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No spoilers to ruin it so a general feel. As a enjoyer of his previous books l looked forward to this - to eager probably as l wanted more of the same in fiction form - and to that end he delivers...however, a gag every other line got a bit tedious/repetitive/irritating (for most of the book as it happens) and l really didn't see me finishing this after reaching the end of Part 1. But l carried on thanks to a train journey and Part 2 + 3 was the same style from different perspectives which made the whole more interesting and the gags bearable. Overall it was a good read - think Frankie Boyle non stop for 232 pages - with nice plot twists etc. that led to a satisfying conclusion. A solid first book, with multiple strands to keep it uncertain to the end. Really a 3½ rating and less one liners would have been a 4.

Pretty much bog standard exorcist rip off, with Crowe hamming it up, daughter with only set of of clothing namely hotpants, mother with muted acting skills, but the possessed child wins the acting awards or his demon does. Yes, hits all the bullet points of other exorcist movies with nothing original to add so no horror surprises. A brain dead evening in with popcorn sums it up, with Crowe just that little bit richer.

Yes it's an Asylum film so the bar is underground but... It's so bad it's good - the female lead goes around in shock and awe facially in most of the movie, she manages to trash two cars , one by not seeing a frozen ship in the ice somehow, and secondly driving off a snowy cliff edge but surviving the enormous drop below. Classic. Only to twist her ankle later in the film whilst having to walk from Costa Rica to Peru in the under 3 hours, but by this time you are well hooked. Oh, and her brothers plane crashes, with his fiancee, when hit by the ice wind but survive with the plane buried under the ice and is saved by his sister ( another relative) tracking his phone gps to the area - clue , follow the smoke - and stops miles from the crash site on top of the plane buried underground by chance, and hears his phone music from inside. Amazing good luck ! These 3 drive to a morgue to escape the ice wind, 2nd wave, to hide in the insulated body containers but alas the fiancee doesn't make it inside one of them and freezes outside, a little bit sad. And onward the other 2 drive to Peru. To be fair there are lots more story holes from the beginning but that's what makes this entire film fun, and the cinematography is good too ! Yes, get the popcorn in and a few beers and waste 90 mins and I've spent worse time in a cinema so no complaints.

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where to begin. the characters discover an alien hole on a far distant planet so decide to investigate. Time for character development as they get there. What, too complicated, ok , lets drip feed a bit of info on each then give up. Arrive at planet, set up a bit of tension between the 4 protagonists but lets keep it simple. each appear to have a back story but apart from the lead character Alex lets not bother going into them. onwards then to the hole via transporter, sleds, and finally on foot over many kilometers. cue time to fill in the backstories maybe, what, no, ok, lets make do with the same back story of Alex's retold in dribs and drabs at the end of each chapter - yawn. characters fall out with each other - lets not get into that too deeply, but throw in some religion to spice it up at a very basic level with extra cod philosophy for balance. Oh, there is nothing on the plain they are going over save giant turtle like things which lets not describe nor explain. Finally Alex, gets to look into this giant alien hole and thinks he sees angels , maybe, after all he is probably hallucinating he says to himself. Ok, done that, and end of book. WTF !! this is a complete shaggy dog of a story, 2 dimensional characters you dont care about, poorly explained, written with no interest to the reader on any level. this could have been set in a field of daisies on a particularly rainy day and not lost any momentum. i bought this on recommendation from various website feeds. Hype rules baby.

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To be honest the best bit is the opening sequence of the grave opening fight and then ... well, it is a mishmash of a future/present timeline story with rehashed bit characters thrown into a melting pot of a plot forced into a kind of story but who cares ; the one liners are mildly amusing but nothing new, wolverine is pretty one dimensional, the "famous" cameos are again forced into a plot, with rubbish dialogue, and the end scene is cringy. Cant help thinking it was decided to make this movie purely for the money as its so sub-par after the second one. Looking forward to this was a sad let down and nope, not hoping for a forth movie. RIP

I swear l cannot believe this turgid overhyped film gets any love - the first one was bland, miscast, boring, and l love the Dune book series. This pile of pretentious dross goes deeper into the turd bowl and basks on the bottom. Unless you know the main characters this is a plot muddled mess - who, what, why, how, who cares ? Move onto the next scene, speak in a foreign language with no subtitles for half the film, pretend its really deep meaning. Oh come on. Is this trying to be an " art" film ?. Must get the audience to pay attention and nod meaningfully. Did l mention its a great film to use the ff button and miss nothing ? God this film drones on for at least 69 min longer than needed. The content could be made into a 30 minute episode if they got rid of the sackful of fluff in the script. And the CGI is woeful when used, the "battle scene" perfunctory, and poor Dave Bautista looking perplexed in every scene - guess he forgot what he signed up for. No reedeming features at all, dont waste time , money, life watching this.

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