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03 Oct, 2009
X Men 2
As trailers go, X-Men made quite an impression. The original, which director Bryan Singer refers to as "almost like a preview for X-Men 2", took $300 million and injected new life into the superhero genre. The upside of its unexpected success was that it made a follow up a forgone conclusion (Singer stresses "X-Men 2 is not a sequel"). The flipside was that it raised expectations to an almost impossible level. Though X-Men 2 doesn't quite achieve the impossible, it comes pretty close. Singer has rounded up all the usual mutant suspects from the first movie while adding a few new ones to keep things fresh. In the intervening three years Rogue (Anna Paquin) has grown up, Storm (Halle Berry) and Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) have had makeovers and the X-Jet has had an upgrade. The most significant change is the addition of a new enemy, which comes in the formidable form of William Stryker (Brian Cox) and his more alluring sidekick/back kick/front kick martial artist Yuriko Oyama, known more menacingly as Deathstrike (Kelly Hu). The action begins with another new face: a blue one, with yellow eyes and pointy ears belonging to Nightcrawler, aka Kurt Wagner (Alan Cumming). Wagner's prehensile tail is more convincing than Cumming's cod German accent, which lends the hoofed teleporting mutant an element of campness. When he breaks into the White House and threatens the President, it is Stryker who is brought in to deal with the mutant problem. One story line that was touched upon in the original, but is developed more fully here, is Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) search for his past which haunts him in flashbacks and takes on a fresh clarity when he encounters Stryker and his base underneath a dam at Alkali Lake. The bunker proves a poignant setting for the film's finale and the site for Wolverine's showdown with Deathstrike whose powers are not only equal to his, but provide further proof of his origins. Having spent the first film feeling their way, in X-Men 2, everyone from the director to the terrific cast, to the production team convey a greater confidence and, with more time and money to play with, the results are a slicker, more sophisticated film. In addition Singer has succeeded in his desire to make it "edgier, darker, funnier and more romantic." The only things it lacks in comparison with its predecessor are the element of surprise and an unanswered question at the end. Which poses the question: will there be an 'X-Men 3'? Let's hope so.
05 Apr, 2008
Rush Hour
Why is it they call the slowest moving and most traffic-jam-prone hour of driving rush-hour? Universal Music have come up with the answer and recorded more than two hours of smartly mixed, foot stomping, anthems to get you through your drive home, with Rush Hour. And if takes you any longer than that to get home at night best to grab your portable audio device and take the train. This is a quality mixed album with a selection of tracks as diverse as the world of electronic dance music. From Faithless to Fatboy Slim, from All Saints to Underworld, this is an album chosen purely to keep you moving. Whether in the car, out on the dance floor, or just watching the pictures behind your eyelids, the smooth progression of the selection allows you to feel as though you're effortlessly moving throughout time. This is a good, tight album for dance-music lovers everywhere with a little something for everyone. The Dallas Superstars' very fine "Fast Driving" really defines this album, up-tempo but not antagonistic and just makes you wanna tap your feet… Preferably not on the accelerator though; let's keep the 200mph rally racing to in front of the Playstation
02 Jun, 2008
Halloween
More of a supercharged revamp than a remake, Rob Zombie's take on John Carpenter's Halloween expands the back story of masked killer Michael Myers in an attempt to examine the motivation for his first deadly attack, as well as some reasons for his longevity as a horror icon. Zombie's Myers is a blank-eyed teen (played by Daeg Faerch) whose burgeoning mental problems are left unchecked in a horrific home environment; harassed by schoolmates, a randy sister, and his mother's deadbeat boyfriend (William Forsythe, terrific as usual), Myers' homicidal explosion seems inevitable, and intervention by Dr. Sam Loomis (Malcolm McDowell, who offers a fast-talking, hippiefied version of the Donald Pleasance character) does little to impede his development into a mute, unstoppable killing machine (Tyler Mane) bent on finishing off the only survivor of his family's massacre--his sister, now grown into teenaged Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton). Opening up the psychological motivation of a cipher like Michael Myers is an interesting approach, but Zombie's script possesses neither a depth of character nor dialogue to offer more than a clichéd thumbnail character sketch. Zombie's Halloween isn't terribly suspenseful, either; he has a keen eye for visuals and the details of chaotic environments, but his scares are nothing more than brutal showcases for his special effects team. The end result barely surpasses the original film's numerous sequels, though the Who's Who of cult and character actors in the cast (including Zombie regulars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Ken Foree, as well as Brad Dourif, Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Richard Lynch, Danny Trejo, Dee Wallace, and Danielle Harris) adds a touch of late-night monster movie charm. However, the film's best performance belongs to the director's spouse, Sheri Moon Zombie, who brings unexpected pathos to the role of Myers' downtrodden mother, Overall a Good film, pity it was a copy.

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