and soon the darkness ( 2010 film )
overall and soon the darkness is pretty much a paint - by - number thriller .
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buy it: urltoken when two american girls on a bike trip in a remote part of argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized. and soon the darkness is a 2010 thriller film, which was directed by marcos efron and starring karl urban, amber heard and odette yustman .
suggests writer / director wes craven ended his five - year filmmaking hiatus too soon .
perhaps when director marcos efron was planning this remake he should have considered adding something of interest to the tired conventions and cliches of this subgenre. as it stands, and soon the darkness has virtually nothing new, fresh or exciting to offer .
at the very least, and soon the darkness is gorgeously shot, utilizing argentina' s lush, and occasionally stark, landscapes to the best of its abilities. the performers do their best with their bland characters, too. but nothing can help this film from feeling far too lean in story, and padded with nonsense and underdeveloped characters .
yup, and soon the darkness is yet another film that tells audiences that if you travel to a foreign country, you' ll likely be kidnapped and raped, maybe even murdered. and while i' m not against the idea of the warped
fish out of water
horror template, the real issue lies in just how utterly boring this film happens to be .
the film really doesn’t leave much more to talk about as the phrase, “don’t leave your vacationing group” should say it all. i think the movie “train” actually captures this idea better and with more visceral coating. “and soon the darkness” doesn’t suck, but it probably also doesn’t deserve a cool “dvd” quote either. buyers beware .
and soon the darkness is a movie starring amber heard, odette annable, and karl urban. when two american girls on a bike trip in a remote part of argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized .
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the original and soon the darkness is a calm, restrained and compelling thriller that really escalates the tension nicely (and packs a marvellously joyful soundtrack that works well with the on - screen horrors). no classic, but i' ve watched it a few times over the years, and i' d happily watch it again tomorrow .
the first official teaser poster for the film was released alongside the second trailer .
the character of jaylah was inspired by jennifer lawrence' s portrayal of ree in the 2010 film winter' s bone. pegg and jung referred to her by lawrence' s nickname
j. law
, eventually inspiring the name
jaylah
. [ 57 ]
there is a four - issue comic book series titled star trek: manifest destiny, though it is not branded as an official prequel to the film like previous idw publishing comics countdown and countdown to darkness .
hello, all. once again, it’s another fabulous review given to you by the guy that won’t stop watching remakes. up on deck this time around is the remake of the 70’s british thriller and soon the darkness. the movie is about two american girls biking through argentina when their journey goes terribly wrong .
centruion is an exciting and intense action / adventure film with fantastic fight scenes and strong acting .
, with a summer 2016 release date. an official announcement was to be made soon thereafter with a specific release date .
sadly, despite a wonderful blu - ray, there' s very little reason to check out and soon the darkness. other than the film' s beautiful cinematography, there' s almost no value to this picture. but, if you' re a fan of the
tourists get kidnapped
subgenre, by all means give this one a look .
mentioned there will be some tribute to the late actor in the final film .
, it was reported that paramount had announced the film' s international release dates. thailand would be the first country to show the film, on
. a giant green hand also appears in the end credits of the film .
star trek beyond is the first film in the franchise to not have a novelization .
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and soon the darkness comes to blu - ray with a sharp, pristine bd50 avc encode and high - res dolby truehd 5. 1 audio. the film has a very unusual, shifty palette, starting off with glossy, saturated color design and dramatically shifting from warm to steely and monochromatic. thankfully, though, the encode handles the shift with ease. black levels and shadows are spot - on and fleshtones remain consistent throughout. even better, the film boasts a striking amount of depth and detail never succumbing to any dnr post - scrubbing. the print itself is a touch grainy, but naturally so. no dust, dirt or specks were noted .
