Royal Kill 2009 [alternative name Ninja's Creed] by AverageMansReviews

Royal Kill 2009 [alternative name Ninja's Creed] by AverageMansReviews

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The seventh child is our final hope: trust me when I say I am just going to simplify this: this right-hand man soldier to the King of  Samarzan which is dying at this point gives this soldier s Adam Arthavan [Alexander Wraith] a mission to go and find and protect his secret daughter Jan [Younger: Ages unknown/Teen: Lalaine] that is unaware of her heritage, before this Skanji assassin Nadia [Gail Kim] gets to her and complete her mission.

The pacing for this 90 minute film is tedious; I know no one else to say here other than man this was very hard work.

The art and action; the paintings and fading in Nadia [Gail Kim] in one scene, monastery and the snow sequence is fantastic and the action sequences; well simply put Nadia [Gail Kim] is the main reason why you should watch this film and including Adam Arthavan [Alexander Wraith] Power bomb reversal [from Nadia/Kim's hurricanrana] through a small wooden table.

The character developments are terrible, I should very quickly state it isn't because I couldn't read them or see them coming. It is just wow that garbage, I am choosing my words very carefully here, because if I talk too much about them I will give way too much of the film away; has someone gone through psychological training or has psychological issues of this individual's own making or is this individual being psychologically exploited? To be brutally honest I don't care. I have only seen this film once before and I remember the mark I gave it originally, but I couldn't remember why but trust me now I know why and surprisingly [not too surprisingly] I can justify it easily again.

Moving on to the performances; I think generally speaking I am going to go with as they cast of adequate there are some better or/and worse performances, but adequate would seem a general consensus.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; I mean I have clearly shown there are some positives to this project but the final 30 minutes or they are or thereabouts does this film no favours, this film was still going to be in the poorer sections anyway, but let's just say they made sure it was going to be placed rock bottom. But in fairness and balance: here are some reasons to why you want to watch this film, the action, art Gail Kim and Pat Morita as Archie Rochester; Morita is better known as Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid, he did all but one film the 2010 title, he makes an appearance in some capacity in the connecting TV program Cobra Kai as well and yes he made a brief return as this iconic character in the American rock band Alien Ant Farm's 2001 music video for the track " Movies"  and had a recurring role on the American sitcom Happy Days between 1975-1976. RIP Noriyuki "Pat" "Mr. Miyagi" Morita 1932-2005 in fact this was his last film and finally if there are any parents of Eric Roberts out there in Internet land he is in here as well as Dad/American Guardian.

 

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 1,] Episode 14: Feeling No Pain by AverageMansReviews

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 1,] Episode 14: Feeling No Pain by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/colourful/other effects/bodily functions/child abuse

The NightMare's Checkmate [with Sunshine] vs. The Muscle League's Kid Muscle [with Meat;] Part 2: Character [Character developments,] Art, Action and Blooper; Kid pinches one of Checkmate's changing chess pieces; the pawn which Kid uses it on himself; he transforms into this silver armoured chess piece it looks fantastic. The move mat of this ring is a chess board, so unfortunately Kid goes to attack Checkmate, but however he quickly learns the downfall of being a pawn and that is the pawn can predominately move one space at the time so in essence the rules of the chess piece movements applied to Kid, but for some strange reason they don't apply to Checkmate I mean as we are on a chess board/mat shouldn't the rules of chess apply to Checkmate, rules change depending what form/piece's attribute or skills are. I mean if we didn't have the chessboard mat, I could make an argument for of course it would affect Kid and not Checkmate because maybe Kid isn't used to the power, but because we are a on chessboard or if it Checkmate is strong enough to overrule the rules of this game to begin with, but as this wrestling match progresses and as he gets tired or injured it would have been a smart character wrinkle if the chessboard rules came into effect as he got weaker. Instead of this ultimate chess piece which the rules do not apply to him.

This episode receives: 10/10, this episode is top-notch entertainment; it has so much happening, I really couldn't give anything less than what I have, talk about a fully packed episode this is what we have here.

 

Gridlocked 2015 by AverageMansReviews

Gridlocked 2015 by AverageMansReviews

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The damage is done in the first 38 minutes: basically we have this actor which has a reputation of having a bad boy image which is richly deserved, his name is Brody Walker [Cody Hackman] and after his latest incident he has two choices; the first is basically this kind of community service/ride along with David Hendrix [Dominic Purcell] police officer/recently sidelined  SWAT unit leader psychologically not cleared to resume his unit is called "SRT5" one of the members of this unit is Gina [Trish Stratus] which Hendrix takes Walker to go when introduced him to them and show him around this secure location which whilst they are there is under attack.

