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Ticking Clock Movie Review 155

Ticking Clock is a movie that starts off with Neal McDonough playing someone who is after seemingly killing a woman in a bathtub and he cradles a baby saying that now life will be better.He is covered in blood but we do not know why he has killed the woman. Then we cut to ten years later and we see Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. as investigative reporter Lewis Hicks who becomes convinced that there is a serial killer at work.He is separated from his wife and has a small child and has a relationship with Felicia Carson played by Veronica Berry.After he has an argument with her, he goes over that night to make up but comes across her dead body and a fleeing killer that we see is Neal McDonough again! He gives chase and has a fight with him in an alleyway but he gets knocked out and when he wakes up the killer is gone.The good thing is that he finds a journal that the killer has made about all his killings and more importantly, future killings.It has future dates and times of murders so Hicks sets about trying to track the murderer down. 

The problem is no one believes him and as he has previous personal issues with the main detective played by Yancey Arias, he does not tell him about the journal that he has found.Hicks gets help from his only friend in the police Gordon played by Dane Rhodes.Every lead that he gets seems to point to a 9 year old orphan who is living in a Boys Home.The problem for Hicks is that as he knows where the killer will strike, he is seen at every crime scene and becomes the chief suspect in all the murders.So Hicks must find the Killer to prove his innocence before the police finds Hicks.

Ticking Clock is only an hour and 40 long so it does not go on for too long.Its the typical serial killer type movie and isn't too bad.Its more of a mystery type movie than an action movie and it did hold my attention until the end.Its not too hard to figure out what is going on but its still worth a watch.The one thing that I did not like was the Hollywood happy ending as it seemed too perfect and too neatly wrapped up.I like Cuba Gooding Jr. but I wish he was in more high profile movies.he is a good actor and is always very likeable in his movies.This movie has an element of Sci Fi mixed in and felt like an episode of Quantum Leap or Star Trek but that's not a bad thing in my view!! Ticking Clock is an average movie that is just about watchable as I was not bored and was interested in it until the end.If you see it on DVD and theres nothing else to watch then it will keep you interested for the hour and a half or so but its not going to blow you away!!! 

Ticking Clock 5/10

Naked Fear Movie Review 154

Naked Fear is a 2007 horror movie directed by Thom Eberhardt. It stars Danielle De Luca.

The movie begins with a naked woman running through a field. She is being hunted by someone. She is eventually tracked down and killed. Cut to a girl called Diana(De Luca). She is a dancer who comes to a town in New Mexico. She has a job set up for her.She meets Sheriff Benike(Joe Mantegna).We find out that there is a new deputy Sheriff in town. He is called Dwight(Arron Shiver) and he and his wife have moved to New Mexico. He is looking at all of the missing cases and a lot of them are prostitutes. Women are disappearing in the area. Diana realises that her new job is not what she thought and she has to strip.

Diana is trying to save enough money to get out of New Mexico and she has to come on to men to get more cash. She has to prostitute herself to earn lots more. She makes the mistake of meeting a man who just turns out to be a killer. He subdues her and takes her off in his car. She wakes up naked in a remote location. She realises that there is a hunter after her and she is the prey.The movie is then taken up with Diana trying to escape from her hunter. Dwight begins to suspect that there is something going on when Diana disappears and he looks into it. He snoops around a local man, Colin(J.D. Garfield) and disocvers that he is dodgy. He tells the Sheriff but he doesn't believe him.

Meanwhile, Diana stumbles upon some kids and their dad who are camping and she is taken in by them. Colin follows her and he kills them. She gets caught by Colin, but she fights him and bites his ear. She also stabs him in the leg. The Sheriff wonders about Colin. Diana is hunted again and she meets two guys in a van. They take her into their van, but Colin shoots the tyres. They run. Diana jumps into the van and she hits Colin with it. She backs over him a few times to make sure that he is dead. The cops go to Colin's house where they find lots of evidence of his crimes. Diana escapes. The movie ends with a twist which is a bit lame, but overall, this movie was not that bad. It is worth a watch. I will give it a 5/10.

Paranormal Activity 2 Movie Review 152

 

 

Paranormal Activity was a surprise hit when it was released and this is the prequel. If you have seen the original one, you would expect a spooky prequel, but this was not what I had hoped for.

