Aftershock (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Nicolás López (Sin Filtro)
	Actors: Eli Roth (Inglorious Basterds, Death Proof), Ariel Levy, Nicolás Martínez
	Country: USA, RCH
	Genre: Drama, Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 15.04.2019, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: An American tourist (Roth) and two Chilean friends end up at a big party in the coastal town of Valparaiso, together with other tourists. When a big Earthquake hits, all hell breaks loose.
Review: I have been wanting to watch this movie for a long time as it takes place in my residence country of Chile and should have dealt with the adventures of a group of friends in the aftermath of a natural disaster that is always looming over our heads. I was expecting something like the classic 1974 Earthquake (not mentioning the recent San Andreas) or the little known Sinking of Japan, but on a much smaller scale of course. Well in the end it doesn't even belong to the same genre or category! Another incentive for me to watch the movie was the presence as producer and lead actor of Eli Roth, friend of Quentin Tarantino, seen in Inglorious Basterds and DeathProof, producer/director of the gore Cabin Fever and The Green Inferno, and attached to the entertaining Piranha 3D. And I liked him in the movie's first (long) act showing parties and chit-chat between friends and new acquaintances (although the sound of Reggaeton is not heard one which is unrealistic for parties in Chile). But then when the Earthquake hits, the movie shows its true nature: it is in fact a cheap Horror Drama with a fun beginning. I know this sounds weird, and it does feel it too. The movie is obviously cheap when you see how the action is limited to a club, a few streets and night-time. Also as another movie with too few ideas, it adds improbable coincidences to the story, like sharks in tornadoes during an alien invasion, or in that case sadistic prisoners that escaped during the disaster and stalk our protagonists till death. Then it tries to be dramatic (when people loose their friends) but the long fun beginning makes that it doesn't work. Finally what's left in my memory is the gore horror and torture scenes (as in Cabin Fever or The Green Inferno) that I was not expecting. OK I see now the movie tagline: "The only thing more terrifying than mother nature is human nature". Aaaaah OK that was the point... Still, not a good movie.
Rating: 2 /10

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Peter Ramsey
	Actors (voices): Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Jude Law
	Country: USA
	Genre: Animation, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 18.04.2018, VOD, 10" tablet screen.
Synopsis: Five legendary characters unite to fight against an enemy that was thought long gone, including the outsider Jack Frost.
Review: I am always game for a good animated movie so I started easily to watch this Dreamworks production. Although it is obviously targeted for kids, it looked like it could be a bit darker, and in fact it is a little. I like the work done on the individual personality of the characters: the Easter Bunny is an Australian rabbit (a vermin there) that uses boomerangs, Santa (called North) is Russian, the Tooth Fairy and her minions are sort of hummingbirds (I loved when they find a mouse under a pillow and she identifies it as "European division"), and the Sandman is mute and made of ... sand. and their powers match the characters. Among them, Jack Frost is the American outsider kid to which the young audience will identify, easy. The bad guy reminded me of Thrax in the underrated Osmosis Jones with Bill Murray, and is the one bringing a little dark side to this otherwise fairy tale. The concept that Gods or legendary characters exist only as long as they are believed in is not new (I remember it from the Trolls de Troy comics). Too bad that in this typical American production, the fate of the Guardians is left to a single American kid among hundred of million on Earth. As often with Animated films, I was thus disappointed that it doesn't include a second layer of meaning for adults to appreciate.
Rating: 5 /10

