Movies: Skyscraper (12A), Incredibles 2 (PG) & Columbiana (15)

Skyscraper (12A) – what’s it about? A security consultant must try to save his family who are stuck in a burning building which is under attack from a gang.

This is one of those you leave your brain at the door and just watch it films and you definitely don’t expect the plot or the events to be anywhere believable – it’s not that type of movie. If you want to watch something with action, a bit of violence, some story and some tension (no I’m not talk about the muscles) that’s if you have a fear of heights then this will be for you. It did give me a few giggles as well as a few nail biting moments. And if you don’t want to try to use Ducktape for everything afterwards then your messed in the head lol.

Rating: ****

Incredibles 2 (PG) – what’s it about? The family of superheroes team up with a high-flying executive to try to get the ban on superheroes lifted.

Well it’s been a long time coming with this one, we’ve been waiting so long to see the second movie we’ve all well grown up and gotten old. I was quite please my local cinema decided to do a couple of evening showings for this so the screen was mainly filled with teens+ and not a bunch of screaming kids that didn’t understand what an age it had been. Yes, I am that grumpy. Anyway, to stop waffling, the film was just as what was expected, it had the look and feel of the first one, the plot was really great as it basically continued the story arch, and it was filled with fun, giggles and family action – and some cool new superheroes to boot! I’m pretty sure if you’ve been waiting for this one, like superheroes and/or Pixar films then you’ll definitely enjoy it.

Rating: ****

Columbiana (15) – what’s it about? After the death of her family a young girl grows up and then goes on a revenge killing spree.

I was lent this one by a friend who said I’d love it and yes it was a bloody good film, no pun intended hehe. There’s a lot of violence in it, and it’s about a kick ass lass rather than some dude so what more do you need right? It was a good film, with lots of action, some funny moments (which probably weren’t meant to be funny), though it was generally fab I did find myself a little distracted in parts as I wanted a bit more from the story – but it might have been that I was just tired. Anyway, yeah it’s a good action film if you want a bit of fighting and revenge to pass the time.

Rating: ***

Movie: The First Purge (15)

The First Purge (15) – what’s it about? The prequel to The Purge movie series, this is the story of the first Purge and how it all came to be a national annual event.

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE THIS REVIEW HAS A SPOILER IN IT – BE WARNED!!!!

Ok so I love The Purge franchise, it’s one of my favourite modern horror movie series. What I would love to see from this franchise along with the coming TV series is a survival computer game – now that would be awesome! Anyway I’m getting distracted there, on with the movie review…so as a Purge nut I was expecting quite a bit from this movie, yes it was good, it was a little uneventful but then again the build-up is all part of it but what threw me off was what I’d call a plot issue. If I say what I want to here then it’s going to be a spoiler, but I need to say it, so you have been warned – incoming ***SPOILER*** no member of the general public should have been able to figure out the conspiracy in this prequel movie, that happens in the second and third movie, and it shouldn’t be in this which is technically the first one. So this made me get really disappointed in this movie real quick, because if people – even if just a handful of people lived and had figured it out then they’d totally be shouting it from the rooftops and then everyone would know and then the rest of the movies would be completely discounted. ***END SPOILER RANT*** Apart from that though it was a good movie, it had some good suspense and stuff, not as much killing as I was expecting which was a little meh but it was still a good watch and worth seeing. Yeah so this time for me because of the plot issue, its sadly not going to reach the four star mark – sorry Purgers ☹

Rating: ***

Movie: Ocean’s 8 (12A) & Sicario 2: Day of Soldado (15)

Ocean’s 8 (12A) – what’s it about? After getting released from prison Debbie forms a criminal group to rob an annual Gala.

Man there was a lot of plastic surgery in this movie lol. Sorry I couldn’t resist that. It’s quite refreshing that they didn’t just try to do a women’s version of the original film like Ghostbusters, as in a full remake, it was much better this way with it paying homage to the previous movie without writing it off. It generally was a pretty good movie, a nice chick flick that isn’t all romance and all that lovely dovey crap – I think a woman would appreciate this movie more than a man though. Well it has got a good story, the characters are alright, and it’s pretty clever in parts, so yeah it might not be the best movie out there but it’s still a good watch.

Rating: ***

Sicario 2: Day of Soldado (15) – what’s it about? The drug cartels have upped their game with trafficking people across the border and the US government tries to tackle the criminal menace.

I was quite looking forward to this movie as the previous one was quite intense, and this one didn’t disappoint on that front. It hit the ground running and got straight into the story and built up nicely, it wasn’t too slow to start like some movies. It was filled with gritty violence and by the end I come out a little shell shocked by it as it’s more real-life violence rather than ‘comic book’ violence. When you think about it, deep down in your gut you know shady stuff goes on all the time in the world with gang wars etc, and even though its make-believe you know somewhere it’s got a dusting of dark reality hidden under its guise so it’s quite disturbing in some ways.

Rating: ***