Victor's Reviews

I must be frank. I did not really enjoy this movie with all of it'sd blood and gore. These types of movies do not scare me or make me feel nauseous but they seem about as entertaining as stepping on dog poo. Willem Defoe has acted in some excellent movies but this one and another, where he played a psychiatrist who took his mentally ill wife to a cabin in a forest for treatment were in my opinion of very poor taste. In that other movie, Defoe's character and his wife were possessed by evil spirits and the wife did some sadistic and grusome things to her husbands body after which he also lost his mind and killed her only to then be met by multitudes of human looking spirits on a hill amongst the trees. The plot was pointless and the visuals were as unpleasant as were those in this movie called "eXistenZ". Using unexpected twists in a plot for the sole purpose of keeping the viewers attention off balance is not the point of using unexpected twists. They should answer questions for the viewer and be revealing in a rewarding way. They should enthrall the viewer rather than make the viewer feel like walking out of the room as this movie did for me. What a waste of good actors.

Good exciting action Sci-Fi but lacking in scientific explanation and background story. Number Four is from another planet but where it is, who he is, where his powers come from, when and how did he arrive on earth is all left unexplained. There is actually no science in this science fiction movie. So it is more of an action movie using the SF genre as the setting. But then again, so do so many others like the Star Wars movies, though they did make some attempts at scientific explanations.

-Good movie. Kevin Bacon looked like a different person who reminded me of Kevin. SFX and action was great. Only complaint for me was that characters did not accurately match up witjh X-Men; The Last Stand. In this, a very young Xavier with all of his hair becomes paralised from the waist down. In The Last Stand, during a flash back to the past, a 40 something Xavier is bald and walks. The time line is wrong. Also, Magneto goes from being a boy in Poland, (played by an obviously different boy to the one who bent the concentration camp gates in a scene that was played in this version from the first released X-Men movie) to a young man in USA with an American accent. Later in the timeline from this prequel, Magneto, still living in USA, has an English accent. So are we to believe that Masgneto moved from poland to USA, acquired and American accent and then later in life changed to a British accent while still living in USA? Magneto is much taller than Xavier here but in the Last Stand he was about the same hight as him. Hank MaCoy is much smaller as a young man than he is later as midle aged man. There is a character in this movie (I forgot his title) who has a arrow head tipped tail and can teleport through walls leaving behind a puff of black smoke like demons often do, (trust me I know somethng on the subject). This character has red skin but in X-Men II there is a character with black skin called The Night Crawler in his circus days, that has the exact same tail shape and the exact same power who is freshly introduced then even though it is later in the time line to this prequel. Wolverine is encountered briefly by Xavier and Magneto in their search for mutants to recruit but, 1) The pair meet and approach him in a bar which obviously would not be Wolverine's address so how do they know this stranger is a mutant? and 2) Xavier met Wolverine for the first time when Xavier is perhaps 40 years older than in the prequel. Also Mysique was taken in and cared for by Xavier since they were both children but in the first Xmen movie, later in the time line, she almost kills him deliberately to sabotage his ability to use the machine, Cerebro, to find mutants and humans. Also, Mystique in this prequel is said to age only half as fast as normal people but she goes from a 10 year old girl with a 13 year old Xavier to a woman in her twenties when Xavier is a man a few yeras older than her. Their age difference appears to be constant but in earlier movies when he is in his 60's she is still in her 20's, so in these inconsistant age differences, where is the aging at half the normal rate? Strker appears here too but I think he is too old to be the Striker that told Wolverine in X-Men II that he has aged through 'nature'. Kevin Bacon's character seems to get younger after aging from the 1940's to the 1960's so that when Magneto was a boy, Sharp looked about 45 years old but when Magneto is 20 or so years older, Sharp looks maybe 32 years old. It is still a good stand-alone movie but a grossly inaccurate prequel.

Not happy with this one. The previous DVD, season 2 disc 3 had only 3 episodes instead of the ususal 4. This one had no episodes at all but 45 minutes of a fictitious history of one of its characters that used characters and actors from the series as real historic fogures in a false hiostory. It also contained deleted scenes which were not in the normal series DVDs. So in to DVDs, instead of 360 minutes of viewing 8:45 minute episodes, I got 135 minutes on one DVBD and extras of 45 minutes on the other. I thouI had my viewing set for the whole evening but I eneded up watching reruns on TV instead. The good news: I just received the first DVD from season 3 and it not only has 4 episodes but also, for the first time, has extra features on the same disc instead of on a stalone disc without episodes.

