The HIV Monologues
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He's just your type. But hold on. He's about to tell you he's got HIV. How will you respond...
Rodney Barnes (472 KP) rated Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D (1998) in Movies
Oct 3, 2019 (Updated Oct 3, 2019)
Lenard (726 KP) rated Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) in Movies
Aug 26, 2019
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Mayhem (2017) in Movies
Aug 24, 2020
Centred around an outbreak of a virus in an office building, the workers inside are sealed in for 8 hours whilst the airborne anti virus does it's thing. The virus itself causes people to lose control of their inhibitions, and in an office space, that includes a whole lot of violence towards people that you would naturally grow to hate over time.
It's a simple premise executed well enough.
The two leads Stephen Yeun and Samara Weaving are a hugely likeable pairing, and have a great supporting cast to work with. The dialogue is often funny, and everyone involved nails the humour - I can't remember any of it falling flat.
The story is fairly predictable and it's one of those films that likes to cut away rather than show violence - not everytime, but certainly on multiple occasions, which takes away a lot of the impact Mayhem could have otherwise had.
The Last Drive-In host Joe Bob Briggs raises a good point - in a world awash with horror comedy, it would have been interesting to see how this film would have turned out if it had been played straight. As I said, the humour is genuinely good, but I agree here - it could have really benefitted from being a full on horror experience.
Overall though, Mayhem is entertaining, and I no doubt will watch it again at somepoint. It's hard to not enjoy a film that includes a brutal fight sequence whilst Faith No More plays in the background.
Knaves Over Queens
George R.R. Martin, Emma Newman, Paul Cornell, Charles Stross, Marko Kloos, Mark Lawrence, Peter Newman, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Peadar Ó Guilín, Kevin Andrew Murphy and Caroline Spector
7.0
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The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin,...
28 Weeks Later... (2007)
7.3
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Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps...
The Hot Zone
4.0
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In 1989, the Ebola virus appears in chimpanzees in a research lab in the suburbs of Washington,...
During a Pandemic
7.0
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Lyrical and upbeat, During a Pandemic helps kids understand and navigate the recent events and the...
Children Kids Pandemic virus Nonfiction Family
Kristin (149 KP) rated Pandora's Succession (Ridley Fox & Nita Parris #1) in Books
Dec 7, 2018
Fox is trying his best to have a normal life, but the bad guys just keep coming. Seconds from handing in his resignation letter, all hell breaks loose, and a virus found frozen in a glacier is set loose. This virus is wanted by several individuals for horrible purposes, and it's up to Fox to try and stop it from getting into the wrong hands, causing the end of the world as we know it.
I can definitely say that this novel held my interest all the way through. The characters are great, the premise is one that (horrifyingly) could happen in this day and age, and the pacing was superb. I will admit that I got a little confused trying to keep up with who was working for who, who was double-crossing who, etc., but that's how these things go in real life!! The ending is fantastic, and I'm certainly going to add the next one to my TBR list. Great job!
4 1/2 stars
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys
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The Friend is dead. As the news spreads around the world, the members of the Friends' executive...