, roberto orci clarified that he was not technically directing the film until paramount approved the script .
and soon the darkness is a remake of a better 1970' s british film of the same name. it doesn' t do anything new... and it doesn' t really have a point. it' s just there. like cauliflower. it' s kind of a waste of some good potential... and ultimately just becomes an excuse for amber heard to kick ass like john rambo. which isn' t necessarily a bad thing. however... given the circumstances... i cannot recommend this film to anyone .
shatner' s kirk and nimoy' s spock appear in the film in a still handled by the actor zachary quinto .
everything about this film was just average. there was a boring, predictable story that could have been written by practically anyone. there' s very little, if any, artistic value in this film, and despite the fact that the film had constant intensity, i was bored throughout. the only saving grace is the good acting on behalf of amber heard and odette annabelle. otherwise, the film sucks .
after the first lumbering hour the film turns into a chase picture of sorts, but like the first half of the picture, there are few surprises to be had, and even less tension. the film also attempts to twist and turn the narrative but its deceptions are obvious (and dumb), and ultimately not very shocking .
more photos were released later, including after the film' s second trailer was released .
the film gets bogged down by plot points that plod toward an event of devastating proportions .
centurion is an average movie with good performances and it' s a film that could have been much better considering its subject. i found the film to focus more on visual style than story, and it' s a great shame because this film really could have stood out. i liked the film, but i expected a bit more as well as i have a great interest in the romans. if you' re like me, don' t expect this one to be an accurate portrait of the romans, because it' s far from it, it' [ s an action film first and foremost and it takes liberties to make this enjoyable for the viewer. the film had some good ideas as far as the story is concerned, but it kind of feels rushed a bit too. centurion should have been better and though i found it entertaining, i really felt something was missing to make this a truly memorable film. the film is worth seeing due to well constructed action, which the film has plenty of, and the performance of michael fassbender. however, the plot just seems unfocused at times, and it loses steam halfway through the film, and that' s where the action really makes you forget that the film average. the film is no gladiator, and it should be seen as mindless popcorn action, which is what in the end this film is about. centurion isn' t awful, or mediocre, but it should have been better too. fans of historical epics, might be disappointed in this film, but for action fans, there' s still plenty to enjoy if you can forget the lacking story and average ton e of the film. centurion is, despite its imperfections good entertainment that is average considering the potential the film possessed .
this is the second film – the first being the wrath of khan – where kirk ponders his future on his birthday .
hit the jump to check out the clip which features commentary from efron as he describes some of the pros and cons of shooting the film around the city of salta, argentina .
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whatever happens in the third film, it will give the audience a sense of progression and change; an arc and a character that' s really growing with them .
sometimes a film comes along that' s well shot and well made with solid performances, but it still has no value whatsoever. such is the case with and soon the darkness, a remake of the 1970 british cult thriller of the same name. this time around, we follow two young american girls on a bike tour of argentina. they stop in a small town to spend the night, and to hook up with hunky locals. the next day one of the girls (odette yustman, the unborn) goes missing and it' s up to her friend (amber heard, the stepfather) and a mysterious traveler (karl urban, star trek) to track her down before it' s too late .
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at the us premiere of star trek into darkness on 2 may 2013, damon lindelof hinted that the prospect the klingons would declare war on the federation would come to fruition, and that benedict cumberbatch would return as khan noonien singh. [ 34 ] however, lindelof was not involved with the sequel .
4. calvo: that' s the policia guy' s name in the film and i can' t stand him. he represents the good guy that you know is gonna turn out to be a bad guy bait and switch that is done so ineptly in this film. as soon as he shows up... you know how things are gonna end up. i' m seriously not exaggerating when i explain how utterly predictable this film is... and calvo pretty much adds coal to that fire. i understand that his character is a necessity in a film like this... but, at least do it with some kind of originality .
marshall is big on desaturated imagery, which imparts to the film' s copious amounts of hemoglobin the look of squid ink .
... what would be the point? there is some good in the film. amber heard. she' s great in the film... but, then again... i haven' t seen a film with her in it where she didn' t display solid acting and a real sense of peril. and she' s hot. she' s the tough final girl in the truest sense of the term .
on 22 december 2014, it was announced that justin lin had been hired to direct the film. [ 46 ] two days later, it was announced that roberto orci will only produce the film and will no longer be involved in the writing process. [ 47 ]
for the most part, i liked this slightly suspenseful tourist - in - peril film, but films like turistas and hostel have done the americans in peril abroad plot to death (pun intended), and actually much better. the film does have its positives though, and its relatively entertaining for what it sets out to do .