Great story idea! I look forward to following this through to the end. Several Sci-fi concepts covered in this series.

Exciting movie! Not sure why Ron Weezley again had a bad attitude towards his best mate, Harry Potter. (I mean apart from the effects of the amulet) That's the second movie where this happened. Good to see characters developing further and new goals set for the three friends; Harry, Herminy (spelling?) and Ron. Cliff hanger ending to make us hunger for the second part of the final chapter in the Harry Potter story.

The synopsis says a female scientist makes three duplicates of herself that are part robot and part clone but they are not mechanical at all. They are supposed to be irresistably beautiful but they are not. they are played by the actress who played the British leader (who later tried to shoot dead the main male character) of the pot smoking young people on the secret island in "The Beach" which starred Leonardo Di Caprio as the male lead. This movie has a surealistic feel to it even though it is not sureal. I guess its all the colour used in the bedrooms of each clone that give it that feel. To me it is 'B' grade in vivid colour.

This is a comedy, Sci-Fi, horror, sex movie. Entertaining but not realistic. To me a good Sci-Fi makes you believe in the unbelievable and uses science to explain the phenomena. I give it three stars because it does entertain and makes you want to see what is happening next.

Not a real Sci-Fi but more an action war movie set on another planet in a future time. Even the firearms shoot bullets not rays. The monsters look the same as in the original; sort of giant lobsters out of water.

This is the original without "The Rock". This one is quite different from the remake. The two kids do not know they're from outer space because they spent years growing up in an orphanage. There is an old man in a camper van instead of a taxi driver who helps them. He's played by the guy who played the male lead of Oliver in the show, "Green Acres". The two bad guys are appropriately and well played by Ray Milland and Donald Pleasance. The kids have powers but they are not the same as in the remake and the ending is different too.

Good SFX for it's time. Well made but just like some other movies, they have the grown up big sister of the grown up guy as actually taller than her younger brother who is played by that eccentric scientific wiz from "Stargate Atlantis". Here he is only 23 years old and some viewers may not readily recognise him with a slimmer face and body plus a longer hairstyle.

I've seen this collection of short stories years ago but enjoyed it again. Interesting to see some actors when they were younger. Drew Barrymore appears in one of these when she was maybe 10 or 11 years old. So she had already played in "ET. The Extra Terrestrial" and also "Fire Starter". She is so cute here where she loves and protects a stray cat which returns the favour. These stories are not Sci-fi, strictly speaking, but more like some are wierd and some are supernatural. Worth watching.

As a stand alone movie it is good but as a sequel it is very inaccurate. Many, many changes were made in flashbacks using different actors and different details than are in the original footage. My guess is that the new producers wanted to avoid paying fees to the owners of the origial movie under copyright laws. Everyone who died in the original now died in flashbacks under entirely different circumstances. The evil John was brought back to life but Malcolm Mcdowel must be 6 inches shorter than George C Scott, so, John shrank before being resurrected. Charlie's power should have become stronger with time and maturity but appart from being able to close window shutters psycho-kinetically, her FIRE power is not stronger.

As gore and horror go, this one has got it all. I am actually a Sci-fi fan and infrequently watch horror. It is not my cup of tea but if you liked the "Texas Chainsaw Masacre" movies, you will love this. It has twists and surprises but for me it is shlocky.

Stargate is one of my favourite movies and I watched it a few times. If you watched the series but not the movie, you are missing out on a real treat. The movie is superior to the 3 Stargate series.

For fans of the Future cop movies, this does not disappoint.

Entertaining with Actors: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman (who I only recall playing one role that was not the villain and that was Inspector Gordon in the later Batman movies with Christian Bale), Mila Kunis (who played Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend in "That 70's Show"), Jennifer Beals (the lead in "Break Dance"), Michael Gambon, Malcolm McDowell (who was first noticed by the world in the lead role of "A Clockwork Orange" and later played in very many Sci-Fi flicks , but strangely was left out of the credits for this film even though he was the leader of a civilised community while the actor playing a bit part as the guard at the gate was mentioned in the credits - weird. This movie is less Sci-fi and more like a mythology set in the future. The story is quite fascinating and has many twists.

