Gerry Barnaby's Film Review : Ice Age 4: Continental Drift

Genre: Animation  Adventure  Comedy, contain animated fighting safe for kids.

Cert: U cert

Story: Scrat's nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he's been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences - a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home

Likes : I'm a big kid at heart i love ice age, this 4Th film is full of fun for all the family of all ages, it makes you cry laugh your head this is one film you can not knock as a bad film. Ray Romano returns as the voice of Manny the adult mammoth, John Leguizamo voice of Sid the sloth, Denis Leary voice of Diego the sabra tooth, Seann William Scott voice of crash the possum, Josh Peck voice of Eddie the other possum, Peter Dinklage (star of game of thrones) voice of Captain Gutt the pirate the baboon, Wanda Sykes voice of granny the old loath, Jennifer Lopez voice of Shira female pirate sabra tooth, Queen Latifah voice of Ellie the adult female mammoth, Josh Gad voice of the hedgehog, Keke Palmer voice of Peaches the teenage mammoth manny & ellie daughter, Nick Frost voice of Flynn the pirate elephant seal, Aziz Ansari voice of Squint the pirate rabbit, Drake voice of one of the teenage male mammoths, Nicki Minaj voice of Steffie teenage female mammoth, Alan Tudyk voice of Milton / Hunky Siren,Ester Dean voice the female sloth siren, Kunal Nayyar voice of Gupta the pirate badger,Rebel Wilson voice of Raz the pirate kangaroo, Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo voice of Uncle Fungus sloth, Joy Behar voice of Eunice female sloth, Alain Chabat voice of Silas the pirate pelican, Heather Morris (star of glee) voice of the blonde teenage mammoth Katie.Mainly through the fun of the character of this film it has to be the squirrel that makes me laugh the most trying to get this acorn but ends up getting in to trouble going after it, its just like the old road runner cartoons where the coyote is trying to get road runner but ends up blow him self up or get hurt trying to get him, it the same way with this squirrel going after this acorn absolutely funny as hell.

Dislike: nothing bad to say on this one.

Overall : if you looking for a fun family film this is one for you,it has the laughs,the fun & adventure for all the family.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for funniest momemts, 10 out of 10 for family entertainment.

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Abraham lincoln vampire hunter

Genre: Action Fantasy Horror, contains strong bloody violence & horror with bloody war scene's

Cert: 18 cert

Story: Abraham Lincoln, the 16Th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them & set on a path of revenge for he's parents death at the hand of one of these vampires.

Likes : This film concept is clever the way they've taken the famous president in American history Abraham Lincoln from his history from a young age to the point he become the president & thrown a vampire war in the mix.This film take you on a journey of horror & war full of blood & carnage. Benjamin Walker plays Abraham Lincoln very well, i found his characterization of this character believable as he set on a journey of revenege for his familys death at the hands of a vampire called Jack Barts whos played by Marton Csokas who plays this vampires character witha cocky agront attiude that thinks he's a god they come head to head in battle together. Dominic Cooper plays Henry Sturges a mystery man that come out of no-where & saves Abraham life & teachs him to fight vampires by using the pain of he lost parents, now you can see why later in the film why henry is helping him & what h'es agender is in helping him. Anthony Mackie play this former slave who become a free man & child hood friend of abraham who joins abraham side all the way in the fight against the dead.The beautiful Mary Elizabeth Winstead play the love intrest & future wife of abraham Mary Todd Lincoln who i found her character very strong willed & beautiful, you can see why abraham fell in love with her, i think Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a brilliant actress is real throws her self in to the role she playing which makes the character more believable. Rufus Sewell (star of dark city) plays the lend boss vampire Adam who has been around for century's, his role in this film was like a upper-class man that was completely evil & will trun anyone in the course of getting what he wants.Erin Wasson plays the female right hand of adam Vadoma, i found her character very ruthless & evil, would do any thing to please adam. Jimmi Simpson play the a shop keep Joshua Speed that hire abraham for a while then join him in the fight against the dead. Along with the special effect & horror in this film it was a journey in to darkness & war, i found this film really good to watch ,it like a mixer of real history,vampires bloody & horror mixed in one.

Dislike: Some special effect were a little unreal that the only kind of fault in this film really

Overall : Bloody action, vampire horror, real history of a president mixed with fantasy this is a well made film.

Rating: 4 out of 5 for entertainment/ 9 out of 10 for fantasy horror & history

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Stolen

Genre: Action  Drama  Thriller  contains some violent action & some strong language.

Cert: 15 cert

Story: Will Montgomery (Nicolas Cage) is a master thief who after being double-crossed in a heist gone awry is sent to prison for 8 years. Upon his release he's ready to leave his criminal past behind and try to rebuild a relationship with his estranged daughter Allison. The FBI and his old cohorts believe that he hid the loot from the last heist 8 years ago, $10 Million in Bonds. To get his hands on it, his old partner Vincent kidnaps Allison and demands the entire $ 10 Million as ransom. Montgomery only has one day to get the $10 Million ransom but much to the disbelief of the FBI on his trail and Vincent, Will doesn't actually have it. Instead, he must trust his instincts and his old partner in crime, the beautiful, sexy and smart Riley, to do one more, clever heist to get his daughter back alive before it's too late.