The pacing of this 113 minutes film is tiresome, I base that on in the first 38 minutes we get a lot of background details and so and so forth, where yes we had Walker being the comical character for some of it and then Hendrix having to punch Walker to safely save him from being the hostage in this hostage situation. But when we get into the secure location under fire this film settles down and yes we still have some comical bits here and there, but the film moves and has a better structure to it.

The action is plentiful; plenty of guns or weapons and combat; these are solidly entertaining and likewise the character developments and the performances are solidly good character and performances.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; I mean in theory this project could have been a solidly good projects, but because of the 38 minutes at the beginning it just put the rest of the film in a massive hole to get its self out of, this film also has one extra sequence in the first lot of ending credits. But in fairness and balance this film has two Winning awards accredited to its name Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards 2017 CSC Award Best Cinematography in TV Drama Pasha Patriki (cinematographer) and Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2015 Audience Award Best Action Film Bruno Marino (producer) Allan Ungar (director)

Hackybox Pictures (production company) High Star Entertainment (production company) so what do I know.

 

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 1,] Episode 13: Checkmate by AverageMansReviews

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 1,] Episode 13: Checkmate by AverageMansReviews

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5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/colourful/other effects/breaking/bodily functions

The NightMare's Checkmate [with Sunshine] vs. The Muscle League's Kid Muscle [with Meat:] Storyline, Character [Character developments,] Comedy and Art; well in a nutshell/paraphrasing Checkmate lays down the challenge to Kid Muscle and whilst he looking for a reason to do this; we have  "Doc" Nakan giving us the background Chess and consequently some of Checkmate's abilities with Nakan highlighting played by people with big brains and often the most smartest person wins, will he says this and then goes and loses to his commentary partner Mac Metaphor and goes on to talk about I am going to say the highest value pieces [but then again it chess player would say all the pieces have value; I thought I would throw that in before running the risk of getting some backlash.] The art throughout this section [I know the entire episode but work with me here] is as always very easy to settle down with, clean and tidy and highly imaginative and creative.

This episode receives: 9/10, this episode is excellent; as I can't remember and no I'm not going to look into it, but if my memory is correct this battle goes on for some time, so this is just the beginning.

 

Black Adam 2022 by AverageMansReviews

Black Adam 2022 by AverageMansReviews

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Rise of the Saviour of Kahndaq, the obliterater of that deserves no mercy: paraphrasing here; after a gun is being pointed at Adrianna Tomaz [Sarah Shahi] she reads this inscription which releases Teth Adam/Black Adam [Dwayne Johnson;] which he has not seen the light of day for roughly 5000 years which this individual is a godlike from Egyptian times which has a zero tolerances for those that bring harm to his people or in his way.

Amanda Waller [Viola Davis] this individual is a high-ranking person within the United States of America Government which has many different ties throughout such as The Director of A.R.G.U.S. [Advanced Research Group Uniting Superhumans or Advanced Research Group United Support.] Waller in this case called upon the Justice Society led by Carter Hall/Hawkman [Aldis Hodge] to apprehend him or taking down either way works and all I can say to that is "Good luck with that."

The pacing of this 125 minute film is smoothly good, you know; it is a sturdy frame of the film and it moves along at a good pace.

The art and action: Teth Adam/Black Adam in this ancient hood and cloak, in our first massive action sequence makes his presence felt as he takes down some of Intergang and their resources. To accompany this sequence of events we get this soundtrack of "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones with these smooth incredibly slow if that's all sequence. This is designed to show how quick Adam is moving; as he is by his own incredibly quick speed goes around this location changing things, including a little bit of comedy as it relates to his grenade.

I have deliberately/specifically chosen this sequence based on it does everything perfectly with the right background music to incorporate with this sequence and Adam's personality and ominous presence with these slow motion effects in effect here with a pinch of comedy.

