Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Prey Alone (2004)

Prey Alone is a high octane, ball busting, roaring screaming chase movie set somewhere in the near future. It is in fact the first digital home movie. None of the backgrounds even exist - they were all created in computers. The only elements of live action in the movie are the actors and some hand props. It's not just an example of imaginative cinematic techniques, it has a powerful narrative with a thoroughly satisfying & clever twist in the tale that ties up all the loose ends and wraps up the experience with a big bow. Darius Cain is an NSA agent called in to interogate the only person known to have had personal contact with a mysterious killer known only as "The Fugitive". The only clue in the witnesses possesion is a notepad with the words P.R.E.Y A.L.O.N.E. written on it. After discovering that this is in fact the alphabetic representation of a phone number, Cain unleashes police, choppers and even jet aircraft in an attempt to apprehend the Fugitive. After a thrilling, destructive chase the Fugitive is finally cornered and aparently gunned down in a hail of bullets. As Cain approaches the car the Fugitive had been driving, he sees the Fugitive has disappeared, and all that remains is a dog-tag with the words "Player One" written on it. The camera pulls back to reveal the words "END OF LEVEL ONE" on the ground, and a flurry of flashbacks reveal that the witness knew all along. The cycle restarts with Cain being called in to interogate the witness, as Player One restarts Level One. [imdb]


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Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)

While driving , the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash caused by the Toshio's friend. Kyôko loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was brutally murdered by her husband years ago. While each member of the team dies or disappears, Kyôko is informed that she has a three-and-a-half-month-old fetus in her womb. [imdb]


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Provoked: A True Story (2006)

Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire while he is sleeping, two hours after another scene of domestic violence. He succumbs to the injuries ans she is sentenced to prison for life for premeditated murder. However the Southall Black Sisters, an NGO which fights against domestic violence helps her get justice. And after spending 3 1/2 years in jail, she is set free and reunited with her two children. [imdb]


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Hard Luck (2006)

Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer (Snipes) tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife (Shepherd) hides a sadistic and vicious streak. [imdb]


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Capricorn One (1978)

Classic conspiracy tale about the first manned mission to Mars. All appears to be going well until the astronauts are pulled off the ship just before launch by shadowy government types and whisked off to a film studio in the desert. It transpires that the space vehicle has a major defect which NASA just daren't admit. At the studio, over a course of months, the astronauts are forced to act out the journey and the landing to trick the world into believing they have made the trip. Meanwhile, a Journalist (played by Gould) is getting suspicious and every clue he uncovers seems to result in an attempt on his life! The astronauts are just about to splashdown when a further twist to the tale occurs, leaving them with no choice but to try and escape... [imdb]


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The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938)

Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Adventurer, The Cure, Easy Street and The Immigrant, presented with music and sound effects. Although this film is a compilation of his earlier work rather than an original story, it is a testimony to the success that Chaplin achieved as an actor, writer, director and producer of his own material. He set the precedent for subsequent film-making careers. Sometimes an actor has to write their own material to advance themselves creatively. [imdb]


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Ghost Rider: The Final Ride

This Swedish madman, the mysterious unidentified Ghost Rider, is supposed to be in his fifties, owns a Mitsubishi dealership, has a professional black racing bike that can top 280km (before tuning) and sets off around Stockholm at unbelievable, dangerous, suicidal, breakneck speeds, weaving traffic with millimetres to spare, while being filmed via POV cameras on his bike and additional crew members filming at the sides of the freeway. It is all very illegal but because the guy has such a fast bike, and is obviously a professional with probably forty years experience, no one, not even the police can catch him


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Ghostrider 2

Experience high speed chases and unbelievable motorcycle mastery. Ghostrider returns for more incredible high speed riding on the streets and freeways of Stockholm Sweden. With real police chases, crazy stunts, and close calls that make even the most experienced riders flinch. He even rides a snowmobile with no tracks down a snow-less street at high speed. Ghostrider truly does go wild. A radical motorcycle video that gets your adrenaline pumping and satisfies your need for speed.


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