Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead

Directed by: Declan O'Brien

Written by: Connor James Delaney

Year Released: 2009

Sub Genre: Stranded In The Woods / Slasher

Cast: Tom Frederic, Janet Montgomery, Gil Kolirin, Christian Contreras

A prison bus taking a back road in order to transport a high priority convict is attacked and thrown off the road.

The convict, thinking the attack was done by his team to spring him, is suddenly surprised to find that the bus was attacked for dinner and not for his freedom.

I read the premise, I thought it was an excellent idea and of course they just ruined it completely.

I was expecting a lot of advantage changes between the good guys and the bad guys but the criminals had the advantage 95% of the time.

Another sub plot in the story had to do with the group finding a burned out cash truck in the middle of the woods. Of course they would find a burned out vehicle in where the cash was totally unharmed and nobody went looking for.

This just adds greed to the equation and makes for a very annoying back and forth between all the criminals vying for a piece of the pie. They could have easily done without this and it would have turned out to be a much better movie.

And of course, with the advances in CGI technology, studios have to take advantage of paying more money for worse looking effects. This is displayed in a pendulum style kill that removes half the face of one of the characters. The resulting CGI looks like a frame by frame Photoshop picture that actually moves around and looks god awful. This is also displayed in a kill scene at the beginning of the film where a guy gets cut in three equal pieces, resulting in a CGI misting of blood which just disappears into thin air.

The acting was sub par on all parts and some of the criminals were highly annoying and whiny. I did not want anybody to survive next to the final girl.

Conclusion:

This rendition of wrong turn was horrible but yet again the worse is yet to come. They ended it properly but really did not sell the idea to me of several armed criminals being attacked by a single hick. And with the crappy CGI where they could have used practical effects really took me out of the film.

3 out of 10

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The Loved Ones (2009)

I was 110% sure I already had this film figured out before I even pressed play. Holy crap was I ever wrong. This has to be one of the best horror films I've seen in quite some time.

I was honestly thinking this is gonna be a cheap rip off of Prom Night mixed together with Carrie but came out of left field with something new and different with a small dose of different film aspects thrown in together to create something special.

This is an Australian film written and directed by Sean Byrne and stars Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy and John Brumpton.

After having her prom invitation rejected by a boy at school, Lola, with the help of her father, take actions into their own hands in order to ensure Lola has the most wonderful and exciting prom night ever. Unfortunately for her date, it's not the way he was expecting to spend his last high school dance.

Seeing that the film was from Australia, I was immediately cursing my friend for suggesting it to me as I had a very hard time deciphering Wolf Creek when that one was first suggested. Luckily, the language barrier was minimal and all the terms used were natural to the North American style of slang.

All the actor were awesome in their roles and the dialogue was excellent. The kind of dialogue that just sucks you right into the movie, helping to bring it to the next level of entertainment.

The last 20 minutes of the film were just fantastic, turning a good film into a great one and forcing me to raise my rating instantly. Give me a great ending I can remember and I'm gonna love it even more!

Now, without wasting anymore of your time so you may go on an enjoy this film for yourself, I give The Loved Ones an excellent rating of 9 out of 10!

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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)

Following the events of the first film, we find the MacManus brother hiding out with their father somewhere in Ireland.

They are soon confronted by a priest who informs them that someone back in Boston has attempted to sully the name of the Saints by executing a priest in the same manner the brothers would have done it in.

This prompts them to return to Boston to give the city another cleansing from evil.

Once again written and directed by Troy Duffy and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus,  Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz and Billy Connolly.

In the opening scene, the brothers look like they haven't seen a shower, razor or a pair of scissors for the entire length of the last eight years they have been in seclusion which made for some very ridiculous looking special effects on their hair and beards making them look like they just came out of the stone age.

Following this things seem to smooth out back to normal and it begins to carry-on  like the first film had.

With the exceptions of who they were going after and the final two scenes, the movie felt almost identical to its predecessor. But again there isn't too much you can change about the premise of the story. These characters, no matter what you put them in, have ultimately the same goal of killing their target. Plain and simple.

One thing that really did bother me was how they used Julie Benz in the same identical matter as the used Dafoe in the first film. Their characters were practically  identical.

It still is enjoyable to watch, even if it is just for the final few scenes to see how the story progresses. There's a lot of action and a lot of jokes to go around in this sequel. 6 out of 10.

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