Or when the special abilities are in effect for just two examples such as Maxine Hunkel/Cyclone [Quintessa Swindell] and/or Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate [Pierce Brosnan;] this scenery, landscapes and wardrobe and make up departments. These would hopefully get at the very least nominated for positive awards at some point down the line. But however where I have given high praise for the slow motion effects in that action sequence involving Adam earlier on in this review. On reflection I will go with there is a kind of overreliance on in comparison to this sequence inferior in slow motion effects or that is how it comes across, maybe they should have adopted the approach of less is more. If or when or indeed you have seen this film already, you will quickly grasp the moment when it feels natural over the sequences when it feels stretched out consequently inferior consequently somewhere from the late 1990s to 2000's of filmmaking. If you around back then you remember when the film industry went through this phase of making everything slow motion possibly 3-D, this is what we have here minus the 3-D. On a quick side note There is a soundtrack by The Smashing Pumpkins track "Bullets With Butterfly Wings" 1995. The only reason I have brought this up is because the front man/guitarist Billy Corgan also like Johnson has links to the wrestling industry currently he is the owner of the NWA [National Wrestling Alliance]

Character developments and the performances: generally speaking they are all good, mixed in with some more comedy such as Adam learning sarcasm and Albert "Al" Rothstein/Atom Smasher [Noah Centineo] as he is carrying on the name of  Atom Smasher from his uncle Al Pratt [Howard Winkler:] better known as Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli a.k.a. "Fonzie" or "The Fonz" from the American sitcom Happy Days [11 Seasons; 255 episodes from 1974 to 1984.] But back to his nephew; his nephew now and again does clumsy things, because he needs more time to learn about his abilities.

But this cast get led by Dwayne Johnson which as Teth Adam/Black Adam puts in the masterful performance which isn't too surprising considering Johnson is a massive fan of this character and he has been working on getting this project off the ground for the past 15 years, so we are fortunate to have another performer that strongly believes in their character, you may have noticed I said another performer this is in reference to Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool in two very different universes I think this film is going to be put under the umbrella of DC Studios now whilst Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson is now under the Marvel Cinematic Universe [MCU] and on a very quick side note only time will tell, but I am willing to give DC Studios a chance to be a competitive especially when James Gunn is going to be the head of studio.

Yes James Gunn is the guy that brought us the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise from 2014-2023 in the MCU, Kevin Feige the boss of Marvel Studios has given his blessing to Gunn. I should also point out that Gunn has already done some work for DC in one way or another on DC's The Peacemaker 2022 [Created for TV, Writer and Director] for the first season, I haven't seen this TV program yet, but my point being if you like Gunn's work here, the present and the future looks positive for the DC Studios.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is lots of fun; I had to take off a smidgen for the slow motion effects which I have mentioned, but it isn't enough for me to take the mark off. This film offers a lot of fun throughout and yes around the first ending credits section there is one extra scene.

 

 

No Holds Barred 1989 by AverageMansReviews

No Holds Barred 1989 by AverageMansReviews

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Someone must have really liked the Rocky franchise at this point in its history: Rip Thompson [Hulk Hogan] is the WWF Heavyweight Champion; he has a brother by the name of Randy Thompson [Mark Pellegrino.] Now Rip has an offer to join this TV network; WTN [World Television Network] which has low ratings, but under its new regime of Tom Brell [Kurt Fuller] offers Rip a blank check [any figure Rip writes down he will accept and make it happen,] but Rip declines. So eventually Kurt comes up with this concept known as "Battle of the Tough Guys." The winner of the tournament will win $100,000, so on the night of this tournament this ominous figure makes his presence known by pushing this wall down walking through this entrance, it is Zeus [Tiny Lister;] he becomes the champion of "Battle of the Tough Guys," but at some point down the line Rip and Zeus will cross paths and the pacing for this 93 minutes film is reliably solid.

Action and comedy; in short at the end of this action sequence where Rip has taken care of Tom's henchmen, Rip turns his attention to a limousine driver/henchmen of Tom's which he is terrified of what Rip can and probably will do to him, Rip asks him  "What is that smell?" Which this individual response it is dookie [another word for poo] or later on we have Rip dealing with these criminals with a little bit of food fight from him and of course we have wrestling and physical combat.

The character developments and the performances; I will discuss them, more later on, but for here and now; the character developments and the performances are good. I mean no one is going to win any Oscars here, but if the director was going for reliable versions of his character types and then likewise reliable performances; he should be happy with the outcome here.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; now this mark may need some explaining. This film uses a storyline model and similar characteristics like to the Rocky films, I should very quickly hasten to add generally speaking no way is good as the majority of the Rocky franchise [I can't say the same for the Creed films, because I haven't seen the first one for a long time, I know I have seen it once. I haven't seen the second one and they are currently working on Creed III scheduled to be with us in 2023; I should just cover my back by saying when this was first dictated.] Hulk Hogan had a very short roll in Rocky III 1982 as Thunderlips [a sequence.] Rip as Rocky Balboa cares deeply for Adrian and vice versa Rip [like Rocky cares for his family] cares for his brother Randy and vice versa, Rip also cares over time for Samantha Moore [Joan Severance] vice versa and Zeus is just a extreme like a 15 on a 10 scale version of Clubber Lang [Mr. T also in/from Rocky III.]

