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Sparks (2013)
A dark superhero film that is misunderstood
From reading other reviews on this film, I feel a lot of people have misunderstood the film and are comparing it to the more prominent superhero films. You can't compare it to Superman, Spiderman, Batman, The Avengers, Captain America. It's dark, it's moody and it's very violent. It's a true old classic-style pulp action hero film that should be taken as such. It's similar to Kick Ass, Defendor and all those films with wannabe superheroes that have no powers whatsoever. They're everyday people armed only with self-made costumes and a passion for fighting crime. I really enjoy these dark 'superhero' films and I thought it was a great indie flick.
As for Miroslav Houdek's review on this film... you can't rate a film lower than what you actually think it's worth in order to bring the rating down so that it's closer to your actual rating. That's just nonsense, manipulative and extremely unhelpful. How is it that your opinion is more valid than all of the people that have rated the film higher than you?
Anyway, go into this film with an open mind and you'll enjoy it for what it is and not for what it isn't.
Kairo (2001)
Really disappointing
I went into this film with such high expectations after reading so many glowing user reviews on IMDb. Perhaps my expectations were set too high, I don't know, but it failed to deliver on all counts. If blurry images of people are likely to scare you then this is definitely the horror film for you. I may as well have just taken my spectacles off and looked at my house mate for an hour and a half though. The story is so disjointed and I spent the majority of my time discussing what the hell was going on with my house mate. He didn't know either. Neither of us are idiots but we are massive horror fans. The characters turn up at what are meant to be significant locations but you've got no idea where these places are or what significance they play in the film. I can kind of see what they were trying to do with the film but it felt like they were trying to be too clever and then did a rush job putting it all together. If the scares were good then it would have saved the wishy-washy story, but my grandma with her false teeth out is ten times more scary than people standing around in dim light looking at the camera.