Black Death
Jason: Black Death is exceptionally well made and acted, but it's not a lot of fun to watch. Most of the blame has to fall on Dario Poloni's script, which needed to be tightened and given more direction. There's some good scenes, and a great fight about 30 or so minutes in, but everything falls apart once the heroes reach the village. This is director Christopher (Triangle, Severance, Creep) Smith's weakest film. Three out of four ain't Bad, but that's what I have to rate Black Death.
Shawn: This movie was so beautiful to look at and so well acted that I was pretty disappointed by how much the story let me down. There was so much potential for this to go off into so many cool directions, but it doesn't go with any of them. The "demon slayer" guys get way too easily duped by the villagers to be believable and Sean Bean was basically just playing the same character he did in The Lord of the Rings. This is a Bad movie for sure. Nice to look at, but there's not enough to hold my attention again.
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Showing posts with label Christopher Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christopher Smith. Show all posts
Jason and Shawn review: Black Death
Posted by
girl withouth clothes
on Sunday, May 29, 2011
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Labels:
Black Death,
Christopher Smith,
horror,
Sean Bean
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Next on the chopping block: Black Death
Posted by
girl withouth clothes
on Friday, May 27, 2011
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Labels:
92.5FM CFBX Kamloops,
Black Death,
Christopher Smith,
horror,
Sean Bean
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The first of our Summer Break monthly specials records tonight, with Shawn and I stepping into the time machine and heading back . . . waaaaaaaayyyyy back . . . to medieval England during the bubonic plague for the horror/thriller Black Death.
Director Christopher Smith helms the picture, and he's directed some solid genre pieces with Creep, Severance and a Basement fave, Triangle. No two Smith movies are alike, so it will be interesting to see how this film, which stars the great Sean Bean, adds up. You'll find out when the podcast goes live Sunday night!
Our special episodes are stripped down versions of the radio show. Just a review and some lively banter. If you miss our hour-long episodes tune in Fridays at 4 p.m. at 92.5FM CFBX Kamloops, Shaw Cable 106.1 and www.thex.ca for archived Season One episodes.
And we'll be back in The Basement Oct. 7 at 10 p.m. PST for all new episodes with Season Two. Stick with us!
And now a preview of coming attractions:
Director Christopher Smith helms the picture, and he's directed some solid genre pieces with Creep, Severance and a Basement fave, Triangle. No two Smith movies are alike, so it will be interesting to see how this film, which stars the great Sean Bean, adds up. You'll find out when the podcast goes live Sunday night!
Our special episodes are stripped down versions of the radio show. Just a review and some lively banter. If you miss our hour-long episodes tune in Fridays at 4 p.m. at 92.5FM CFBX Kamloops, Shaw Cable 106.1 and www.thex.ca for archived Season One episodes.
And we'll be back in The Basement Oct. 7 at 10 p.m. PST for all new episodes with Season Two. Stick with us!
And now a preview of coming attractions:
Micro Review: Triangle
Posted by
girl withouth clothes
on Saturday, May 14, 2011
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Labels:
Christopher Smith,
Melissa George,
supernatural,
Triangle
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Comments: (0)
A smart, twisty, turny mind fuck of a movie from the imagination of writer/director Christopher Smith. The film is a slow burn of tension and revelation with a kicker of a pay off. Triangle is tonally similar to Smith's first movie, Creep, and is lacking the laughs of his second, Severance. Melissa George is great as a woman who goes on a yachting trip with friends only to become stranded in a time loop on an abandoned cruise ship. Solid suspense, some scares and worth watching more than once. A Good from this Basement Dweller.


