Army of the Dead 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Army of the Dead 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/biting/feeding/squashing/decapitation/disfigurement/breaking/burning/shooting/cutting/be heading/impaling/kamikaze/racism will

This is not worth watching for 148 minutes: basic description; Bly Tanaka [Hiroyuki Sanada:] a very wealthy man that has $200 million in this vault underneath the strip which the insurance people have paid out already $200 million, but he wants Scott Ward [Dave Batista:] which has already faced the current problem in Las Vegas and has received the Medal of Freedom saving the Secretary of Defence from these zombies which there are different gradings of them [likewise you will find out when you watch this film,] it wasn't just him it was his unit [the opening credits sequence will fill you in,] he also has an estranged daughter by the name of Katie Ward [Ella Purnell:] we will meet her later she has her own mission, she can go on her own or with her dad's unit it is up to him. But back to the present times; Mr.Tanaka offers Ward $50 million of the $200 million, to split up anyway he sees fit between the unit he has put together to get the job done.

The framework and pacing of this 148 minutes film is just way, way, way too long to the point where you could easily just taken off 48 minutes and compact the film. If you're thinking I am joking I am not, in fact I have just rounded up to give it 100 minutes to work with in an ideal world. But as things are; the framework and pacing is functional, meaning it does its job but after some time it does get tedious.

Which consequently you would be right in thinking the character developments and performances suffer because of this. They are a mixture between somewhere like safe and reliable to in two cases I am sure they didn't do the background work the main zombies or/and Ward and Maria Cruz [Ana de la Reguera:] a member of Ward's old and current unit, in fact her character developments tragically falls into a predictable outcome and I can't say too much more than that. But if you have watched as much content as I have you will understand when I say well that was predictable. But the hard reality is these character types are left exposed, because of this long time frame, there is no way enough depth or smooth chemistry, yes most of these characters are out for themselves and they don't like each other so you get consistently characters having a dig at one another or stabbing each other in the back in some way. But I will give the performers are break and say what they had to work with they tried to make something with it [this is a polite way of saying it wasn't on the cast itself and I am trying to shield them a bit] and finally there is some comedy elements in here like when we have Ludwig Dieter [Matthias Schweighöfer:] he is a new member of this unit and he is the vault cracker; for one example stopping this mental imagery of how this plan is going to go down, because in a nutshell he informs everybody that he has never shot a gun, the question goes around from Ward who else hasn't shot a gun? These hands go up, they discuss it and then we go back to this sequence of the plan with it being unfrozen and yes we have good action comedy bits with human beings characters being squashed and likewise zombies being squashed with plenty of messy and bloody action sequences.

Yes the art are combined with the action has to be seen as positives for its highest imagination and creativity used such as this landscape, the zombies including a white tiger zombie. So it should be no surprise to you for me to make this statement based on my opinion/viewing experience; yes this film is guilty of having problems, but using its assets like it's visual outlay to try and cover up the its weaknesses essentially covering over the cracks.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; I couldn't give this film anything any less or likewise anymore because of what I have said in this content, it also does something on reflection annoying it leaves things open for a sequel. So I am just going to ask this really sensible question; so 148 minutes wasn't long enough to put out a decent film then? For my consistent viewers yes I usually put in dividers in my content, but in this case it would have just made things a bit more complicated and finally don't do what I did and that was get confused between this film and the Anime TV program well [6 episodes] at some point in 2023 I don't know too much about this. This film has some awards accredited to its name such as 1 Winner Academy Awards, USA Oscar 2022 Fan Favourite and 4 Nominees that includes Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2022 Saturn Award Best Make-Up Justin Raleigh Ozzy Alvarez Kevin Kirkpatrick Victoria Down.

 

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 2022 by AverageMansReviews

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 2022 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting

Everything is made better with bacon: in a nutshell The Guardians decide to give Peter Quill/Star-Lord's will [Chris Pike:] half human and half celestial from Earth, surprise festive holiday gathering and Drax the Destroyer [Dave Batista:] he is Kylosian, comes up with the idea to go Earth and make Kevin Bacon [Kevin Bacon:] the actor Quill/Star-Lord's Christmas gift which Mantis [Pom Klementieff:] she is a Insectoid–Celestial agrees to the plan to go and get Quill/Star-Lord's childhood hero from Earth.

The framework and pacing of this 42 minutes film is basically upwardly mobile but it covers more get up and go the more you watch of this project and because of the shortness or the relatively shortness of this project I will be so little bit more selective on what I tell you.

