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30 Days Of Night [DVD] [2007] A superb gripping and gore filled ride. – Ernie – Kent
30 Days Of Night is set in the small industrial town of Barrow, Alaska, which due to its location within the Arctic Circle is plunged into total darkness for 30 days every winter. When the town effectively shuts down for its isolated 30 days of darkness the population migrates for an enforced vacation, leaving only a few remaining families and individuals to ride out the bitter cold and darkness.
Investigating what he thinks is a simple act of vandalism, Sherriff Eban Oleson discovers a brutal murder scene, and from that point the town is plunged into a terrifying avalanche of horrific and brutal violence. The town becomes hostage to gang of vampires, set on a course of slaughter and destruction.
Davis Slade’s direction and pacing of the film is fantastic. After a brief couple of opening scenes in which the story’s setting and lead characters are established the film quickly gathers pace alternating between scenes of high tension and vicious gore soaked horror all the way to final credits. The vampires are fantastic and owe a lot of the zombie genre; they have a real look of death and disease about them and kill not only to feast but for the sheer pleasure of killing.
This is a film which does absolutely everything a good horror film should, it’s fast paced, thrilling, brutal, gory and horrifying. There’s no cheesy Hollywood ending and it finishes leaving you wanting more. If you are a horror fan then 30 Days Of Night is simply unmissable.
Thankfully I had visited Barrow in Alaska a few years ago in the summer months (24 hours of daylight).So this was a welcome change from the city slicker-gothic monsters that weve seen in recent yearsThis set in an isolated town(Which looks very much like Barrow does).The town gets brutally attacked by vampires and only a handful are left to battle it out .Its fast,gory and very enjoyable because its not too long or short and an original slant on a modern vampire movie.One line that was very true was after it was announced that there was no such things as vampires in Alaska was that the US could use military force -flatten Barrow-and make up any story they want!
My only complaint was the end where the oil pipeline doesn’t run through Barrow but thst’s only because I didn’t bump into it there-However its a good Saturday night popcorn movie.Watch it in the dark of course!

: The problem with vampires is that, usually, they can’t go out in daylight. That means that, however menacing they might be after sunset, when morning rolls around again, the heroes can just dig ‘em up and stick a stake in them. 30 Days of Night sidesteps the whole daylight problem by setting its story in Barrow, Alaska, a town which is so far north that during the winter, the sun doesn’t rise for a month at a stretch. It’s such a perfect setting for vampires that it’s almost shocking no-one’s thought of it before now.

30 Days of Night has another trick up its sleeve, too. Its vampires aren’t gothic hedonists who enjoy their claret out of jewelled goblets. Nope, these are vicious, nasty, brutal creatures who’d snap your neck as soon as look at you. They look terrifying, all misshapen foreheads and far too many teeth, and the creepy shrieking noise they make only makes it worse; they seem entirely inhuman. Barrow’s isolated, blizzard-stricken location makes for a literally chilling atmosphere even before the monsters show up.

The plot loses its way towards the end, and the inevitable triumph of the heroes stretches logic to its limits, but the setting is original enough to make up for that. 30 Days of Night isn’t a film you’ll forget in a hurry. –Catherine Haskins 30 Days Of Night [DVD] [2007]

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Transformers (2007) [DVD] Transformers – Nins – UK
This film is fantastic, the filming is energetic,vibrant and a good storylineTransformers (2007) [DVD]
It is called the All Spark. Powerful. Incredible. Able to create robotic life and destroy it just as quickly.

On Cybertron, a planet far, far away, a war arose when a robot named Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, wanted the power of the All Spark for himself. Optimus Prime and his band of Autobots rose up against him and their battle destroyed their homeworld, sending the cube-shaped All Spark into space.

Lost.

The Autobots and Decepticons scoured the galaxy looking for it, knowing that whoever found it first would be the victor and would decide the fate of not just one world, but the universe.

