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Assumed Killer (2013)
In a word - atrocious
I had the great misfortune of being 'treated' to this utterly contrived pompous piece of cinema at a friend's house. One often wonders what's in it for producers and the financiers - certainly not box office gold. The script is utterly lame, predictable and down right infantile in parts. T he dialog and acting are unbelievably wooden and amateurish. the main characters appear to have been brought together through a blind date and compelled to see it through to the bitter end. I think the main clue to all those who may be considering watching this film is CASPER. I think it is now a virtual guarantee that any film with CASPER in it is unwatchable unless absolutely inebriated to the point loosing consciousness. But when a film that casts CASPER and ARMAND together spells cinematic bubonic plague - any contact can be seriously injurious to human intellect and aesthetic sensibilities.
Under the Skin (2013)
Simply Excellent
I am one of a rare bread who had not heard or read much about this film. I was captivated from the start - intensely surreal in the best traditional of the genre. Yet almost lyrical. Its setting in deep dark urban Scotland - Glasgow? - augmented the sublime darkness and dystopic undercurrent. The plot was simple indeed - 'survival'. This is quite a special piece of cinema - unlike any I've seen before and far superior to all in its genre and beyond. It certainly a multi layered film. And to merely categorise it as SCIFI, mystery etc. does it great disservice. The ethereal façade ingeniously weaves together and encompasses the complexity of human experience. The absolute ultimate vulnerability of magnificence to the shear brutality of basest forces in us all.