doctor west returns
Jeffery Combs, aka Dr. West is one of my favorite mad scientists. He's the crazest of all, from Re-Animator to From Beyond to Castle Freak (ok i never saw that one) the man is a classic. SciFi channel is bringing us, BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR, but can they bring back the magic? We'll see October 4th. I'll watch it just to see the good doctor on screen again. Speaking of horror and such, I caught the tail end of Carnaville the other night on HBO, wow, trippy, I like. Must see more.
And now the Underworld review. Overall I give it a four stars. Its got vampires, chicks in leather, kate is wonderful, werewolves, great trippy flashbacks, its a bit long, i love the constant blue film look, good creature effects, guns a blazin, and plenty of plot holes. Ok its an action flick, the story is semi-ok, the base of it is decent, i liked that, where it goes from there gets messy. Its 2hr+ long, makes for a long ride into the night but it delivers i think. I think it will do well, and whats really impressive is that though the cast is mostly unknowns aside from Kate, it was made for a mere 20million.. and its take this weekend? 22 million. This is a director that is going to be around for awhile. It was spec'd out to be a film made for 60 mil, but because of his background in props, graphics and art department effects, he made it for 20 million. Thats awesome man. Heck this weekend he paid it off already. Hilarious. Also I really liked the music, good music effects, good use of ambient thumps to paint a picture in yer mind. The cgi what little there is of it is impressive. Its still a down and dirty flick, action action action, sappy dialogue, action, action, ooo chicks in leather etc.. but its good. Now its not without its flaws, there are plenty, like bad places for people to stand that they know they'll die etc. I'll get into those later. And Resident Evil 2 was a trailer on it.