This movie begins before the events of the original movie. We find out that Katie(Katie Featherston) has a sister called Kristi(Sprague Grayden) and her husband Dan(Brian Boland). They have a baby, Hunter, Dan's daughter,Ali(Molly Ephraim) and a dog Abby. They live in a large house and they are installing cameras because of an apparent robbery. The only thing missing is a necklace which Katie had given to Kristi.The movie is similar in style to the original. Different things begin to happen at night and the housekeeper thinks that there is something evil in the house and she tries to cleanse the house. She thinks that there is a demon after Dan and Kristi's son because he is the first born son in their family for generations. Dan is not buying it and he lets her go.

 Spooky things happen, but there is a lot of dull sequences in between and not enough frights like the first movie.The action only begins near the end and by then, you have almost lost interest. On with the story anyway.The demon takes out the dog and it has to go to the vet. It then starts terrorizing Kristi.She gets dragged down to the basement and comes out possessed. She then is in a trance like state and Dan doesn't know what to do with her. Ali is upset and she shows him the footage of her going down to the basement. Dan calls back Martine and he wants her to help him  to pass the demon onto Katie so that it will leave them alone.There is some scuffle when he tries it on Kristi but it works. There follows a spoiler so don't read on if you don't want to know the ending!

The movie ends with Katie telling Kristi that she is having problems in her house. We then see her killing Micah and going to her sisters house and killing Dan and her sister. She takes Hunter and smiles...That is it. This movie was a disappointment to me. I expected it to be more like the original and I thought that it meandered in parts and it was not exciting. Everything happened in the last few minutes and it was too little too late. It is a pity that this was not better because I loved the original. I guess lightning doesn't strike twice....

This gets a 5/10.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane Movie Review 151

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane is a thriller starring a young Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen.

Rynn Jacobs(Foster) is a young thirteen year old. She is celebrating her birthday alone. She is living with her dad who happens to be a poet in a house in New England. It is Halloween and she hears a knock to the door, it is a guy called Frank Hallet(Sheen) who is the landlady's son and a pedophile. He shows an unnatural interest in Rynn but she ignores his advances and tries to avoid him. He watches her and is always around...His mother is Cora Hallet(Alexis Smith) and she comes over to see Rynn. She wants some jars and she asks Rynn to get them for her, but it is obvious that she is just snooping around.She is rude to Rynn but Rynn stands up to her and she gets very annoyed.

Rynn meets Officer Miglioriti (Mort Shuman) and he asks her about her dad and he wants to meet him, but she tells him that he is busy and that she can't disturb him. Cora comes back to get her jars and she argues with Rynn again. It results in her going into the basement and seeing something horrible. She gets hit on the head by the basement door and she falls down dead. Rynn tries to cover it up. She leaves Cora in the cellar and hides her umbrella. She tries to drive Cora's car away but she can't start it. A young man called Mario(Scott Jacoby) sees her and he starts chatting to her. He is heading off to a party but tells her he will call back later. He does and he hides the car for her.

They have dinner together and chat. He thinks that Rynn is hiding something from him. It turns out that Mario is the nephew of Officer Miglioriti and when the officer calls by to see Rynn's dad, Mario tells him that her dad has gone to bed and can't be disturbed. Rynn is grateful to him for his lie. Frank Hallet comes by and he asks about his missing mother. He asks Rynn questions and he turns nasty and kills her pet hamster when she won't help him. Mario manages to get rid of him by threatening him with a sword. Rynn confides in Mario about what happened to Cora. She also tells him that she killed her mother with poison because she was abusive. Rynn's dad told her to do it before he killed himself. He provided for his daughter as he was dying of a terminal illness and he was afraid that Rynn's mother would come to get her.

Mario doesn't run away. In fact, they begin a relationship. They become very close and he helps her to bury the bodies of her mother and Cora which were in the cellar. He gets very wet and develops pneumonia and ends up in hospital. Rynn is alone again. She is confronted by creepy Frank that night as he figures out that her dad doesn't exist. He blackmails her. He tells her that he will keep quiet if she gives him sexual favours.Rynn is making tea when she gets the poison her dad left her and puts it into her cup of tea. Frank thinks that she has posioned his cup so he switches them and drinks the poison. He dies as Rynn watches him......

I enjoyed this movie. It was interesting to see Jodie Foster in this movie. I will give it a 7/10.

Batman:Under The Red Hood Movie Review 141

Batman:Under the Red Hood is an animated movie and it is the eight in the DC Universe Animated Original movies line. Bruce Greenwood is the voice of Batman here when usually Kevin Conroy does it. Greenwood does a good job, but to me Kevin Conroy will always be the voice of Batman.The Joker is voiced by John Di Maggio and again, Mark Hamill will always be the voice of The Joker to me. These two quibbles aside, this movie is a very entertaining one with a good story and good action.