the horror thriller and soon the darkness follows two american girls, stephanie (amber heard) and ellie (odette yustman), who decide to take a vacation to an exotic village in argentina for the perfect girl’s getaway, to bask in the sun, shop and flirt with the handsome locals. while there, they embark on a bike tour through a remote part of the countryside, but after an argument, stephanie heads out alone and, upon her return, discovers that ellie has disappeared. finding signs of a struggle, stephanie fears the worst and turns to the police for help and learns about a string of unsolved kidnappings targeting young female tourists. stephanie quickly questions her ability to trust anyone and realizes that she must find her friend before time runs out and her worst fears are realized .
michael comes to the aid of these foolish females more than a few times who just don’t take the advice of the locals. i found his role on the most part unnecessary in the premise of the film. for a minute i couldn’t remember where i knew the actor from and then it occurred to me that he plays the new “bones” in the latest star trek film .
because they' re in such a crazy schedule crunch [... . ] but i imagine that i will be talking to them soon about all of this, and we' ll figure out what’s going to happen next ,
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while robert rodriguez and rose mcgowan’s take on the 1985 film red sonja may never see the light of day, there may be some new [... ]
there' s a scene in the much superior 2010 version of i spit on your grave where before the sheriff character starts in with the unspeakable things that he' s about to take part in... he receives a call from his young daughter asking him if he' s gonna make it to church that morning. the weight of that one little scene speaks volumes about his character in that particular film and paints such a despicable picture of what mankind is capable of. something like that could' ve worked to the same degree in this film and would' ve given calvo much more depth instead of the cardboard cut - out character that he clearly is .
simon pegg commented two years after the film' s release that paramount had poorly marketed the film, stating they had waited too long to release a full trailer and that they were afraid of mentioning the 50th anniversary. he also expressed anger at how the teaser ruined the use of
sabotage
in the movie. [ 134 ]
how many times did this film piss me off? here... let us count the ways ...
( 6: 11, hd) are still in a very rough form with the letterboxed picture in the middle and time codes and other information on the top and bottom of the screen. none of the three really cry out to be reinserted in the film so i think a director' s cut is out of the question .
that have a little bit more of the character relationships and the humor and some more of the speculative sci - fi elements .
that’s despite the noble effort of director duncan jones, who helmed the lower - budget sci - fi wonders “moon” and “source code” and labors mightily here to craft a solid emotional foundation in his script with charles leavitt. the “warcraft” games — which have radically declined in popularity from a high of 12 million regular users in 2010 to a recent low of close to 5 million (so low the company behind it no longer releases subscriber counts to the public) — were never meant to have the narrative depth of “the lord of the rings, ” or even “game of thrones. ” but the film cribs freely from both of those sources anyway, as well as “star wars, ” “dawn of the planet of the apes, ” “avatar” and numerous other recent blockbusters .
jonathan levine can definitely thank the solid success of warm bodies because his debut film is finally getting a release in the us [... ]
to store shelves (just as they did for the original), and the release is up to their usual standards. the anamorphic transfer is colorful and bright, reflecting the film’s lush photography, and the 5. 1 surround track will also envelop your room. special features include deleted scenes, a director’s diary, and an audio commentary with the director, editor, and cinematographer. there’s also a blu - ray release available as well. the high - definition will no doubt make the film look prettier, but it won’t elevate it from a weak script and its altogether half - hearted approach towards the material .
an incredibly raw and emotional film built around the lives of characters who have suffered immensely. a hugely underrated film that really shows off the talents of the cast. i was skeptical as pattinson has quite the teen fan base after twilight but he did a great job. unfortunately i already knew what the ending was however i would never have guessed. a touching and beautiful film that really shows that you have to live each day as if it' s the last and always tell the people you love how much they mean to you. i really can' t believe the critics panned this .
it comes close to greatness but misses the mark as a result of some clumsy foreshadowing and director / co - writer marcos efron emphasizing the film' s familiar plot rather than its unique, fairly compelling characters. still, it' s a slick film with gorgeous locations, a capable cast, and at least one interesting twist. urltoken
a trailer for the film was released online on 14 december 2015, and premiered in theaters before star wars: the force awakens. [ 117 ] the trailer, which was set to the beastie boys'
sabotage
as a callback to the 2009 film, drew a mixed response from fans as well as george takei and wil wheaton. [ 118 ] simon pegg admitted to being surprised by the trailer, speculating
the marketing people [ were ] saying,' everyone come see this film, it' s full of action and fun.' when there is a lot more to it than that. i didn' t love it because i know there is a lot more to the film .
