First Look: Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds (Picture: Universal Pictures)

Inglourious Basterds is the latest film from cult director Quentin Tarantino. It is about a Jewish-American group of soldiers who use Native American techniques to instil fear in their Nazi enemies.

Contrary to popular belief, the title is neither a typo, nor a measure to circumvent censors, it is merely Quentin Tarantino being himself.

This movie is highly anticipated and is said to meander away from Tarantino's usual blood soaked affair. Thats not to say that gore-lovers will be disappointed, but clever dialogue and sound plot is said to be the focus of this film.

As ever from Tarantino, expect to be laughing, flinching and slightly offended throughout the film as it opens this week!

Dominic

Review: G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra

G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

With action films, you find that very few actually bring anything new to the table, and G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra is no exception.

Stephen Sommers of "The Mummy" fame directs this slow and tacky adventure. The acting is poor, the CGI even worse and the story is more like a prologue, rather than a movie in itself.

I do hope that this hasn't led Paramount to believe it can get away with a sequel.

G.I Joe is a film based on the U.S version of Action Man, about an elite unit of worldwide soldiers, who fight crime and evil nemeses. They embark round the world fighting a new, heavily armed enemy (Headed by Christopher Eccleston, who does pretty well,) and they all have a jolly good romp for just under two hours.

When making the film, Paramount identified its target audience, opened the film-makers guide to that page, and literally did everything on that page. With lots of explosions and technology that will appease most guys, this film is tenuously held together with some kind of plot, and of course, lets not forget Sienna Miller, who comes in leather.

Yum Yum. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

So most 16-21 year old, straight males will get some sort of mediocre kick out of this movie, everyone else, avoid.

1 1/2 Stars.

Dominic

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