| Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
| Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | 95 | 1 | - The only zombie movie I can 100% say is better than the original Night is the original Dawn. Night broke down so many barriers and also invented the midnight movie craze, proving that b-grade horror films could, in fact, be a-grade FILMS while also reveling in the gore and misery of the situation. The bad acting, the cheesy (in hindsight only) special effects, and some of the more "whaaat?" choices of direction and narrative don't matter here because the sum is so much greater than any of its parts that it's ridiculous. One of the Top 10 horror films EVER. | | 21 Jump Street | 2012 | 75 | 2 | | | Pacific Rim | 2013 | 75 | 2 | - A kaiju movie more in the sense of the awesome late 90's/early 00's Godzilla flicks than the old-school (and more of a mixed bag) ones. This had everything that made a kaiju movie fun: bad ass monster fight scenes with increasingly larger monsters, a plot and pacing that fits a mini-series better than a movie, ham-it-up acting, cliche developments, comic relief that figures into the central plot, and did I mention BAD ASS MONSTER FIGHT SCENES? This is what the American Godzilla should have been. This is what I hope the next American remake of Godzilla is more like than just another "oh no, big monster attacking major US city" with less fun and a more "serious" tone. | | Raid: Redemption, The (Serbuan maut) | 2011 | 70 | 4 | - AMAZING action scenes and solid characterization with the main guys, but the anti-climactic finale hurts it overall and the action does get a bit mundane after a little while. | | Warm Bodies | 2013 | 65 | 5 | - Surprisingly good. I wish they did more with the concept as the whole third act feels ridiculously rushed (or maybe it's just because the transition from the first to the second went on for too long), but it's really not bad. The obvious Romero & Juliet themes are obvious (the male lead being named "R," the female lead being "Julie," warring factions, love despite the feud, etc.), but they're welcome. I really dug the Bonies/Skeletons, even just the concept of them, and oh holy hell is Rob Corddry severely underrated as an actor. He was, hands-down, the best part of the whole movie, and made every scene he's in (surprisingly few) shine as the brightest in the whole movie. | | Kick-Ass 2 | 2013 | 50 | 6 | |
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