Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Category Archive: Suspense
In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, afterreturning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.
On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.
With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women, bred for intelligence and obedience, embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures.
A dystopian world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear each other’s thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise.
“Shadow in the Cloud” (REVIEW) An Odd Blend of… Everything
Captain Maude Garrett joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Just as her quick wit is winning them over, strange happenings and holes in her backstory incite paranoia surrounding her true mission. But this crew has more to fear…lurking in the shadows, something sinister is tearing at the heart of the plane.
“Greenland” (REVIEW) An Adventurous Journey through Guilty Pleasure Theatrics!
A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster [STXfilms].
“The Midnight Sky” (REVIEW) Lacking in Depth But Not in Entertainment!
Following a global catastrophe Augustine, lonely scientist in the Arctic, races to send a message that will stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home.
“Songbird” (REVIEW) A Bland Version of the Purge with a Pandemic Twist!
In 2024 a pandemic ravages the world and its cities. Centering on a handful of people as they navigate the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, martial law, quarantine, and vigilantes [STXfilms].
“What Lies Below” (REVIEW) A Quick Paced Ride of Mystery and Suspense!
A 16 year-old girl returns home from camp and learns that her mother has a new boyfriend, one she intends to marry to, a man whose charm, intelligence and beauty make him look like he’s not human at all [Vertical Entertainment].
“Run” (REVIEW) A Tense Thriller Carried by Emotionally Charged Performances!
They say you can never escape a mother’s love… but for Chloe, that’s not a comfort — it’s a threat. There’s something unnatural, even sinister about the relationship between Chloe and her mom, Diane. Diane has raised her daughter in total isolation, controlling every move she’s made since birth, and there are secrets that Chloe’s only beginning to grasp [Hulu].
Black Box & The Lie (Welcome to the Blumhouse) A Double-Feature Review!
A double-feature review of BLACK BOX & THE LIE from “Welcome to the Blumhouse” coming to Prime Video […]
“Alone” (REVIEW) A Suspenseful Thriller from Fantasia 2020!
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her. [Magnet Releasing]
Quick Takes – Unhinged (REVIEW) Crowe Delivers the Perfect Amount of Crazy!
After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage.
“Train to Busan: Peninsula” (REVIEW) A Capable Sequel!
A small group is sent into the wasteland of the Peninsula to retrieve a truck believed to be filled with money.
A young woman goes searching for answers after her friend mysteriously vanishes in Whitehall, NY, an Adirondack town known for its Bigfoot sightings.
“Fatal Affair” (REVIEW) Can Long & Epps Save a Generic Plot-Line?
Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she’d realized.
“The Rental” (REVIEW) You Might Second Guess Your Next Airbnb Trip!
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light.
“Force of Nature” (REVIEW) A Wild Ride!
A group of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a couple cops try to force everyone in the building to evacuate.
Quick Takes – 7500 | Wasp Network | Shirley | You Should Have Left
Quick-take movie reviews for “SHIRLEY”, “7500”, “WASP NETWORK” and “YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT”
A former banker, his actress wife, and their spirited daughter book a vacation at an isolated modern home in the Welsh countryside where nothing is quite as it seems.
“Da 5 Bloods” (Review) A Spike Lee Masterpiece!
Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
“Becky” (Review) A Delightfully Violent Ride!
Spunky and rebellious, Becky is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father Jeff in an effort to try to reconnect. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick, suddenly invade the lake house.
“The Wretched” (REVIEW) A Fun Horror Romp!
A rebellious teenage boy embarks on a gutsy crusade to stop the terrifying evil he suspects has possessed his neighbor in this bone-chilling occult thriller.
“Body Cam” (REVIEW) It’s Dark, It’s Sinister, But is it Thrilling?
When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them.
“The Droving” (REVIEW) A Smooth Blend of Genres
A man returns from the military in search for his lost sister, who mysteriously went missing around the time of a strange traditional festival called ‘The Droving’.
“The Hunt” – Video Review
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt.
Disheartened since her ex-husband’s affair, Grace Waters feels restored by a new romance. But when secrets erode her short-lived joy, Grace’s vulnerable side turns violent.
American security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely report that he was a terrorist.
Video Review – “Hotel Mumbai”
The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Strange occurrences plague a small town detective and his family as he investigates the disappearance of a young boy.
A man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.
Doctor Sleep (REVIEW) The Saga of Danny Torrance Continues!
Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the “shine.”
A rookie cop inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
“Parasite” (VIDEO REVIEW)
On one side you have the Kim’s, an unemployed family living in a semi-basement apartment. They struggle to get by and fold pizza boxes to make a little money for food. Then you have the Park’s, a wealthy family that lives in a lavish home without a financial care in the world. When the family son Ki-Woo Kim gets a job as a tutor for the Park’s daughter he see’s an opportunity. One that will bring the Kim family some money, but also one that will entangle them in a much grimmer situation that will change both families forever.
On one side you have the Kim’s, an unemployed family living in a semi-basement apartment. They struggle to get by and fold pizza boxes to make a little money for food. Then you have the Park’s, a wealthy family that lives in a lavish home without a financial care in the world. When the family son Ki-Woo Kim gets a job as a tutor for the Park’s daughter he see’s an opportunity. One that will bring the Kim family some money, but also one that will entangle them in a much grimmer situation that will change both families forever.
After hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out…and that something evil lurks within. [Netflix]
A young group of rebels keep watch over an American hostage. The teenage commandos perform military training exercises by day and indulge in youthful hedonism by night, an unconventional family bound together under a shadowy force known only as The Organization. [NEON]
After a night of debauchery spirals out of control, Marcus retreats to his family home along the New England coast. Solitude is disturbed when his brother asks Marcus to look after his estranged nephew and niece. As days pass, solace escapes him; he feels baited by a dark force. Is he losing his mind or has something terrible burrowed deep within him? Incubating. Waiting until the climate is right. Haunted by his deepest fears, Marcus struggles not to succumb as he fights to protect Lily, his beloved niece from a monster that lies in wait.
A bride on her wedding night stays over with her filthy rich in-laws at their lavish estate. But it isn’t going to be a common sleepover for this newlywed. The family fortune was built on selling games to the world over generations, and on this night they all take part in a game that will be the most terrifying one of this young woman’s life.
A young woman named Jennifer awakes from a recent accident with no memory of who she is. Her husband is by her side helping but as she recovers, she begins to suspect her life wasn’t the happy one that she assumed.
A family of farmers find themselves spiraling down a violent path as the worst drought in history ravages their crops.
A troubled detective take on the case of a serial-killer in this British noir crime thriller from Aoun Kahn.
A review of the new crime-thriller “El Chicano” directed by Ben Hernandez Brey starring Raúl Castillo.
A review of the new home-invasion thriller starring Meagan Good, Michael Ealy and Dennis Quaid. Directed by Deon Taylor.
Film Face/Off – “Pet Sematary (1989) Vs. “Pet Sematary” (2019)
In this episode of the Film Face/Off I’ll breakdown “Pet Sematary” from 1989 with this years remake in five categories.
My review of #PetSematary the 2019 remake of the film adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel, in theaters this weekend.
A review of Us from Jordan Peele in theaters this weekend. #UsMovie #SXSW
A review of Between the Trees available on digital March 5th and DVD June 11th.
“Devil’s Path” – Review (An LGBTQ Thriller Layered With Tension) Coming to VOD March 5th.