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Leah (: (569 KP) rated The Heist in TV

Jan 1, 2019

The Heist

2018 | Crime, Documentary

8.0

(4 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

This is a reality show where 10 people have to commit a robbery, and evade the police for 2 weeks to be able to keep their cut of the money.

The actual robbery is planned and set up for them, they just have to carry it out, to the point that they are given a copy of the van keys. I’m guessing this is so that people cannot copy it.

I enjoyed this show as you saw the people trying to spend and hide their money, sometimes making questionable decisions and also saw the police and the methods they used to try and catch the criminals. If the police had enough evidence to charge them they had to hand over their cut and anything they had already bought.

It was an entertaining series and I guess a similar premise to Hunted, it was short so covered everything without too much repeating or dragging on. At the end there was a race between the surviving contestants and the police to see if the final people could evade the police and keep their share, which was pretty intense.

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David McK (3557 KP) rated The Dark Tower (2017) in Movies

Jul 7, 2019

The Dark Tower (2017)

2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Western

5.6

(68 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Well, that was nothing at all like I expected.

I've read the first book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and (honestly) hadn't really thought it was all that great or understood what all the fuss was about - for my money, David Gemmell did a far better job in his Jon Shannow trilogy of novels.

Having said that, I recognise that Gemmell's name may not have quite the same resonance, the same 'pull' as Stephen King.

I wanted to see this when it came in the cinema, and now haven't watched it on Netflix, honestly? I'm glad I didn't waste my money.

Having only read the first book in Stephen King's series, I can't say how true (or otherwese) this is to the novel(s), but I've always thought the best book and movie adaptations compliment each other: watching (or reading) one, say, would make you want to hunt out the other. This was far from the ideal: only an hour and a half long, but felling MUCH longer, I found this to be slow, plodding, and lacking any real originality or flair or excitement.

One to avoid!

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Emma (519 KP) Jul 7, 2019

I just watched this the other day and quite enjoyed it. I thought the three leads gave quite good performances.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Killer Camp in TV

Nov 3, 2019

Killer Camp

2019 | Horror

6.5

(4 Ratings)

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Good ideas (1 more)

Mix of genre's

Some silly games (0 more)

Original Horror reality gameshow

A very short 5 part Horror themed game show. 11 contestants spend 5 days at camp pleasant, which is more like Crystal Lake. They must complete various tasks to win money. What they don't win goes to the Killer fund. They can also compete to win clues to the killers identity and immunity from meeting a grisly end. Will they figure who the Killer is amongst them and win the money?
An original gameshow from the same people behind @Release the Hounds it also feels a bit like an old show called The Mole mixed with Big Brother. In between camp competitions can the contestants work out together who the Killer is? Some of the games are a bit silly and I'm not a fan of Big Brother style reality shows on the whole. However the aim of trying to guess who the Killer is and if they can remain undetected while the others try to figure it out is intriguing. So one for Whodunit fans, who don't remind a slight reality TV angle will enjoy this.