.

One of the best games of Sega that a Sega's fan must own (highly recommend it)

The Twilight Zone: Perchance to Dream (1959) Season 1, Episode 9

Very Weak

[3/10 · 21 November 2021]

This was a very Weak episode that didn't make any sense at all.

He thinks all the time that a certain woman in his dreams wants to kill him and he's sure that he saw her somewhere,but at the end he saw her for the first time as his doc secretary IN A DREAM (and it's his first time at the clinic!!!) and after his death SHE WAS HIS DOC NURSE yeah the same one from his dreams!!!!

Sorry,but the story was one of the weakest stories ever in this show.

The Legend of Halloween Jack (2018)

The Legend of the Messy Hair

[1/10 · 21 November 2021]

Seriously what's the wrong with actors hair !!! Most of them have Messy terrible weird hair they look like if they were a sleep just before the shooting!!! Even the judge has a terrible mustache!!!!

As for the film it's terrible the deaths are so lame the blood look so fake and all the actors are so cold as if they're on drugs !!!

Not to mention the guns oh boy !!!!

It's a terrible film, but a terrible film you can watch : it looks like GWTW comparing with Halloween Tales 2017 (oh that was the lamest film I've ever seen it really deserved 10- out of 10 ), but still if u want to have a good time keep away from this one.

The Hitchhiker (I) (2014)

Loved it !!!!

[8/10 · 20 November 2021]

This short film tells you the same story of an episode of the twilight zone under the same name, but in a comic way.

They really succeeded with it !!! All the actors were great in their roles!!! I just couldn't stop laughing at all !!!

It's really a nice thing to see when they turns scare to laugh (this film is like The Short Scary Movie version)

It's really wort it

8 out of 10.

The Return (2005)

So Underrated

[7/10 · 20 November 2021]

I watched this film way back in 2006 and i still remember that i liked, but i felt it's just Okay Now after all these years i decided to watch it again and really liked it !!!

To begin with before you watch it. You must know that this was a B movie with low budget so don't expect to see Halloween, the shining or what lies beneath. Let put it like that : this movie is like watching a TV episode from Medium: so you'll enjoy ur night with nice story beautiful and powerful actors and good horror ( not a lot but a decent horror moment and a question mark that won't be answered till the end)

Sarah Michelle Gellar really delivers one of her great performances to the big screen she's so convincing in every scene And although this was Asif Kapadia American debut film and had a small budget he really gave us a nice project!!!

Now my complains about this film is they removed many scenes (you can see them on the trailer) some might say they weren't necessary, but i don't believe that because for example Sarah didn't contact with her father ( played by the late: Sam Shepard ) that much and his role was so important to the film, even her friend were seen only a few times (we did see what happened at the hospital after she helped her) there where a lot of necessary scenes were dropped ( don't know if the budget was the real reason)

Even the final chasing scene was a little one and that's i believe what damaged the film because the audience usually wants a nice jucy thriller on the last battle, but here we got a weak and quickly one !!!

I've heard that there's an alternative ending, but i didn't had the chance to watch it.

Anyway it's a decent film and i highly recommending it.

The Twilight Zone: Where Is Everybody? (1959) Season 1, Episode 1

Good Start For This Amazing Show

[5/10 · 18 November 2021]

This was a very good start for this show and somehow better than some of the episodes that followed it.

The idea of a guy that found himself alone in a city with no memory was a great thing to start the show and although the ending was somehow predictable it didn't destroyed the show.

The only thing that made me laugh was the intro of the show by Rod Serling explaining to the audience how the show is going to be (i know that was the style back then,but it made me laugh)

Carnival of Souls (1998)

What a Mess!!!

[1/10 · 14 November 2021]

So as usual Hollywood wanted to make a remake of a very famous classical horror film to take advantage of it's popularity to gain more cash..... And the results is as usual a dreadful version.

Well, to be honest it's more than dreadful remake, because most of the time remake has some if not few good things in it but this one didn't have Even a one good aspect to take about !!!

The only thing They had took from the original is the car accident, other than this nothing!!!!

In the original one they've made for example the ghost man or Mr. Death follow the main character most of the time to give u clue or an exciting aspect,but here we got the RED BALLOON, the FREAKING CLOWN (who's her stepdad : the one who killed her mother) THE BLOOD and THE WATER !!!

When you want to create or recreate something u don't need to put everything in ur mind because you'll destroy the main idea.... And then the come and back scenes were so STUPID and DESTRUCTED!!!?

Even the actors performance were so dull!!! And guy who played the clown (the evil character) was so miscast , because he usually plays comedies!!! Even the his clown makeup were so cheap and silly.

Sorry.... But this gets a BIG ZERO.

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Strange and Entertaining

[5/10 · 10 November 2021]

This film was actually based on an episode of the twilight zone under the name of the (Hitch Hiker) but the director added a third dimension which is the illusion and the subconscious mind of the main character.

In other words all the events that we saw after the accident were actually after the accident and before her death ( which means she did live after the accident)

Even this film is an independent, but it has it's magic that kept u staring at the film from the beginning till the end the cinema photography was amazing u can't even believe that this was a independent film with low budget!!!

