Review – Survivor

Genre: Thriller
Certificate: 12
UK Release Date: 5th June 2015
Runtime: 94 minutes
Director: James McTeigue
Writer: Philip Shelby
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Robert Forster, Angela Bassett, James D’Arcy, Antonia Thomas, Roger Rees
Synopsis: A government employee finds herself pursued by a notorious assassin when she stumbles upon a conspiracy.

 

 

Since he burst onto the scene with V For Vendetta in 2006, James McTeigue has had a rather quiet directorial career. His films, including Edgar Allan Poe-inspired thriller The Raven, have flown under the radar with cinemagoers. The same will likely happen to Survivor, which is a desperately bland action thriller.

Review – Let’s Be Cops

Genre: Comedy
Certificate: 15
UK Release Date: 27th August 2014
Runtime: 104 minutes
Director: Luke Greenfield
Writer: Luke Greenfield, Nicholas Thomas
Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr, Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D’Arcy
Synopsis: Two losers discover the respect they are shown when they wear realistic police uniforms to a fancy dress party and decide to take things a step further.

 

 

In a cinematic year that has already yielded 22 Jump Street, another cop comedy might seem to be a step too far. However, with two of the main cast members from hit sitcom New Girl on the poster, Let’s Be Cops at least had a little something going for it. Unfortunately, the film does not live up to its premise.

Review: Hitchcock

Genre: Drama/Biopic
Certificate: 12
UK Release Date: 8th February 2013
Runtime: 98 minutes
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Writer: John J McLaughlin
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, James D’Arcy
Synopsis: Alfred Hitchcock selects horror novel Psycho as the source material for his next film, but he and wife Alma must battle studios and censors to get the film released.