The All Spark found its way to Earth, but not before Megatron tracked it there. It landed in the Arctic, and Megatron was frozen there until found later on by Captain Witwicky, explorer.

Decades later, his grandson, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), needs a car and after visiting a used-car dealer ends up coming home with an old Chevy Camaro. Little does he know the car is more than meets the eye and lurking beneath its yellow shell is an Autobot named Bumblebee. It’s not long till Sam finds out and is thrust into a robotic world where two teams of giant robots compete to find the All Spark.

Joining Sam is his high school crush, Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox), whom reluctantly is dragged on this journey with him but soon finds herself getting interested in this guy who she barely knew existed.

It’s robot vs robot in this giant epic of good vs evil, fireballs, bullets and vehicles that are more than meets the eye.

What can I say? When I heard they were taking the Transformers from my childhood and lifting them from the cartoon to “real life,” I was ecstatic. I was also concerned because I knew it’d take a crazy amount of CGI to make it happen, and not just any CGI either–good CGI. The last thing I wanted was for a bunch of cartoony robots with rubbery parts dominating the screen.

Boy, was I shocked when I saw Bumblebee transform and tower over all, shining his spotlight into the sky, or when Optimus Prime showed up and that glorious digital transformation sound roared and he stood proud, huge and detailed.

This stuff was real, and it looked like the makers of this movie actually made real Autobots and Decepticons to make it happen.

Good times.

Storywise, yeah, I liked it. The alien invasion thing worked. Very well done. Same with the notion that, unlike the cartoons (from what I recall), the Autobots had a vow of secrecy to keep themselves hidden from the humans while they searched for the All Spark.

Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky was funny, same with Kevin Dunn as his father.

The story also bodes well for a sequel, which has now come and gone, with more stories in the works. If you’re going to go epic, like Transformers did, you’re going to need more than one. Last I heard, they’re doing 5 or 6 of these things. Me? I’m all for it. I go into these things expecting a good time and not some life-altering film where, years later, I look back and see it as a turning point for me. Transformers is just that: a good time, and one that tickled my inner fanboy.

More than meets the eye? You betchya!

A.P. Fuchs
: As sci-fi action blockbusters go, they don’t come much bigger than Transformers. Maybe it’s because of the subject matter: it’s based on a toy line from the 1980s, concerning giant robots from outer space engaged in a civil war that pits the heroic Autobots against the evil Decepticons. They have the ability to disguise themselves as vehicles and other mechanical objects, transforming back into robots when it’s time to stomp each other senseless. As a premise, it’s rather silly. But it’s also very simple, and that’s why it works.

The heroes are truly heroic: the noble and powerful Autobot leader Optimus Prime is one of the most iconic characters of the 1980s, and getting the original voice actor (Peter Cullen) to give him life was a stroke of genius. The villains, meanwhile, are just plain evil: Decepticon leader Megatron (voiced by Hugo Weaving) is motivated by absolute power, and his soldiers are not above a bit of wanton destruction to achieve their goals. Mix in a bit of mysticism in the form of the Allspark, the source of life for all Transformers, and the result is pure cinematic magic.

It’s not a perfect film: there are some characters and sub-plots that are unnecessary and which go nowhere, and at almost three hours, it’s a lot of movie. But the Transformers themselves, rendered in CGI, have a very realistic size and weight on screen, and look particularly good as they switch from one mode to the other. Moreover, director Michael Bay is smart enough to realise that appealing to kids doesn’t mean pandering to them–the cutest robot on screen is a manic little psychotic killer with the apt name Frenzy. The humans in the film, meanwhile, keep the film grounded, whilst never detracting from the real robot stars. Unlike The Matrix trilogy, which tried to be too clever, or The Lord of the Rings films, which were too clever, Transformers is probably the best science fiction epic since the original Star Wars trilogy. –Robert Burrow Transformers (2007) [DVD]

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1-Disc) [DVD] [2009]
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