The Daily Planet Review Section

QUICKIES

A very special "Quickies" installment as I lived the dream and saw three films in one day. And so, without further ado, the "Quickies" verdicts:-

Headhunters (Hodejegerne) - A taut, well crafted Scandanavian crime thriller. However, this film would have felt more at home on BBC4 on a Saturday night rather than on the big screen. Final Rating: 3/5

21 Jump Street - An amusing big screen adaptation of a uninteresting 1980's TV series. Channing Tatum bucks a trend and is surprisingly good whilst Jonah Hill plays the same ol' schtick he has in numerous movies. 21 Jump Street tries to straddle the buddy cop and high school comedy genres and often fails on both counts. It does, however, possess a comedic charm that sees it through to the end. There are worse ways to spend two hours. Final Rating: 3/5

Cabin in the Woods - An ironic look at horror/slasher movie cliches, Cabin in the Woods can sometimes to be a little to ironically cliche for it's own good. Full of fine performances and sparkling Joss Whedon dialogue. Cabin is an enjoyable, blood soaked 90 minutes. There are not many better genre movies than this. Cabin has a very interesting premise and an ending that doesn't allow for umpteen sequels that will eventually water down the franchise. Final Rating: 3/5


Each film had the same trailer for the Amanda Seyfried movie "Gone" that makes the film look so generic and lacking in any real originality. I am saying here and now that Wes Bentley, who is in the trailer for all of 5 seconds at best, is the big bad of the movie. The lack of inspiration and originality on show in the trailer alone does not bode well for the movie in general.