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Better Watch Out - Rating: * * (Reviewed by Louis Stephenson)

4/20/2018

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MAJOR SPOILER

THE STORY:

After a gunman breaks into the house on Ashley’s (Olivia DeJonge) babysitting job, Luke (Levi Miller) helps her evade detection. But is there something about the break-in that he isn’t telling her? This isn’t exactly how she planned to spend her Christmas break!

I’ll be the first admit that evil kids can be freaky. The first Omen scared the shit out of me when I was but a wee bairn. The second one wasn’t a day at the beach either! And don’t get me started on the little girl from 30 Days of Night. However, in the case of Better Watch Out, they’re just a couple of little twerps.

The more I cringed at every voice crack omitted by Levi Miller’s character, the more my suspension of disbelief as well as the movie’s premise became threadbare. I mean, who would be dumb enough to fall for this shit? I know the babysitter’s blonde, but come on!

Aside from Luke’s parents, most of the people in this movie are forgettable. How do I know this? Because it wasn’t until after that I realised that the babysitter and Luke’s best friend had previously played brother and sister in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit. How quickly those memories were unceremoniously shat out of my brain!

That said, Patrick Warburton I just find to be effortlessly funny in everything he does. And who would deny the talent of Virginia Madsen. What I found to be refreshing was that she actually looked like a mother in this movie, which only added to her role. If only their involvement could’ve been greater.

New Power Ranger Dacre Montgomery makes an appearance as babysitter’s boyfriend no.2, Jeremy. It’s a crappy little role that we’re not given enough reason to care about. He’s simply there to add to the movie’s small body count. It’s most likely the least plausible scene of them all. If I were Dacre, I’d give my agent a quick shot to the nuts for this one.

LAST WORDS:
Despite the snow and tree lights, the decorations, the carollers, that Christmas feeling just isn’t there. It’s a soulless affair, really. All just for show. And what a silly show it is. Oh, and if you’re going to test a Home Alone myth, give us the results!
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Primal Rage - Rating: * * * (Reviewed by Chloe Davies)

4/5/2018

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‘Primal Rage’ follows Max (Andrew Joseph Montgomery) who is fresh out of jail, and his wife Ashley (Casey Gagliardi) as they become hunted by Bigfoot after they’re involved in an accident during their journey home.

Firstly, although there’s nothing very interesting going on with side characters, it’s good to have the main relationship between Max and Ashley threaded through the film. The way it is structured is very much like a slasher horror, so the tension between these characters in the beginning and seeing their problems with each other dissolve as they fight for survival makes it about more than just the gore. However, the effects for the kills are impressive, and the camera doesn’t shy away from showing the grisly details. This combined with the sound effects makes for some repulsive, gross-out deaths. The writing just could have been stronger in terms of the other characters since there’s a big gap in the middle of the film that feels dragged out and could have possibly been filled with other character arcs but instead just seemed to be a lot of people running through a forest.

Bigfoot himself looks very impressive in his design as well as the overall presentation. The costume/effects look very realistic and is also unique, especially the way the face looks. It’s also interesting that although it’s an animalistic creature, it acts with human intelligence, to the point where it uses weapons such as a bow and arrow.

Overall, despite the middle of the movie feeling dragged out at times, it’s worth watching for the impressive effects and its brutality as a horror film. The one thing I’d like to have seen is more about Max and Ashley’s marriage before Max went to prison, although it does manage to say a lot about them in little time at the beginning. The supporting characters could have done with being given a bit more to do, but it’s a competent film as a whole.




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