[ 119 ]
collectible miniatures of starships from the film have been produced by snapco and more are slated for release by hallmark and quantum mechanix. ben robinson, the project manager of the star trek: the official starships collection partwork magazine, has announced that eaglemoss collections will be producing a uss enterprise and a uss franklin from the film as special issues. another beyond starship design will also be produced. additional starship miniature premiums will be included with paramount pictures' urltoken and walmart home video releases .
given that the film opens on the 966th day of the five - year mission (2 january 2263), it can be extrapolated that the five - year mission began on 11 may 2260 .
efron: i think the original had a real good sense of atmosphere, realizing that these girls are separated, not necessarily from civilization, but it was 1970 and nobody had cell phones and there was no internet. it was a challenge to get those off the table, in my film. the atmosphere of actually shooting in argentina, and not in buenos aires, but hours away, in the countryside, up in the northwest, was really important to the dna of the film .
it' s an ideology cumberbatch subscribes to only up to a point. he opposed the war in iraq, and marched with a million others against it in 2003 .
and it was such an amazing day. though kind of dominated ,
and he starts to giggle ,
by the protester with the placard saying' the only bush i trust is my own', which always makes me laugh. but that was the only thing that does make me laugh, thinking back to that day. there was just the despondency of realising that it meant nothing .
when he read the wikileaks reports in the guardian in 2010, about what western troops were up to, he' d been horrified .
death squads and civilian casualties and underarmed soldiers and strategic mishaps and the brutalisation of soldiers and the terrorising of civilians: the worst fears we had about that war just came flooding through, and i thought it was extraordinary .
, the dubai film and tv commission (dftc) announced an internship program which would run from 13 september until 15 october 2015. the organization meanwhile also confirmed dubai was to be used as a
if you aren' t familiar with the original film and come to this fresh, it is a fairly well made mystery - thriller with some scenes that are more suited to the horror genre .
as the domestic gross of star trek into darkness (which stood at us $ 228. 5 million) was less than the first film, paramount made the decision to film the sequel outside los angeles to save money .
we' re making it for what it should have been shot for last time if we had made it outside of l. a. , which we would have done except that [ j. j. abrams ] didn' t want to ,
a studio source told the hollywood reporter .
that was a $ 20 million issue .
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spock' s pondering leaving starfleet to return to new vulcan (to dedicate his life to completing the late ambassador spock' s work) is possibly a reference to the fact that in the prime universe, he left the service soon after the end of the five - year mission (as seen in star trek: the motion picture) to dedicate himself to the kolinahr discipline. by the end of the events of that film, he had resolved his internal conflicts and had decided that his initially reluctant return to starfleet was now a permanent one. in this film, spock ultimately decides, after looking at a photo of ambassador spock with his fellow aged enterprise comrades, that he also belongs with his own enterprise family .
broke up, describing that possibility as potentially
heartbreaking
for her. concerning the film' s action quotient, she speculated ,
in order to compose this film. the reason no contact had been made was partly because giacchino himself had been extremely busy but also
with a release at star trek' s 50th anniversary, this film includes fifty new alien species. [ 105 ]
woken by a loud bang at the window, stephanie is startled and afraid, but this soon turns to anger when she realises that the commotion outside is ellie trying desperately to keep the amorous argentinian from getting into their room as she has no intention of going anywhere with him. desperate to end the argument outside and get ellie safely into the hotel room, stephanie goes outside and drags her inside and then locks the door. drunk, horny and angry, the local starts banging on the door and demanding to see ellie, with each thump on the door moving the plug to the alarm clock further out of its socket until it lands on the floor. the one positive is that the mysterious guy from the bar comes from his hotel room, directly opposite theirs, and puts the man in an arm lock until the hotel owners convince him to let the young man go if he promises to leave .
