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Curse of Chucky (2013)
Truly Bad
Curse of Chucky is a movie which makes me angry due to the illogical ways the movie plays out. Okay, I played along with the idea of a murderous doll. Even got a little scared at the start of the movie before the killing started. Then when it did as I mentioned at the start I actually got angry.
Anger due to real world physics being ignored, maybe more of a fault with the directing than the writing. As a result it made the sequence of events seem very unbelievable to me.
Anger is a stronger emotion than fear and once you feel anger especially for a horror movie your immersion into that movie ends. It actually got to the stage while watching the movie I was rooting for Chucky to dispatch the characters. Then I thought that was rather cruel as it was not really their fault and instead hoped that Chucky would kill the Director / Writer.
You know a movie is bad when during the movie you can switch out and make up your own story and ignore what is happening on the screen.
Zhang wu shuang (2009)
Marketing mix-up?
Although a fairly OK martial arts movie I believe there may have been a marketing flaw with this movie. The poster to the movie shows a "Ninja". Set in the background are old / classic style structures. With the tag line of "They are the perfect weapon" When watching the movie however it is set in the modern day. There is no "They" only one main protagonist fighter. No ninjas to speak off.
The movie as I say is OK on its own merits as a Hong Kong style martial arts movie but due to some error along the line the wrong poster was attached to it.
The action seems solid enough to hold your attention with a pretty good female lead. Which in movies like these, are always trying to show / prove that they can be as strong as their male counterparts. In doing so the female characters becomes arrogant the same way, but more a fault of the writing.
No titillation here if that is what you are looking for as seen in many of the other action style movies with female leads, dressed in skimpy revealing clothing. Cheap tricks designed to distract you.
I believe this movie was made mainly as a response to 2008's Chocolate. Still worth checking out in any case. A few of the fight scenes especially the one vs one fights do last a little longer than I would like, to show the skills of the cast maybe? As it is not based on the fantasy setup. No wire-work or anything like that, so actions and stunts done under their own steam.