Where is Johnny Bananas? Where is Boston Rob? You gonna call your show The Goat and claim it is legends of reality TV and then compile a list of people nobody knows, most of which weren't even on competition reality shows. Even the CBS season of The Challenge had bigger reality TV stars than this. These are the only people the could find, and it makes the premise completely pointless. How can someone be the goat of reality if all they did was fall in love on one show. Gtf out of here with this stupidity. Could have been great, but instead it feels like a cheap knockoff of a dozen better shows. Keep it.
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Fast X
(2023)
The only thing you know about Rome is romen (ramen) noodles
17 May 2023
Yeah. That's an actual line from Fast X, and that's not the only thing falling into the 'so bad it's good' category.
Ridiculous and nonsensical in all of the best ways. The cast is so overstuffed that some of them literally just show up to nod at the camera. Vast improvement from F9 and on-par with 6 and 8. Love that they draw the storyline from Fast Five, because that remains the best of the bunch.
But what really makes this movie stand out and what everyone will be talking about is Jason Mamoa's wacky performance as the villain. He has more fun than Nicolas Cage, eating up the scenery and licking blood off blades. This may be the biggest reason I have to look forward to the sequels (which there are now two of, despite this tenth "film" originally intended as the last). That and more from Hobbs and Shaw.
These movies aren't good in the traditional sense, but neither were most action films from the '80s and I still love those. This fan base knows not to take anything seriously, and they lean into the inside joke in Fast X with a ridiculous amount of references to family. When they rehashed the absurd plot of the previous films, it felt like a giant wink at the audience.
Watched it in 4DX and it was one of the most aggressive films I've seen in the format, including John Wick 3. I was certain I would get tossed from my seat during a few of the biggest action scenes. I just wish the snow had worked better.
Ridiculous and nonsensical in all of the best ways. The cast is so overstuffed that some of them literally just show up to nod at the camera. Vast improvement from F9 and on-par with 6 and 8. Love that they draw the storyline from Fast Five, because that remains the best of the bunch.
But what really makes this movie stand out and what everyone will be talking about is Jason Mamoa's wacky performance as the villain. He has more fun than Nicolas Cage, eating up the scenery and licking blood off blades. This may be the biggest reason I have to look forward to the sequels (which there are now two of, despite this tenth "film" originally intended as the last). That and more from Hobbs and Shaw.
These movies aren't good in the traditional sense, but neither were most action films from the '80s and I still love those. This fan base knows not to take anything seriously, and they lean into the inside joke in Fast X with a ridiculous amount of references to family. When they rehashed the absurd plot of the previous films, it felt like a giant wink at the audience.
Watched it in 4DX and it was one of the most aggressive films I've seen in the format, including John Wick 3. I was certain I would get tossed from my seat during a few of the biggest action scenes. I just wish the snow had worked better.
This episode made me cringe
12 August 2022
I love Queer Eye but this episode was a dud. I nearly stopped watching when the "hero" said that despite rarely cooking, having no menu, design or anything else done, he wasn't worried about the opening of a restaurant because he could just "have another kid." They barely did anything to his look, just bought him a new hat. And when they unveiled all of the work done to his restaurant, his response was literally "It's fine." It also didn't feel like the mother was even happy to see the daughter that was cut out of the family, photo taken off the wall. The youngest son actually acted frightened he was going to get in trouble for saying her name when she showed up. Geez, I guess they don't talk about Bruno... I mean Jennifer.
The Circle
(2020– )
How to be fake friendly to make fake friends
7 August 2022
These people are so annoying. Either purposefully weird or obviously narcissistic, but either way they are trying way too hard to define their "personality" to make up for having no character. Also, the Spice Girls were so dumb it made my brain hurt. I guess that's what happens when you are famous so young you don't need to develop a personality.
Bullsh*t: The Game Show
(2022)
Glaring issue with the show
2 August 2022
Not one time in the entire season do any of the contestants call BS because they know the actual answer to the trivia question, and sometimes they were really obvious. This may be by design/producers insisting they don't do it, but I call BS.
100% Politically Incorrect
22 May 2015
The Human Centipede was shocking in concept alone, not to mention filmmaker Tom Six's unflinching approach to the actual acts. It arrived at the tail end of an era of torture porn horror films, including the final entry of the Saw franchise a mere six months later, but took the genre in a new direction with the inclusion of a mad-scientist angle. Dieter Laser chewed the scenery as Dr. Heiter, carrying out an experiment that Six still insists to be 100% medically accurate.
If The Human Centipede was shocking in concept and followed through with execution, the sequel somehow managed to increase both creativity and shock value. The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has moments of absolute brilliant excess in the actual nitty-gritty of the film's abuse and degradation under the thin pretense of medical experimentation, but the real genius comes in the actual concept of the movie's plot. Rather than keep the same villain from the first film, the sequel is about a nearly mute psychopath named Martin (Laurence R. Harvey), whose obsession with The Human Centipede film leads him to carry out his own makeshift experiment. This time around, the promise was for carnage that is 100% medically inaccurate.