Excellent series but for one thing. It ceased to be produced half way through the continuing story and stopped at a point where the story was about to make a very interesting turn with one character going through a transformation that would affect the lives of all the regular characters profoundly. Also, I would like to mention that my reviews in later episodes had an error. i assumed that the director, Shaun Cassidy was the oldest son of Mrs Partridge in the TV show, "The Partridge Family". Actually, Shaun, who is the real life son of Shirley Jones, the actress to played Mrs Partridge, is the half brother of the actor, David Cassidy, who played the oldest Partridge boy in the series. The two Cassidy boys had the same father and look alike. David is the stepson of Shirley Jones.

Not my kind of Sci-Fi. No science at all, just SFX. Was in a few ways very similar to "Clover Field" if I got the name right. I did not like that one either but at least this one did not use a shakey hand-held camera for all of the filming as that one did. Had something in common with "Day of The Triffids" too but not enough to make it good. If you liked "Clover Field" you will like this one too.

Top movie if you want to escape to another world for a time. Great special FX and action but not bloodthirsty. A treat for all ages that can be watched by the whole family including the grandparents. A couple familiar actors in it like the young Indian/British National guy from "Slum Dog Millionair" & the British show, "Skins". There is also another actor who is possibly a New Zealander and has appeared in movies from NZ, Australia and the USA. In the latter he has played a detective in a Sci-Fi mini series about the world's population losing some minutes of consciousness at the same time.

Great Sci-Fi series! I now know that the Shaun Cassidy who wrote & directed this series is indeed the same Shaun Cassidy who was a pop star and played the oldest son in the "Partrige Family" TV series from the 80's, was it? The special features on disc 6 has a feature called, "Inside the head of Shaun Cassidy" and Shaun himself, along with others, appears and gives comments. I recognize him from a recent appearance on a TV show like Oprah, where he spoke with his aging fans of yesteryear.

Not so hot but quite original with only a tiny connection to Alien Nation, the movie and series. Still has some appeal to Sci-Fi lovers.

Top Sci-Fi series that for some reason never aired on Australian TV. It is very well written by Shawn Cassidy. I wonder if that is the same Shawn Cassidy who starred and sang in "The Partrige Family" TV series decades ago. It keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Same review as Disc 1.

Leo Di Caprio stars in this movie & I never saw one of his movies that was not full of suspense, drama & action. This did not go against the flow of quality movies starring Leo. Somethings about this film are reminiscent of "Shutter Island" which, also starred Di Caprio but this one will please Sci-Fi lovers as well as suspense lovers.

This is one of those sci-fi flicks that has little sci but lots of blood and gore plus sex to interest non-sci-fi viewers. You see human limbs severed all over the place and this is a horror/ghost story disguised as sci-fi. For horror, top marks but for sci-fi, bottom marks.

Top quality sci-fi! sadly the series was canned half way through but it is still worthwhile viewing up to then.

This is a top quality Sci-fi series. Highly recommended. Too bad the series was cancelled half way through but plenty of enjoyable hours of viewing until then. I found it far superior toseries like Stargate Universe and Stargate Atlantis which to me were not as good as the original Stargate series and movie.

This new verison of The Karate kis is really better than the original. Obviously talented martial artists were used as actors. The teenager who played the bully has won many martial arts competitions since he started training as a 3 1/2 year old. Jackie chan is as always, brilliant in his stunts, MA, and quality acting. He actually sheds tears in this movie. There are funny moments that are connected to the first movie and also there is this movie's own original repetative chore (instead of "wax on, wax off" and "paint the fence") that makes the karate kid wonder when he will learn some fighting skills while his body is in fact already being trained without his awareness.

This is a top quality Sci-fi flick! No sex was thrown in to attract extra non sci-fi viewers. My only qualm is that it toys with biblical interpretations, but that's just me because I have a thorough knowledge of Christian theology and the 9 orders of angels in their 3 rankings plus the Book of Revelation.

Excellent movie! Has romance for the women/girls plus action and SFX for the guys. The SFX are totally credible and the characters and their relationships to each other are further developed in a satisfying manner. This movie has appeal for all viewers.

Good entertainment in this fantasy with realistic SFX. Especially great for teens because the characters the viewer follows through the story line are teens. Pierce Brosnan plays his most unusual role in this and Liv Ulman is playing in a role more bizarre than the one she played in her Batman sequal and her super hero role. Very exciting movie!

A good movie but what I feared was behind the mystery, turned out to be the case. I prefer unpredictability and originality n a mystery. The explanation behind the strange occurances was used in other movies including one I saw as a boy which was in the days of black

Top class movie! Not only are the SFX of the best quality, but the story moved me emotionally in every direction. Trulu passes the test of a great movie!

