Intruders movie review

I am a big fan of Horror / thriller, so when i first heard about Intruders and that it started Clive Owen, I instantly got hooked and waited eagerly for the DVD release.

I must say, i was not disappointed. from the start of the movie, i immediately got hooked with the characters and the story, which involved two separate parts that later on joined together in a nice little twist.

both involved young kids in two different countries " need to watch this with subtitles " haunted by something which remained unclear for the audience at first, the kids seemed to believe that they are some sort of monster or spirit which are going after those two kids to steal their faces !!

As i mentioned earlier, i was intrigued and so was my wife whom i watched this with, the plot kept it us interested in it strongly, there was a creepy atmosphere to it and very well execute Horror like style.
It felt like an old fashioned Horror / Thriller that depended heavily on the plot and storytelling.

It reminded a bit of a recent Horror i've seen and liked as well " Don't be afraid of the dark ", with lots of stylish old fashioned creepy Horror.

One part of the movie takes place in England, where we find Clive Owen and Carice Van Houten as parents of a single little girl who is haunted by the spirits, i enjoyed this part a lot, and found the acting very superb by both Owen and Van Houten as the confused and worried parents.

the little girl played by Ema Purnell was convincing and i thought Purnell was really talented.

 

 the other part takes place in Spain, and here its a boy who is haunted by the same spirit and is struggling with his mom to get rid of it or explain it, and of course the language spoken is Spanish, hence the subtitles.

the movie shifts between the two stories every now and then that might be annoying to some viewers i would expect.

So to make short, i thought that it was an intriguing movie, very well executed and quite entertaining, the ending however might have been better and could be the reason why some on here did not really like it, but for me, it was not bad enough to make this film a failure.

I'd say 8 out of 10

the Avengers movie review

And so the most awaited movie of the year, the Avengers is released,  and I went with the whole family to see it !!

I went in with huge expectations, and it had to be said that the movie did not let me down, however, i believe it is way too overrated and over hyped !

the movie starts out very slowly, and for the first hour or so, i felt some bordem creeping in, or was it my exuberant mood and impatience for the action to starts ?  there was just too much stretch of boring speech and slow scenes of the gathering of the Avengers in the first hour or so.

I was expecting a roller coaster of action / adventure scenes from start to finish and i guess i was slammed by the slow built it in the beginning. my two younger daughters " 5 and 6 " certainly got bored and fidgety, which added to my frustration.

Having said that, the movie is a success in what its trying to do, which is gathering all those super heroes together in one film, it was entertaining and enjoyable over the whole run. I just thought that the plot was nothing special, just your average cartoonish plot of an evil villain who wants to rule the world, the serious dialogue involving the main plot was boring and empty with no interest in it, however, when the funny scenes and dialogue jump in, its really enjoyable and pure fun.

Each of the characters had an almost equal screen time, although, the roles seems uneven with the highest importance going to Iron man, and a lot of time went into trying to explore the Black Widow and Hawkeye relationship but failing in adding any strong background about those two characters, did not feel or care much about them.

the Hulk was also sort of put on the side, not clear what his involvement was into the team, supposedly he knows much about the Gama radiation, but i was puzzled with him, at times he was completely out of control and not distinguishing between the heroes and Villains, and other times, he was completely submissive to his fellow super heroes.

It was clear that iron man was running the show, maybe the leader some how, which i liked since he is among my favorites, his quarrels with Captain America were fun and there seemed liked a power struggle between the two !!

Thor was another character put on the side, did not have a big impact other than his brother being the villain !!

Sameul L Jackson's character Nick Fury was the most annoying as the leader of the Avengers, his speeches and his overall role were useless and annoying, very frustrating and if i were a super hero, i wouldn't join a team that he leads. just an empty character.

certain parts of the plot were lame and silly, like when a certain character in the team was killed, and his death was the ultimate reason for the Avengers to finally join together was a bit too corny.

Now the good parts, because once the action starts, it really is brilliant !! some very impressive visuals and solid action scenes with the involvement of the Avengers, especially the final fight in the end, it was superb, although not entirely original " some similarities to the last Transformers movie ", still very enjoyable and the kids certainly were impressed and glued to the big screen with excitement.

So in Summary, the Avengers is not the best movie ever made, and not in anyway a masterpiece, however, it is entertaining and is original as the first film with multiple superheroes in it. the first half gets a 7 out of 10, but then the 2nd half of the movie gets a solid 9 !!