Let’s start chronomologically and begin with Cloverfield, which hit your faces on the 18th of January. Cloverfield is a movie about a gigantic monster attacking New York City. The movie is shot using shaky camerawork given that the film is supposed to have been recorded on a personal video camera by one of the movie’s characters, HUD. The premise is that as friends gather at a going-away party for the movie’s main character, the video camera is used for recording farewells from friends and acquaintances. Suddenly, in the middle of the party, there’s a large rumble and the building begins to shake. The party quickly assumes an earthquake to be the cause and everyone runs to the roof to get a better view of the aftermath. Out of nowhere, off in the distance, is a huge explosion which sends large chunks of building raining down on them. As they flee back into the building and out onto the street below, the head of the Statue of Liberty comes flying their direction from blocks away. The camera catches a glimpse of something in the distance, moving between the skyscrapers… and it’s alive.
From there, the movie follows the group of friends as they attempt to escape the city. Needless to say, not everyone makes it. The movie has a pretty frantic pace and is especially intense due to the camera style. Some moviegoers complained of nausea because of the shakiness. Either way, the movie is definitely a thrill ride and as long as you can get your head around an alien monster five times the size of Godzilla, then you won’t be disappointed. Go check it out… now.
As for Rambo… Sly finally got serious. This Rambo movie starts off with John boy in Vietnam, having never left since the last time we saw him. He works for some lame snake-charming tourist spot. As the movie begins to get underway, a group of American missionaries find John with the intentions of requisitioning his services. After learning that the crew wants him to escort them into the warzone that is Burma, he rejects their offer. However, later that evening, John speaks with the only female in the group and her words of faith convince John to accept the mission. So the next morning they head off and, albeit some conflict along the way, he delivers them safely to Burma. Ten days later, the group hasn’t been heard from and they are feared to have been taken prisoner. John is once again commissioned to transport a team of mercenaries to the same drop point.
This is where the killing starts. Brutal massacres of small villages, decapitations, limbs chopped and blown off, women gang raped, babies thrown in fires, children stabbed and shot, men tore to pieces by 50 cals, arrows through faces, throats torn out, soldiers gutted… it just goes on. Rambo delivers the goriest carnage any film has offered to-date. Sly Stallone is John Rambo. And without a doubt, he serves up a big, fat ass plate of justice in his fourth and final installment to the Rambo saga. The damn thing should’ve been rated RR... the deuces! Go check Rambo out at your local theater for some serious warefare and ass kickage…
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