Art/Action/Comedy: now whilst we have Drax and Mantis on Earth they come across some fancy dress; Cy-Kill [leader of the Renegades - the main evildoers from the Challenge of the GoBots or just Gobots 2 seasons, 65 episodes 1984-1985,1 feature length/crossover] This costume is highly imaginative and creative as it looks like an excellent interpretation of Cy-Kill; Drax goes for this individual dressed up as Cy-Kill, but Mantis stops Drax and says my friend doesn't like robots. But a moment or two later whilst Mantis is saying something behind her we see Drax absolutely pummelling on this individual dressed up as Cy-Kill. Obviously because this is a marvel project I have to point out that we get a reference to DC to be a little bit more systematic Batman at some point in this project as well.

Character developments, performances and voice performances: as always from this cast even the returning or newcomers, they just keep the chemistry to its lively and free-flowing nature and for the newcomers they just nicely in without interrupting the chemistry.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; there is a lot of goofiness and silliness in this project from our Guardians and surrounding characters, full disclosure I didn't want this project before going to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 [alternative name Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3] Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2023/05/guardians-of-galaxy-vol-3-2023.html if you would like to know my opinion is on it and likewise for GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords 1986 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2017/12/gobots-battle-of-rock-lords-1986-by.html yes this project has one extra scene right at the end of the green and red ending credits.This project also has some awards accredited to its name. 2 Winners; Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards 2023 Artisan Best Period and/or Character Makeup - Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series Michael Ornelaz Matt Sprunger Jon Moore Robin Pritchard and Best Special Makeup Effects - Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series Alexei Dmitriew Scott Stoddard LuAndra Whitehurst Mo Meinhart. 2 Nominees including one from the same award ceremony/event Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling - Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series Cassie Russek Amber Shani Hamilton Sean Smith Dugg Kirkpatrick. California on Location Awards 2022 COLA Location Manager of the Year - Episodic Television - Half Hour Michael Wesley.

 

WCW Monday Nitro Season 1, Episode 5: 02/10/1995 by AverageMansReviews

WCW Monday Nitro Season 1, Episode 5: Find Out What It Means To Me 02/10/1995 by AverageMansReviews

Warning: flashing effects/colourful effects/fire

Commentary Award goes to: all of the commentary team working individually or together; Eric Bischoff and Steve "Mongo" McMichael [with Pepe the dog if you are interested it looks like a Chihuahua] and on some research I can confirm at minimum it looks like one making references to Raw, Bischoff I am paraphrasing here telling Bobby " The Brain" Heenan/"Weasel" not to reply to Michael's question or he will pull his mic and Heenan laughing at what happens to the WCW Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan.

Wrestling Award goes to: "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "The Total Package" Lex Luther; Singles Match where if Lex Luger loses he is gone From WCW [surrounding content]

Eddie Guerrero vs. "The Iceman" Dean Malenko: Singles Match [with Disco Inferno interruption, video package of how this match came aboutI know there is a blooper year from Tony Schaivone In short he calls a Frog Splash a Jackknife and breakaway for an incoming Promo then back to the action] and finally "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson vs. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair: Singles Match I like simplistic booking obviously I mean this with no disrespect but every experienced either person in wrestling or fan would know this line/question very well indeed; does everyone look better for having these matches? Yes, especially with the second and third there is some progression here/there.

Debut Award goes to: Eddie Guerrero for his debut on Nitro and not WCW debut, because this would be his second run in this company as on some research it started in 1986 to 1992, but as you can see I have got around that by saying debut on Nitro and as Nitro was not around before late 1995 this is acceptable. But for here and now this match shows with Malenko, there is something special about Guerrero.

Promo Award goes to: "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair interrupting the commentary team from their planed schedule to passionately/furiously build up to his match tonight against "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson.

Video packages of how we got here between Luther and Savage.

The WCW Heavyweight Champion promos with "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart or/and interviewer "Mean"Gene Okerlund [surrounding content]

This episode receives: 10/10, this episode is top-notch entertainment; they really did fill this episode up with as you can see wall-to-wall content of things that mattered, Even some comical moments such as Disco Inferno and Bischoff threatening to disconnect Heenan's mic. I deliberately was a little bit vague, simply based on the fact that I try not to give everything away or directly away.

