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christopherheady
Reviews
Followed (2011)
FOLLOWED will follow you home
FOLLOWED is a zombie film with a poignant twist that is produced and directed by James Kicklighter. I'm not sure if putting "a socially conscious monster movie in which zombies symbolize society's disadvantaged and oppressed." as the tag line is necessarily the right way to promote this film. I feel like telling audience members the twist takes away from the self discovery as to what these zombies represent. Erryn Arkin plays the lead role with great finesse. His character goes through an emotional roller coaster and Erryn pulls it off quite well. I'm not sure if his accent is meant to have deeper meaning. Abigail de los Reyes is stunning as the zombie girl. Her performance is worth the price of admission alone. The film visually is beautiful to look at. I think it shows how much this film meant to Kicklighter. Him and his team really have invested a good amount of time and money into this project and I hope for them that it pays off. Having seen this I really would love to sit down and read the original short story. All in all a solid piece of work. Well done Kicklighter. Well done indeed.
Constantine (2005)
Constantine not as bad as originally thought
Watching the trailer for Constantine, I originally thought that the movie would be another Matrix ride. More time watching Keanu Reeves having "whoa" moments. Instead, I was happily surprised with Keanu's performance, I had to grimace every now and then at his lines but overall Keanu is not what makes this film go sour. I think there can be something said about a film which uses more than necessary swear words. Writers will add them in thinking that they'll sprinkle up a sentence just right whereas they're killing the script. On the other hand I found Constantine a little intriguing the idea that the devil and god were fighting each other only 'influencing humans.' Another thing they did true to Constantine's original story idea is they have Keanu right from the start dying of cancer. How many heroes start out with such a handicap? Perfect for a blockbuster rental, whether or not to buy this is up to you.
~Chris