The story begins with R'as al Ghul voiced by Jason Isaacs of Brotherhood fame and he is lamenting getting into business with The Joker. We cut to the The Joker beating up Robin in Sarajevo with a crowbar and cackling as he does it which is classic Joker stuff! This Robin is the second Robin who is called Jason Todd. He took over from the original Robin, Dick Grayson, who is now Nightwing. Batman is seen hurrying his way to save Robin but he fails to get there in time. BOOM!!The building explodes and Batman is seen with the dead body of Robin.. Now the credits roll and things get going!!

It is now 5 years later and the Gotham City mob bosses meet up for a chat as they always seem to do! Someone called The Black Mask has taken over the city and they don't know what to do about him. Then out of the shadows, the mysterious Red Hood appears. He offers protection from Black Mask and Batman as long as they pay him 40 percent.To make them comply he shows them a bag full of their top guys' heads. Naturally, they agree!

This sets up a confrontation with Batman later on as Red Hood is part vigilante and part crime lord. Is he a good guy deep down or is he just another bad guy? Who is he? Where did he come from? Jenson Ackles voices the Red Hood with Neil Patrick Harris voicing Nightwing. Wade Williams voices Black Mask and you will recognise his voice as he played Bellick in Prison Break. There are some other great voice work by Gary Cole, Kelly Hu, Phil LaMarr and Dwight Schultz of A Team fame.

The story here is very good and the movie only takes one hour and fifteen minutes. There are some great action scenes with fights and explosions, all leading up to a showdown at the end!! The Joker is involved also and this movie is very good. If you like the animated series of Batman and the animated movies, then you will love this so check it out now!It gets marked down only for the voices of Batman and The Joker as they will always be Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill!!

Batman: Under The Red Hood-8/10

Martyrs Movie Review 140

 Martyrs is a  2008 French horror movie directed by Pascal Laugier and starring  Morjana Alaoui and Mylene Jampanoi.

The movie begins with a young girl running from an abandoned building and she is terrified and screaming. She seems to be injured. Then, we cut to a film of this girl in which it is shown that she was tortured and held captive by unknown persons. She is in an orphanage and she doesn't talk to anyone. A young girl, Anna tries to make friends with the withdrawn girl who is Lucie and they become friends. The police want Anna to help them to find Lucie's tormentors and Anna tries to get Lucie to talk, but she doesn't remember. Lucy has cuts all over her body and Anna thinks that she has done them herself, but there is some creature following her around and it is hurting Lucie. Cut to 15 years later and a normal family are together at the breakfast table. In comes a young woman and she shoots them all. It turns out that she is a grown up Lucie(Mylene Jampanoi). She thinks that the parents in the family were responsible for her capture and torture.

Lucie calls Anna(Morjana Alaoui) and tells her what she has done. Anna comes over to help Lucie clean up the mess.Meanwhile, Lucie is in the house and the creature is with her. It is running around and hurting Lucie every so often. Anna turns up and they get to work cleaning up the mess. It turns out that one of the family are still alive and Anna tries to help them escape but gets caught by Lucie.Lucy kills the survivor and they set about trying to bury them. Lucie is tormented by the creature again and this time, she slits her own throat and dies. Anna is horrified and devastated. She is looking around the house when she finds a secret tunnel. She decides to investigate and it is a torture chamber underneath the house. There is a woman being held captive there. Anna releases her and she tries to  help her, but in come a lot of people with guns. They kill the captive and take Anna. She meets a woman who is the boss of this organisation which tortures young women so that they can find out  about the afterlife. They think that if a young woman experiences enough pain, she will become a martyr and transcend this world and enter the next. These people want to know what happens then.

The woman called Mademoiselle tells Anna that Lucie escaped them 15 years ago. She tells her that the creature after Lucie didn't exist. It was a result of psychological damage caused by her capture and torture. Lucie was hurting herself. She gives the order for Anna to be taken down to a room where she is chained up and tortured and beaten every day. She eventually goes crazy and begins to break down.She begins hallucinating and she thinks about Lucy and even talks to her. People look at her and she is skinned alive. Somehow, she survives this and she tells Mademoiselle what she has discovered as she has become a true martyr. She whispers it in her ear. 

The final scene is where a group of people have come to see Anna and they are gathered together at the request of Mademoiselle. She shoots herself so that nobody can know what Anna told her and that is the end of the movie. This movie was good. I liked it. It was interesting and there are some brutal scenes. All in all, I will give it a 7/10.