 

 

 

WCW Monday Nitro on TNT Season 1, Episode 4: R-E-S-P-E-C-T 25/09/1995 by AverageMansReviews

WCW Monday Nitro Season 1, Episode 4: R-E-S-P-E-C-T 25/09/1995 by AverageMansReviews

Warning: flashing effects/colourful effects/fire

Commentary Award goes to: Eric Bischoff for I am paraphrasing here is simply pointing out The Dungeon Of Doom have taken out the majority of the Hulkamanics minus as things stand the WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Sting.

Wrestling Award goes to: the majority of The Dungeon Of Doom vs. Some of the Hulkmaniacs and others; [this is a combined effort between The Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan with Zodiac vs."Macho Man" Randy Savage, The Giant goes on the rampage with some wrestlers empty out to stop this madness including "The Total Package" Lex Luther being here for another reason to begin with and then finally  "The Total Package" Lex Luther vs. Meng " The Face of Terror" and the reason why I have chosen a big section is because it rolled off one another on to the next and so on

Promo Award goes to: video package of; the WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan [with "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart;] where Hogan lays down a challenge for The Dungeon Of Doom's The Giant [with The Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan;] this challenge has two parts monster truck vs. monster truck, the second part is Giant vs. Hogan for the WCW Heavyweight Championship at WCW Halloween Havoc 1995; 29/10/1995 [which I have decided this will be my next pay-per-view review] and yes Hogan makes reference to André the Giant and The Giant being in kayfabe father and son. Next we have "Mean"Gene Okerlund in the ring ratecapping [last week's events between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and "The Total Package" Lex Luther] with video replay of the last time these three were in the ring together discussing things. This week's interview in a nutshell between these three; for next week we have Savage vs. Lugar; if Lugar loses he gives up his title shot at Hogan at some point down the line and so much more importantly if he loses, he must leave WCW.

Finally "Mean"Gene Okerlund in the ring interviews "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and Flyin' Brian and their ongoing issues with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and the troubles he is having getting a tag team partner.

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is good; as you can see there is an ongoing theme in this episode where they either are still dealing with the ongoing fallout of WCW Fall Brawl: War Games 17/09/1995 or/and building up to WCW Halloween Havoc 1995; 29/10/1995.

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 48 by AverageMansReview

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 48 by AverageMansReview

Just a heads up: I am not best happy with both promotions, I was thinking I would state that from the very beginning so I didn't get any heat coming back and yes I know I don't really do these volumes anymore this is just more down to creating other content.

WWE: so we are heading towards WWE Night of Champions 2023 this Saturday 27/05/2023 where every championship should be on the line yes? Straight off the bat I am smart enough not to bring up the fact that not every championship is on the line yet, because when I first began dictating this it is roughly a week away so as the old expression goes "card subject to change." But what I can say is this; if every championship is meant to be on the line why isn't Reigns defending his  WWE Universal Championship, I mean he is meant to be your flagship promotion champion yet he isn't defending his championship at this event on Saturday yet he has been given the opportunity to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships with Solo Sikoa vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn and on top of that it has been well publicised that Reigns is going to take more time off to do outside projects. I would like to say I thought this company would have learned with Brock Lesnar being a part-time champion, but they clearly haven't as they have even done worse which you would think is something they couldn't do, because part-time champions of this nature just don't work. I mean why don't they just come out and tell us it will Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40/2024 this Championship and be done with it. Yes Reigns may be the longest reigning champion of the modern times, but like it or not when other content creators look back over this reign I am speculating here it would probably work out as average at best.

