django and sartana... showdown in the west (1970)

aka Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End. Arrivano Django e Sartana... è la fine
"He's crazy enough to do anything."
A gang of outlaws lead by Black Burt Keller (Gordon Mitchell) take a woman (Simonetta Vitelli) hostage. So bounty hunter Django (Franco Borelli) and the gunslinger Sartana (Jack Betts) join forces to rescue her.
No Sergio Leone, but a film featuring some fabulously flamboyant deaths. The stunt team earns their money in this one, and a great score.

the flying guillotine (1975)

the flying guillotine (1975) aka Xue di zi
"their kung-fu cannot save them from death."
Ma Teng (Kuan Tai Chen), one of 12 assassins trained in the use of the guillotine, a weapon that can behead victims at a distance, but he soon realises his team are being used to kill dissidents, and becomes a fugitive hunted by his former comrades.
A martial arts film, that is more plot driven than most.

redcon-1 (2018)

"I'm not leaving you!"
A team of elite soldiers, led by Capt Stanton (Oris Erhuero), are sent into a quarantined zone full of zombies, to find a scientist who may have a cure, but things become complicated when they pick up a young girl survivor (Jasmine Mitchell).
A film that tries, but fails to entertain. There are elements of backstory, self-sacrifice, plot twists, and ultra-violence, but most frustratingly, every decision seems to be the result of a fight between team members, (So much for army discipline)! Much of which is played out in front of the young girl, who you really start to feel sorry for.

robocop (2014)

"Why is America so robo-phobic?"
Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), is a good cop working the corrupt streets of 2028 Detroit. When he is critically injured military supplier OmniCorp sees their chance to produce a part-man, part-robot police officer and step in.
Re-make of Paul Verhoeven 80's sci-fi, which adds little to the idea that you shouldn't trust big business and the media, although we now have a new phrase for it, 'fake news'!

suspiria (2018)

"When you dance the dance of another, you make yourself in the image of its creator. You empty yourself so that her work can live within you."
Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) is a young dancer who arrives in 70's Berlin dreaming of dancing in the famous Markos dance school, run by Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton), but she is soon drawn into the black magic world of the three mothers.
Rather than remaking the Dario Argento classic, Guadagnino has chosen to expand the story out, to include the turbulance of 1970's Germany, reflected in muted greys of the Berlin wall. This and the soundtrack by Thom Yorke makes the film something other. A dark, brooding film, not the bright, shock to the system that was the original, and whilst the look, sound and feel of the film initially pulls you in, eventually it pales into insignificance compared to its older more entertaining mother.

the haunting of sharon tate (2019)

"Seriously you guys!"
Sharon Tate (Hilary Duff) returns from Europe heavily pregnant, and awaits the return of her husband Roman Polanski, who promises to arrive before the child does. Meanwhile she moves into the former home of Terry Melcher, with some friends, but starts being hassled by some unknown people, who only later become infamous as the Manson family, who are looking for Terry...
A fictionalised account of the last days of Sharon Tate, turns out to be a cheap slasher exploitation.

kin (2018)

"Just because you are by yourself, doesn't mean you are all alone."
Elijah (Myles Truitt) is a young adopted kid, with a non-conformist streak, heading in the wrong direction, something that his hard but fair father is trying to change. Unfortunately his older brother (Jack Reynor) returns from prison, only to make things worse, leading to them going on the run.
Essentially a coming of age road movie, with a side order of Sci-fi, which doesn't add anything to what is an enjoyable ride.

train to busan (2016)

aka Busanhaeng
"The train can go no further..."
Seok-woo (Yoo Gong) has as daughter (Su-an Kim) who wants to see her mother on her birthday, so they take the train to see her, but as it leaves the station, two people get on, one who seems to be injured, and one can only repeat, 'all dead!'. it soon becomes apparant that there is something very wrong, with the injured passenger and its a battle of survival.
just when you think you've had enough of the Zombies, this comes along and reminds you that there is still some milage in the genre.