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Godsend
My Score
6.8/10
Godsend was decent, nothing great. The acting was awesome, great jobs by Rebecca Romanin Stamos, Greg Kinnear, and Robert De Niro. This movie moved really slowly though. It drags a lot, and the plot gets confusing at parts, but the twist at the end is great. Some parts of the movie were pretty spooky, but nothing too great.
MoViE ZoNe Review
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
The movie starts with Paul (Greg Kinnear) and Jesse Duncan (Rebecca Romanin Stamos) throwing their son Adam a birthday party, then the next day Adam dies in a car accident. Richard (Robert De Niro) approaches them and tells them that he can ‘recreate’ their son, exact same features and everything. At first Paul doesn’t want to do it, but they eventually do. They then move to a new city, cut off ties to their friends, etc. The ‘cloning’ goes well. The movie skips 8 years, where Adam starts having these night terrors; this is after he passed the point where the first Adam lived till. He starts acting like he’s possessed sometimes. During this time he is seeing visions, a school burning down, a woman being murdered, etc. He eventually kills this kid from his school. He tells his father Paul how this boy Zachary is in his dreams. Richard keeps telling Paul and Jesse this is nothing but night terrors, but Paul thinks otherwise. He researches this Zachary and finds out that Zachary was Richard’s son. Zach flipped out, brunt down a school, killed his mother, then set his house on fire and proceeded to finish playing, where he died. Paul confronts Richard and tells him how he’s finished and that he’s going to the police, Richard knocks Paul out and leaves. Adam, now possessed by Zachary, is about to kill Jesse with an ax, but Paul shows up just in time and saves her. It then skips 6 months later, Paul, Jesse, and Adam now live in another house in another city and Richard has gone missing, but it shows him looking at the newspapers that say he’s missing and looking through the obituaries. As for Adam, the movie ends with him being pulled into a closet by supposedly the undead Adam and then reappearing and telling his father he’s fine.
So, as you can see, if that wasn’t confusing, it was a pretty weird movie. It definitely leaves it open for a sequel. At some points they throw so much story at you it’s a little hard to piece it together, but it all plays out in the end. If you like movies about possessed people, then you’ll like this one, if your looking for your average horror movie, pass this one.
Quote
Zachary (In Adam’s Body): Adam can’t come out to play Mrs. Duncan.
The Count of Monte Cristo
My Score
10/10
Oh man, awesome movie! The acting is great, Jim Cavieziel, as usual, was awesome, and the lead female, Dagmara Dominczyk, was beautiful. The story was awesome, it was adapted from a book of the same title. The movie is about love, betrayal, and revenge, and it’s all done outstandingly.
MoViE ZoNe Review
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
The film starts with Edmond (Jim Cavieziel) and Fernando (Guy Pearce) bringing their captain to this island in search of assistance. There they find the imprisoned Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon give Edmond a letter to deliver to a friend of his, saying it’s innocent. When Fernando finds out about it, he tells the police and Edmond is arrested for treason, the letter was a plan to get Napoleon out. Edmond is freed when they find out he told no one, until he says who he was supposed to give the letter too, the head guy’s father. So the guy banishes Edmond to some prison on a island, telling his loved ones that he was arrested for treason and murder and that he was executed. After several years, Edmond meets Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner, together they plot to escape. Abbe teaches Edmond to read, fight, etc. Abbe dies and Edmond escapes using the bodybag Abbe is to be put in. Right before dieing, Abbe tells Edmond about a treasure, Edmond finds it and is richer then rich. He disguises himself as The Count of Monte Cristo to get close to those he wants revenge from. He eventually gets revenge on all of them in awesome ways! Oh man, this was the best part of the movie, he gets back at each person and lives on with his fortune, his wife, and his son.
The Count of Monte Cristo was great, not a lot of action, but enough things happen to keep you watching. After Edmond becomes The Count is where the movie really gets good. The entire film is awesome, and there’s enough drama, comedy, action, romance, etc to make anyone happy. I highly recommend this one.
Quotes
Luigi: We shall call him…..Zatarra.
Edmond: Sounds fearsome.
Luigi:It means, “driftwood.”
Jacopo: Why not just kill them? I'll do it! I'll run up to Paris - bam, bam, bam, bam. I'm back before week's end. We spend the treasure. How is this a bad plan?
Luigi : We watch you and Jacopo fight to the death. If Jacopo wins, we welcome him back to the crew. If you win, I have given Jacopo the chance to live, even if he did not take advantage of it, and you can take his place on the boat.
Edmond : What if I win and I don't want to be a smuggler?
Luigi : Then we slit your throat, and we're a bit shorthanded.
[Pause]
Edmond : I find that smuggling is the life for me, and would be delighted to kill your friend the maggot!
Fernand Mondego : Edmond? How did you...
Edmond : Escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this very moment? With pleasure!
Fernand Mondego : So, it was you that stole Mercedes.
Edmond : And everything else. Except your life.
Fernand Mondego : Why are you doing this?
Edmond : [pauses] It's complicated. Let's just say it's vengeance from the life that you stole from me.
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