Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on May 26th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 29th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 17th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 10th, 2003
Red Dragon is not only the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, but it is also a remake of a film called Manhunter. The story fits nicely into the Hannibal Lector trilogy, and the story holds true to Manhunter.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on March 27th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on March 22nd, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on March 16th, 2003
To be fair, The Ring is not the most original horror film to come along recently. It is not only based on the cult classic Japanese film Ringu, but at times mimics the script word for word. There are also enough similarities to the recent Fear Dot Com to make one take pause. It is one of the scariest and most atmospheric films to appear in quite a few years. Since the 1980’s the state of the American horror film has been in a steady decline. Yes, special effects have advanced light years since the days of Karloff and Lugosi, but the end result has more often been to gross out rather than engross. The Ring delivers solid acting, a competent plot, and wonderfully eerie cinematography.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on March 2nd, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on February 23rd, 2003
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Let’s at least give the filmmakers credit for getting right to the point. Unfortunately you’ll spend the next 80 minutes or so wishing they hadn’t. The film is full of enough plot holes to pilot a starship through (one of the big ones). You get the sense right away that the characters really can’t stand each other, but then you’re expected to believe that one year after pissing each other off they’re going to get together for an intimate New Year’s Eve gathering. There’s an obvious attempt at th... classic Ten Little Indians scenario. The end twists take so long in developing that by the payoff you just don’t care anymore.
