Author: Tiki God

Resident Evil: Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. With Ryan McCluskey, Oscar Pearce, Indra Ové, Anna Bolt. A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident. After all those Fast & Furious films, I was wracking my brain trying to figure out what to watch that was even remotely connected, and thus, RESIDENT EVIL! I believe this was the first film I saw Michelle Rodriguez in, and she impressed me so much in the film that she made my ‘gotta watch’ list. Director Paul WS Anderson continued...

Alien: Resurrection: Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman. 200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone. Along with a crew of space pirates, she must again battle the deadly aliens and stop them from reaching Earth. “Terror is reborn in the shocking conclusion to the Alien saga!” Yeah I guess this really was the last of the solo Alien films, they really couldn’t figure out where to go without tying the franchise with the Predators, which is a damn shame, there’s literally hundreds of Xeno only...

Alien 3: Directed by David Fincher. With Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann. After her last encounter, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina 161, a maximum security prison. When a series of strange and deadly events occur shortly after her arrival, Ripley realizes that she has brought along an unwelcome visitor. Double-Y syndrome is made up, but it sure sounds real, and all the guys afflicted with it in this film do a fantastic job at playing characters at the very end of their ropes and ready to just jump right off. The movie has some pretty noticeable...

Riddick: Directed by David Twohy. With Vin Diesel, Jordi Mollà, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff. Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick’s past. In a departure from the wider universe, the Necromongers, and the Underverse, and a return to the smaller type of story that the first movie was so well loved for, this is also just a retooling of Pitch Black, but this time with nudity and a...

All Together Now: Directed by Brett Haley. With Auli’i Cravalho, Rhenzy Feliz, Justina Machado, Judy Reyes. An optimistic high schooler with musical aspirations must learn to accept help from her friends to overcome her personal hardships and fulfill her dreams. Starring the amazing Auli’i Cravalho, who you likely know as the voice of Moana, along with the mom from “One Day At A Time” and that one funny guy is here (Fred Armisen, but he’s not funny, just a great teacher. Carol Burnett shows up in a eye popping roll and completely throws the entire for a loop at a...

Uncut Gems: Directed by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie. With Mesfin Lamengo, Sun Zhi Hua-Hilton, Liang Wei-Hui-Duncan, Sunny Wu Jin Zahao. With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive. I have intentionally never learned anything about this film, and I think it’s all the better because of it. Even the regular synopsis doesn’t do justice to the sheer frantic energy that permeates this entire film. “Throw him in the fucking water.” Buy On Amazon!

The Chronicles of Riddick: Directed by David Twohy. With Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandiwe Newton, Judi Dench. The wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick (Vin Diesel) arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe. Have I see the extended edition before? Maybe. but maybe not, this is gorgeous with much more room to breath where it needs to. Karl Urban (with his mullet) and Thandiwe Newton both absolutely chew up the scenery, it’s a shame that the franchise...

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury: Directed by Peter Chung. With Vin Diesel, Rhiana Griffith, Keith David, Roger Jackson. A man battles soldiers and vicious creatures. It’s weird to watch this, it’s obviously a pretty somewhat possibly high budget animated episode, it’s only 33 minutes long and is only available in 480i 4:3 standard def, with low quality sound, but I can feel the aspirations straining against the format and medium. The animation style reminds me greatly of Aeon Flux or a couple episodes of The Animatrix, with some genuinely inspired alien designs that are unique and uniquely horrifying. Buy...

Werewolves Within: Directed by Josh Ruben. With Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns. Feature adaptation of the video game where werewolves attack a small town. Ubisoft? Why is Ubisoft involved with this film? Regardless, Milana Vayntrub steals the show again, I really do look forward to a time when she finally gets the leading role in either a MCU movie or a television series, it’d be great to see more of her. The Werewolves Within mentioned in this movie are on multiple levels when you, like, really think about it, right? It’s human nature to reach out to...

The Forever Purge: Directed by Everardo Gout. With Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin. All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end. It’s been a question in the back of my head for a while with this franchise, at what point do the people participating in the purge decide that they want more than just one day? Featuring an indestructible truck with indestructible radiator, tires, windows, tire fairings, and bullets don’t even leave a mark! I’ve seen a...