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Bill Condon (Mr Holmes, Beauty and the Beast)
	Actors: Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman), Robert Pattinson (Cosmopolis), Taylor Lautner
	Country: USA
	Genre: Romance, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 06.02.2018, VOD, 11" tablet screen
Synopsis: Bella (Stewart), Edward (Pattinson), Jacob (Lautner) and the whole Cullen clan are getting ready to a final confrontation.
Review: Against the prejudice I had, this second part to the conclusion of the Twilight saga (see review of the first part) nicely wraps up the whole thing. But don't get me wrong: I still find the romance extremely cheesy (at least the menage-a-trois is over), the pace super-slow and the vampires too good-looking and full of good intentions. The special effects are also strangely used and badly incorporated in ever-so-unreadable action scenes. But at least after four movies of wandering, now the characters know themselves who they are and what they want, even though I had to rewind to the 30-second part where is explained why what is going to happen is going to happen. As usual, the logic behind it is vague enough so that whatever happens will fit the story. As in the previous movies, I was always surprised by how Bella is accepted by her family-in-law. Maybe we are too used to the same type of vampires who just stay by themselves, and that for one may be a refreshing look at the genre. I also realized that the interactions with the family, with the rest of the clan as well as the introduction and background story of those are probably much more interesting in the original novel that in the movie, where only a very limited time can be dedicated to such details. You would think that a 5-movie saga would have the time for such developments but it seems too much of it was used for romantic discussions and - like some say - pointless staring. Finally I liked how the final battle was depicted, even though I laughed at the drawing below, because it is a bit unfair. I was much less annoyed by the scale of the battle than by the confusing way in which is was shown in spite of its limited number of participants. Lessons could have been taken from The Return of the King at least to that regard.
Rating: 5 /10

Jack Reacher (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible 5-6)
	Actors: Tom Cruise (The Mummy, Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow), Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day, Gone Girl), Richard Jenkins (Absolute Power, White House Down, The Cabin in the Woods), Werner Herzog, Jai Courtney (Life Free or Die Hard), Robert Duvall (Deep Impact)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller, Action
	Conditions of visioning: 25.10.2017, VOD, 32" TV screen
Synopsis: After a sniper shooting that made five innocent victims, the obvious suspect calls for the help of a man that doesn't want to be found: Jack Reacher (Cruise). Against his first judgment, he will work with the man's attorney (Pike) to unveil the truth in an impartial manner.
Review: Well, here is another Action Thriller suited to the mega-star Tom Cruise and in which his character is perfect at what he does (I have just written the same when reviewing Collateral). In Jack Reacher it is even better for him as he plays a good guy quite unambiguously. But I found that this made his character less interesting in fact than in Collateral for example. He is just too perfect and virtuous that it becomes annoying and repetitive. The plot is not too bad at first, but I found it got weaker as soon as the real motives for the murders were explained, are not very convincing (going through all those schemes just for that!?!) and appear more like a McGuffin, i.e. an excuse to show how good Tom Cruise's character is, and how he can kick asses. The choice of director also goes in that direction: before showing Cruise on his best side in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and its upcoming sequel, Christopher McQuarrie, known for the screenplay of Usual Suspects, had also written for Cruise the ones of Valkyrie, this Jack Reacher, Edge of Tomorrow, The Mummy and M:I5 & 6. But I guess the audience is still not tired of Cruise in such roles as Jack Reacher: Never Go Back was recently released. To be noted is the presence as secondary roles of Robert Duvall and Werner Herzog, this one usually more known as a director of cult films (like Fitzcarraldo) and now Documentaries (Into the Inferno)..
Rating: 4 /10

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 5 (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Creator: George Lucas
	Actors (voices): Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Animation, Action
	Conditions of visioning: January-March 2017, VOD, 10" tablet
Synopsis: The Galactic war is not anymore fought only between clones and droids, but new participants like bounty hunters, fallen apprentices or old enemies come into play.
Review: I continue to follow the TV-series imagined by George Lucas and aiming at adults and kids alike, and I keep on noting how it evolved. I still like to learn more about the Star Wars Universe and some characters are well-developed, but against my expectations Anakin doesn't evolve and doesn't show any sign of what he will become. This season 5 continues the trend set in the previous season with stories that span several episodes: S5E1 Revival is the direct follow-up of season 4 starring the return of Darth Maul and will be continued by S5E14 Eminence to S5E16 The Lawless, itself ending with a small cliffhanger S5E2 A War on Two Fronts to S5E5 Tipping Point would not be extremely interesting apart from introducing the character of Saw Gerrera important in the recent movie Rogue One  S5E6 The Gathering to S5E9 A Necessary Bound interestingly shows training of young Jedi and introduce the Kyber crystals also referred to in the recent spin-off movie.  I loathed S5E10 Secret Weapons to S5E13 Point of No Return for many reasons: they depict a mission accomplished by a group of droids (including of course the brave R2D2) which goes very slowly and with very boring twists. The motivations and logic in many scenes is also extremely unbelievable. Only the special effects at the very end of the story are worth watching. Stuck in the middle of those episodes (actually when I saw a field of comets in the middle of space) I paused my watching of The Clone Wars for several weeks. Finally S5E17 Sabotage to S5E20 The Wrong Jedi start like a normal story of investigation by the Jedi but as the Finale in every season of this TV show turns out to be more than that. The episodes progressively focus on the fate of Anakin's Padawan Ahsoka Tano, and raise valid questions about the Jedi's morality. This may lead to the answer in the next season to the question I was raising in my review of the first three: what becomes of Ahsoka before Episode III? But I have doubts about ever getting an answer as the following season contains only 13 Episodes because it was canceled before even being aired, when Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney. I will watch it soon for completion, and may continue with this other series in the same Universe: Rebels.
Rating: 5 /10