Likes : This wasn't to bad of a film to be honest, it a classic Nicolas cage at his best playing a world class bank-robber, where one robbery goes wrong he end up in prison for 8 years but then finds more trouble with an ex partner Vincent played by Josh Lucas who wants the money from the bank robbery & has he little girl Allison played by Sami Gayle  after get out, she seem to have the attitude toward her farther when you watch this film. Danny Huston play the f.b.i agent Tim Harlend that hot on will montogomery tale to see wheather after prison he goes after the money but dosent realise that will ex partner has he's daughter, Mark Valley  (star of human target) plays as the other F.b.i agent Fletcher who real wants to bust will again for the robbery.Malin Akerman plays one of the robbers who after 8 year moved away from the robbery thing & owns a bar, M.C. Gainey plays the computer hacker of the bank robbery group Reginald who gets caught up in the mess again after 8 years.along with some good car chases & a few good moments this film was enjoyable to watch.

Dislike: Only one thing really it was slightly predictable in place's

Overall : Not a bad film to watch,had some good moments & enjoyable to watch

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 for entertainment/ 6 out of 10 for theme & action

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Sinister

Genre: Horror  Thriller , contain's extreme paranormal violence & extreme murder scene's through out.

Cert: 18 cert

Story: Sinister is a frightening new thriller from the producer of the Paranormal Activity films and the writer-director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Ethan Hawke plays a true crime novelist who discovers a box of mysterious, disturbing home movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror.

Likes : Wow you want a film that really gets under your skin & chills every part of your body to the bone this film delivers all that,From the get go the mood of the film is set in such a disturbing way it draws you in to the film like your there with him when he discovers the home videos which seriously is disturbing.This is the first horror film since poltergeist that has really disturbed me in a way that has given mixed emotion of fear & being sick, for a horror film to make you feel that way is a master piece of horror filming.The whole concept of this film has a very dark closterfobic spine chill atmosphere to it that sends you down the dark path of evil demonic presence that's in the film's of the box he finds.Along with its jumpiness moment this film really dose make you jump out of you skin & try to hide behind something.Brilliant actor Ethan Hawke play the father Ellison Oswalt A crime novelist that move with his family to a house where a crime was committed because it ends up being a crime he didn't expect & he lends him down a dark path.Playing his wife Tracy played by Juliet Rylance i felt sorry for her because she love her husband but dosent like what he dose she unfortunately get caught up in the mess that is to come, play their son Trevor played by Michael Hall D'Addario his character seem to be a normal child but with a simple problem of sleep walking with night terrors.Playing their little girl Ashley played by Clare Foley a artistic little girl that likes to paint pictures which takes a sinister turn as things start to happen.Playing the sheriff that seems to hate ellison because of a book he wrote in the past made the police force look stupid played by Fred Dalton Thompson he seem to have this hostile feeling towards him because of it, playing the some what slightly dopey Deputy played by James Ransone who seen to help ellison find out whats going but finds something sinister behind the other murders. Playing the ghosts (cameo's) Stephanie played by Victoria Leigh, BBQ Boy played by Cameron Ocasio, Pool Party Boy played by Ethan Haberfield, Lawn Work Girl played by Danielle Kotch, Sleepy Time Boy played by Blake Mizrahi & Bughuul / Mr. Boogie the demonic presence played by Nicholas King who make-up & characteristics were serious creepy in the film that set a tone for the demon.This is what a supernatural horror should be like dark closterfobic spine chill atmosphere,creepy music, mixed with suspense to whats coming next.I loved this film.
Dislike: Only one thing the ending was a slightly a little lame but but forgivable since the rest of the film was put together well to creep you out.

Overal: If you looking for a film that scare the hell out you this is one to watch this film brings it all hat a horror film should be like.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 9 out of 10 for scary the hell out of you & horror theme to storyline

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review : Chernobyl Diaries

Genre:  Horror, contains strong violence & strong bloody scenes

Cert: 18 cert

Story: Chernobyl Diaries is an original story from Oren Peli, who first terrified audiences with his groundbreaking thriller, Paranormal Activity. The film follows a group of six young vacationers who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an "extreme" tour guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon finds themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

Likes : This film has a good storyline, some good moments, im not normal one for documentary style filming in films i find them some time a little boarding but right of the bat this film dose set a tone for the film & when thing start to happen i dose make you jump in place's, Dimitri Diatchenko play a former special ops soldier who set up he's own tours for the chernobly town for anyone that what to visit this abandon place, the unwilling victims in the film are Zoe played by Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Natalie played by Olivia Dudley, Amanda played by Devin Kelley, Chris played by Jesse McCartney, Michael played by Nathan Phillips & Paul played by Jonathan Sadowski. This film has the concept of the hills have eyes,so don't be thinking this is a supernatural film because its far from it.

