The Expendables Movie Review

by Gunther Heinrich, 14 May 2011 in Reviews

Stallone was eager to prove it to everybody.

And while he was at it, Stallone made a massive mistake: when you get the chance to bring together some of the most well-known action stars into one big action movie, for the love of god be ironic, witty and funny. Don’t take yourself too seriously and spoof your own genre a little bit. And most of all go all out, be crazy and silly and as over the top as possible. I don’t mean that in an action kind of way (which The Expendables certainly delivers) but in a story kind of way. Like Crank.

Well, Stallone decided to not go that way and unfortunately the result might be an adrenaline filled and one-liner filled action movie but the result at the same

I’m terribly sorry!

Unstoppable (The movie review)

by Gunther Heinrich, 23 Apr 2011 in Reviews

Despite the generic feel Tony Scott’s action extravaganza gave off, it turned out much better than I expected.

Season of the Witch

by Gunther Heinrich, 20 Mar 2011 in Reviews

Sometimes I really wonder. Did the guy in charge of the script research his matter at hand? Or did he puzzle everything together by watching other movies dealing with the same topic?

For Season of the Witch the writer did neither. He went even so far as to bother himself with nothing at all it seems. Moreover, everybody else in the production team didn’t bother either about anything, too.

Tron: The Review

by Gunther Heinrich, 6 Mar 2011 in Reviews

Tron is the mother of all geeky geek movies. Since its release this movie managed to gain a cult following which became so massive that Disney decided to finally milk the franchise for good (starting with Tron Legacy and/or the video games).

But is Tron really worth it and worth the praise? After re-watching Tron the cult classic is a mixed bag. It has some great stuff in it but it also contains one major if not horrible problem. That problem is called screenwriting.

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