Posts Tagged ‘Gore’

MOVIE REVIEW: Piranha 3D (2010)

August 23rd, 2010 by Film Pigs

This is a perfect movie. Just not if you bring your toddler to see it. The Pigs are happy about the movie, sad about how poorly it is doing at the box office. Yeah, it’s nice Stallone is still on top. But why not number two for the killer fish show? I mean, come on, America! Vampires Suck? Really? (IMDb)

Feature Film Pigs Listicle: Top 3 Roger Corman Pictures

MOVIE REVIEW: The Expendables (2010)

August 15th, 2010 by Film Pigs

The Film Pigs really enjoy thick, veiny things that are constantly shooting and exploding. What? No, not that! You’re sick! We’re talking about Sylvester Stallone, the last guy on Earth who can still make action movies without resorting to nonsense plot devices involving dream states or rich people in superhero costumes. This guy can blow stuff up for no good reason. That’s what makes him a real man, people. (IMDb)

Featured Film Pigs Listicle: Favorite Dumb 80s Action Movie

DVD COMMENTARY: Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

May 4th, 2010 by Film Pigs

Law Abiding Citizen is a movie so engaging, so socially relevant, and so masterful in its execution that Todd had to buy the Unrated Director’s Cut Blu-Ray edition so he could see it in all its pristine glory FOR THE THIRD TIME. Todd has a terrible problem, but we’re not sure the Pasadena Recovery Center has a program for people who are compelled to buy every single plastic and metal disc that contains moving pictures.

The best thing about LAC is that it is composed mostly of long, boring scenes of people talking which get interrupted once in a while by scenes of terrible violence and/or gore. The director’s cut shows way more gore than the theatrical release (steak bone, I’m looking in your direction). Plus, you get to play an interesting thought experiment where you try to explain why Gerard Butler keeps getting to make high-profile studio pictures when they do nothing but bomb (Answer: he’s pretty).

NOTE: This Film Pigs commentary is for the “Unrated Director’s Cut” on the 2-disc Blu-Ray and not the theatrical release. We felt it was important to force ourselves to sit through the director’s true vision.

  • Download Commentary (Right-click and choose “Save Link As…” or “Save Target As…”).

Rewriting DVD Marketing Blurbs#6: John Carpenter’s The Thing (Blu-ray)

April 30th, 2010 by Todd

What it says on the back of the plastic, environmentally irresponsible packaging:

Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antartic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Once unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror, and becomes one of them.

What it should say: (more…)

Straight-to-DVD Corner with Tonn Slingdog: Wrong Turn 2

February 26th, 2010 by Todd

I wasn’t a big fan of the original theatrical release, Wrong Turn. It was okay, I suppose, just a silly rip-off of Texas Chainsaw Massacre that was trying to be as disturbing as that classic, but the inbred mountain folk terrorizing the bland pretties had some rather silly looking prosthetic make-ups and made lots of noises that sounded like seventh-graders making fun of people with Down Syndrome.  (more…)