this mpeg 4 avc 1080p picture presents the film extremely well with the location shooting in argentina paying dividends so you have the dry shrub land and the andes firmly setting the scene and confirming her location. this also means that some scenes look completely idyllic with the bright sunshine, blue sky and picturesque scenery but others, when you get to a more desolate location, show the vastness of the country and why it would be so easy for someone to go missing .
ginette vincendeau’s book, jean - pierre melville: an american in paris, bfi, london, 2003 – the first extensive study of the iconic french filmmaker in english – comprehensively charts the critical response to les enfants terribles over the years, highlighting its status as a somewhat problematic text, and also provides interesting details and anecdotes on the film’s production background and public reception. vincendeau herself presents a very astute and rigorously considered analysis of the film as a “stylistic exercise” in chapter two. i am very grateful to her for sharing her chapter notes .
similar to last house on the left, and i spit on your grave, these women start off helpless but then get their revenge in the end. it was a common theme of films during the seventies, and that’s pretty much where this movie should have been kept … in the seventies! and soon is just another film that didn’t need to be remade. the studios keep finding these films and trying to make them treasures by redoing them for a new generation. it’s so unnecessary because even if the originals are good (which this one wasn’t), let the new generation of horror kids seek out the original versions. i would advise that you leave this on the shelf. i watched the ending three times to see if my mind would change. unfortunately, it didn’t .
the shamelessly exploitative ending simply knocks it down another peg, ironically turning
remember me
into a film that will fade from memory pretty quickly .
ellie is the more outgoing of the two and, when they are out in the town bar, she unplugs the jukebox which is playing la macarena before plugging it back in and selecting the divinyls' i touch myself and dancing provocatively around the bar, trying to get the attention of the moody looking guy at the bar. when he goes to the toilet, she follows and again tries to speak to him but without success. giving up on him, she turns her attention to one of the locals and is soon dancing and kissing him. left on her own, stephanie is disturbed when she can' t see her best friend and, after frantically looking around in the bar, she finds ellie outside with her' conquest'. when he suggests a threesome with the two friends, ellie tells him that isn' t on the cards and stephanie returns to the hotel to get a reasonably early night so they can be up to catch the bus at 8am the next day .
... an entertaining film, for adults who are not intimidated by rivers of blood. [ full review in spanish ]
i interviewed assange in the embassy last year, and there are moments in the film when it' s hard to believe it isn' t him on screen. cumberbatch' s performance doesn' t so much evoke as inhabit his character, and the accuracy of the voice, physicality and mannerisms is uncanny. he captures assange' s extraordinary capacity to charm and beguile, to intoxicate and manipulate, while offering glimpses of his isolation .
stephanie (amber heard) and ellie’s (odette yustman) vacation to an exotic village in argentina is a perfect ‘girl’s getaway’ to bask in the sun, shop and flirt with the handsome locals. after a long night of bar - hopping, the girls get into an argument, and stephanie heads out alone in the morning to cool off. but when she returns, ellie has disappeared. finding signs of a struggle, stephanie fears the worst, and turns to the police for help. but the local authorities have their hands full already - with a string of unsolved kidnappings targeting young female tourists. skeptical of the sheriff’s competency, she enlists help from michael (karl urban), an american ex - pat staying at their hotel. together they go on a frantic search for ellie, but stephanie soon realizes that trusting his seemingly good intentions may drag her farther from the truth. with danger mounting, and time running out, stephanie must find her friend before darkness falls .
stephanie (amber heard) and ellie’s (odette yustman) vacation to an exotic village in argentina is a perfect ‘girl’s getaway’ to bask in the sun, shop and flirt with the handsome locals. after a long night of bar - hopping, the girls get into an argument, and stephanie heads out alone in the morning to cool off. but when she returns, ellie has disappeared. finding signs of a struggle, stephanie fears the worst, and turns to the police for help. but the local authorities have their hands full already – with a string of unsolved kidnappings targeting young female tourists. skeptical of the sheriff’s competency, she enlists help from michael (karl urban), an american ex - pat staying at their hotel. together they go on a frantic search for ellie, but stephanie soon realizes that trusting his seemingly good intentions may drag her farther from the truth. with danger mounting, and time running out, stephanie must find her friend before darkness falls .
