Day: October 26, 2017

The Babysitter

I was not sure what to expect from the Babysitter. It popped up on Netfix and some podcasts I listen to were reviewing it in upcoming episodes.

It has a slow open, but then it hits the fan.

Cole is a 12-year old with a babysitter. He is also picked on. a lot. He has 2 bright sides, he is friends with the cute girl across the street, Melanie, and his babysitter, Bee, treats him like a person.

Melanie goads Cole into staying up and seeing if Bee sneaks her boyfriend over after he goes to bed. According to her, that’s what all babysitters do.

Not Bee.

At first, Cole is looking at the beginnings of a promising game of spin-the-bottle. Right up until one of the participants is killed and has his blood collected.

The rest of the movie is a horror version of Home Alone as Cole is hunted by the party-goers.

The Babysitter is a Netflix original.

Starring: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee, Bella Thorne, Emily Alyn Lind, Andrew Bachelor, Doug Haley, Leslie Bibb, Ken Marino

Vía Letterboxd – AngryTownsman

Cult of Chucky

I’m not sure how I feel about Cult of Chucky. Series took a turn. This is a direct sequel to Curse of Chucky (a favorite of mine).

Nica is in a high-security asylum. Getting shock treatment. Thanks to this, hypnosis, and a persuasive psychiatrist, Nica denounces the existence of Chucky and wants to atone for “her” murders. She gets transferred to a medium security asylum and chucky-ness ensues.

Just as Curse of Chucky expanded on the mythos of the series, so does Cult. In an odd direction. Admittedly, one that we should have seen coming. We have some returning characters, some blood and gore. Not as much wide-cracking Chucky as I would have liked.

Cult of Chucky is available on Netflix at the time of this review.

Starring: Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, Alex Vincent, Michael Therriault, Zak Santiago, Ali Tataryn, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Adam Hurtig, Grace Lynn Kung, Elisabeth Rosen, Jennifer Tilly

Vía Letterboxd – AngryTownsman

The Foreigner

The Foreigner is portrayed as a Death Wish style movie in its trailer. And there are many similar plot points, but it has more than that.

The emotions Jackie Chan brings to this movie are intense. There is political chicanery spread throughout as well.

Does he get his revenge? yes. Is it hollow? unfortunately. Nothing is going to bring back his family.

The choice for using the IRA versus religious terrorist organizations is fitting for this movie. As Jackie Chan’s journey of revenge for his daughter’s death, mirrors some of the facets of the IRA struggle.

You kill one of mine, I kill 2 of yours. You retaliate to that with 4, I retaliate with 8. So on and so forth. The cycle of revenge and retribution never truly ends.

It is nice to see that Jackie Chan still handles action scenes well. He may not be performing stunts as extreme as he used to, but everything fit well here.

Starring: Katie Leung, Jackie Chan, Rufus Jones, Pierce Brosnan, Charlie Murphy, Orla Brady, Tao Liu

Vía Letterboxd – AngryTownsman