When taking in a 70’s film that was marketed as a Jaws rip-off I was not prepared to find myself watching a taught thriller centred around a group of thieves and millions of dollars in jewels guarded by a school of nasty piranha. Colour me surprised.
Tag: Thriller
Non-Stop (2014) – Review
Neeson plays another government agent in Non-Stop; this time he is an Air Marshal. Bill Marks is on the job, on a run of the mill six hour flight to London, or is it? What we know for certain about Marks, is that he’s an alcoholic, with unresolved family issues. The thing that Marks needs…
Insidious (2010) – Review
For me, nothing beats a classic horror/thriller movie like Psycho or the Shining; more recently the Cabin in the Woods. There’s always fun when watching a movie with a good fright factor, where the tension builds and boils over to a jump or a shriek. Now, I’m not a huge fan of horror or thriller….
To Catch a Replicant [SPOILERS]
The ending to the director’s cut of the film Blade Runner by Ridley Scott leaves the audience guessing whether or not Rick Deckard is a replicant, the very beings he has been searching and killing for the entire film.
Red Eye (2005) – Review
By the end of the 90s director, Wes Craven had already cemented his position as one of the true kings of horror, from grungy low-budget offerings like The Hills Have Eyes, a supernatural outing that brought the world Freddy Krueger and the meta-horror of the Scream franchise, but in 2005 with a screenplay by Carl…