A few years back there was a pretty decent film called "Pitch Black" about a female space pilot crashing on a planet with three suns and some ferocious creatures; a little-known actor called Vin Diesel saved the day -- but that movie unleashed him upon us. For my money he has not made a watchable film since and is so obsessed with his perceived macho charisma that he seems to think that his is the second coming. This particular film which comes across as a vanity project suffers from the fault of many a sci-fi flick, it is full of pretentious twaddle, and while a purported sequel to the earlier film, one would never realise this; someone has spent a fortune on sets and special effects but one's main focus is meant to be the invincible Vin. He surrounds himself with some decent actors who are more or less wasted, including unbelievably Dame Judi Dench, who could give him a few acting lessons.
There is one spectacular exploding head -- I'm a sucker for those!
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Something else - the London Film festival. Read about this today. What's that all about? Any good?
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