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Awix (3310 KP) rated All the Money in the World (2017) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018 (Updated Feb 12, 2018)

All the Money in the World (2017)

2017 | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.9

(15 Ratings)

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Ear today, gone tomorrow

Classy true-crime drama formerly starring Kevin Spacey. Grandchild of insanely wealthy oil tycoon is kidnapped and held to ransom; tycoon refuses to pay up on principle (said principle being 'I never give money away if I don't have to'); everything gets a bit stressful between tycoon and his ex-daughter-in-law. Body parts end up being put in the post.

Ridley Scott does a very good job of bringing an outlandishly grotesque true story to the screen, although the usual liberties are taken with the chronology of what actually happened. Fine performances from Christopher Plummer and Michelle Williams, amusingly unflattering depiction of Italy in the 70s; laudable general message of how having money can really screw you up and you're better off without it (Scott has an estimated net worth of $140 million, in case you were wondering). A solidly entertaining movie.

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AT (1676 KP) rated Alice in the Country of Hearts: Vol. 1 in Books

Nov 13, 2019

I generally liked volume 1 of Alice in the Country of Hearts. It was trippy and bordering on perverse at times because of the male characters in Wonderland, but it's an interesting manga take on Alice in Wonderland. Alice is kidnapped and brought to an unfamiliar land that's filled with odd gun-wielding characters, most of which are constantly at war with each other. They see life very differently than Alice, so as she tries to navigate her way through Wonderland, she begins to get to know some of the people, and an exchange of ideas and emotions take place. Some of them are set in their ways, and some are open to learning about Alice, the Outsider, who is a normal human. It's more complicated and frustrating than it probably needs to be, because everyone that she meets falls in love with her.

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Extraction (2020) in Movies

Apr 27, 2020 (Updated Apr 27, 2020)

Extraction (2020)

2020 | Action

7.2

(28 Ratings)

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Action, stunt work, choreography, timing. (0 more)

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Action man

A hard hitting action packed gritty and violent movie that goes full adrenaline junkie in a very short time, that even when the plot slows, it isn't for long and doesn't feel any slower.
The movie is very 'John Wick' with its melee combat which is a bonus & Hemsworth has nicely shrugged off the thor status and adjusted to action star nicely.
Although an excellent movie it isn't without its downside, in this case it's the lack of dialogue/communication between the "hero team" during an extraction which felt a little odd in my opinion.

Plot:Chris hemsworth stars as A black-market mercenary who is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned powerful crime lord. But in the chaotic underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, another brush with death is just around the corner.

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Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2)

Orson Scott Card

8.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is...

The Regency Season: Ruined Reputations: The Rake's Ruined Lady / Tarnished, Tempted and Tamed

Mary Brendan

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His to tame...The Rake's Ruined Lady Beatrice Dewey has had rotten luck when it comes to men - her...

Kristina (502 KP) rated Tight in Books

Dec 7, 2020

I love Alessandra Torre. I haven't read anything by her that I haven't immediately fallen in love with; Tight is another book of hers, albiet different, that I really enjoyed. She stresses in the begnning that it's very different than her other books and, honestly, it wasn't nearly as dark as I've seen some stories go, so nothing bothered me about it. I was intruiged about the "banned book" she based Tight from, though. I'm not scared of reading the same stories where the relationship between the kidnapped and kidnapper becomes romanticized - I've read several and, while I realize that isn't real life, I enjoy them. While Alessandra's book isn't that, I still loved it. There were so many questions and assumptions, twists and surprises. I was shocked by a lot of the revelations in this book and I love that. Alessandra Torre can do no wrong in my eyes!

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated See No Evil (2006) in Movies

Jun 27, 2019

See No Evil (2006)

2006 | Horror, Mystery

5.0

(8 Ratings)

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Friday the 13th rip off

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A reclusive maniac terrorizes a group of young petty criminals who have arrived to clean up a rotting hotel as part of their community service. After one of them is kidnapped, the petrified group must find a way to fight off a seemingly unstoppable foe.

Kane from the wwe, yes that kane stars as jacob goodnight. Jacob has mommy issues, sounds like Jason.

Wait wait, a group of people go to a secluded place, and one by one get killed off. Hmm this is a rip off of friday the 13th.

Anyways see no evil fails on its psycological horror, with no intresting charcters and not really a plot. see no evil fails and the only thing that saves this movie is kane.

In the end, see no evil is a poor attempt at a psychological horror film thats a rip off's friday the 13th.