Attack Girl's Swim Team vs The Undead (2008)

AKA: Undead Pool or Joshikyoei Hanrangun

Starring: Sasa Handa, Yuria Hidaka, Ayumu Tokito
Director: Koji Kawano


Premise:
A virus is turning people in the school into mutated zombies. The new girl, with a mysterious past, leads those not infected.

My Take:
I usually dig these over the top splatter fest flicks from Japan but this one never really hooked me. It seemed more interested in being soft core nudie flick through most of the second half. Tighter editing may have made it more enjoyable.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Netflix DVD





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Logan (2017)

Starring:Hugh Jackman,Patrick Stewart, Stephan Merchant, Boyd Holbrook, Dafne Keen, Eriq La Salle, Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth Rodriguez
Director: James Mangold


Premise:
In the near future mutants are all but extinct. An aging Logan does his best to care for Professor Xavier who is developing Alzheimer. A mysterious woman hires Logan to take a special child to a rendezvous point near Canada before military men get her.

My Take:
Holy balls!!! This is the edgy Wolverine character fans have wanted for years. So much carnage in this gritty flick that keeps the viewer on a wild ride.

Rating: Instant Classic

Watched: Amazon Instant

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The 8th Plague (2006)

Starring: Leslie Anne Valenza, DJ Perry, Hollis McLachlan
Director: Franklin Guerrero Jr


Premise:
A woman searches for her missing sister in a rural mountain town. They find abandoned prison where an evil source has unleashed a plague turning people into zombie like mutants.

My Take:
There's nothing much to see here. The story is vague while the acting and gore are passable at best.

Rating: Warning

Watched: Netflix DVD

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Legion, Season 1 (2017)

Starring: Dan Stevens, Jean Smart, Aubrey Plaza, Mackenzie Gray, Kate Aselton, Bill Irwin, Rachel Keller, Jermaine Clement


Premise:
A man who is diagnosed as schizophrenic may end up being one of the most powerful mutants the world has ever seen. There is a group of mutants who want to help him control this power and group of military people who want to destroy him.

My Take:
A trippy and almost anti-super hero series that is tied into the X-Men universe. Because the narrator is unreliable and messed up in the head, the viewer questions each scene and each character. It's one hellacious nightmare and an extremely fun show to watch.

Rating: So Good


Watched: FX

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Helix, Season 1 (2014)

Starring: Billy Campbell, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jordan Hayes, Kyra Zagorsky, Neil Napier, Mark Ghanime, Meegun Fairbrother, Luciana Carro


Premise:
A group of CDC scientist are flown into a base located in the Artic to find a cure for a virus outbreak that is mutating it's carriers. Soon the teams finds out there is much more going on at the facility.

My Take:
I thought the series started out strong but got a bit too convoluted and wacky as it went along. There were some answers needed instead of layers on layers of questions. It made for a lot of what the heck is happening here. So far, it's held my interest enough to keep watching season two next year.

Rating: In the middle



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Descendants (2008)

AKA: Solos


Director: Jorge Olguin


Premise:
A young girl searches for her mother in a world where a virus has wiped out the population and turned many to zombies.

My Take:
The movie looks good but it kills itself with constant voice over from the main character. which is a twelve year old. Plus the ending doesn't make much sense nor is a reason why it happens.

Rating: Steaming Pile




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