Speaking of main event champions the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is not in circulation yet but it is fastly becoming a joke. I mean if you didn't know it was created to basically indicate that we have no intention of dethroning Reigns any time soon, so let us create another championship to specifically and I will say that again specifically be put on Monday Night Raw or that a full-time wrestler can make it prestigious; we will have Raw and SmackDown Superstars [go for a Raw exclusive main brand championship, so I have no idea why SmackDown is involved] and yes there was a very good reason why I am essentially recapping everything I will tell you why in a little while. So in the final of this tournament we have Raw's Seth Rollins vs. SmackDown's AJ Styles Singles Match for the inaugural WWE Heavyweight Champion at this upcoming event; so is everyone with me so far? Now this is where the wheels of really may come off and let's keep in mind that this championship isn't in circulation yet, now everyone is thinking that Rollins is going to win this championship because he is on Raw right? Well this may not be the case as things stand I would say it is more like 50%, because as I understand it they haven't decided. Because of this is nothing against Rollins they wanted a full-time wrestler and Rollins can't give them that at the moment based on he is working on a small project I don't know if you have heard of it Captain America 4: New World Order 2024 so either way the WWE hierarchy are going to be made to look for fool. On one hand they could give it to Rollins but with the knowledge that at some point he is not going to be available which voids the whole reason why this new championship was created in the first place or on the other hand they could give it to AJ Styles which in turn is going to make the WWE Draft look even more stupid than what it is as a SmackDown Superstar wins a Raw exclusive championship, but then again this promotion has allowed a man to win the Woman's Money In The Bank [if you know what I'm talking about, you know] so yes obviously this match between Rollins and Styles is going to be amazing, but I can guarantee you regardless of the result everyone will remember the result for possibly the wrong reason. I mean at this going rate I don't see why if Reigns as a limited schedule I don't see why they don't give Rollins a similar if temporary situation. Nothing against Rollins, but I have very little interest in the main brand championships even though Rollins has been carrying the company for years and as I have said multiple times now I don't have nothing against him I am just playing cards that may be dealt. I am really much more interested in the WWE Intercontinental Championship picture, let's face it ever since Walter has carried it, he has put its prestigious value back into it.

All Elite Wrestling: what I'm about to say next I will completely stand by it from now until this individual has left this promotion. As far as I'm concerned CM Punk can leave wrestling this time permanently. Before I get criticism or indicated as a fickle person, yes I have never been the biggest fan of him. But this is it is crucial for you to understand when this entire situation with essentially The Elite happened with Punk and Ace Steel I was one of the ones that was leaning heavily in his corner. But however since Kenny Omega, Matt and Nick Jackson have been punished and consequently came back to AEW they have been professional wrestlers as from this trio you can sense and when they spoke about it there is regret there, to be fair and honest I would rather move on with anyone that was involved on The Elite side of this unprofessional situation then Punk.

You seem there has been one very large turning point for me and it happened some days ago where I saw and heard from Mr Punk about his latest grievances with AEW it isn't just what he said it is how he said it, where it was anything but professional his attitude is completely wrong so much so it to the point where if I was Tony Kahn I would be wondering; yes he is a needle pusher, but at the same time if everything isn't okay around him he is just a powderkeg waiting to go off, makes that in with the locker room atmosphere and his injury prone body now is he actually worth the money I am paying him and not forgetting the fact he is making Tony Kahn look bad, because he is someone you can't punish and he won't learn, so I would really pay off Punk just to get him out of my promotion I mean he is already made TK partly look like a fool again with the entire Warner Brothers Discovery AEW Collision media up front and not forgetting it was set to be in Chicago on its debut Saturday 17/06/2023 in Punk's backyard but that isn't happening anymore I mean this is precisely what I mean AEW cannot rely on Punk to be a professional you know okay behind closed doors have issues with AEW, but show a united front when it is necessary to do so.

TK I like him, but man what the hell is Ace Steel doing back in AEW? Yes if you didn't know this has recently came to light that he has been quietly working for AEW again and many people didn't know about it. I am far from happy with these turn of events that basically what we have here is all these combustible elements potentially coming back to AEW; I think TK is politely and respectfully asking for trouble having these compatible individuals in the same promotion again.

I have heard people expressing concern about AEW falling into a the same trap as WCW, I am not being arrogant I don't really have to really go and hear their opinion, because I lived through it once and I completely get what they are saying even if it is meant as friendly wanting AEW to do well with Dynamite and Coalition or anything other.

This is why I am in a strong belief that Punk and Steel need to go, because yes I have been around wrestling for many years so I expect there to be some level of heat backstage, but these two are potentially toxic and quite frankly AEW do not need this at this time. Because we are rapidly approaching another turning point for this promotion in actual fact it could be the biggest one ever AEW is going to fly or sink so if I was TK I would be thinking about getting out any individual that that could cause any massive problems and get everyone onside.

