Deliver Us From Evil

Deliver Us From Evil - in which the true story of a supernatural cop gets a Hollywood upgrade, and he ends up loving it. Eric Bana plays this NY borough cop who gets great hunches, and has an adrenaline-junkie partner who is always egging him on to pick up the wildest calls that come through. The plot follows the journey of Sgnt Sarchi after he picks up a crazy woman from the zoo, and some creepy guy ghosts them, and disappears into the tiger compound. Sarchi is an excellent detective, and he follows his gut, and this leads him to another call, domestic dispute, that ends up being related to the zoo nonsense. Actually, I think the domestic call happened first, but anyways, some creepy supernatural stuff starts happening. Like, the crazy lady keeps singing The Doors, and he keeps hearing Doors music and children laughing. Anyways, he hooks up with this Jesuit Priest with amazing hair, he's trying to look after the crazy lady, as she is a member of his congregation. Sarchi is getting meaner to his family, as the evil is invading his home, and he also has a dark secret burdening his soul, which is making him more vulnerable to the creeping evil. So, these three guys from the prologue are all being effected by this demon they encountered in Iraq, and it is trying to take over their lives. One guy goes crazy, another commits suicide, and the third is the one they spend the last act chasing. Sarchi helps the Priest do an exorcism on the last guy, who is full-on possessed, while they have him in police custody. The real life Sarchi was on set for a lot of filming, and he liked the movie. I'm glad there are guys like him in the world, taking care of stuff not everyone can deal with. This movie is so violent and well paced and good.

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Event Horizon

Event Horizon - in which sci fi space body horror gets very fucking real, and totally gross. First, Lawrence Fishburne is a space captain named Miller, and his first mate is Joely Richardson, and she rocks. Her accent is real. A bunch of space sailors are escorting science genius Sam Neill to the wreckage of a space ship. It wasn't just a space ship, it was a massive black hole generating machine, and it recently re-emerged around Neptune, and now its just orbiting, being spooky af. To give all the details, Sam Neill, AKA Dr. Weir, is having creepy dreams about his dead wife in his cryo/gravi-sleep pod before they even get to the abandoned wreck. Oh, its called the Event Horizon. So, once the crew rolls up on Event Horizon they get nervous, because its creepy, and a few people go out to investigate the empty ship. Miller orders Dr. Weir to stay aboard their vessel, and he doesn't do a good job of listening. As soon as the crew splits up, one young guy gets sucked into the g

The Abyss

The Abyss - in which James Cameron writes a love letter to the ocean, and the ocean answers, "Here are some aliens." Ed Harris plays a scientist who is happy to be in an underwater Sea Lab (cue theme song) even though his mean wife comes to visit and be a cold bitch to him. A plot happens, but its been weeks, so I forget what it was. Ed Harris is bull headed, and only his wife can get through to him. The crew is enjoyable. Oh! Michael Bean shows up after an oil rig problem and gets pressure sickness and tries to kill everyone. In an effort to escape and save everyone, Ed Harris gets his swimmer craft stuck in a chasm, but some nice aliens lift him out in a spectacular light show of kindness. The aliens invade the SeaLab as water/people and try to be nice, with moderate success.A few people die, but most live. Good movie, watch again.

Death Wish

Death Wish (1974) - in which the justice system fails a man who lost his family, and he goes off the rails in finding personal justice. I mean vengeance. Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a husband and father and architect, who has a nice NYC life. One day, near the beginning of the movie, Paul's wife is murdered and his daughter is raped into a catatonic state, from which she will not likely recover. Sexist. Anyways, Paul is destroyed, so his boss sends him out to New Mexico, or another lawless state, for a 3 month long project. Paul does some recovering while he is out there, and is befriended by his big money client, with a big hat and big guns. Upon arriving back in NYC, Paul is disheartened to find his daughter in terrible condition, and his son-in-law coping poorly. There have also been no arrests in his wife's murder, as the police are very busy with a crime spree related to gang violence. Paul is a really sympathetic guy, and his pain is visible, and very real. So,

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