Here's where things get tricky; now I have to review The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) having already explained that the first sequel doubled down on both creativity and shocking gore. Anyone who has experienced the first two films will first and foremost want to know if the film manages to top the prior two. The answer is yes, but not in the ways that you would expect, and likely not the way most horror fans would have hoped. In terms of shocking sequences, The Human Centipede III comes nowhere close to the previous installment. On the other hand, this is the most striking in terms of political and social satire, fittingly given the tagline "100% Politically Incorrect." And the film still has its hand at excess, though this time it comes in the form of Dieter Laser's delightfully over-the-top performance.
For the rest of the review and more visit www.rizayreviews.com
If The Human Centipede was shocking in concept and followed through with execution, the sequel somehow managed to increase both creativity and shock value. The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has moments of absolute brilliant excess in the actual nitty-gritty of the film's abuse and degradation under the thin pretense of medical experimentation, but the real genius comes in the actual concept of the movie's plot. Rather than keep the same villain from the first film, the sequel is about a nearly mute psychopath named Martin (Laurence R. Harvey), whose obsession with The Human Centipede film leads him to carry out his own makeshift experiment. This time around, the promise was for carnage that is 100% medically inaccurate.
Here's where things get tricky; now I have to review The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) having already explained that the first sequel doubled down on both creativity and shocking gore. Anyone who has experienced the first two films will first and foremost want to know if the film manages to top the prior two. The answer is yes, but not in the ways that you would expect, and likely not the way most horror fans would have hoped. In terms of shocking sequences, The Human Centipede III comes nowhere close to the previous installment. On the other hand, this is the most striking in terms of political and social satire, fittingly given the tagline "100% Politically Incorrect." And the film still has its hand at excess, though this time it comes in the form of Dieter Laser's delightfully over-the-top performance.
For the rest of the review and more visit www.rizayreviews.com
Punished
(2011)
Another Asian revenge crime film
3 February 2012
Revenge is a common theme in Chinese action films, and even just in the filmography of producer Johnnie To, who is best known for another film called Vengeance. This one is called Punished, though it is somewhat of an untraditional revenge film. There are more layers of plot and morality than the average revenge film, though it packs just as much excitement.
Punished begins as a rather unpleasant family melodrama. It feels like a Chinese episode of "The Sopranos" when the drug habit of a powerful man (Anthony Wong) becomes more than just an embarrassment. Her behavior threatens business, which somehow feels slightly less than legitimate, but none of this is an issue when the daughter is suddenly kidnapped. The reasons for this kidnapping are unknown, and even after the ransom is paid she is killed just the same.
This is when it becomes a revenge film, though there is a certain level of distance in this vengeance. Instead of dirtying his hands with the act of murdering the people responsible for his daughter's death, the tycoon hires his ex-bodyguard (Richie Jen) to do it instead. Determined to make enough money to ensure his son's financial stability in life, this bodyguard is willing to throw everything away in order to destroy the culprits. He videotapes the deaths and sends them back to his boss, who only becomes involved with the final death.
For full review go to: http://www.rizayreviews.com/2012/01/punished-dvd-review.html
Punished begins as a rather unpleasant family melodrama. It feels like a Chinese episode of "The Sopranos" when the drug habit of a powerful man (Anthony Wong) becomes more than just an embarrassment. Her behavior threatens business, which somehow feels slightly less than legitimate, but none of this is an issue when the daughter is suddenly kidnapped. The reasons for this kidnapping are unknown, and even after the ransom is paid she is killed just the same.
This is when it becomes a revenge film, though there is a certain level of distance in this vengeance. Instead of dirtying his hands with the act of murdering the people responsible for his daughter's death, the tycoon hires his ex-bodyguard (Richie Jen) to do it instead. Determined to make enough money to ensure his son's financial stability in life, this bodyguard is willing to throw everything away in order to destroy the culprits. He videotapes the deaths and sends them back to his boss, who only becomes involved with the final death.
For full review go to: http://www.rizayreviews.com/2012/01/punished-dvd-review.html
Beyond Honor
(2004)
Scenes are almost shockingly unbearable to watch when dealing with a topic never seen on film before.
23 February 2006
This movie is extremely hard to watch, but that is because the characters are so real that you begin to feel their pain. It is a really good movie and an important movie. Should be in more theaters. There are a lot of good sub-plots. The whole family in the film is fascinating to watch. Also look for the boyfriend of the lead actress's friend in the movie. He is also on the show Twins with Melanie Griffith. Only an independent film would be able to make this movie. Hollywood would never touch this subject even though they could do A Million Dollar Baby. This could be the most controversial film I've ever seen.
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