Wonderful Days (2003) Movie Review

Wonderful Days (2003) (IMDB)

I watch a very diverse catalog of movies. More movies than anyone I know, and sometimes I stumble across a maze or labyrinth movie by chance. That is what happened with this Korean cyberpunk movie. About 15 minutes in as we are still in the set-up portion of the movie I saw this screen of one of our characters going through a mechanical door ! Looks like a cool maze to me.

Wonderful Days movie - Maze door

The door slides to the side, revealing a second maze door ! So while this is fast, it is definitely a maze and I so I am adding it to my maze movie list. As far as the movie, it is a futuristic, cyberpunk, Korean adult animation about a city of survivors from pollution and climate change. It is an ok story. This is a classic movie where you know if it is the type of movie you might like when you start it. I think the world that was created and the fell of the movie were better than the actual movie personally.

I give it a 6.0/10.

Killer Clans (1976) Movie Review

Killer Clans (1976) (IMDB)

Killer Clans movie poster

When I saw this movie and read it contained a labyrinth scene I assumed it was a kung fu movie. That is when I learned about wuxia movies as I had never heard the term before. Martial art movie with fantasy mixed in taking place in China is my general overview. This particular movie features feuding clans who do much of their fighting with swords and plenty of double crosses, so this is not the type of movie that lends itself to distractions while watching. As far as the labyrinth scene, there is an underground canal system that becomes part of the plot and is mazelike. Nothing special. Nothing terrible. A movie you catch on tv one day and you are too lazy to change the channel.

I give it a 5.8/10.

Dr. Giggles (1992) Movie Review

Dr. Giggles (1992) IMDB AMZN

Dr Giggles movie poster

Before I get into this review, I want to note that this is the 100th maze movie review I have done. When I started I never thought I would find so many movies with the theme, but I look forward to watching many more !

How many horror movies have you seen where a mental patient escapes from the hospital and then wreaks havoc ? Well you can add one more if you catch this one on late night television (ok, streaming). This particular mental patient wants to be a doctor and so makes his kills in doctorly ways. I wanted them to be even more over the top, but it was fine. He also tends to giggle a lot when he kills and so that is how we get his name. Anyway, during the movie we get a chase sequence at a fair that ends up in a funhouse mirror maze. Not a good place to be escaping a murderer.

Overall, this is a bad 90’s horror film that you can skip.

I give it a 5.0/10.

Lavender (2016) Movie Review

Lavender (2016) IMDB AMZN

Lavender movie poster

So the storytelling in this movie revolves around a woman who as the result of an accident has amnesia. The amnesia also seems to shake loose some early memories of trauma she had as a young girl. Combine a slow recovery with moving to the country to the house you grew up in and it, well, hinders the recovery. As our main character remembers her past (and the secrets it holds) we get a tense, dark movie. Oh, and it takes place near a farm with a maze made of haybales (thought it was going to be corn, didn’t you !). Overall the story is ok. The acting is ok. It’s just ok all the way around.

I give it a 5/10.