Flight (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Cast Away)
	Actors:  Denzel Washington (The Book of Eli), Nadine Velazquez (My Name is Earl TV-series), Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2-3), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes 1-2), Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek 1-2)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 02.03.2017, VOD, 32" TV screen.
Synopsis: Whip Whitaker (Washington), a pilot with alcohol problems, miraculously lands a defective plane with only few casualties.
Review: I had seen the trailer to this movie already some time ago and even mentioned it in my review of Passengers, so I was glad I could finally see it. Already from the trailer I found the story interesting and the movie confirms it: are you going to judge this man on his actions or on his reputation and state even though it has nothing to do with the accident? I thought the movie would spend a lot of time in a law court while in fact it stays very close to our main character, and I understood that in an intimate scene that I love, in the staircase of the hospital where he meets Nicole (Reilly). She appears a bit out of nowhere in the movie, and I realized she is here to give the character of Washington a relationship outside of the world of the airline company. Washington plays wonderfully this broken character, from a calm confidence during the incident in spite of (or thanks to) his alcohol level to his very human ups-and-downs through which we follow him, and until the conclusion. His behavior is quite unpredictable but not at all unrealistic like I often complain nowadays in Hollywood movies, and I love the random touch brought by the character played by John Goodman, leading to another scene that I loved just before the court room. With this movie Zemeckis proves that he still is as talented as 30 years-ago, although I could reproach him to have used the cheap trick of showing a fully naked gorgeous Nadine Velasquez (Catalina in the My Name is Earl TV-series, anybody remembers Jump! Jump! ?) in the first minute of the movie to get the (male) audience hooked to an otherwise very emotional story, but who am I to judge. In the end I find it of course unacceptable that a pilot would fly a plane inebriated, there is no question about that, but post-facto if this condition had nothing to do with the incident and the heroic actions of the pilot, does this have to be mentioned at all? An answer is yes because this could have lead to a much worse outcome. Another answer is big money: anything can be used to move the blame away from the airline or the plane manufacturer.
Rating: 8 /10

The Dictator (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Larry Charles (Borat, Brüno)
	Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Brüno), Anna Faris (May), John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley (Ender's Game)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 27.09.2016, VOD, 32" TV
Synopsis: Aladeen (Cohen) is a ruthless dictator in a country living from oil. He travels to the USA in order to negociate the opening of his country to the World.
Review: I am not a huge fan of Sacha Baron Cohen but some moments in Brüno and especially Borat made me laugh. The Dictator doesn't seem to contain scenes with involuntary actors, so it doesn't have that Documentary style of Borat. But the humour is the same: very crude and shamelessly hitting at all people or minorities, thus reminding me a bit of You don't Mess with the Zohan with Adam Sandler. And I guess it is because of this equal treatment that the movie (and Cohen) gets away with being extremely vulgar and irreverent towards religion and customs of so many people, with often a touch of racism. Cohen's role is an exaggerated depiction of any African of Middle-Eastern dictator, with the added trait of extreme stupidity that lead to some absurd funny situations. He is accompanied by Ana Faris used to this kind of dumb movies since her starring in the Scary Movie franchise. There are a few funny scenes (if you like this kind of humour of course), and what made me especially laugh are the cover songs from American hits to the Arabic style and with many words replaced by Aladeen, especially the hip-hop Aladeen Motherf*cker. And the best moment of the movie is a single quote from the Dictator to the UN assembled before him (copied at the end of this post) and that without a doubt tries to mirror another monologue from another movie with the same title starring Charlie Chaplin.
Rating: 4 /10