I am desperately hoping that AEW are not as foolish as WCW between their two big programs Nitro and Thunder where they basically ran their wrestlers ragged. I would like to think that TK would use the depth of his roster I'm not talking about a brand split, I'm just talking about this promotion has plenty of champions and talent in a nutshell I know I have indicated this once before but especially now he should run his wrestling promotion like a sports team, like this talent has been featuring a lot maybe I should give them some time off or promo time just not in ring or make sure I have maybe one championship match a week on either show or after this pay-per-view may be writing them off TV so they can heal up or recharge their batteries or maybe a few additions to the roster, but I am just really, really, really hoping that TK uses his roster and doesn't fall into the WCW trap. Because you may like or hate AEW, but their arrival in 2019 they have brought a second wave of the new era in wrestling and for those that don't like this promotion, let me remind you that even if they are just there to keep the WWE on their toes I am sure that TK and people in his promotion would aim higher than what I am suggesting, but if they are just here to do that to keep the WWE so that they don't monopolise the wrestling business ever again that can only be good for the wrestling business as a whole and on a brief side note yes I know there is Impact Wrestling, they don't have the same financial backing as these two other promotions.

WCW Monday Nitro TNT Season 1, Episode 3: Fall Brawl Fallout:18/09/1995 by AverageMansReviews

WCW Monday Nitro Season 1, Episode 3: Fall Brawl Fallout: 18/09/1995 by AverageMansReviews

Warning: flashing effects/colourful effects/fire/shooting

Commentary Award goes to: Eric Bischoff for being informative about last night's pay-per-view WCW Fall Brawl '95: War Games the fallout and results.

Wrestling Award goes to: Flyin' Brian vs. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair; Singles Match

Promo Award goes to: "Mean"Gene Okerlund interviewing "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair about what happened at WCW Fall Brawl '95: War Games against "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Randy "The Macho Man" Savage and then gets interrupted by "The Total Package" Lex Luther about what happened last night in the main event and finally we have interviewing "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair sending out a message on the microphone to "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson.

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is good; as you can clearly see it is focused on progression, even the sections I haven't put in here are progression mixed in with a little bit of controversy and yes I will be deliberately dictating these as to try and not to give everything away

 

Deja Vu 2006 by AverageMansReviews

 Deja Vu 2006 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/terrorism/man on woman violence/shooting/torture/burning/disfigurement/impaling/drowning

Haven't we been here before?: ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin/ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin [Denzel Washington:] is an ex-service man for his country the United States of America, but is now an ATF Special Agent, which is excellent at his job. He wants to stop any domestic terrorist Carroll Oerstadt/Carroll Oerstadt [Jim Caviezel:] a very focused and dedicated individual that is psychologically unbalanced, this opinion comes from every service that this individual has tried out for and he has failed the psychological evaluation before he perpetrates his mission and wants to save the life of Claire Kuchever/Claire Kuchever [Paula Patton:] which is a very soft and nice woman, but ATF Special Agent Carlin has seen her dead ones already and tries everything to make sure that; that doesn't happen again. But without giving too much away, but I need to mention his name FBI Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra [Val Kilmer:] a FBI Special Agent that is very good at his job, he knows of these people and of their equipment that may help ATF Special Agent Carlin and him catch this domestic terrorist with hopefully time to spare.

The framework and pacing of this 126 minutes film is on both counts a smooth high quality execution of this particular science fiction outlay.

Art/Action: once again the science fiction representation is smartly and neatly shown throughout as it relates to this technology used, including the action sequences such as ATF Special Agent Carlin and Claire Kuchever have drove off this ferry under fire into/quickly sinking and going under with this explosive device set to go off very shortly in fact it goes off a second before they take off, with her hands taped to the steering wheel with both of them trying to free her as quickly as possible with this ferry making even more difficult as it carries on his journey over them in this vehicle; this sequence of events is chaotically elegant.

Character developments and performances: the cast gel what with good character types and likewise good performances.

This film receives: 7/10 this film is good; the reason why I have been a little bit general in this review/content, is because if you are from the science fiction community or have an interest in science fiction films or anything really and if you have been around this genre long enough, this outlay should be very familiar to you, consequently I can't talk about it in any great detail, simply because I would run the risk of giving too much away. This film also has some awards accredited to 1 Winner Nielsen/EDI Gold Reel Awards 2007 Winner International Gold Reel Award Buena Vista International 6 Nominees that includes Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2007 Saturn Award Best Science Fiction Film, Black Reel Awards 2007, Black Reel Best Breakthrough Performance Paula Patton, Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio 2007 Audience Award Best Voice Actor Francesco Pannofino For the dubbing of Denzel Washington and yes I have no idea why this award is here; World Soundtrack Awards 2007 World Soundtrack Award Soundtrack Composer of the Year Harry Gregson-Williams For Shrek the Third , The Number 23 and Flushed Away.