Don't get me wrong I know as my marking would suggest this film is after everything is said and done solidly good, I just wouldn't push my luck by saying anything other than solidly good, so if you'd like a the Rocky franchise, take a look at this film but I really just advise to adjust your expectations to open minded and/or reasonable and Stan Hansen is also in this film as Neanderthal.

 

 

 

Friday 1995 by AverageMansReviews

Friday 1995 by AverageMansReviews

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I am going to get you high, you have no job and you have nothing to do: straight off the bat for those that have watched this cult following film before, yes I had to tone down this line. We the viewers coming to this urban neighbourhood Craig Jones [Ice Cube/Co-writer with Mark Jordan a.k.a. DJ Pooh] lost his job yesterday on the Thursday, but today on Friday his father Willie Jones [John Witherspoon] tells him to get a job.

But instead Craig spends most of the day on the porch with his friend Smokey [Chris Tucker;] a resident drug dealer of marijuana, well he would be if he didn't smoke most of it, I guess Smoky has never heard of the expression "You don't get high on your own supply" or if he has ever heard of this he does not care. But we the viewers spend the day with these two individuals watching the world go by and anything else that should come up and we also have a fully grown man; neighbourhood bully by the name of Deebo [Tiny "Zeus" Lister Jr./Tom Lister Jr.] Art; for an example Deebo is riding this stolen pushbike as he pulls up the camera shot is of his leg and foot and the wheel at the front; you will know when this individual is around because sometimes he has this background music to announce he at the very least near; this was a good bit of art.

The pacing of this 91 minutes film is good, the backdrop and the fundamental layout to this film is this neighbourhood and at most we go to a convenience store. So location is a tight knitted community where everyone may not like everyone else, but they may have to talk to one another may be once-a-day at minimum and on top of that we have background music of an urban genre to convey we are in a travelling with members of the urban community. Yes just for the record I am using the word urban, so I don't run the risk of getting cancelled. Here are two examples of the comedy Willie gives his family and us the viewers a health and safety warning on his dumps "Don't nobody go in the bathroom for about 35, 45 minutes." In one way or another Craig or Smokey break-the-fourth-wall. For the action; Craig vs. Deebo going one-on-one; this is good.

Character developments and the performances; they are all good.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; I mean if you haven't watched this film before it is worth a watch to see why it has cult following and I should just point out this film was the debut of Michael Duncan Clark as a Craps player [uncredited] and I just found this out while looking this film up. This film also has some awards accredited to its name. Winner 1 All Def Movie Awards 2016 All Def Movie Award Most Quoted Movie 5 Nominees at the same award ceremony/event Best Bad Mu#&a Award Tom Lister Jr. at the same award ceremony/event Best Bad Mu#&a Award Faizon Love. MTV Movie + TV Awards 1996 MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo Ice Cube Chris Tucker.

 

 

 

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 1,] Episode 12: Playing It Cool by AverageMansReviews

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 1,] Episode 12: Playing It Cool by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing/colourful/other effects/transformation/fossil/biting/clawing/bodily functions

The NightMare's Tyrannoclaw vs. The Muscle League's Terry "The Grand" Kanyon; with the NightMare's Manager/Coach Sunshine on Ring announcing duties, Kanyon hanging above the ring just before the match, inside a Steel Cage and with a Special Guest Referee in The Muscle League's own Kid Muscle; Part 2: Character [Character developments,] Storyline, Art and Action; Sunshine plays on Terry's insecurities and resentment towards his father Terryman as we will see any get to experience from mental flashbacks in one way or another. The art is warm, welcoming  and of a high standard in these mental imagery/imagery.

Based on all of this Terry attempts a heavyweight move a Super Sidewinder Suplex, which even Kid points out it is a heavyweight move [we don't see much of this move other than it is a holding German Suplex in the real world I have no idea what the next step was going to be,] so of course it is destined to fail as memories of his father; says I am paraphrasing here "We have the Terry family gene of incrediblness which basically means they are technically sounded, agile and have in a strength like a stamina or the guts to keep getting up, so the moral of the story is stick and explore your strengths and done deliberately attempt to do something you just physically can't do.