Nimoy directed this. Look out for Christopher Loyd (Doc from Back to the Future) as a Klingon commander. Listen to Bones talk like Spock. Great entertainment, especially for Star trek fans!

Ron Howard has done it again! A great hit, better than 'The Da Vinci Code' which was a very good movie. Who could have guessed Ewan McGregor would play such a role? Top entertainment to the very end!

Turkey Shoot is an Australian blood

An action Sci-Fi. It concentrates on good martial arts fight scenes. The Sci-Fi is ok but the action is the thing here. I found a flaw in the story. A clone who can move so fast that he can duck and avoid bullets promises to let a dying man have his liver after the clone will sacrifice his life to save others. But then the clone lets an enemy fill his torso with bullets before he dies without protecting the liver. That did not make sense to me but as an action martial arts movie it is quite entertaining.

As usual, Stephen King's story is full of originality. Great acting. Keep an eye out for the actor of Earl (Jason Lee?) from "My Name is Earl" without the facial hair. Be sure to watch the alternate ending. I prefer it to the big action ending finally used. The red headed actor who plays a split personality is excellent as is also the mentally challenged, Duds who turns out to be something more.

Blade Runner is now a classic Sci-Fi that still appears to take place in the future. What I mean is that the production does not look cheap and the SFX don't look dated. Top actors like Harrison Ford and Rutgar Hauer make this compelling viewing and very believable. I still like the cinema version with Ford's continued narative in the background. It made many things crystal clear for first time viewers. But this is still a treat for Sci-Fi and action fans.

I've seen three versions of this. The original is great and this one is the better of the two remakes. It stars top movie actors like Jeff Goldblum who has done at least 5 Sci-Fi's I can remember (one a comedy Sci-Fi) and Donald Sutherland who I can remember in one other Sci-Fi that also had alien parisites that took over humans. I've seen this version so long ago that I only remembered 5 minutes of scenes, especially the one with the raving man at Sutherland's windshield in traffic who was played by the male lead from the original version of this flick. This movie is best viewed at night in my opinion. It has plenty of scary bits that take place at night and heaps of on-the-chair-edge suspense. I highly recommend it.

I own Species

Rutgar Haur (spelling?) is again in one of his best genres. He does great sci-fi action as he did in Blade Runner and Wedlock to mention a couple. In this flick he plays a futuristic travelling gladiator called a jugger. There is plenty of drama and an extremely beautiful Asian female lead. Look out for a couple familiar face when they were younger and are now well known on TV or in movies.

A remake of an older British version. I like this one better but I would not suggest that someone not watch the oldy as well. Plenty of suspense and its nice to see Chistopher Reeves on his feet and alive. This is the second Sci-Fi I can remember him in apart from the Superman movies and Smallville episodes. The child actors are kinda spooky here, except for one who is different. A good movie.

I never had the chance to watch many episodes of this series when it was on TV. Interesting to see Ed Asner playing a very different role from the types he later became known for. The info card has a typo though. It states the viewing time to be over 1200 minutes but it was less than 180 minutes comprising of three episodes of just under one hour each. Good story for its time and the sfx are sufficient to make it look believable. Some good twists in the acting, especially the intrigue and betrayal occurring in the high ranking military man's family.

Strange Days is a great exiting Sci-Fi action film. It reminded me a bit of "Johny Pneumonic" (spelling?) in that there is a female fighter protecting the male lead with her martial arts skills and the male lead makes a living in some futuristic way not currently available in our times. There are bad guys out to get the male lead as was the case in the other film too. Plenty of action and you need to watch it to the end to get all the answers.

I never knew this brilliant series ever existed until I got a loan of it from Quickflix. If it ever appeared on free TV in Australia, it would have had to be when I was overseas for two years. But I reckon it did'nt, otherwise it would have continued through the whole series. The story keeps you guessing who the good guys are

THE BLACK HOLE: I watched this suspencefull sci-fi years ago and I forgot just how good it really is. Having watched it again last week after receiving a rental from Quickflix, I was surprised how much of the movie I had forgotten and I felt like I was watching a new release. This sci-fi has plenty of drama and personality interplay, even amongst various kinds of robots with attitude. There is an ample amount of action too. The SFX do not seem dated at all and it looks like a recent movie. I highly recommend it to a wide range of viewing tastes.