All the actors were good as for Candace Hilligoss who played the main character she's great, but Everytime she spoke or look she reminded me a lot of Audrey Hepburn especially in Charade (i don't know if that was intentional or both of them share something income) it's sad that she only had few roles she really deserved a lot attention from the film industry.

Although I loved the film,but there was something wrong with the ending: after souls kill The heroine we see after that the priest and police are searching for her (this scene wasn't necessary because the next scene we discover that she's died right from the start after the accident ( so it was kinda distracting and unnecessary!!!).

The Twilight Zone: The Hitch-Hiker (1960) Season 1, Episode 16

Didn't aged very well

[3/10 · 7 November 2021]

I just watched this episode just after hearing that Carnival of souls took it's idea and developed it in a big way .

The episode has it's Good moments and of course the main idea of unknown guy (Angel of Death) is following you was amazing, but it had so many problems.

First the main character was already dead was why the guy just kept following her (some says to make her understand her situation, but he didn't did a thing she just discovered it by herself!!) And how she's interacting with other people and she's dead (and if they also not real how come she telephoned a living person and talked to her !!!) And the guy who play the Hitch hiker was ok but when he looked at the screen it's basically a stupid thing to do

It's an okay episode but no much.

Halloween Tales (2017)

WOW

[1/10 · 5 November 2021]

This film is bad is so bad that i can think of anything good about it.

A group of people talk about their dreams (Which supposed to be scary) but they're so lame to scary even a 3 year old kid.

Then at the end they all die (but you'll see nothing due to the low budget).

Note: why most of the cast have a problem with pronunciation ( i found it strange).

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)

Well as Usual The Same Problem ....

[5/10 · 3 November 2021]

This film shows you the same problem that goes with every sequel ( the weakness).

The first part was great or more than great with top casting and excellent storyline, while here is totally the opposite, for example in the half of the film you'll know the identity of the killer. But, the world greatest detective will not know who he's until the end of the film ( since when Batman became so stupid !!!) And the idea of waisting the whole film just to know the killer was Harvey's wife was so dumb!!!!

And to make Catwoman the illegal daughter of Falcone !!! Come on it's just like what they did in Batman & Robin making Barbra related to Alfred !!!!

I only gave 5 to the actors voices and the fight scenes other that that .

If u want to have a good time just watch this one, but don't expect much.

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

The Best Ending Next to Halloween 2018

[7/10 · 21 October 2021]

To those who don't know this was the first alternative ending for the franchise : because in the original story timeline Laurie is killed after Halloween 4 and her daughter is main character of the story and that continue till the 1995 in which her daughter is also killed by Michael Myers , a piece of advice : just ignore 4,5 and 6 , because they all are a joke : i still can't forget the stupidity of Dr. Loomis.

(U can't count H3 because it's a separate one: there's no Michael Myers in it)

Anyway after 20s Laurie is living under a fake name and she's a Mama now he's now a young man who has a girlfriend ( played by the young Michelle Williams).

Laurie is still hunted by Michael Myers and living in a big fear of confronting him again, at the same time and out of the blue Michael is searching for his sister and find all her details at Marion house after killing her ( sorry even i like this film but Michael plot here was so ridiculous and please don't let me start with the mask !!!)

Anyway the film plot after that starts to get better and the best thing when Laurie confronts him from that moment everything was and still amazing to watch and Best thing was final axe scene ( which was supposed to be the ending of Michael Myers, but the cancelled that due to the main producer the late Mustapha Akkad terms not to kill Michael Myers at all ( and Jamie talked about that in a press conference back in 2012: you can find it in YouTube)

For me this was the real end of this franchise alongside with the 2018 ( I'm huge Halloween Fan, but it got destroyed by Hollywood style of remake, remake and remaking style.

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)

Amazing!!!

[7/10 · 21 October 2021]

This film is by far the best animated film for Batman since (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight).

The plot is so powerful and the secret mystery killer man is so powerful i though many times about the identity of the killer ( and most of the time i knew immediately who's he), but i was totally wrong!!!

What's amazing about this film is for example talking a lot of plots from the animated series back on 90s and recycling it in different way, but not destroying the whole concept: like who Harvey became two-faced man ( i really was so impressed) Another thing was it's a clean show no nudity or any kind of images that can harm your kids.

As for the voice roles both Jensen Ackles, and Josh Duhamel did an amazing job ( i was uncertain first about Jensen's voice to perform Batman voice, but i was totally wrong: although I still missing Kevin Conroy he's really the best one to perform Batman voice, but Jensen & Bruce Greenwood are are the best ones after him there's no doubt about it).

As for Catwoman voice performance by the late Naya Rivera it's very good , but the one who surprised me as usual was Troy Baker ( he really gives you the same voice pitch of mark hamill ) great job as usual.

There's is only one thing that i didn't like was the drawing of the characters or shall I say the appearance, for example Bruce Wayne doesn't look like Bruce at all ( as the matter of fact Harvey looks more Bruce than Bruce!!!! Even Alfred, and Gordon looks so different) and this gives me a big thought ( why producers just go back to the animated series and learn how to draw the characters, because to be honest The animated series characters are still the best till this day.

