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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Black Water: Abyss EH/OK
Black Water was an
enjoyable little natural horror film from 2007 involving a killer crocodile in
Australia. This sequel really bears no
connection to it other than having the same director and taking place in
Australia. I’m guessing they anticipated
drawing in more viewers if it was connected by title, but if it was simply
titled Abyss and contained a killer
crocodile, I and any other natural horror fans would likely watch it
anyway. It does bear a similar plot as
the first, yes---a group of people get together, go on an excursion (this time,
a cave during a rain storm), and end up trapped above the water to avoid being
croc grub---but that could be a similar plot to many natural horror films. Somehow the first film worked with one
primary location and few characters, and whereas that film had some nice
scenery to look at, there isn’t much to look at in a cave (Australia is a
beautiful continent that should be presented as much as possible). There really was no suspense here in
wondering whether the crocodile was going to show up or not, because I kept
thinking it would’ve been either too predictable or lack enough croc
action. The kills, when they actually
did happen, weren’t even notable, save for a brief one in the beginning, and
that one even happened too fast. The
first one may have been a bit long for its premise too, but I don’t recall
being bored too much, whereas here, it felt
too long and I was bored often. I didn’t
necessarily despise this film, but don’t, at all, color me impressed
either. 8/10/2020
Bonus review:
Wolf Creek: Season Two EH
As proven numerous times, you can keep making movies/TV
shows forever and ever any time there’s a seemingly invincible villain. I thought to myself, how can they effectively
make another 6-episode season based off a simple horror movie from 2005 that
was good, not great, with a sequel that was decent, but not as good, following
a previous 6-episode season for a TV series that was just decent enough? [You can read my review for the first season
in the archives---www.abcreviewarchive.blogspot.com]. Well, unfortunately, it wasn’t able to
effectively sustain itself for an entire season this time (the six-episodes
range from 44 to 60-minutes, totaling 5 hours and 13 minutes; clearly I have no
life). You don’t necessarily need to
have seen the two films or the previous season to watch this, but, like always,
I don’t know why you would want this second season to be your introduction to
the franchise. It would help to know a bit
about the general framework, but all you really need to know is that it takes
place in Australia and there’s a redneck serial killer named Mick Taylor
(played by John Jarratt) consistently looking for victims and never manages to
get caught, or die. This time, his
targets are a group of tourists traveling the “land down under” by bus. I actually liked the first episode the best
when we’re introduced to all the characters knowing they’re all potential
victims of Mick. After that, it drags
with the occasional (and expected) kill, often predictable, hence unable to
sustain itself for an entire season (like I said). For a bit, part of me wanted to keep watching
regardless of how much it dragged at times, but, eventually, I felt like I was
forcing myself to finish and that’s never a good sign. There are talks of a third season, even
though this season ended in 2017, but I personally think Mick Taylor had enough
time on the screen (big or small). 8/10/2020
Other
movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
Burden >>>OK/G
Psychotic! >>>EH/OK
---Sean O.
8/13/2020
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