the film takes place two - and - a - half years into the characters' five - year mission, [ 1 ] when the uss enterprise is attacked by the swarm and the crew is marooned on an unknown world as a consequence. they gain an ally in sofia boutella' s alien warrior, jaylah. [ 2 ]
travis has been a part of the st. louis pop culture scene since his days as a heavy metal singer. always a fan of horror, comics, and games travis started his own personal blog about the st. louis
nerd
life back in 2000. he soon started his own radio program
the gutter
in 2006 which featured various types of metal music along with news on the horror industry. he is still active in the st. louis music and pop culture scene and is known by many .
. it seems as if the film industry is doing everything it can to warn people that the world is a strange and dangerous place where there are black market organ dealers, psychopathic murderers or people who want to kidnap you and sell you so that you can be mutilated and killed by rich foreigners. the latest across my path is
going by the opening scene, i half expected that director marcos efron was going to take the film in a hostel / saw direction but, thankfully, that proved not to be the case and it stuck much more to the mystery / thriller direction of the original. the principal cast, with amber heard and odette yustman (herself no stranger to horror, having played the lead in
everyone in front of and behind the camera look and feel like they' re lifting the heaviest, least horrifying ton of bricks invented .
i' m not surprised by the lowish rating this film has gotten, but it' s a hate it or love it type of film. i' ve not only seen pattinson in the twilight movies but also in water for elephants and i think he' s a decent actor. that being said, this movie does have a certain clichã (c) feel to it, but i enjoyed it nevertheless. tyler hawkins relationship with his father and sister had a lot of depth and of course the ending for me was also heartfelt. i would say give this film a chance at least once .
there' s not a single scare or fright during the film' s first hour. but worse, the characters don' t even feel fleshed out (or real) during the opening act, either. instead, we just follow around two girls as they mingle, dance, ride their bikes, sunbathe, talk about boyfriends and get into a fight. finally, the film picks up somewhat once karl urban enters the picture, but again, his character is such a throw - away, you' ll wonder why urban even opted to do this film in the first place .
the film begins in 2008, and follows the wikileaks founder' s ascent from underground hacktivist to international terrorist, in the eyes of washington, or swashbuckling cyberhero to his admirers. it focuses on the intensely complex and ultimately soured friendship between assange and his righthand man, a german hacker called daniel domscheit - berg, as well as his wary and ultimately fractured relationship with the guardian. but it ends before the allegations of rape in sweden saw him arrested, jailed and held under house arrest for a year, and before his flight to asylum and indefinite captivity in ecuador' s london embassy .
while the first trailer credited simon pegg and doug jung, it also credited roberto orci, john d. payne, and patrick mckay. the second trailer only credited pegg and jung .
according to trekmovie. com, the film would be shot primarily in vancouver, british columbia, canada, which would also be used for outside filming locations .
the threadbare plot betrays the film’s decent production values; the photography is nice and makes good use of the film’s exotic locations. the camera also loves the eye candy that’s flaunted before it in the form of the two lead actresses, who also manage to do their best with what the script gives them. heard is the more reserved and shy of the two, while yustman is the drunken floozy who grows so annoying that her abduction can’t come quickly enough. karl urban has carved out a niche as an action star, but here he’s the requisite male star who manages to drum up just enough charisma to carry his part of the story. it’s not much, but he and heard at least emerge to be capable leads to see the story through to its predictable conclusion .
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in the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, piss and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it' s easy to turn to the gods for salvation. but it' s soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet .
in an interview published on 6 may 2013, michael giacchino expressed he was open to return to score the film, saying ,
i’d be happy and honored to do another if that was in the future .
