★★½ “That whirring sound? Akira Kurosawa, spinning in his grave.” I added an extra half-star here out of how much I was entertained by this. Although this was more a result of us yelling things at the screen than any intrinsic merits. The idea is kinda cool, but if you… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★½ “Easier to forget.” This bills itself as “Australia’s first female-led independent action movie”. Seems a bit of a stretch, considering how many films we’ve reviewed from Down Under previously, such as Avarice. Heck, Agent Provocateur had a similar plot in 2012. However, this has had a lengthy trip to the… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
Literary rating: ★★ Kick-butt quotient: ☆☆☆½ “It just seemed as if Hell opened up one day and that was that. Instant carnage, liberated monsters, death for all. They rose from somewhere beneath the ground, attacking for no clear reason and killing until God knows when.” That’s how this starts, so… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★½ “Borrego? BORE-rego, more like…” Sorry, couldn’t resist it. For the recent string of suboptimal Netflix movies continues with this tedious bit of work, which feels like the first journey across the South Californian desert filmed in real time. It begins with Ellie (Hale), a botanist carrying out a survey… Continue reading| Girls With Guns