by The Creeping Spleen » Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:52 pm
War Pigs (2015), 6/10.
Disgraced US Army Captain Jack Wosick (Luke Goss) is given the opportunity for redemption when asked to lead a rag-tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs on a secret mission to go behind enemy lines to gather intelligence on a Nazi developed Super Weapon the V-3, a massive artillery cannon which would give the Nazis an insurmountable advantage against the Allies. With the help of Captain Hans Picault (Dolph Lundgren), a German Anti-Nazi serving with the French Foreign Legion and Colonel A.J. Redding (Mickey Rourke), a battle hardened WW1 veteran, Jack must train, lead and earn the respect of his new squad to become a functioning reconnaissance unit.
A low budget WWII "men on a mission" movie from the director of the "Saints and Soldiers" trilogy.
A decent enough way to spend an hour and a half, but nothing special.
100% Wolf (2020), 6/10.
Freddy Lupin possesses the magical Moonstone, and is heir to the leadership of a family line of werewolves. However, his first transformation doesn't go so well when he turns into a dog (poodle, to be exact) instead. Because dogs are looked down on by werewolves, Freddy has to prove he has the heart of a wolf or risk being banished.
A CG animated kids movie from Australia (based on the children's book of the same name by Jane Lyons) that takes a dash of "Lady and the Tramp", a bit of every werewolf movie you've ever seen, and a huge slice of "Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave" and mixes them all up.
I can't fault the animation, but I'm taking marks off because some of the plot twists were A - Blindingly obvious to anyone with half a brain, and B - Telegraphed way too early.
Entertaining enough fare for the youngsters and the young at heart.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.