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
	Actors: Sam Worthington (Avatar), Liam Neeson (Taken 1-3), Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day, Gone Girl), Ralph Fiennes (Skyfall)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Epic, Action
	Conditions of visioning: 27.08.2016, in-flight entertainment 10 screen
Synopsis: After his wife Io passed, Perseus (Worthington) lives a fisherman life with his son. Until his father Zeus (Neeson) announces him the end of the World.
Review: I already found Clash of the Titans to be a useless remake of a Classic (even though very dated) so I watched this sequel out of curiosity. There are more titans, monsters and Gods for Perseus to fight with or against, but it is all so badly put together. The story seems to be following a recipe used many times already (the path of the hero) but the studios producing such movies don't even make the effort of doing it right anymore. It is just a succession of scenes alternating action and supposed character development but none make you really feel involved in the stakes. The only thing to be saved from that movie, like from others similar, is the quality of the special effects. They really did a very good job, although some designs may look borrowed from The Lord of the Rings (the Titan = the Balrog). I also found the opening action scene well shot, with the inclusion of long sequence-shots. I liked the reference to the original Clash of the Titans in the form of the mechanical owl that we glimpse at some point. But the movie suffers from a terrible lack of interest and embarrassing holes in the editing, making it look like a patchwork of elements re-shot after catastrophic test projections.
Rating: 2 /10

The Watch (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Akiva Schaffer
	Actors: Ben Stiller (Zoolander), Vince Vaughn (Dodgeballs), Jonah Hill (21, Jump Street)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 17.07.2016, VOD, 32" TV
Synopsis: Evan (Stiller) is perfectly integrated in the perfect little town of Glenview, until an employee is murdered in his supermarket. He then decides to start a Night Watch, not knowing yet that Aliens have started an invasion...
Review: I had read that The Watch was not so good but I watched it anyway when looking for an easy comedy. Ben Stiller actually plays this time a different role than he did in other dumb comedies: this time he cares about others, a lot, to the point of defending his city. The soldiers of fortune that join him are another breed: either violent or looking for party buddies or a sex mate. The mix leads to some funny moments if you like this kind of humor, my favorite being when the team brings home a dead Alien and start to take dumber and dumber selfies with it. Some deeper characters development (Stiller trying to have children, Vaughn over-controlling his 16-year old daughter...) allow to rise a bit the level of the movie which would otherwise be too bad while not dumb enough to be funny and watchable with friends on a pizza evening. Still, in the series of Stiller / Vaughn / Wilson movies, The Watch stands behind Zoolander, Dodgeball, Mystery Men or even Starsky and Hutch.
Rating: 4 /10

Hannah Arendt (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Margarethe von Trotta
	Actors: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
	Country: D, L, F, IL
	Genre: Drama, Documentary
	Conditions of visioning: 24.10.2015, Bluray, Original German version
Synopsis: Philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt (Sukowa) reports for The New Yorker on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Her point of view is subject to controverse especially in the Jewish communities.
Review: I heard about Hannah Arendt at a time when I read a lot on History. Her point of view on the French revolution was interesting. The story and especially the way the reality of a thinker is translated cinematographically to make the thinking visible and hearable is good. Well, a lot of smoking, a lot of talking and thinking loud with people, with husband Heinrich Blücher (Milberg), with friend Mary McCarthy (McTeer) and with the colleague Lotte Köhler (Jentsch). This episode of her life about the controversy on the justice and guilty people for WWII is quite interesting to me. And as I agree with her point of view that all parties of a conflict must be confronted to the reality and live with it. I have been educated to be a critical mind to anything. Thus it is not because I am French and that many French suffered from the Nazis as well, that I would not blame the collaborators and look for justice. Thus I can understand her position. The directing is particularly good. And her quest for truth by using bare logic is really good. This should be tought to all the journalists and their bosses, so that the news are not biaised as they are in countries like France and Germany.  I would have preferred that the movie is not German so that no one can claim any biais to the message of the movie. Even better it should have been funded in the USA.
Rating: 7 /10

