Day 122 continued - The Deadlands (New Zealand)

After Hongi's clan is slaughtered, he commits to vengeance. With the help of a cursed warrior, the boy sets up to become a warrior and a true man. 

Not the worst film ever but clearly not the best. It was really interesting because it features a culture that I have never heard about. The Maori are an ancient people that reside in what is now known as New Zealand. I think the acting was there on the basis of the cursed warrior as his actor appeared to know what he was doing. I think the main villains and the star of the film were a bit lacking. The lighting was horrible, I understand that the director was probably going for natural lighting but it was really hard to see what was going on at times. Overall the movie is a not impressive enough to be anything better than alright. It's easy to say that this film is horrible because of the way the character act but that could be that you have never seen this culture and you find their actions repugnant. You have to take a step back and analyze not only this movie as a whole but also yourself.

2/5

Little info

Lawerence Makoare who plays the cursed warrior has done a lot of work on Western media. Just some of his credits are:

The Hobbit: The Desloation of Smaug

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring & Return of the King

Die Another Day

Xena: The Warrior Princess  (TV Show-2 episodes)

Young Hercules (TV Show-1 Episode)

Day 110 - Housebound (New Zealand)

 

"Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam - a well-intentioned blabbermouth who's convinced that the house is haunted."-IMDb

 

This movie impressed me, I didn't think it was going to be as good as it was. When you think of horror and comedy meshing together you think of corniness/bad everything yet Housebound soars high above those clichés. The dialogue was realistic and quite attention grabbing at times. The comedy is there but its not totally in your face. The comedy is natural as its mainly to due with the characters choice that is comical. For one instance a cheese grater was used for something that it was not meant for. There are not any jokes in the film, which helps it out a whole lot. I like the acting and the lighting was well done. I have to tip my hat to the cinematographer and the director they made a lot of good choices with this film.

 

3.5/5

 

"Move your fat ass!!" -Kylie

"Well Kylie, you know I'm bottom heavy"-Miriam