This episode receives: 8/10, this episode is excellent; it keeps things moving along nicely with action and wackiness.

 

Fast & Furious 6 2013 [alternative name Furious 6] by AverageMansReviews

Fast & Furious 6 2013 [alternative name Furious 6] by AverageMansReviews

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Bring her home: DSS Agent Luke Hobbs [Dwayne Johnson] is having a problem catching this criminal outfit led by Owen Shaw [Luke Evans.] So there is no one better qualified to capture this unit of criminals, then another unit/family of criminals; so this is what Hobbs does, he offers Dominic Toretto [Vin Diesel] and his family, I am paraphrasing here; to find Letty Ortiz [Michelle Rodriguez] after she was presumed dead and for his family to all  have a clean start in their lives, with no previous criminal activity on their records.

The pacing of this 130 minutes film is good as there is always something happening. But moving on the character developments and the performances have been moved on as it relates to a evolution of these recurring characters/performers in this franchise as Toretto's crew/family continue to be themselves which now and again brings a source of good comedy, for an example and I am loosely paraphrasing here; we have Hobbs setting out the Intel and throughout Roman Pearce [Tyrese Gibson] is bickering with Tej Parker [Chris "Ludacris" Bridges] as Pearce is asking him for a change for the vending machine, because Hobbes eventually gets irritated by this he just pulled out his gun and shoots the vending machine so Pearce can gain access to it.

For the action sequences; these themselves are likewise good and entertaining as for an example Owen Shaw/or a member of his crew can or do drive this high-tech go-kart [I have chosen that description, based on that is what it looks like,] but it has one big feature, because of the way it's been designed, in a ramp shape it can flip vehicles based on this.

Art: we get a recap of this franchise from its beginning to the present times in the opening credits of this film; this was a smart and good touch and like its predecessors this instalment is well presented as well.

Character developments and performances: like I said from earlier these character development have been gone through this evolution, but there is one moment that is predictable as soon as you have a country being mentioned you know it isn't going to happen, this is one of those film reliable, but also predictable character developments that more often than not it isn't going to come true. Because we have been around a lot of these characters for at minimum some or a lot of time now and what come comes with that or what should come with that is excellent chemistry and cast camaraderie or at least this is what you should get on-screen which the viewers get.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; it keeps things progressing nicely and speaking of progressing things nicely make sure you watch the final moments of this film. This film also has awards accredited to its name of 10 Winners that include Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2014 Saturn Award Best Action/Adventure Film and MTV Movie + TV Awards 2014 MTV Movie Award Best On-Screen Duo Vin Diesel Paul Walker. 22 Nominees that likewise include Imagen Foundation Awards 2014 Michelle Rodriguez and Teen Choice Awards 2013 Choice Movie: Chemistry Vin Diesel Dwayne Johnson Paul Walker. Finally for some reason this award or awards are listed under this title; Acapulco Black Film Festival 2014 Nominee Hollywood Award Artist of the Year Dwayne Johnson For Pain & Gain , Snitch and G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

 

Recommendation of: WWE/NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 by AverageMansReviews

Recommendation of: WWE/NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 by AverageMansReviews

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Carmelo Hayes [with Trick Williams] vs. Oro Mensah vs. Wes Lee vs. Von Wagner [with Mr. Stone] vs. Nathan Frazer; Ladder Match for the Vacant NXT North American Championship: this was an excellent way to begin this Premium Live Event, engage with its audience from the outset, with the high octane action and carnage associated with these kinds of stipulations so it won't disappoint you, but I have to bring the tone down for a second; Von Wegner is dangerous with a ladder. As he gets this bigger ladder from underneath the ring, he almost hits a member of the audience with the back end as he is pulling it out, I watched it on replay and there was space, but this is one of those occasions where it is a good thing that the audience member was paying attention, if you are looking for it obviously you have Wegner pulling it out from underneath the ring, but you have the crowd also indicating that was close [I do understand, that accidents do happen, but he just needs to be careful] and I will make two points at the end of this blog. This match/match slot receives: 8/10.

Apollo Crews vs. Grayson Waller; Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: TBD Match: by the video package and this match slot even with its Horror/Halloween inclusion in the match outlay. This match/match slot receives: 7/10.

Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade; Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Weapons Wild Match: we have a high up [not telling you where] Russian leg sweep [I am going with that move] being performed, this is the spot [I mean that in a wrestling sense: it basically means something has been planned out in the match outlay, but I digress this is this is the spot that you have to look out for, when or if you come to watch this match. This match/match slot receives: 7/10.

Diamond Mine's Julius Creed vs. Damon Kemp; Ambulance Match; If Julius loses, Brutus Creed will have to leave NXT: it was solidly good encounter and that is all I have to say about it really. This match/match slot receives: 7/10.

Alba Fyre vs. the Women's Championship Toxic Attraction member Mandy Rose [with the other members Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne;] Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship: we have a Premium Live Event narrative through this event, they have gone with a cinematic approach which is lots of excellent fun and mix that with the entire experience, for those very picky people out there yes I am aware that this match only goes on for roughly 7 minutes. But they should be very happy with how this event narrative turned out The event narrative/match/match slot receives: 10/10.

Ilja Dragunov vs. JD McDonagh vs. the NXT Championship Bron Breakker; Triple Threat Match for the NXT Championship: this main event was/is a hard-hitting affair such as when Dragunov performs a coast-to-coast on not one but both of his competitors in this match. There was another reason why I chose to make reference at this specific time. I am paraphrasing kind of here Booker T. Throughout his ramblings makes reference to or something to that effect of these three competitors are in a nutshell fighting over the North American Championship, yes I know its official name is the NXT North American Championship, but they aren't. They are doing combat over the NXT Championship and just done a little bit of research of the ending of the main event we have chants of "AEW No" which I find disrespectful even though it is pro-NXT/WWE, it is just you have three competitors busting their posteriors off and a very tiny section of the audience can chants of another wrestling promotion.

The average mark of this pay-per-view is: 8/10, as you can clearly see all these matches are at minimum positive, okay we have some good match matches with an excellent match followed by two which were/are excellent fun or hard-hitting. Now finally on to my two points; 1. I can't stand Booker T.'s commentary it is terrible, it is extremely off-putting, I have no idea what he is doing on NXT, considering he has never been at minimum wrestling on this brand. So I don't know maybe get somebody that has actually some experience of NXT like Percy Watson and before they said his name yes I am aware he was doing this on this brand only roughly 3 years ago. 2. Because myself being a bit burned out, what with their matches being good but just that and with Booker T.'s commentary I fell asleep about. But after everything is said and done I am still happy to give the mark I have, just someone in the hierarchy of the new regime please, remove Booker T. from NX T Premium Live Event commentary.

I am Vengeance 2018 [alternative name Vengeances] by AverageMansReviews

I am Vengeance 2018 [alternative name Vengeances] by AverageMansReviews

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Vengeance comes to Devotion: after the death of Sergeant Daniel Mason [Unknown performer] Dougie [Keith Allen] calls up for John Gold; ex-military/mercenary [Stu Bennett a.k.a. Wade Barrett] for his insistence in this matter, Dougie leaves a diary voice recording just in case something goes wrong.

The pacing of this 92 minutes film is good, what with this sometimes dark music with Gold, I'm guessing/speculating here that they tried to give him the relatively modern atmosphere of Charles Bronson as Paul Kasey from the legendary Death Wish 1974 film, which back to this film it works what with our lead role having this ominous stature and presentation, character developments and performance.

But however there are some strange, strange reason they only use this odd but appropriate background music for their lead character on of what I can remember these limited occasions, when it should have been much more frequently, because it is a small detail but a big detail to this characters all round identity; this is an excellent performance also.

The action sequences are what you come to expect from an action revenge style film title; weapons, combat and explosions with together or individually comedy, full example Gold burns down this drug lab/manufacturing facility and we have him and this other character Sandra [Anna Shaffer] during this walkout [in slow motion] with the building behind them and then suddenly real-time kicks in and I will paraphrases Sandra says "They are going to be annoyed with you."

The character developments and the performances; minus out where lead character/performer; they are solid versions of what they are meant to be and likewise so are the performances.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; after everything is said and done this mark is a true reflection of this project, don't get me wrong if there are any fans of Stu Bennett a.k.a. Wade Barrett take a look at this film but have realistic expectations, that is all I am saying.

