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Sucker Punch (2011)
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A young girl institutionalized by her abusive stepfather retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape. You will likely be unprepared...

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The Pianist.
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Y'all read the reviews. It's as good as advertised. Just a hard movie to suspend belief and enjoy. I had to take a break a the midway point as the mental burden was getting too much to bear.😢 The is no dramatization, like when the soldiers throw a man in a wheelchair off the balcony. We don't get a close up of him pleading for mercy, no Nazi showing pleasure in the murder. It's all so matter of fact.

An incredible film, true story by the way, hard to watch yet must see IMHO. Especially in today's political climate.

I followed it up with The Auschwitz Report.

Neither were easy to watch...
 
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An incredible film, true story by the way, hard to watch yet must see IMHo. Especially in today's political climate.

I followed it up with The Auschwitz Report.
Have visited both Dachau & Belsen in the past. There was a deep feeling of despair and a sense of pure evil. Would never wish to revisit such a place... The Pianist is indeed an extremely powerful film, yet equally disturbing.

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Resident Evil (2002)
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or Biohazard if in Japan
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A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident. Resident Evil Requiem (game) is about to launch, time to get in the groove... Epic soundtrack.

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Wow, I totally was not expecting this

Song Sung Blue
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I rarely give a 10/10, do here.
We, wife and I, we laughed, cried, felt joy, sorrow..
great acting by both stars


Next up is the 2008 one
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Predator Badlands (2025)- 7/10. Dek a young Yautja (Predator Clan) seeks favor from his Father by slaying an unkillable beast. On a very hostile planet he meets an unlikely ally. Guest appearance by Weyland-Yutani Coporation minions. Thumbs up. Prime was offering this title on sale to purchase for $3 special.

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Predator Badlands (2025)- 7/10. Dek a young Yautja (Predator Clan) seeks favor from his Father by slaying an unkillable beast. On a very hostile planet he meets an unlikely ally. Guest appearance by Weyland-Yutani Coporation minions. Thumbs up. Prime was offering this title on sale to purchase for $3 special.

Thought it was garbage, at least Prey was different... Predator Sadlands, they might want to take a break for a decade or two.

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The Smashing Machine
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Well this was a hard movie to watch, acting seemed stiff, not natural.
It just did not draw me into it.
Gave it a 5/10 on IMDb .


The Iron Claw was much much better, a solid 8/10 I rated it.
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Thought it was garbage, at least Prey was different... Predator Sadlands, they might want to take a break for a decade or two.

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For popular appeal, it got 86% audience like at Rotten Tomato’s and 75% at IMDB, but there are a couple movies I’ve loved that have been trashed there, so goes personal taste. Yes, this movie split from the “Humans are my prey” theme, and revealed more about their culture. Caveat, I have not seen every Predator movie.
If I offered a critique, it would be with the type of adversaries on Genna, why would any self respecting Predator ever bother with unchallenging wildlife and humans of Earth to feel good about themselves? 😉
 
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Predator Badlands (2025)- 7/10. Dek a young Yautja (Predator Clan) seeks favor from his Father by slaying an unkillable beast. On a very hostile planet he meets an unlikely ally. Guest appearance by Weyland-Yutani Coporation minions. Thumbs up. Prime was offering this title on sale to purchase for $3 special.


I have thought about this one but am confused by it, is it a live action film or a CGI animation film?
 
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For popular appeal, it got 86% audience like at Rotten Tomato’s and 75% at IMDB, but there are a couple movies I’ve loved that have been trashed there, so goes personal taste. Yes, this movie split from the “Humans are my prey” theme, and revealed more about their culture. Caveat, I have not seen every Predator movie.
If I offered a critique, it would be with the type of adversaries on Genna, why would any self respecting Predator ever bother with unchallenging wildlife and humans of Earth to feel good about themselves? 😉
Be wise to stop at Predator 2 maybe Prey, rest are like the Terminator franchise brain rot for the masses. Admittedly the first two films are storming. Hollyweird needs to get better writers as what they are churning out today is mostly garbage...

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Predator Badlands (2025)- 7/10. Dek a young Yautja (Predator Clan) seeks favor from his Father by slaying an unkillable beast. On a very hostile planet he meets an unlikely ally. Guest appearance by Weyland-Yutani Coporation minions. Thumbs up. Prime was offering this title on sale to purchase for $3 special.


Some people don't like it because it is different from the other Predator films. No gory, dead humans. Only disassembled androids.

It is really an extreme version of a Buddy film.

Anyway, I liked it. 11/10. Can't wait for the sequel.
 
I have thought about this one but am confused by it, is it a live action film or a CGI animation film?
It’s reported to be live action with heavy CGI elements, Dek’s face is CGI rendered, his voice is a different actor than the body (frame actor). The synth actress lead, it’s possible her face was transferred into her frame at least till she gets her legs back.
 
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Be wise to stop at Predator 2 maybe Prey, rest are like the Terminator franchise brain rot for the masses. Admittedly the first two films are storming. Hollyweird needs to get better writers as what they are churning out today is mostly garbage...

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Some good ideas, followed by milking it with … garbage, many franchises especially Alien. My opinion is, this is a different kind of Predator movie, and I don’t insist anyone like it, but I did. 🙂
 
Some people don't like it because it is different from the other Predator films. No gory, dead humans. Only disassembled androids.

It is really an extreme version of a Buddy film.

Anyway, I liked it. 11/10. Can't wait for the sequel.
Agreed, this maybe an expectations issue, but I think the movie previews illustrates what kind of movie it is and apparantly a majority of the people who bothered to review it, liked it by a significant margin. 🙂
 
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Frackham Hall (2025)- Downton Abbey spoof, worth some chuckles. You might recognize the 2 actors. on the right 🙂
Damion Lewis, Tom Felton

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Apex.
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Neal McDonough and Bruce Willis in The Most Dangerous Game remake😎, sort of.😒 Horrible writing, awful acting and some fancy F/X. The best part was when the hunters were grousing about the prey's (Bruce Willis) age. The derpy portrait they used for the dossier made it even funnier. That was the highlight of the movie, IMO.

Two 👎👎. I should have checked the IMDb before hand.
 
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