Escape Plan

Escape Plan

Due out today on what ever format you chose to own and use.

This film is about an escape artist who is hired to professionally break out of prisons and show where the flaws are but no guards or wardens know he is in there. But his recent job is not as its suppose to be, he is set up and enters a prison that he pratically designed as inescapeable.


Without going any into spoiler territory, its a clever little film and not your average Stallone film.
This is a film i had been looking forward to see as it has both Stallone and Arnie in and boy did it pay off the chemistry was great the humour from arnie is probably some of his best in recent year.

If they were to build this time of prison it would be great the idea of keeping people in clear cells is fantastic watching their every moves so you know what they are always up to. In the film the prison itself is a character because its such a bad ass structural building.

Stallone and arnie are both in their 60s now and they look great and put on a great show, some of the other actors i didn't expect to see in this was Vinnie Jones and Sam Neill which are always a pleasant surprise to me, Jim Caviezel plays a great antagonist in this film and could possibly steal the film..... naaaaaaa it was arnie who did that.

I for one want to see more Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone do a few more together before they retire.

I highly recommend this film

Tele Ramblings

Tele talk

Black Sails

By now i'm sure you have all played Assassin's creed IV: black flag and if you haven't you should. Here is a tv show that is pretty much the game not with assassins but with pirates in the Caribbean area within the first episode we appear in Nassau and was pretty happy with how the game portrayed the town as it the same to be fair. Obviously the story of the has nothing to do with Assassin's plot line but to do Treasure Island, its a prequel before the events of the film.Should probably mention that a few episodes are produced by Michael bay and Jonathan Brytus of Game of Thrones fame

If like me you into your violence, plunder and sexual content then i recommend this show to you, that in mind i have only seen the first episode but that was enough to get my claws into it, and it fills the pirate void which Assassin's Creed made.

Helix

Set in Arctic a team from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) have to investigate a disease out break in a high tech research lab. However not everything is as it seems and what will the investigators uncover. 

This seems to be promising, it has the thrill and suspense of a good tele show, with plenty of character to support and uncover their  back stories. Not every thing is as it seems what are they up to at this research lab. I'm hoping this is a good series hoping this thing is not human to make it more interesting but the likely hood is probably not.

With Sons Of Anarchy, Boardwalk Empire and Californication all set to end this year im open to suggestions as what i should be watching, im currently catching up on Castle and Justified which is Fucking great!

riddick

riddick

synopsis

Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.


Where to begin this film is a bore!
Starting off with a little summary of what happened from the end of the last film till why he has yet again been marooned on a planet alone. Except he finds a dog mans best friend i don't think that the character of Riddick needs a pet as he is suppose to be a lone man. So he has got rusty and has to go back to basics training yawn who cares, then a dangers coming and needs to get off the planet so it has shades of the first film which people enjoyed (i did too) but tries mixing it up alittle by Ridick not working with these people unlike the 1st but taking them out. They eventually get along and get off the planet with a few hiccups.

This was one of those films where it didn't have my attention and done other things too predictable and seen it done before by the previous films.

Dont watch.

banshee

Banshee 

Yes its back for its second season, feels like forever since the last season, for me its come back at the right time as Sons Of Anarchy and Boardwalk Empire has finished for their current seasons. So this fills my void of Violence strong language and nudity.  

The first episode kicks off straight away from where it left off pretty much with the repercussions of the carnage and showdown. Yet it doesn't really tell us what to expect from this season but if you loved the first season then you know its gonna be full of twist and turns.

Heres the trailer for first season

carrie remake 2013

Carrie

Synopsis

A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

Okay i am late to the table with this as its been out a while but still wanted to watch it.

Having seen the original a few years back thought i would give this a punt, the original was ok for a piece in its time however it doesn't hold up to much today. You would think could be better, however its just updated and has the same feel but modern the only touch i did like which was different was at the end instead of her reaching through the grave she reaches through sue's stomach. Nice

The casting was pretty good with Julianne Moore playing the mother and Chloe Grace Moretz as the daughter carrie, all other castings for bitchie girls and jocks are nobodies to be fair but played there parts well. What was weird was seeing Chloe as a vulnerable character as opposed to her Hit-girl character who is so badass and doesn't have soft side, hopefully this has opened her up  more roles in films in future.

So overall the remake was good but the film just ain't that great.

Book review: The Prince Of Thorns & King Of Thorns

Little book review

Recently i picked up these books from Asda (other supermarkets are available). The covers along intrigued me nice art work with is risen in certain areas to make it stand out.

Prince of Thorns

Synopsis 

Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse.

From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.

My thoughtsIts not a great paced book very slow to get into but at least the character was intriguing enough to keep me interested, it did lack in details some times to get to another part of the story or finish the chapter. but considering it was the author's first novel then i was impressed and happy to see what else can produce in years to come.

If your into fantasy give it a go see if its for you.

King of thorns

Synopsis 

To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. I’ve walked from pawn to player and I’ll win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in blood…

The land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the Broken Empire. The long road to avenge the slaughter of his mother and brother has shown Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. He saw the game and vowed to sweep the board. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them.

A six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward Jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. Every decent man prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds. Every omen says he will. Every good king knows to bend the knee in the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and their lands. But King Jorg is not a good king.

Faced by an enemy many times his strength Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. But playing fair was never part of Jorg’s game plan.

My thoughts

It was a slow slog through out the book, the book is set in to setting a 4 year old event and the wedding day of Jorg which also happens to be siege day.

There was times when my mind would wonder as it didn't have my full attention due to continually jumping to and fro the events, however it picks up in the end and pays off but even the end could had more detail in it and felt it missed a few things out to be explained.

The next book has got really high remarks and reviews which i hope isn't over hyped but i will be reading it as i have to finish off the trilogy and see what happens to Jorg if redemption is possible.

Not the most interesting review i know but hard to get passionate about something stale.

Metallica : through the never

What's in the bag

As a Metallica fan, this has two different reviews it has a gig review of 9/10 and as a film its a 2/10.

So this film is odd cause from the trailer it looks like there is a gig on and a roadie has to go out and get something for the band and whilst he is out he runs into a riot and has a series of events.

The film is about 80% about the concert with the songs tying in to the events that happens to the road and is also symbolic to what the songs are about. The film is about a roadie (Trip) who takes a pill ,and has a bad trip. He has to go and pick up a bag from a lorry which has run out of fuel, he runs into a riot between the police and a rabble, stops someone getting hanged from a man on a horse in a gas mask and gets chased by a posse, he then gets beaten up and has a face off against the horse man.

It seems whilst this is going on the gig and all going to plan but stuff starts going wrong when bad things happen to trip and stuff breaks but yet they continue to play.

Like i said i enjoyed but not from a film view but as a gig. The most irritating part of it is we just don't know what is in the bag and from what i have searched on the net for no one from the band know but the guy who plays Trip, this will drive people nuts. 

See it if you are a fan if not then your choice