This title also has some awards accredited to its name; Winners 3; for an example Urban Action Showcase And Expo 2017 Urban Action Showcase Feature Film Award Stu Bennett. Nominees 2; National Film Awards, UK 2019 National Film Award Best Feature Film Ross Boyask John Adams Diane Shorthouse Evolutionary Films

 

 

 

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE/NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE/NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 by AverageMansReviews

Just a heads up/Full Disclosure: this will not be a regular thing [if or when it is convenient for me,] I just realised on Tuesday 18/10/2022 that I had nothing on Sunday, so I was thinking I would watch this Premium Live Event and obviously I don't know the feud stories heading in also I may not know the faction/groups and their alliances or feuds and so on and so forth. But however I do know some of these wrestlers from the main roster or/and their time in NXT UK and on top of that I have watched some people's content on reviews of this brand, so I am not going into this completely blind just may be one eye shut.

Alba Fyre vs. the Women's Championship Toxic Attraction member Mandy Rose [with the other members Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne;] Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship: my pick is Toxic Attraction member Mandy Rose. With Toxic Attraction's other member Sonya Deville interfering with the referee dealing with the other two on the other side of the ring; that kind of match outlay; I am happy to see that at least one NXT UK Scottish wrestler got given a respectable roster repackaging from Kay Lee Ray to Alba Fyre unlike Piper Niven to [for those that may be new to me I refused to use her repackaged name,] but I will say it this once Doudrop and just for the sake of fairness and balance I refused to use Walter's and back in the day when Chad Gable went under a different name on the main roster I refused back then to say it, I am just saying I have a history of refusing gimmicks/gimmick names if let's put this politely I think they are garbage.

Apollo Crews vs. Grayson Waller; Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: TBD Match: my pick is Apollo Crews. I can't be the only one that thinks Crews with his wrestling ability should be able to be a big star, but for one reason or another he has never been given a decent push with a decent gimmick, maybe put him with somebody that is good on the mic [before I receive backlash, I should just point out my knowledge is based on pre-existing knowledge and not up-to-date.] 

Diamond Mine's Julius Creed vs. Damon Kemp; Ambulance Match; If Julius loses, Brutus Creed will have to leave NXT: my pick is Diamond Mine's Julius Creed. For three reasons; one, his opponent here when you click on his name there is no links which means as things are now one has taken the time to put anything here, which could indicate the possibility of him not winning and two, of what I can tell the Creed Brothers haven't been together long enough under the WWE umbrella for them to be separated and three for the Diamond Mine [which I know maybe a grain of salt about them; meaning they are a well established faction on this brand and that is it;] so as they possibly [let's keep in mind I don't watch this brand] but they are hot at the moment, I don't see them losing a member at this moment in time.

Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade; Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Weapons Wild Match: my pick is Cora Jade. I'm not going to waste anyone's time here and say I don't know these two wrestlers, so I have just chosen somebody.

Carmelo Hayes [with Trick Williams] vs. Oro Mensah vs. Wes Lee vs. Von Wagner [with Mr. Stone] vs. Nathan Frazer; Ladder Match for the Vacant NXT North American Championship: my pick is Carmelo Hayes. I just went with the theory of the person that they are with could influence this match, so by the process of elimination that leaves me with two and because I know of Mr. Stone outside of the WWE, I went with the pair I knew nothing about here.

Ilja Dragunov vs. JD McDonagh vs. the NXT Championship Bron Breakker; Triple Threat Match for the NXT Championship: my pick is Ilja Dragunov. Now I know a little about each wrestler here, such as Dragunov is a pure wrestler, no gimmicks or correction no major gimmicks, hopefully they are still allowing him to wrestle like he did in the UK TV product and likewise for McDonagh his technical wrestling style, I hope he has a better gimmick than the Irish Ace [which I don't/didn't mind this gimmick, but it only really works when you're winning against established names on the roster, so when he began to lose and complain I know it is the usual heel characteristics, but when you have obviously wrestling talent, at some point you need to win the big one and on the UK NXT he never did, I know this is more down to booking, but eventually it damages the character. I know Breakker is carrying on the Steiner name and by his physical shape like the other two in this match as far as I'm concerned these three are going to be in and around or just to cover my back this should be in or around the WWE main event picture when they land on the main roster.

Because this Premium Live Event's theme is Halloween, I know the WWE are not too keen on blood or it may have been banned I don't know, but as I have seen a little bit on social media this match looks like a clash of the titans, so accidentally or not blood may be in this match and because I know from watching in this case Dragunov and matches of this calibre he tends really leave the ring batted and bruised at minimum, so they may go with this image of him damaged [hopefully not too damaged with him holding this championship.]

