Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines

A sheer disappointment. Truly, its a waste of directional effort and the vision envisaged through all the 4 movies previously released.

In other words, sloppy performances, not a great script, predictable outcomes in certain scenes and a small town setup which doesn't look like one. Though I would still recommend watching it to continue the pulse and feel of the story.

Talaash - The Answer Lies Within

Everyone waits for a Aamir Khan movie and I am one of them. An Ardent fan of Aamir purely because of his choice of movies and his amazing acting prowess. Therefore, I went to see his new release Talaash yesterday at a so called theatre near me.

First and foremost, Talaash is a good movie with a different story line and a new concept. So this Film would be enjoyed only for people loving slow movies that reveal the suspense at the end. It is not that bad a movie as being claimed by people, and I include some of my friends in people as well.

The Movie begins with an accident of a famous bollywood star. The case is now being investigated by Aamir Khan and the movie is about his journey through the investigation and also involving a personal loss in the form of the death of his 8 year old son. What follows is definitely interesting for thrill seekers and some of them still new to the story would enjoy the suspense that unfolds at the end.

However, a word of caution. This is actually not an Aamir Khan standard movie. By standard I mean the calibre or the subjects or themes he chooses for his movies. This is vastly different from what is perceived as "Aamir Khan Standard" and that is the reason of disappointment for many, including me. Personally, I would not recommend watching Talaash for the sake of it as this could have been made keeping any actor as the protagonist and not Aamir. That's the most disappointing part. His acting skills have not been fully utilized and I feel that the movie does not do justice to the likes of actor like Aamir.

Nonetheless, watch this movie for a different and a refreshing story. But if you come out of the theatre disappointed, then please don't blame me as I have warned you much in advance ;)

Wrong Turn - Tetralogy

So I decided to watch this Horror Movie aptly titled Wrong Turn. And not only one but two sequels and one prequel as well.

Now by definition, anything that imbibes fear in you can be called as Horror. It may not necessarily mean scary ghosts and vicious monsters. And this movie is one of them.

The opening of the first movie, starts with two hikers climbing a mountain and both of them being brutally killed by an unknown figure. In the later part of the movie, it is revealed that they were killed by three deformed humans, who are cannibals, and they have been deformed because of the massive inbreeding within the communities of West Virginia. I am not quite sure how to justify cannibalism and how to relate it to inbreeding, but lets assume it to be true.

So the movie proceeds with 6 people in the lead, getting killed one by one by these cannibals and their quest for survival from this horror. The first part does end with two survivors who manage to escape. And the movie doesn't come to end without the usual gory stuff of head bashing, throat slitting, decapitation, etc. The worst scene in the movie is when the cannibals are actually shown cutting the leg of a girl, cooking it and then eating it. eeewwwwww... Truly pathetic and sick.

Now the story doesn't end here because the directors and the story writers still think that they can add even more gore to these series. So part 2 comes into picture where a hot-shot model, who is about to participate in a reality show, is shown driving through the West Virginia woods in her swanky coupe. She hits a teenager, who is none other than one of those cannibals, and tries to attend him for any medical emergency. However, the teenager attacks her and bites off her lips, followed by one of his accomplice holding a big axe and cutting the female into 2 halves. I am still wondering, how could someone even think of including such a horrific scene in a movie.

The movie endures and lives up to the mark to include some of the most filthiest scenes to be ever shot on camera, including deformed ugly humans, normal humans being cut into 3 pieces at once, hung upside down, shot in the eye by an arrow and so on. The most dirtiest scene was the birth of a deformed child through a deformed couple and the same couple is shown having sex too.......Damnn...get a life you moronic story writers...

The only twist in this story is the deformities in the communities of West Virginia is shown to be caused by consuming water laced with dangerous chemicals suppose to cause birth defects from an old abandoned paper factory within the woods. The horror is still not over, the movie does have two survivors in the end, but the deformed humans still continue to survive.

Come Wrong turn 3: even more bloody disgusting. The plot does tend to get boring with scenes of prisoners being transferred from one county prison to another while they encounter the same deformed humans. The gore factor is average with the movie solely emphasizing on one aspect - the fear factor continues in the woods and the cannibals are not yet dead. Always on the prowl for more.

Wrong turn 3 has its share of some gory scenes where some of the lead actors getting killed by bear traps set by these cannibals. This movie also explores the theme of greed and betrayal, but all this leads to the death of all of them.

But with Wrong Turn 4, which is a prequel to all the three movies, shows how these deformed humans were being researched at a medical facility and how they becomes cannibals and escape from the secure cells they were placed in. This is followed by a gang of college goers, out on a snowmobile trip, getting stranded in the same medical facility due to bad weather, unaware of the danger lurking behind them.

As they settle for the night to have some sum and do some exploration, they are each encountered by these ghastly creatures who are there to kill and eat them one by one. The tale of survival through this ordeal is portrayed well, with some exception of unnecessary drag in the story line. However, the movie still ends with no survivors as two girls from the gang who thought they had escaped, get actually decapitated by a barb wire deliberately placed by the cannibals to ensure no one escapes from their clutches.

Warning - Watch these only if you have a heart of stone.

The Shawshank Redemption......A must watch

I must say that in the history of cinema, never has been such an excellent piece of work made. One of the finest, super finest movies I have ever seen till date. Amazing performance by Tim Robbins and above all one of the finest actors, Morgan Freeman.

The movie starts with Tim Robbins who plays the character of Andy Dufresne being convicted for murder of his wife based on circumstantial evidence. Though throughout the movie, he maintains he was innocent and didn't kill his wife, it is shown in the movie that he did went ahead with a gun in his hand, with an intention to kill both his wife and her lover.

However, that is not what the movie is all about. It explores the deep reminisces of the human mind and how people become psychologically conditioned to the situation they are in for such a long time.

When Andy gets convicted for a double life sentence for the murder of his wife, he meets "Red" (Morgan Freeman) and his gang within the Shawshank State Prison. After going through a couple of rough patches with their fellow inmates, he finally overcomes them when he has the support of the warden in exchange for the use of his financial planning skills to file tax returns for the prison staff and also to siphon off money for the warden.

Soon, Andy becomes indispensable to the prison system and 20 years fly by. Within these 20 years, Red has been rejected twice for parole and another oldie hangs himself because he couldn't cope up with the outside world, a fact which is depicted so nicely in the movie about the human mind becoming conditioned to a particular atmosphere.

During one of the conversation, Red warns Andy that HOPE is a dangerous thing and this word should not be uttered by him for his lifetime in the prison. The twist comes over here when Andy actually escapes from the prison one day, by just using the pen hammer, which Andy had smuggled for him within the prison with the help of "Red". And not only does he escape, he also exposes the corrupt warden and the security guard at the prison, while also amassing the enormous amount of money he had helped the warden siphon off from the prison by assuming a false identity and then escaping to Mexico to avoid the law of the land.

The title of the movie is "Fear can hold you prisoner, Hope can set you Free". And the movie lives to this title. Every inch of the film on which this movie was made has justified this very title and if you want to experience the same feeling, grab a DVD and watch this movie at least once in your life time. Absolutely Recommended