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at one point during the third act, the tone turns from
suspense
to a sort of action / adventure. almost like john rambo waking up kidnapped and tied up on a boat... then he fumbles around for the handy prop that happens to be in reach in which to club one of the bad guys and jump off the boat in which to swim speedily to shore where he paints himself with mud and hides in the darkness waiting for the rest of the vietcong to show up so that he can stab him in the ass with his shank. actually... except for the mud... that' s probably a good description of what happens in the final act. i would' ve put a spoiler warning if it weren' t for the fact that you' ll pretty much know what will happen anyway as you watch this film .
stephanie (amber heard) and ellie' s (odette yustman) vacation to an exotic village in argentina is a perfect' girl' s getaway' to bask in the sun, shop and flirt with the handsome locals. after a long night of bar - hopping, the girls get into an argument, and stephanie heads out alone in the morning to cool off. but when she returns, ellie has disappeared. finding signs of a struggle, stephanie fears the worst, and turns to the police for help. but the local authorities have their hands full already - with a string of unsolved kidnappings targeting young female tourists. skeptical of the sheriff' s competency, she enlists help from michael (karl urban), an american ex - pat staying at their hotel. together they go on a frantic search for ellie, but stephanie soon realizes that trusting his seemingly good intentions may drag her farther from the truth. with danger mounting, and time running out, stephanie must find her friend before darkness falls. - - (c) anchor bay
this film establishes that kirk' s mother, winona, is still living, as mccoy asks the captain if he will be calling his mother on his birthday .
the dolby truehd 5. 1 mix isn' t exactly the most active track i' ve ever heard, but it suits the picture well. dialogue is crisp and clean. surround effects are balanced and organic with the picture. bass chimes in often, particularly during the film' s first act (when the girls are hanging out in a bar). while this track won' t give your system a workout, it does add quite a bit of ambient atmosphere to the film, which is exactly what a picture like this needs .
this is the third star trek film after star trek ii: the wrath of khan and star trek in which no klingons appear on screen. while klingon ships appeared in both other films, this is the first where there is no reference to them at all .
overwritten and overcooked, remember me still manages a few explosive sequences between pattinson and pierce brosnan .
is not as gritty and earthbound as the previous two films, so the score would feel different .
what [ wes craven ] wound up with was a witless stab - the - teen time - waster that could be his worst film ever. and considering 2005' s wretched cursed, that' s pretty bad .
a remake of the 1970' s british thriller of the same name. the original is set in france and has two british females as the leads, whereas the remake is set in argentina and has two american females as the leads. see more »
had assange persuaded him to pull out, cumberbatch would not now be looking at a likely oscar nomination. i watched the film directly before our interview, and his portrayal is so convincing that at the end i felt a moment of genuine confusion and thought i was about to meet assange himself .
. when you select special features, there are only two options: trailer and deleted scenes. the menu itself is nicely designed with the options easy to navigate and with some fairly bassy and ominous music playing in the background .
an interesting point of comparison is opening night (john cassavetes, 1977), where portions of the film are set during live stage performances, with the camera positioned both off - stage as well as in the thick of the on - stage action .
the film has a resigned bitterness, hard to shake off, that feels right for the experience of tough guys, from whatever period of history, who find themselves at the tattered edge of what they take to be civilization .
, a remake of the 1970 british horror film of the same name, begins in a dark cellar where a young woman in a bikini, who has clearly been beaten, is chained to the wall and is doused in water before being electrocuted by a man with a generator and a couple of wires. four months later, and american friends stephanie and ellie are about to begin their cross - country bicycle tour in argentina .
those who donated would receive prizes, as well as a greater chance of winning a walk - on part in the film for them and a friend, depending on the amount they give. j. j. abrams previously announced a similar campaign ,
in terms of the picture quality, there is no heavy graining but some scenes have some slight surface grain which suits the film extremely well. detail level is very high and colours are vibrant and strong, from the lush greens of the vegetation to the bright blue skies and colours on people' s clothing. contrast levels are also very good so that when it comes to a low light scene, such as in the bar, there is no loss of detail despite the dark interior .
the way the film develops won' t come as any surprise to anyone who' s seen the original but, for everyone else, it is an interesting and well worked exercise in tension and character development. you' re never quite sure exactly who is on stephanie' s side and whether they are genuinely friendly or are hiding some horrible ulterior motive, whether some people are in cahoots or just strangers and how things will resolve themselves in the final act .
spock prime' s date of death is listed on screen as stardate 2263. 02, ostensibly the same day as 2263. 2, when kirk records his captain' s log early in the film .
the drink that mccoy dismisses when he finds kirk drinking is saurian brandy, the preferred drink of kirk and mccoy in the original series .