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone 2017 by AverageMansReviews

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone 2017 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/drugs/impaling

I found this film to be a little bit cringeworthy: Gavin Stone [Young: Daniel Jeffrey Donaldson as Cliffy from the American sitcom Family Life/Teen Gavin Stone: Sam Jenkins/Adult: Gavin Stone/Jesus Christ Brett Dalton] is a washed-up child actor which has been given 200 hours community service for his latest mess. He chooses to serve them at his hometown church of Masonville; Masonville Bible Church. Where he meets this woman that he really likes Anjelah Johnson-Reyes [Kelly Richardson;] she is the Pastor's daughter and she is working on this future production of The Crown of Thorns [the plot roughly is; Resurrection of Jesus] she is at the casting stages, but there is only one problem she will only cast Christian believers, which at this point Gavin is not, but that doesn't prevent him from wing in it. On his journey he makes some friends on the way such as for an example Doug/one of Jesus' disciples [Shawn Michaels.]

The pacing of this roughly 90 minute film is good; it smoothly just gets on with what it has to do.

Character developments and the performances; full disclosure I am not religious, but even I find it a little bit cringeworthy/uncomfortable for someone to claim they are religious, just so that they can spend more time with somebody and like I said attempt to wing it. How can I put this nicely; I believe and I do; you shouldn't mess with religion unless that is your kind of thing.

But minus the religious factor [I mean this kindly] these character developments and performances are all good; they don't do anything wrong, they are harmless.

Art; the little bit of the stage production of this play that we get to see; is high quality on a low budget [no disrespect intended here,] this is what they were going for based on I am paraphrasing here Stone wanted a bigger stage production but they didn't have the budget for it as this is an amateur production, but it looks good.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; the first cross genre of this film is comedy and yes there were a very small amount of times I laughed, but when this film leans away from Stone winging it so much or something to that effect, then as you can see after everything is said and done this project comes out with half decent mark and yes I see it so much more as a drama. This film also has winning award accredited to its name Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival 2018 Grand Jury Prize Best Independent Feature Dallas Jenkins.

Countdown 2016 by AverageMansReviews

Countdown 2016 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/cutting/torture/breaking/child abuse/terrorism/medical/trigger warning a reference to Russia, their leader [when this was first dictated] and Ukraine.

After just 13 minutes I was disinterested with this film: Detective Ray Thompson [Dolph Ziggler/Nicholas Nemeth] is put on suspension after having to shoot his latest partner in an undercover situation, don't worry his partner was relatively okay he shot him point blank range roughly where his bullet-proof jacket was so he only received a flesh wound, so no big deal; it is just another name to the very long list of ex-partners he has worked with. But unknown to everyone, but him; he has been getting weird mail for a year. To somewhat speed this up he with Lieutenant Julia Baker [Katharine Isabelle] have only hours before this kaboom.

The pacing of this 90 minutes film volume [sound] of background music is completely missable or/and/take your pick what with them paint by numbers storyline likewise paint by numbers character developments/performances and to a certain amount action sequences.

I'm not backtracking here; individually every component of this film is safe and reliable, but put them all together and if the pacing and supporting components don't let's just go with interlock or gel, then it comes across as a really poor quality. On top of that you have these character developments and performances which once again in theory at minimum give you something solid to work with instead of what we have here is really boring characters, minus Lt Cronin [Kane/when this blog was first dictated Mayer of Knoxville Glen Jacobs] at least he puts in a solidly good performance.

Let's move on to some positives; they make reference to this love triangle between Rusev [Miroslav Barnyashev] and Lana [Catherine Joy "CJ" Perry] husband-and-wife, but they weren't at this time in fact Perry broke kayfabe and announced her engagement to her now husband

 Thompson is trying to escape from this police station and we have Lt Cronin shooting this beanbag gun at him including in the grapefruit [for revenge for earlier on] but Thomson escapes with using this window washer and his platform which he is working from.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; yes it has positives to it, but the negatives very much outweigh the positives. They had a short-term great idea of going around this venue when we have nicely yet conveniently the WWE are performing at this live event so we see many wrestlers, but it can't be just a genuine house show and it was too early for the business dealing with Saudi Arabia, so just as an observation what is Brock Lesnar doing here? It doesn't look to be coming from Madison Square Garden either, but I found this film to be really difficult to keep interested.