Dangerous Lies (2020)

Started Good, But ended in a Bad Way

[4/10 · 18 October 2021]

I didn't had any great expectations towards this film, because most of the stars of the film are unknown except Cam Gigandet, Sasha Alexander and Elliott Gould.

As for Cam: i didn't know what he's doing in it for first place, because he only appears in a few scene with Fake Wig (although he's not Bald!!!) And he's role is soooo lame Cam is really destroying he's career lately by B films with weak small roles ( he reminds me of Michael biehn who destroyed he's career by accepting small roles like that)

Anyway back to the film the story is so simple a Rich old Guy dies in a weird situation and leave everything to his caregiver (who's having a financial difficulty with her husband) the film started it very well but then failed in many logical ways that i guess a 9 Year old kid can figure it out!!

Even the main actress was so miscast in this role due to her plastic surgery she looks evil with her eyebrows but she's playing an innocent character, even the ending is so lame and predictable.

Sasha Alexander is the only reason to watch this film , even though the film is weak and don't have much she's really convincing you with her character, but her performance can't save this bad film.

Halloween (I) (2018)

This Was Supposed to Be The Final One

[8/10 · 17 October 2021]

This film alongside with (20 years later) are or shall I say were the best ending to this franchise.

In the original ending of this film (u can also see it on the original trailer) the final fighting scene between Laurie & Michael was supposed to be outside the house and both of them were supposed to die, unfortunately they changed it and made as usual an unclear ending so if the film was a successful at the box office they'll continue it, and that's what happened after the huge success of this film (the film also changed the movie industry genre: by giving the audience a different ending than the original one, and this was the reason why the made the last Terminator movie and producers were also looking to make another Alien 3, but Halloween was the only franchise who win).

However I still think that this should be the final one because originally here Michael is a human being he's no immortal and they burned him in the house , so why for the love of God make a sequel and make Michael immortal again, just to get extra cash ( some movies just don't need a sequel ( the reminded me what the did to GWTW when they made in 90s a sequel with different writer and different actors!!! And ...... It's terrible) At the end if u liked this one don't go and watch the sequel unless you're looking for blood and killing scene.

Halloween Kills (2021)

Evil Ends Tonight, Well....

[5/10 · 16 October 2021]

To begin with this sequel and the third one ( that will be released in 2022) never supposed to happen, but since Halloween 2018 was a big hit they returned to the same circle ( Michael Myers never dies) the 2018 was supposed to be the end of this misery franchise.

As for this film at first it's okay then it's started to be so annoying for example for one point u watch Michael killing a lot of people as he was Jet Lee , Van Damme thing (the scene was soooo ridiculous) and they repeated it at the end of the film.

Another thing They brought back many of the original characters and killed most of them. Like Marion: who's killed in 20 years later!!!! Tommy the little kid that Laurie babysit him in the original movie !!!

Also there were a lot of deaths scene a lot a lot a lot !!! Most them weren't necessary . But the most b###s### was killing Karen i mean what's the point of it and in a very ridiculous way (the killing scene is almost identical to the shower scene in psycho and Sarah Michelle Gellar death scene in i know what you did last summer).

Even the final idea they gave it to us about Michael that he never dies because he lives on fear : is actually stolen from a nightmare on elm street, so my biggest question what's new what was the director thinking of!!!

This film is just for deaths and who a physo slaughters his victims (and now in the time we are in world it's the last thing we want to see) Bad bad and bad sequel with the worst ending u can imagine.

Saving Grace B. Jones (2009)

Meh...

[3/10 · 10 October 2021]

Well this film is so hard to explain in one word, you can't say it's great, good or even bad. Let's say at least it complicated.

The director who has been working as actress in the film industry for such a long time decided at 70 to become a director!!!

There's nothing wrong to fullfil your dreams at any age, but u have do it right not in a harsh way!!!

The biggest problem with this film was the cutting , yep the cutting was very very bad you feel most of the time that They put a five year old kid to do the job: for example on one scene two are talking outside and all the sudden there clothes are wet due to the rain which wasn't there in the first shot!!! And another scene after bringing Grace to home we suddenly see her outside the House without showing us how she went to the house how her brother ( Michael biehn) introduced her to his wife showing her his house, her room, nothing at all !!! ( and this was supposed to be and important scene!!!) There's also a stupid ideas i mean if u want to take ur sister, brother from the asylum is it logical to talk children with you to a place like that!!!!

As for the actors all of them were okay but the leading characters were bad.

Tatum O Neal who played grace was so bad she wanted to gave us a character like blanche dubois, but she's far away from the character, her character was so painfully to watch and all the time i thanked God that Stanley Kowalski wasn't there because he would killed her in a sec ( and he thought that blanche was nuts !!!) Grace's brother played by (Michael biehn) was so weak he couldn't gave us any right emotions for any scene although he played a lot of complicated roles such as (deadly intentions, in a shallow grave ) but here he kinda lost!!! He is also so old for the part.

The only one who played her to role well was Rylee Fansler the girl who was the started the film and ended it.

Conclusion just ignore this film it doesn't Worth your time.