dna1280 Reviews

Mother of Tears (2007)

Horrifyingly stupid!

[1/10 · 19 April 2008]

A rating of 1 is the minimum I could give this ludicrous film. I wish IMDb introduced negative marking to warn intelligent viewers from keeping away from moronic films such as this.

Simply put, the film is stupid on all fronts - Acting - 0\10 (Asia Argento cannot even walk without making you realize what a bad actor she is); Script - 2\10; Direction - 0\10; Dialogues - negative 10; Consider this, the film is replete with stupid, nonsensical scenes such as - an old man who can barely walk when he enters the scene, suddenly becomes as active as a young man, in the same scene!; In the train station a gang of the bad witch's followers walk around behaving like a pack of rabid dogs and the public hardly reacts!.

You would normally ignore such stupid scenes if the acting was at least B grade class, but that is the bane of this film. Not one factor works in the movie's favor.

REC (2007)

New brand of HORROR!

[10/10 · 30 March 2008]

This is one of those movies that captures your attention from the very first frame. Absolutely brilliant. This is definitely 'Rank 1' on my horror movies list since may be 2006.

I read some reviews for 'Rec' on the internet complaining about being based on the same old premise of complete chaos, a zombie-like infection, isolation, government cover-up etc. Movies need not necessarily have a never-seen-before storyline to be entertaining. What they need is a good plot, refreshingly new presentation, superb direction and convincing performances. 'Rec' scores 10 on 10 on all these parameters.

The direction was guitar-string taut and brought out the absolute best from all the actors.'Rec' in the most simplistic expression is 'Blair Witch Project' marries '28 Days Later'. If you thought these two movies were great then 'Rec' betters both these.

I saw 'Rec' alone in the night and this movie scared me real good. Many scenes were absolutely shocking and were shot in a very unique way. As the movie progresses you begin to wonder if this was actual footage that the director recovered and you begin to expect a disclaimer at the end that this was indeed a true story.

I am a movie buff and I know making this movie was not easy. The camera work had to be natural and realistic and at the same time ensure that the viewers don't get irritated by the jerks and 'see-away' when the critical action is happening. The camera work in 'Rec' is brilliant it absolutely made you believe that this was actual footage and yet did not shy away from the main action and critical chilling moments.

A completely new brand of horror!