Phantoms (?)

 

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PHANTOMS-1998-A woman (Joanna Going) and her younger sister (Rose McGowan) visit an old resort town in Colorado and find the whole population missing. After they discover some decapitated bodies, they meet the local sheriff (Ben Affleck) and his two deputies (Liev Schreiber and Mickey Katt). Katt's character is such an asshole but thankfully has his face ripped off by some kind of giant moth. It turns out something dubbed “The Ancient Enemy” is controlling things. The army steps in and walks around in decontamination suits. It kills in various ways and reanimates its victims. Peter O'Toole hams it up as an expert on the blob like amoeba monster. 

Typical loud violent nonsense with the standard “shock” ending. Also with Robert Knepper and Bo Hopkins. It was adapted by author Dean R. Koontz from his own novel. Director Joe Chappelle had made the infamous HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS in 1995. After PHANTOMS he went into TV.

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X-Prequel

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE-This is a kind of useless prequel to the first X-Men movie. It shows Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) as a child experiment and how he and his brother (Liev Schreiber) fought in many wars throughout history. In the modern age, a military colonel named Stryker (Danny Huston) forms a mercenary team with them a few other mutants. Eventually, Logan has enough and leaves. Later, bro Victor starts killing his ex-team mates and Stryker wants Logan to stop him. The weird climatic fight seems like a scene from a video game and Kevin Durand as The Blob was a bad idea. Patrick Stewart even shows up at the end. Also with Lynn Collins, Dominic Monaghan.

Director Gavin Hood (from South Africa) also made TSOTSI.

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