OnTheBig Screen bits The best at the pictures this month.
Let’s be honest, writing film previews without seeing the film is a bit of a bloody guess. So here’s my round up of May. The opinions contained in these previews are my own and might be utter bollocks. But in reality we choose to go see a film based on trailers, the odd
poster and word of mouth. So I have done the leg work for you this month and here’s a few that I like the look of. Any studio execs reading? Feel free to send Wireless a preview DVD so we can write an accurate preview/ flog it down the pub.
Juan of the Dead 4th May
A clever satirical look at the long strained relationship between Cuba and the United States. A U.S. sponsored Zombie invasion threatens Havana and it’s up to a Latin version of Simon Pegg
The Raid 18th May
Welsh Director Gareth Evans returns to the martial arts genre with what is tipped to be the action film of the year. There’s a very simple premise, 20 elite Indonesian SWAT cops must take down a
mobster boss. To do this the cops must fight their way floor by floor up a heavily defended 30 floor tenement block. Recon they will all make it out alive for Buds and Buffalo wings? No nonsense, just action, if you’re a fan of the genre you do not want to miss this one.
(Juan) to stop it. The f i l m successfully mocks the politics of both the Castro regime and the U.S. simultaneously. If you have never read a History book it’s a funny Zomcom, for the rest of you it’s a bloody clever funny Zomcom.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation The Dictator 11th May 16th May Mel Gibson takes a break from his drunken disorderly anti-semitic rants to return to his bread and butter. A bit like Falling down takes a field trip to Mexico. Expect Sombreros, grenades and police chases. Fans of Payback and Lethal Weapon will be in for a treat. Fans of the Passion and Apocalypto can expect... oh hang on, this applies to no one. Gibson back to his best
as a zany violent lunatic. Come to think of it, in all his good films he plays a zany violent lunatic. Does this count as acting?
Sacha Baron Cohen returns in the heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. Yes please!
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