Reviews

I went into this movie with low expectations but it was good.

Depp is on top form as Tonto, a character that should have been as iconic as Captain Jack in the Pirates series.

Armie Hammer has a lightness of touch that allows him to transform from a squeaky clean naive do-gooder into a heroic lawman.

The ubiquitous Tom Wilkinson is almost unrecognisable as self-centred railroad magnate.

The running time is long but the film never drags. It illustrates not just the origin of a character, but the symmetry of how the characters cope with the way technology changes the world.

I laughed out loud several times at Depp's antics but by the time of the

exciting finale on the train I found the action- complete with William Tell Overture- quite stirring. I think it would take somebody with no sense of fun to be totally unmoved by this.

Once again Sharlto Copley steals another movie. He brings the kind of energy, intensity and focus that is totally captivating when he is on the screen. He absolutely should have been the main character in this. he would have been far more watchable than Matt Damon, who, quite honestly, is out of his depth with films like this.

Jodie Foster is good as the villainess but should have had more screen time. Alice Braga is...on screen. I think that's all that can be said.

Production design is excellent and the hardware is beautifully designed.

The same cannot be said of the script which is underdeveloped. It feels like a first draft.

Pacing is poor, some parts drag, but there are some impressive action sequences. Shaky camera work reduces their effectiveness at times but still some moments of excitement.

there isn't much good to say about this unwanted, unwarranted, unnecessary sequel. The first one was a huge letdown and this is just a bigger stupider version of the first.

there are those who insist that these films are a throwback to the action movies of the 70s and 80s. Maybe that is true. The fact remains that movies have progressed and movies in this style look stupidly dated nowadays like safari suits, kipper ties, afros and discos. there is a reason people stopped making movies like this. The reason is that they were unwatchable.

Like the concept and the genre the stars look well past their sell by date.

Stallone looks terrible nowadays and his toupee is pretty obvious. Chuck Norris has been wearing a terrible toupee for so long that I suppose people don't care any more. Worst of all Arnie looks like a grotesque caricature of his former self.Bodybuilders don't age gracefully.

The plot is so thin that I'd forgotten it by the time I came to write these comments, he acting is as awful as you would expect from these hasbeens. I wouldn't recommend paying to watch this.

A bizarre movie to open at Xmas TGWTDT is an overlong adaptation of the novel. Unfortunately it follows a very successful recent Swedish adaptation which seems to have satisfied the fanbase.

However given that this is a depressing and relentlessly bleak tale involving graphic non consentual sexual acts I'm not sure who that fanbase would be,

Fincher is the most overrated director ion the World ( the game and alien3 are cinematic masterpieces?really??) and I had begun to resent the fact that this monstrosity has been promoted as a work of genius for over a year.

The movie is painful to watch- but not in a good way. It doesn't feel like a cathartic attempt to relieve a tortured soul, more a pretentious director throwing in all sorts to live up to his own hype.

The cast do their best with Mara towering above everyone else. Astonishingly this is Daniel Craig's fourth big budget flop of 2011 ( and how did this cost so much anyway?) Avoid like the plague.

Why is this called knight and day? does anyone know?

Anyway this is a so-so movie. Why it attracted Cruise and Diaz I do not know. It begins well but runs out of steam halfway through and just seems to limp along after that. There is no ending and what passes for an ending is completely unsatisfactory. On the plus side Cruise is on top form here. I've never gotten what makes him a star but I have to say in this film Cruise is charming.

Diaz is quirky and fun and when they do get a good scene together it works. Unfortunately you've seen all the best bits in the trailers.

This might be worth renting on DVD or watching on TV but its not worth the cost of a ticket.

it's okay saying we should support low budget films but the fact is most of them don't deserve our support. They are just garbage churned out with the minimum of effort, investment and thought to snare a fast buck.Sadly this seems doubly true if they're British.

Zombie Women of Satan fails in every category.It's not funny, scary, sexy or entertaining.

Its weird that a horror film or a romance or pretty much any genre can be incompetently made but laughable with it whereas an attempted comedy that fails is never funny just embarrassing.

Even the so-called sexy women look as though they skipped weightwatchers to go to McDonald's. Avoid.

Much better than I expected..i wasn't sure what to expect after the let down that was Diary of the dead but this is much better.

Its a nice idea, developed well and beautifully shot.There are good performances and a lovely touch of dark comedy.I enjoyed this film.

The main thing that marred it for me- and most people wouldn't notice but its my pet hate- is the cgi blood splatter and effects.STOP IT! you can always tell and it looks fake as hell.

I'm not 100% sure that survival is an 8 out of 10 but it followed a godawful vampire comedy called Umbrage and anything would have seemed good after that. Its a solid 7 at least and worth watching. Nice to see Romero back on almost top form.Welcome back George...there are lots of people trying to copy you but none come close.

In any case if it wasn't for this and Carriers Frightfest would have been crapfest.

This was easily the best film at frightfest.I absolutely loved it!

Chris Pine ( Captain James T Kirk himself!) gives a terrific performance in this haunting horror drama which is genuinely

It does what so many movies ( romero's diary of the dead, 28 weeks later, the zombie diaries etc) tried to do and failed. It captures the horror of being one of the uninfected after a massive and lethal pandemic. I was on the edge of my seat at times. |The saying it's those who are left behind you should feel sorry for was never more apt. Well worth a watch...there were some dogs at frightfest this halloween(umbrage, paranormal activity, wrong turn 3) but this made up for them

I can't understand the hype about this cheap, boring movie.

The whole "cinema of realism" thing has run its course and got boring long before this lame effort appeared.

There is a good idea in the middle of this movie but it is realised very badly..I don't identify with, like or care about anyone of the characters.I don't care what happens to them.

The problem is made worse by the effects which are not special. They look as though they were done by a student in 5 minutes.

This is a better movie than wrong turn 3 but its not as much fun.Wrong turn 3 knows its rubbish and doesn't expect to be taken seriously..Paranormal Activity thinks its a gripping drama.

The movie seemed to divide the Frightfest audience.. liked it, some hated it. I can't sum up the effort to hate this but its not worth watching