Director: David S. F. Wilson
US Marine soldier Ray Garrison was mercilessly killed along with his wife. He was brought back to life by scientists with his body enhanced by advanced technology that gave him super strength, extreme agility and self-repair. Time eventually came when he began to remember the moment when he and his wife were murdered and the man responsible for the heinous crime. He broke out of his training facility to exact revenge, but was he actually remembering the correct memories?
This was a very typical Vin Diesel action vehicle which may easily be interchanged with all his past vindictive tough-guy characters. The computer-generated special effects were a lot more obvious and cartoonish here than his other films, like "Fast and the Furious," "Chronicles of Riddick" or "xXx." Of course, you get your expected dose of high-octane, high-tech action Diesel is known for, this time with futuristic sci-fi production design, but not skimping on the gore. Adrenaline junkies will still enjoy this, but the story would be easily forgettable right after a while. 5/10.
Director: Jason Lei Howden
An underground organization called Skizm organized live-streaming death matches for sheer entertainment. There was a nerdy computer game programmer named Miles enjoyed trash-talking in the Skizm chatrooms. This activity gained the attention of Riktor, the psycho owner of Skizm, who decided to convert Miles into one of the crazy warriors in his violent game. Riktor had guns surgically attached to Miles' hands, thus earning him the nickname of "Guns Akimbo" among the game fanboys. To make Miles' ordeal more extreme, he was pit against the deadliest Skizm figher of them all, Nix.
After being Harry Potter for the first 10 years of his career, Daniel Radcliffe's subsequent roles had been very unusual and offbeat, like "Horns" (2013) or "Victor Frankenstein" (2015). These roles were certainly as far form Harry Potter as can be (that seems to be the rationale for his choices), however, nothing particularly memorable, unfortunately. This current role as Miles is another one of these weird roles where Radcliffe was again deformed into some sort of a monster, but with his goofy charms still intact. This was certainly original, exhausting and oddly fun in its own way. 6/10.
Director: Christian Volckman
Matt and Kate moved into a large house located in the countryside of New Hampshire. While exploring the house, Matt stumbled upon a hidden room which apparent can make any material thing he wished for a reality so he wished for famous paintings (since he is an artist) and loads of cash, among others. Kate, having had two previously miscarriages, wished for her ultimate dream -- a baby of her own. However, they were soon to discover that there is a twist to all these wonderful gifts they had been requesting for.
This was actually a very nifty story right out of the twilight zone. I liked how the story unfolded once the room had been discovered and eventually the secret behind it. The story then escalated into more and more bizarre scenarios as it reached its outlandish climax. This was an unexpectedly compelling little unheralded film which I was glad I was able to watch. Olga Kurylenko never actually had another memorable role after her splash as the Bond girl of "Quantum of Solace" (2008), so it was good to see her exotic beauty and strong screen register again as the confused wife, Kate. 7/10.
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