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Uneasy Prey

Annette Dashofy

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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From USA TODAY bestselling author Annette Dashofy comes the latest in her multi-award-nominated Zoe...

Dean (6927 KP) rated Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) in Movies

Dec 9, 2021 (Updated May 1, 2022)

Finally a film based on the actual game story (1 more)

Plenty of details from the games

A little slow at the start (1 more)

Some scenes felt rushed

Welcome to Raccoon City

At long last fans of the games have a film that actually feels like it's based on the first 2 Resident Evil games. Set in '98 and showing scenes leading up to where the first game starts and some of events of the second game.
It's good to see it pay homage to the games and feature the key characters. It's a bit slow at the start but you then get some of key scenes from the mansion and set at the Police station. They still could have done a bit more at these locations, some action shots did whizz by. Maybe feature more of the creatures from the games.
So far from great but definitely one fans will enjoy. Will you take the shotgun? Oh yes!

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The Immortal Detective (The Immortal Detective #1)

D. B. Woodling

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Sometimes being immortal makes you wish you were dead. Celeste Crenshaw has survived her...

Paranormal Detective Mystery Fantasy Hybrid

David McK (3843 KP) rated Hancock (2008) in Movies

Apr 11, 2021 (Updated Jul 11, 2022)

Hancock (2008)

2008 | Action, Comedy, Drama

7.1

(16 Ratings)

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"Good job" / "no, you did a good job"

You know that bit in Superman 3 (I think) where Superman goes bad?

Straightening the leaning tower of Pisa, blowing out the Olympic torch, drinking, etc?

That's pretty much how this film starts, with Will Smith's Hancock a hard-drinking, hard-living (and miserably lonely) 'superhero' more concerned about his next drink than saving the day.

However, when he recues publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), Hancock soon becomes convinced to change his way of life, voluntarily surrendering himself to the authorities (who are sick of the damage he has caused and the ensuing financial implications of the same) and going to prison until the public starts missing him and the police need his help.

There is a real surprise in the third Act of the film, which does take it in a totally different direction that it had been going up to that point.