Catacombs (2007) Movie Review

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A woman visits her sister in Paris, because who wouldn’t want to visit Paris with a free place to stay and a tour guide ? Why visit the Eiffel Tower when you can can go underground to a secret rave in the catacombs of Paris surrounded with millions of skeletal remains ? I wouldn’t do that. But our characters do. I mean as you enter a sign reads “Arrête! C'est ici l'empire de la Mort”. Anyway, our character leaves the rave and gets lost in the maze that is the catacombs. And something sinister is after her. We have a lot of darkness, shaky camera, flickering lights, running, and screaming. And bones. Lots of bones. What we don’t have is a good horror movie. If you want to watch a good horror movie that takes place in the catacombs of Paris, choose As Above, So Below (2014).

I give it a 4/10.

The Gray Man (2022) Movie Review

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This Netflix original movie is considered a blockbuster as far as those things go. It is an action movie where our hero, named six (Ryan Gosling) is an operative for the CIA. This version of the CIA feels very Jason Bourne like with a cat and mouse game playing out between Six and Lloyd (Chris Evans) that drives the action. But it is a bit boring and I kept looking at my phone for random news. 2/3rds of the way through the movie we get a garden maze scene and a fight. I almost missed it since I was on my phone. Overall it is worth a look but don’t expect to love it.

I give it a 6.2/10.

Please Hold (2020) Movie Review

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Please Hold (2020) movie poster

What drew me to this movie was the poster. Clearly there is a maze on the floor of the hallway the person is in and I wanted to see why. Well after watching this short film I understand. In a near future, drones do police work and prison is automated, run by a corporation. One day our main character is self-arrested by a drone and taken to prison. He does not know why and cannot find a human to speak to about his case. Things get very Black Mirror in this short, because everything you see happen is not far off from where we could be in a few years. This film has a great premise and is wonderfully made. I suggest you find it and watch it !

The maze ? Well that represents the bureaucracy of the situation.

I give it a 7.6/10.

Follow Me (2020) Movie Review

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This movie is also known as No Escape depending on the website you are on. An up and coming social media personality travels to Russia with friends to get some new content. They meet up with a wealthy Russian fan of his who offers them a chance to go into an extreme escape room. When they get there and the events starts (streamed online of course) the puzzles are deadly. One of those puzzles involves one of the characters strapped into an electric chair while the friends need to solve a metal maze (that looks like a labyrinth). They must move an object through the maze without touching the sides or she is shocked much like the game Operation. Things go sideways from there as people start dying and escape appears impossible. Everything else I could describe would give away the ending. It’s a fun horror movie that fits today’s culture.

I give it a 6/10.