rebzombie reviews

Angel of Death surprised me in a good way.  I wasn’t expecting a lot from this low-budget action flick but it turned out to be a good experience.  Zoe Bell was impressive in her action sequences and her acting skills were adequate for this B-movie.

In case you don’t know who Zoe Bell is, she’s did the stunts in Kill Bill and played herself in Tarantino’s Death Proof.  She top bills in Angel of Death and while she wouldn’t be expecting any acting awards in the future, she proved to everyone that she can kick ass.

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Maybe it’s a good thing that I’m not a fan of the Terminator series because Terminator Salvation didn’t live up to the expectations of loyal fans.  They say it was a mediocre attempt with its lackluster character development and a weak plot.  Well for me, the movie did a good job in presenting what had happen in the future, before John Connor (Christian Bale) met his future father Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) and send him back to the past to meet his mom.

Batman did well playing John Connor but Marcus (Sam Worthington) is the star in Terminator Salvation.  He’s the cyborg who thinks he’s still 100 percent human.  The first part of the movie explained how he became a robot.  At first glance I thought he was WWE’s Randy Orton and was waiting for him to do an RKO.

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Just as what the title is suggesting, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is about how the famous mutant came to be the way he is at present.  With Hugh Jackman in the title role, the movie was supposed to be about Wolverine’s violent past, romance, his relationship with Sabertooth and the Weapon X program.  The writers tried to squeeze all that in less than two hours of running time.

The opening credits showed how Wolverine and Sabertooth fought alongside each other through various wars and finally got themselves involved with Stryker’s group.  It was hinted in X2 that Wolverine had a violent past but X-Men Origins: Wolverine shows that Wolverine was the saint and Sabertooth was the evil one.

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Shane West heads the list of actors in Red Sands.  He will always Landon of A Walk to Remember to me and I’m not sure how he would do in an action/horror flick.  After watching the movie I would advise him to stick to sappy romantic dramas or at least choose a better project than this.

Red Sands is about a squad on patrol in the middle of the desert.  They set camp at an abandoned house and during a sandstorm a mysterious woman (Mercedes Masohn) came out of nowhere.  This is when weird things start to happen.

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With the exception of casting Kristen Kreuk as Chun Li, Street Fight: The Legend of Chun Li failed in every aspect.  The script was bad, fight scenes were weak and the supporting characters were irritating.  The Van Damme starrer was better, maybe because it had Cammy in it.

The Legend of Chun Li tells the story of a young girl with exceptional martial arts skills.  She trained with Gen (Robin Shou), in the hopes of saving her father from the hands of Bison (Neal McDonough).  Gen was an old man in the Street Fighter game but in this movie he was a middle aged man.

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After being disappointed with Transformers 2, I was hoping that the G.I. Joe movie would be better.  I played with the action figures when I was just a kid and watched the animated series as well.  So you could just imagine how high my expectations are for this movie.

G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra is action-packed from start to finish.  The action scenes are never-ending.  The movie featured characters that every fan are familiar with, such as Duke (Channing Tatum), General Hawk (Dennis Quaid), Breaker (Said Taghmaoui), Zartan (Arnold Vosloo), Destro (Christopher Eccleston) and Cobra Commander (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).  Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) provided the comedic relief.  I was surprised to see a cameo by Brendan Fraser in this one.

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Being a fan of the Punisher comics, I was disappointed with the Thomas Jane movie. I wasn’t expecting much from Punisher: War Zone but after watching it, I was amazed. It has all the right elements that every Punisher fan is looking for from a Punisher movie.

First off, getting Ray Stevenson to play as Frank Castle/Punisher was a good move. He’s perfect for the part. He’s much better than the sissy Thomas Jane. Some say that Dominic West’s acting is over the top but that’s how Jigsaw should be.

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