Articles Written by Joseph Savitski
Never to Lose (2004) Movie Review
There have been a lot of films done in the “Lethal Weapon” style of moviemaking, many of them by imitators right here in the United States , but Americans rarely get the chance to see how it’s done in the rest of the world. Thanks to import video merchants, American viewers [...]
February 18th, 2006 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreHAAN Han Gil Su (2005) Movie Review
While the attack on Pearl Harbor has been depicted in films from the American and Japanese perspective, few people know of North Korea ’s involvement in the events that took place on Dec 7, 1941 . Now the efforts of Haan Kil-Soo, an unsung hero of World [...]
February 7th, 2006 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreMan-Thing (2005) Movie Review
Of all the characters in the Marvel Universe, you have to wonder why Lion’s Gate chose Man-Thing, a lower tiered comic book character, to make into a movie. Unless you’re a die-hard comic book fan, it’s doubtful you’ve ever heard of the character; and even if you did used to read comics, it’s even more [...]
January 21st, 2006 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreGaruda (2004) Movie Review
The DVD cover for the Thai monster movie “Garuda” shows a gigantic, bird-like creature perched over a modern city, ready to wreak havoc upon the unsuspecting populace. It looks very much like your average Japanese kaiju film, the kind that usually involves an atomic breath lizard or giant furry moth, but unfortunately “Garuda” is anything [...]
January 11th, 2006 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreDay of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005) Movie Review
The are some fantastic zombie films that have elevated the genre to stratospheric heights, and there are others so spectacular in their badness that they plunge it to such depths that you’d need a bathysphere to reach. It’s safe to say that “Day of the Dead 2: Contagium” falls squarely in the latter category. Having [...]
December 23rd, 2005 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreGodzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) Movie Review
If familiarity breeds contempt, then kaiju fans ought to feel distain towards Mothra and MechaGodzilla. If appearances in the Godzilla films were frequent flyer miles, the monster pair would have accumulated enough for a round flight trip to Pluto. Despite this unavoidable familiarity, “Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.” co-scripter/director Masaaki Tezuka still manages the impressive feat of [...]
December 9th, 2005 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreHalloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Movie Review
Giddy over the surprise success of “Halloween 4″, the producers wasted no time getting a follow up into production. Their haste is evident, since the fifth installment in the “Halloween” franchise is an amalgam of great ideas that never come together to make a satisfying film. While dark and atmospheric, the film underachieves in the [...]
August 21st, 2005 | Joseph Savitski | 2 comments | Read MoreEnter: Zombie King (2003) Movie Review
There are certain films in which logic is some sort of abstract notion, something to be considered but never truly taken seriously. “Enter…Zombie King” is, beyond any shadow of a doubt, one of these films. It’s a giddy, weird effort that foregoes any attempts at reasonable thought in favor of giving the audience a wild [...]
December 15th, 2004 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreThe Big Brawl (1980) Movie Review
“Rumble in the Bronx” wasn’t Jackie Chan’s first attempt to break into the western market. Fifteen years earlier, Hollywood’s search for the next Bruce Lee brought Chan to American screens via “Battle Creek Brawl”, more commonly known as “The Big Brawl”, a martial arts/comedy film that pitted Chan against a variety of fighters, including a [...]
November 25th, 2004 | Joseph Savitski | 1 comment | Read MoreSayonara Jupiter aka Bye-Bye Jupiter (1983) Movie Review
When it was announced in the early 1980s that American audiences were returning to Jupiter via “2010″, the Peter Hyams sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s groundbreaking “2001″, Toho decided to give Japanese audiences a trip of their own, and do it before “2010″. The result was “Sayonara Jupiter” (aka “Bye-Bye Jupiter”), a big budget effort whose [...]
November 20th, 2004 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreDestroy All Monsters (1968) Movie Review
Godzilla’s popularity was on the wane in the late 60s, both in Japan and abroad. As a result, Toho management decreed that “Destroy All Monsters” would be Godzilla’s swan song, and ordered a film that would send the big guy out in style. Little did they know that the film would not only give the [...]
November 17th, 2004 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read MoreGiant Monster Gamera (1965) Movie Revie
Toho’s Godzilla series was so successful that Daiei Studios decided they wanted a monster of their own. Probably realizing they couldn’t compete at the adult level with the Big G, Toho aimed somewhat lower, by focusing on the children’s market. The result is a substandard kaiju flick, the potential of which wouldn’t be fully realized [...]
November 14th, 2004 | Joseph Savitski | 0 comments | Read More
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