( at around the 8 minute mark) when the man is watching the two girls cycling past him on the road, the camera and camera operator can clearly be seen reflected in his sunglasses .
in april 2014, it was revealed roberto orci had been lobbying to direct the film, but paramount was reluctant to allow him, as he had never directed before. however, bad robot and skydance productions were supportive. [ 33 ]
with the enterprise crippled and helpless, several of the attacking ships latch on, and a boarding party commanded by the swarm' s leader, krall, boards the ship. they make their way to the ship' s vault, and on the way there krall captures and drains the life force from several enterprise crewmen, leaving them as withered husks. scott attempts to restore power to the ship' s impulse drive by feeding it from the warp core, but krall orders the swarm to resume its attack. they destroy the neck section of the enterprise, separating the saucer and engineering hulls, and leaving the saucer powerless due to scott' s modifications, leaving no way of switching over to the saucer' s reserve power without a separation. spock and dr. mccoy are in a turbolift car that is ejected into space and subsequently captured by a swarm craft, but they managed to get into the craft and overpower its occupants .
marshall shows off the breathtaking landscape, but with interiors, he populates the ale houses and encampments with cliches .
the posters featuring sulu and uhura had to be re - released following a gaffe that placed their insignia on the wrong side of the uniform .
typical 3rd world vacation horror story fare but the scenery was pretty interesting. the bad guys are extra creepy and the girls are sorta hot .
the working title for this sequel was
washington
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washington project
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as krall departs for starbase yorktown, kirk, mccoy, spock, and jaylah rescue the crew before repairing the franklin and also setting a course for the starbase. spock and mccoy beam aboard an attacking drone ship and discover a way to disrupt the drones' cohesion, allowing the franklin and the starbase to destroy much of the drone fleet using discordant noise on a very high frequency (vhf), provided courtesy of jaylah' s collection of
classical
late 20th century music .
it is a shame that there aren' t more extra features on the disc than the trailer and four deleted scenes as an interview or commentary with the filmmakers would have been interesting as i would like to know why they decided to remake the original british film, when they first saw it, why argentina and various other aspects of the filmmaking process. that being said, the av quality is extremely good so this is at least worth a rental .
kirk goes to separate the saucer from the neck but krall attacks him before kirk can initiate the separation. uhura goes on to separate the saucer and gets left behind with krall in the neck section while kirk is on the saucer side .
in january, he flew out to iceland to begin filming. the man he was to play had by then been under police guard in the ecuadorian embassy for more than six months, and had ignored all requests by the actor to meet. the very day before shooting began, just as he was having the final tests for his wig and makeup, cumberbatch received a 10 - page email urging him not to make the film. it was from assange .
you won' t be disappointed. the set - up is very slow and plodding, but the last hour is one of the most atmospheric and tense i' ve ever seen. i really felt for jane after she loses her friend while on a biking holiday in france. i was annoyed at first, but then glad, that there are no sub - titles for the french speaking people. jane doesn' t speak french well either, so her helplessness and frustration translated to me extremely well. i felt her situation was very real. the story keeps you guessing about who to trust and who not to trust. also, the whole movie takes place in one day during the daytime, so the title takes on extra meaning as jane tries to find the truth. as darkness approaches, she loses more and more hope her friend is alive. its really cool. i give it 8 out of 10.
and soon the darkness is a 2010 american mystery thriller film directed by marcos efron , starring karl urban , amber heard , and odette annable . it is a remake of the 1970 british film of the same name . the screenplay was written by jennifer derwingson and marcos efron . 
and soon the darkness is a 2010 american mystery thriller film directed by marcos efron, starring karl urban, amber heard, and odette annable. it is a remake of the 1970 british film of the same name. the screenplay was written by jennifer derwingson and marcos efron.
and soon the darkness is a 2010 american mystery thriller film directed by marcos efron, starring karl urban, amber heard, and odette annable. it is a remake of the 1970 british film of the same name. the screenplay was written by jennifer derwingson and marcos efron.