Captivity

Elisha Cuthburt is a supermodel who is drugged at a bar and wakes up to find she is being held captive in a sealed room. Her captor begins to torture her in both mind games and pain to make her submit. She soon realizes that someone else is being held captive in an adjoining room and the two of them try to escape. Everything however is not how it seems.

This movie may have been doomed from the start. There were extra gore scenes added before it was released in the U.S. The problem is that these scenes really look like they were thrown in and it ruins the movie. The acting is fair but not good. Even Elisha, who I normally like, is not her best. There are also several really stupid things like why Elisha’s character would make love to someone when she knows her captor is watching. Honestly overall this movie seems poorly written and badly put together.

Rating 4 out of 10

Review by Elvis Lawson

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Redline

A group of rich people that love to gamble begin betting on races of their own super expensive luxury cars. A young woman who happens to be an incredible driver gets herself caught up in their crazy world of cars, guns and gambling.

I figured this was trying to cashing on the Fast and Furious craze, but it doesn’t do a good job if it is. This doesn’t have very much o do with street racing at all and the last third plays like a bad Stallone movie. Much of the acting is bad, I mean really bad. The lead male was as stiff as a board. I don’t see how he got the part. Eddie Griffin was just like he always is and was the best part of the movie (yes this is the movie he was promoting when he wrecked that million dollar car) The writing is bad in parts and absolutely awful in others. They put some parts in that make it feel very video game like, but they almost universally failed in that. This is movie is not what I thought it would be and save for some nice cars and a very pretty lead female there is nothing worth watching here.

My rating 3 out of 10

Review by Elvis Lawson

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C.H.U.D.

People are going missing from the streets of NYC at a rate that alarms some local police and a soup kitchen owner who notices that many of his regulars that live underground have not returned in weeks. They enlist the help of a photographer that specializes in photographing the homeless. The group tries to stop the Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers.

I always had affection for this movie. I saw it when I was 10 at the theaters and loved it. I saw it several times after it came out on video. This was the first time I have seen it in maybe 15 years. Well as with all things from your childhood, it didn’t live up to my memories. Don’t get me wrong though, it was a pretty good movie. I just wasn’t jumping for joy. Since I hadn’t seen it in so long I was very surprised at all the recognizable actors in this. It even has John Goodman in it for a bit. The story was not the best as it was pretty muddled and drawn out much longer than it should have been. The acting was good in many parts but mediocre in others. The CHUDS were not a model of special effects genius but were very funny despite their cheesiness. The ending was also a bit anti-climatic. So overall not the best movie but one any horror fan should see.

My rating 6 out of 10

Review by Elvis Lawson

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I am Omega

Based on the novel “I am Legend” this is the story of Renchard, played by Mark Dacasos star of the American Iron Chef, Who believes he is the last man on earth. The world’s population has been infected by a virus that turns them into cannibalistic mutants. He soon finds out that there are other people left, including a woman who is immune and may hold the key to mankind’s survival. He must rescue her before it si too late.

This is yet another Asylum “Hollywood tie-in” released to piggy back on the Will Smith fueled I am Legend coming out at the end of the year. This film was really pretty decent. It had allot in common with The Asylum’s War of the Worlds, in that they tell similar stories as their big budget counterparts but do it with very little special effects and using much cheaper locations. I thought the locations worked well and the mutants looked really pretty good for such a low budget film. The story was not bad but did get drawn out a bit. They could have added a few more story elements and cut down on some of the slower parts. The acting was good for the most part. Mark turned in a good performance and only seemed to struggle based on the writing. The female lead was not quite as good though and seemed very stiff in parts. This is defiantly the best Asylum film I have seen yet and one I would recommend to fans of B-movies.

My rating 7 out of 10 (b-movie rating)

Review by Elvis Lawson

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