‘The Slayer’ is a 1982 slasher film about an artist called Kay, who is plagued by nightmares of gory deaths, and is taken on holiday to a remote island by her family in an attempt to help her. Eventually the dreams start coming true, and so the slasher part of the film begins…but unfortunately it takes a really long time to do that, so the first half an hour is pretty boring.

As I mentioned, it takes a while before the deaths in the film start happening. And there’s also very few characters in the film, so the body count isn’t high – which wouldn’t be a problem if it felt like anything was actually happening in between them. I can at least say that the few deaths that do happen are good, the first one that occurs being my favourite. Furthermore, whilst the film was overall quite boring, there were a few moments that (unintentionally, I presume) made me laugh. There’s something about the cheesiness of an 80s film like this that can provide a lot of humour even from the simple things, like some of the over-the-top horror music used in situations that don’t call for it. And if you want to challenge yourself, just watch the last 5 minutes and try not to at least chuckle.
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There’s not a lot else to say about this film, but it’s at least a mediocre slasher and it has its funny moments. It may have benefitted from adding a few more characters to kill off to fill the time, and would definitely be more enjoyable if it didn’t take so long to get to the action. The pacing is the biggest problem. However, if you like pretty shots of nature, this may be the film for you – but it still wouldn’t require a second viewing. Once is probably enough.  

Now here is a little fact for you, I have never seen a Transformers film before. Truth be told I never really had the urge too, and with most of the reviews out there being pretty negative I have always thought what was the point. However when you get offered a review copy of a big summer movie it would be rude to not take the company up on it.

So The Last Knight plays around with the idea that the robots in disguise where part on an ancient mystic robot order who gave the wizard Merlin the power he was know for in the legends in the form of a staff, and they also bestowed the sword wielded by King Arthur.  Now in modern day the staff is hidden and the evil robot alien queen Quinntessa wants it back so she can destroy earth and restore Cybertron. To do this she brain washes earth's favorite autobot Optimus Prime, who is sent to earth to kill all who try and keep the staff from him. this is the last we see of Prime till the final half of the film as we trudge through a messy plot full of you typical action film tropes, like Cade gaining the power of the knights through a strange metal thing, Viviane's lineage and the crazy old guy who tends to know everything about the history of transformers on earth. We also have the young lead who is set to become an adopted family member for Cade fr some reason. Now as good a character Izabella is in the early part of the film, she doesn't have enough screen time and that is disappointing. This is a character with so much more to give the story, while instead we get the obvious love story between Cade and Viviane.

The autobots are as good as always, which is good as this is the reason we are all here, but when the action finally gets to the screen there is very little of it. The Last Knight is more filler than anything with 30% throughout being autobot action.

While this isn't a great film, it also isn't a terrible film. It is summer blockbuster fun and this is why people still go to the cinema to watch it. Kids will love parts of it, adults will watch it for nostalgia. I do wish there was more action overall and maybe so of the language was toned down a little, especially as this is really a film aimed at kids, but overall if you have a lazy day in this is a good way to kill a few hours. 

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
Street Date:                       October 16, 2017 (Digital Download)
October 30, 2017 (4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™, DVD, and VOD)
U.K. Rating:                        12A for moderate action violence, moderate bad language
 
TRANSFORMERS’ 5-MOVIE BLU-RAY™ COLLECTION
Street Date:                         October 30, 2017