Le fils de l'Autre (2012)

	Also Known As: Der Sohn der Anderen, The other son
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Lorraine Lévy
	Actors: Emmanuelle Devos, Areen Omari, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi, Mahmud Shalaby
	Country: F
	Genre: Comedy, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 04.10.2015, Cinema am Ostertor, Original French version with German subtitles
Synopsis: As Joseph Silberg (Sitruk) gets 18 he has to pass some medical tests. His mother being doctor and seeing something abnorma asks for investigation. Result is that Joseph has been switched with a Palestinian baby, Yacine Al Bezaaz, as a baby in the hospital. As both families are informed at the same time, they have to work this fate out with understanding.
Review: The story is really good. This might be completely unrealistic. But this way each boy and each family sees itself as split in two parts. Therefore over the hate they felt for the other population, they find what is in common, love. The love of the mothers for their children. The innocence of the younger siblings in front of other culture. The violence inside the fathers and older brother that gets converted into love as well. Thus the message and the proposed solution to solve this kind of deep conflict are excellent.  The acting is excellent, as the parents show the subtility of their feelings, the two kids show both the seriousness of the identity crisis and the easiness of adolescent life. Maybe the best acting was the brother of Yacine, Bilal (Shalaby). Excellent!  I liked the photography, especially the scenes in empty landscapes like the destroyed building or the path between the check point and the house of Al Bezaaz family.
Rating: 8 /10

56 Up (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Michael Apted
	Actors: -
	Country: GB
	Genre: Documentary
	Conditions of visioning: 26.06.2015, DVD, 11" computer screen
Synopsis: "In 1964, Granada Television brought together a group of seven year olds, from all over the country and from all walks of life. They talked about their dreams, their ambitions and their fears for the future … For nearly half a century, in a unique ground-breaking series of films, we have followed their lives every seven years. They are now 56".
Review: The Synopsis above is the statement with which the Documentary opens, and it constitutes obviously its major interest. The effect of the passing of time on a human life is a topic that all of us are concerned with, and with its long-lasting and unprecedented concept, this Documentary gives us a new perspective on the question, a bit like people creating time-lapse movies from photos of their face ageing over the years. Every seven years a set of questions is asked to the participants revolving around two main topic: relationships and work, but sometimes diverting into politics, religion, music, or the impact of the fame brought by the program on the participants' life. Indeed on top of a peak of fame every seven years, the British Tabloids were exposing their life, successes and (more often) failures almost continuously. The editing plays a huge role in this Documentary, so much that it has been criticized for that, including by the participants themselves. How can you summarize one's life in 5-10 minutes?!? Keeping that in mind, I liked the way it was done, one child at a time and starting with a 20-second overview of key footage recorded since he was seven. The Documentary was broadcasted in three parts (a division that is also present on the DVD), and I liked a lot the first one but less the two next, finding them a bit repetitive. It is probably advisable to watch the 2h30 programme in three instances. The original goals of the programme may not be fully met, like the follow-up of children that would be "the shop steward and the executive of the year 2000" (the interest is now lost), or the chances of success in life based on your background and social class at birth (The number of 7 years comes from the Jesuit motto "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man"), but it is nonetheless extremely interesting.
Rating: 8 /10

En kongelig affære (2012)

