He’s a Cubic Zirconia in the Rough. He’s
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Week of June 1, 2018
Wood ticks are nature’s beauty marks. First
up…
Annihilation
The best use of animal hybridization is a
dung-beetle/dog that rolls its own poop to the garbage.
Unfortunately, the soldiers in this sci-fi
film face much fiercer fauna fusions.
When her missing husband (Oscar Isaac)
inexplicably returns from a failed mission in the swamps a year ago, Lena
(Natalie Portman) is solicited by a military doctor (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to
join her new team (Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez) as they return to the event
to study the strange animals therein and search for more survivors.
Inside the affected area, the group becomes
susceptible to the Shimmer and turn against each other.
While the hybrids are horrifying and the
biologically based plot is food for thought with eye-popping visuals to
facilitate the more complex ideas, the overall story is confused between genres
while the body-snatcher angle is just lazy.
Besides, most mutations in the bayou are
not extraterrestrial but married siblings. Yellow Light
Death Wish
A smart way to engage gang members is to
have them protect schools from active shooters.
Mind you, the vigilante in this action
movie would rather just shoot them all.
When his wife (Elisabeth Shue) is killed in
a home invasion, Dr. Kersey (Bruce Willis) expects police to bring the
assailants to justice, but is ultimately left unsatisfied. Taking matters into
his own hands, the good doctor purchases a firearm and wages a one-man war on
Chicago’s criminal element.
While the city is split on the gunman’s
righteousness, Kersey eventually locates those responsible and exacts revenge.
A neutered, sanitized remake of the gritty,
seedy 1974 original, this modernization is more focused on tackling the gun
control issue than delivering a worthwhile payback. Worse, it doesn’t even take
a side in the discordant debate it gets bogged down in.
Moreover, everyone knows the answer to gun
control is flintlock pistols only. Red
Light
***One-Man Army and Navy***
The Exterminator
Vigilantes in the 1980s were everyday
people who just lost faith in McGruff the Crime Dog.
And while the lawful mascot isn’t mentioned
in this action movie, his presence is felt.
POW John (Robert Ginty) tries to assimilate
back in NYC when the Ghetto Ghouls break into where he works and kills his
co-worker. Enraged he grabs a flamethrower and exacts revenge. Unsatisfied,
John moves on to busting up the mafia and a child sex ring. Dubbed the
Exterminator by the press, John is dogged by a determined detective
(Christopher George).
Dubbed a Death Wish doppelganger by critics
on its released, this obvious nod to the seminal street vigilante blockbuster
also had a second-rate sequel. Decades on and this alleged knockoff still holds
its own with some pretty intense interrogation and death scenes that rival
modern remakes.
Furthermore, scorching thugs is a double
win because it also feeds the neighbourhood.
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