Return to Silent Hill (2026) Movie Review

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I was hesitant to watch this when I saw the general overall bad reviews. but I liked the games, so I thought I would give this a shot. Little did I know that there would be a maze in the movie ! Our main character is searching for his lost love in Silent Hill. Seems like a poor location to visit…unless you are making a horror movie. The visuals in this film and the tone are good. The costumes and make-up took a lot of time. Unfortunately that time should have been spent on the script, because as I sat down to explain the movie I was lost. And so I went to research the plot and it is just confusing. Not in a Mission Impossible way that might be enjoyable, but rather a - let’s film some cool things back to back and make a movie out of it somehow kind of way.

Anyway, a little over 45 minutes into this film our character is chasing a young girl and ends up entering a maze surrounding a building. Nothing too special. It leads to a meeting with another character. It is all convoluted. Flashbacks, flash forwards, dreams, hallucinations.

I give this a 4.5/10. I wanted it to be over.

Here is a trailer for the film:

Eden Log (2007) Movie Review

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I am a big fan of Sci-Fi horror flicks. All Sci-Fi is pretty good to me, but when things get scary because of technology that is a bonus for me. This French film starts with a man waking in an underground location with no memory of why he is there or knowing where he is. Seems he is in an underground cave system that has been designed to trap those in it. One of the characters describes it as a maze. If that wasn’t enough bad news there are some really nasty creatures down there that seem to like killing people. So avoid them and try to escape.

We get a dark, dirty, underground world and our main character trying to figure out what is happening. Lots of technology. A laboratory experiment gone wrong.

I was able to watch this in English instead of French which helped, but I still found this lacking a bit. I wanted more answers and a more developed script for the idea. You learn more and more in the end but I was unsatisfied. I give it a 5/10.

Check out the trailer:

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967) Movie Review

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You may know this 15 minute short film for the longer version it spawned, THX 1138 (1971) starring Robert Duvall. Each was directed by George Lucas, with the first version being done in USC film school. The action follows a man, labelled THX 1138 as he attempts to escape a futuristic labyrinth. He is being pursued and monitored by a large number of workers using technology. It has a dystopian Sci-fi feel. The dialogue is garbled and staticky, mostly on purpose (I think). You really do not need to understand much to know what is happening. The why is not clear, but as the story unfolds you can fill-in a reasonable story on your own. The tone of the story is cold, with black, white and grey colors throughout. The lighting is harsh industrial. I think the world that was created was well done for a low budget.

I give this movie a 6.3/10. The future movie is a better examination of the story and my preferred version.

The movie is available on YouTube, so you may as well watch it:

Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022) Movie Review

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This is a Netflix documentary about Gerry Cotten, and his mysterious death while he was the CEO and founder of a Canadian crypto firm called Quadriga. He died at the young age of 30 from complications due to Crohn’s disease while on vacation in India. The documentary delves into apparent fraud and the difficulty investors had on getting their money out after his death. The story is interesting with a few twists along the way. I wish the story led to a different outcome, but this is still an interesting story to follow along with. What do you do when the person with the codes to the crypto wallet dies unexpectedly ? I would not be surprised if there were updates on this story in the future.

Early in the movie we see some amateur video footage of Gerry in a large red maze. I thought nothing of it, but we get a callback at the end with additional footage in the maze and it really does fit the theme of the movie. This is a complex story that can be confusing and you are not sure where it is leading you - just like a maze.

I give this a 6.8/10. Get rich slow is the better way to go.