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    Broken (2014)

    Broken (2014)

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    John Tossel's parents have surrounded him with everything that money can buy, but his life seems...

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David McK (3372 KP) rated The Saxon Wolf (Fireborn #2) in Books

Mar 22, 2022  
The Saxon Wolf (Fireborn #2)
The Saxon Wolf (Fireborn #2)
Angus Donald | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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The second entry in Angus Donald's Fire Born series (after The Last Berserker: An action-packed Viking adventure) and, for some reason, I'm just not feeling it.

Unlike his eminently more enjoyable (IMO) Robin Hood stories, or even the Holcroft Blood trilogy.

I'm not sure why that is: set during the dark ages in and around the time of Charlemagne (a major recurring character), and featuring a reluctant Viking berserker you would think that this ticks all the boxes, as it were.

And yet, for some reason, it just didn't click for me.

Your mileage, of course, may vary!
  
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David McK (3372 KP) rated Twisted Metal - season 1 in TV

May 4, 2024 (Updated May 4, 2024)  
Twisted Metal - season 1
Twisted Metal - season 1
2024 |
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Twisted Metal, the console game, is a post apocalyptic racer of sorts from all accounts.

I've never played it.

It does seem to be a strange choice for an action-adventure comedy series, but I actually found this to work quite well, largely based in the chemistry of the co-leads (Mackie as the 'milkman' John Doe, hired to deliver a package cross country and encountering Beatriz's Quiet along the way) and the antagonist played by Thomas Haden-Church.

Oh, and never forgetting the murderous clown Sweet Tooth who steals pretty much every scene he is in ...
  
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Damian Sutton (4 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies

May 3, 2019  
Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
2018 | Sci-Fi
8
8.0 (254 Ratings)
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Excellent visual effects, nice changes to the story to fit with the cinematic (plenty of sections of the book would have fallen a bit flat in a short form film) and lots of Easter eggs (0 more)
A fair few bits missing from the book, and sometimes felt like a mad dash to finish the movie. (0 more)
A decent adaptation of a great book
Contains spoilers, click to show
From the get go, I think I'd best say I came to this with a pre-concieved notion that I was going to enjoy it, having read the book several times and having a long term love affair with Steven Spielberg (child of the 80s, so most of my formative years were spent sitting worshipping at the alter of Spielberg and Lucas) so I was aware that I was going to enjoy this film regardless, that said, there are moments in the film that fell flat for me, but on the whole....its a very enjoyable little action/adventure romp....with plenty in it for film lovers (the whole shining sequence had me grinning from ear to ear) and gamers too ( the whole film is deeply rooted in gamer culture and there are more gaming Easter eggs than you can shake a stick at) there's plenty of heart to this film too, and by the time the credits rolled I left the theatre thoroughly entertained, had this film come out a few years back, it would have been lauded as a sci-fi/adventure classic, however we now live in a post marvel world where every film they release seem to raise the bar very high, and films like this get lost in the shuffle a little, does this make it a worse movie....not at all, but it probably didn't get the acclaim it deserved because of being released in a sea of blockbusters.
So in closing, if you're looking for that perfect Sunday afternoon adventure film....you could do a lot worse than giving this a watch....see how many movie/gaming references you can spot