	Also Known As: A Royal affair, Die Königin und der Leibarzt
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Nikolaj Arcel
	Actors: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
	Country: DK, S, CZ
	Genre: Drama, Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 10.06.2015, DVD, Original Danish with German subtitles
Synopsis: In 1767, the British Princess Caroline (Vikander) is betrothed to the mad King Christian VII of Denmark (Følsgaard), but her life with the erratic monarch in the oppressive country becomes an isolating misery. However, Christian soon gains a fast companion with the German Dr. Johann Struensee (Mikkelsen), a quietly idealistic man of the Enlightenment. As the only one who can influence the King, Struensee is able to begin sweeping enlightened reforms of Denmark through Christian even as Caroline falls for the doctor.
Review: Based on the true story and history of Denmark, the movie is a good show for the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment and a good movie to show how revolutions can arrive without violence. Even if actually Denmark adopted definitely the progressist ideas slowly from 1784 to 1815. The dramaturgy is well done, but for that the History did a good job. The romanced story is also well done and shows directly the game of intrigues and the pressure on all parties. It makes a nice change from the usual British royalty movies and from the few somptuous royal French movies. And the dialogues are direct one another, not much protocol.  The acting of the three main protagonists is very good. I was surprised by Vikander. And the role of Mikkelsen fits to his usual face. The acting of Følsgaard is excellent, various and realistic for the mental unstability.   The scenery (furniture, paintings, etc.) is quite sparse so that the light and the scenery enhance both the focus on the actors. But maybe it reflects also the reality, the frugality of that time in Denmark. Well actually, a very good movie, although I do not like much the royalty movies. But this one gives a real insight in the History of a modern country.
Rating: 7 /10

Zero Killed (2012)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Michal Kosakowski (German Angst)
	Actors: Uli Aigner, Aylin Ayaz, Teresa Behr
	Country: D, A
	Genre: Documentary, Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 04.05.2015, DVD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Ten years ago a group of people were describing how they would kill, and their fantasy was filmed. Now they come back to tell about this experience.
Review: I came to hear about this movie at the Munich Fantasy FilmFest Nights 2015, where was presented the anthology German Angst, produced by this Michal Kosakowski and for which he directed a segment. A poster of Zero Killed is even shown during one of the other segment, for those who could spot it. What attracted me was the explanation behind the title: a movie in which people tell their fantasy about death, so we know that nobody is killed as everything is supposed to occur in the mind of the "killers". The movie is a bit different from what I expected. In fact ten years ago the directed accomplished this project of staging a bunch of people (~20) each in their own fantasy of killing others. The quality of those short films is quite poor but they contain many good ideas, and it is fascinating to see how twisted those improvised screenplay writers could be. The short films are compiled in Zero Killed, mixed with recently recorded interventions by their instigators (most of them German but with a few foreigners). They all talk frankly about what came to their mind at the time and how they lived the experience of bringing their fantasy to (filmed) life. What is nicely done is that the short movies are grouped in various topics and the interviewed reflect on those topics: What are their killing fantasies (giving death or receiving it), Would you torture someone to save others, What about Death Penalty, Violence on TV / Video Games and the impact on children. Those topics can be considered as disturbing and I understand that Zero Killed cannot be shown in cinemas or on TV, but I found the movie interesting in spite of, or maybe because of the big Taboo it tries to discuss.
Rating: 5 /10

Mirrors (2008)

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	Year of first release: 2008
	Director: Alexandre Aja (The Hills have eyes)
	Actors: Kiefer Sutherland (24 TV-series), Paula Patton (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), Amy Smart
	Country: USA, F, D, E, RO
	Genre: Horror, Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 15.02.2015, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: An ex-cop (Sutherland) and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Review: I didn't like so much Alexandre Aja's The Hills have Eyes, partly because I thought desertic landscapes didn't fit the survival genre, but then I have seen Wolf Creek that worked. I haven't seen the Asian original version of Mirrors from which this one was remade, but I guess that as often in this process the Westernisation, the movie has removed some length and non-credible characters. Indeed I liked the simplicity of this Mirrors revolving around the character of the former cop, well-played by Kiefer Sutherland at his best, although he reminds too much of Jack 24 Bauer at times (taking a Nun hostage!). The movie abuses a bit of jump-scared and ultra-graphical deaths, but that is what those kind of horror films are for. Maybe the best Horror Thriller I have seen recently.
Rating: 6 /10