Friday, February 07, 2014

Devil's Pass & The Numbers Station:::Movie Reviews

Devil's Pass


First of all, don't let the bare back on the woman in on the cover fool you.  There is no nudity in this movie - which is actually a nice relief.  Too many times Hollywood thinks that horror - or thriller - automatically means that I want to see nudity.  No thanks.  You can scare me with your clothes on.  It is in the style of a "found footage" film - which has kind of played itself out over the past few years, but I still enjoyed it.

When I first thought about reviewing this movie, I was planning on giving it 3 stars.  Then, this morning, while I was driving my daughter to school, I was telling her about the movie when I had a *AHA* moment about it.  I hadn't even realized something about the movie until I was telling her (which I didn't end up telling her in case she ever wanted to watch it - I don't like to give out surprises).  That alone bumped it up another star.  

The premise is fairly simple.  5 college kids travel to the Ural Mountains in Russia to re-create and hopefully solve what happened to the hikers of the Dyatlov Pass incident - an actual event.    Strange noises and even stranger footprints begin to haunt the hikers until the sound of explosions changes everything - for everyone.

The Numbers Station



I hadn't heard of this one but thought I'd give it a try.  I was pleasantly surprised by this one.  I am a huge John Cusack fan.  When he's on - he's fantastic.  Definitely one of the most under-rated actors alive.

Cusack plays a black ops agent assigned to a remote CIA broadcast station to protect a code operator (Akerman).  When the station is compromised - they must fight for their life and determine who is a friend and who is a foe.

This one is good.  I haven't seen Malin Akerman in anything other than Couple's Retreat so I didn't have any preconceived notions about her.  Check it out.  



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