Fedora Wearing Biggins reviews Sorority row

Sorority row is proud to be sponsored by facebook. When I saw this film advertised I assumed that it was just your run of the mill slasher film but I was pleasantly surprised. This film starred a variety of hot college girls, a creepy psychiatrist and a tire iron wielding psychopath. Sorority row centers around a group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer who favors a Tire iron as his weapon of choice.

This film while based on a film made in the 80's it did a good job of breaking away from the cliché and pitfalls of your average horror or slasher film. The acting was superb and the story was mystifying enough to keep you wanting more. I don't scare easy but some of the murders were so gory or in the case of the first kill so unexpected that my jaw hit the floor and stayed there for five minutes. Not only was this film gory and filled with hot chicks but I couldn't help but laugh like a hyena all the way through. The film its self wasn't supposed to be funny I don't think but some of the deaths were so fitting you couldn't help but laugh, some of the killers dialog was quite funny if you can laugh at a sorority girl with a tire iron in her head.


My only problem with this film was how often facebook was mentioned as it wasn't necessary at all and to be honest I prefer Twitter. Besides that though I was surprised by how good the film was and I do not normally like this kind of film but it is worth watching if you like slasher films, comedy of hot half naked party girls. A word of warning though you may develop a very rational fear of tire irons. A solid 3.5 out of 5 for Sorority row.

Fedora Wearing Biggins reviews District 9

I was really looking forward to this film but to be honest I was a bit disappointed by it. I love the idea of District 9 the premise was sound, the movie was very sad and it definitely had an underlying theme of hope that I really enjoyed but the action lacked excitement.

This film was adapted from "Alive in Joburg", a 2005 short film written and directed by Neil Blomkamp. The film starred Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van De Merwe, a man whos life is ruined when he starts to become a "Prawn" (the nickname for the aliens.) Wikus Van De Merwe was not the type of character I was expecting but it did give the film a more realistic feel to it, it was easy to relate to Wikus because he was just your average guy who becomes the hero even if he becomes the hero unwillingly (I've always loved the hero's who don't want to be hero's.) Aside from the human side of the story, you also see it from the "Prawns" perspective and how at the end of the day they just want to go home. This film also did a good job of humanizing the aliens, to show us that they were just like us really they had emotions and children. But the best thing this film did in my opinion was make me side against the humans, this is the first film I've seen where I wanted the humans to lose. The way the "Prawns" were treated was really quite bad for example they burnt down house's where the "prawns" had laid eggs effectively killing off thirty baby "Prawns." At the end of the day if a film can make you side against your own race you know its doing a good job.

I really enjoyed this film but to be honest I won't watch it again because once you know what happened it loses all its suspense and it becomes boring. But it is a brilliant film and well worth watching, I give it a 4/5 purely because the action let me down a bit.

Fedora wearing Biggins reviews Crank 2

He was dead but he got better. If you saw the first "Crank" you know it ended with Chev Chelios falling out of a helicopter after running around keeping poison from killing him using adrenaline. This film was even sillier and much more ridiculous than the original, there was less of a plot and more action. Now some would dislike this amount of pointless violence and explosions however it was obviously necessary as this time his heart was taken and replaced with a electric heart.

While some scenes such as the five minute sex scene were a tad unnecessary even if enjoyable. The film on the whole was rather enjoyable and at times hilarious. The music was very modern at suited the movie very well as it was incredibly fast paced. The film at parts had throw backs to the original movie as well as cut offs to funny quick animated shorts and flashbacks.

However I may be slightly bias as Jason Statham is my favorite actor of all time. I loved Transporter, adored Death race and was amazed by Snatch (honorable mentions include the bank job, transporter 2 and 3, war and cellular.) In my opinion Jason Statham is the ultimate action hero, he is my Chuck Norris.

So in conclusion if you enjoy fast paced action, car chases, half naked women, crude comedy or Jason Statham taking down fifteen cops at the same time you need to see this film I give it a 5/5 top score.