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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017) in Movies

Mar 3, 2018  
Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017)
Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017)
2017 | Action, Thriller
8
7.3 (19 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
This ain't no Wedding Crashers
Having just watched Bone Tomahawk (you must watch it) and learning writer/director S. Craig Zahler also helmed this film, I was even more anxious to see.

After Vince Vaughn loses his job, he is forced into a life as a drug runner. His big score goes wrong, he makes some tough decisions and ends up in prison. He is then manipulated and has to make even more intense decisions in order to make events happen in his favor.


Vaughn is believable as a tough, abrasive husband trying to save his family. His morality is questionable and you can't decide whether to root for him pr hate him. Don Johnson is also a standout as the warden.


I found it fascinating and exhilarating at the same time. Some of the fight scenes are maybe a little excessively violent, but that is the nature of prison life I imagine.


Zahler is slowly making a name for himself with these two films. He also has Dragged Across Concrete coming out later this year.



He hasn't reached Tarantino status quite yet, but he is off to a good start.
  
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Emily (1430 KP) rated Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth in Video Games

Feb 18, 2020  
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Strategy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
Same basic premise as the other games in the Civ series, except this is set on a strange new world that ships from earth have escaped to.

Uses the hex grid of the other newer versions of the game and also has indigenous alien life on land and in the sea. This can be quite tough to deal with early in the game, particularly the worms (think Dune-style enormous things) and the sea life, but is easily dealt with later on. It alternatively you can try and work with it so you kind of become allies, although it's not easy to achieve.

The best thing about the game is the tech tree. Every other version of Civ has a branched linear progression, this one has a web. The first few moves are relatively common to all play styles but then you can just go anywhere and what you pick changes what type of faction you end up as (which ends up like a combination of religion and ideology of the other versions of Civ).

If you're getting bored with normal Civ, this is definitely a fun alternative.