Dislike: One you would think this film would be scary nope!!!!, it so far from it, it was more like them panic & shouting running around like a bunch of idiots trying to find a way out of the town when if they used there heads they could of use the path they came in on, two this film dosent have enough scares to frighten you, it was lacking that shock factor that most horror film's.plus the ending seriously that was so predictable from the way they were asking her questions,so but this film failed in horror for me,ya it was enjoyable to watch but it lack horror & suspense

Overall : Not a lot of scares, if you looking for a good horror film i would avoid this film, if you looking for a cheap horror than you mite like this film,it really dose depend on what type of horror you like

Rating: 1 out of 5 for horror & suspense/ 3 out of 10 for entertainment

Gerry Barnaby's Fim Review: Taken 2

Genre:Action Crime Drama, contains violent abuse/violent action & strong language

Cert: 15 cert

Story: in Taken Former government agent Bryan Mills has retired and attempts to reassemble his old life, after years of overseas employment have left him estranged from his teenage daughter. But when she is kidnapped while in Europe, Bryan must revert to his old skill set to rescue her before she disappears forever. Now A year after the events in Paris in Taken, on a trip to Istanbul, Bryan Mills (Neeson) gets a surprise visit from his daughter, Kim (Grace), and his ex-wife, Lenore (Janssen). The happy reunion turns sour when Lenore is taken by people working for Murad Hoxha (Šerbedžija), the employer of the men working in the Paris building where Kim's friend, Amanda, was found dead and the father of Marko Hoxha, whom Bryan killed in the previous film. With Lenore held hostage and Kim on the run, Bryan must utilize all his lethal skills to rescue them and eliminate any who are seeking revenge against him.

Likes : watching taken 2 was a good film,.It some good fight scenes, car chases,sightly a little predictable in places. Liam Neeson fantastic actor reprise's the role as the former government agent Bryan mills who killed the son of a Russian mafia boss with you can see clearly why he wants revenge on Neeson character, also reprising the role of his daughter the beautiful Maggie Grace who plays Kim who is struggling to have a normal life after what happened to her in the first film only to be throw in the mix of it all again you kind of start feeling sorry for her character but she then starts holding her own in the film.Famke Janssen reprises her role as well as the mother of Kim who is in the middle of a separation with her new husband or boyfriend ends up this time being drag in the middle of this revenge plot.Rade Serbedzija (stars in batman begins cameo) plays the mafia boss Murad Krasniqi who wants Bryan to stand trail in his country for killing his son & the other sons of his family from the first film,but he did count on the fact he mess with the wrong Peron to go after. Along with gun fights & some good scene with the classic one line neeson say "what i do best" it makes for a good film to watch.

Dislike: There is a few pointers which i can mention the back window of the taxi they were driver was shot out, why the hell was he shooting out the window for when he could of shot through the completely smash window, the other thing i did see was a movie mistake the window of the taxi was shot out,but moment later you could see the window want shot out like it had been replace while driving. This film was good but unfortunately it lacked that edginess that the first one had & the action there was a little action in this sequel of taken 2 that taken had that made this film brilliant, it what i think slightly let the film down just due to the fact of lack of action like the first one, for me the first fim was so much better.

Overall : Not a bad film, the first film was better but this was enjoyable to watch.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 for entertainment / 6 out of 10 for storyline & action.

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: Resident Evil 5: Retribution

Genre: Action Horror Sci-Fi.  contains strong bloody violent scene & strong horror/strong language

Cert: 18 cert

Story:  The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

Likes : Well I'm a big fan of the resident evil films & games but this film to be honest was a little weird from the start of the film your left wondering what the hell is going & why is wesker played by Shawn Roberts helping Alice reprise the role by Milla Jovovich who plays two parts in this film one a hard ass zombie killer the other a house wife with a young deaf girl Becky played by Aryana Engineer is a clone.It started off weird because you find Alice is confronted by a old friend Jill Valentine who is played by the gorgeous Sienna Guillory you see that her character is acting odd as if she being controlled,which you find out when you meet the beautiful Ada Wong a top operative agent to wesker played by the gorgeous bingbing Li which she looked stunning in that red dress she was wearing, her character was one of the type of agents that has a plan for everything & can get out of any situation she in.But what i found weird was why was wesker helping her, it made me think through out the film what was he up to, then you realise that the red queen has taken over,which has that whole concept of the enemy of an enemy is my friend feel to it which brought a mystery to whats was going one.The other thing that was puzzling was Carlos played Oded Fehr & rain Michelle Rodriguez both died in other films yet there in this one, i through OK what going on here then you realize again that their clones Iver to be used a people for the b.o.w (bio-organic weapon) or operatives for umbrella. Boris Kodjoe reprises his role as the former basket ball player Luther West who managed to survive in the 4Th film who teams up with a highly train rescue team, if you remember one of the names in the team from the first resident evil game he betrayed Chris red field to wesker over family & money,he character name is Barry Burton played by Kevin Durand who was pretty funny in this film. Leon S. Kennedy played by Johann Urb who really looks like him as well i don't think they gave him enough credit in this film, Leon in the games & cgi film show him as a bad ass lone wolf type soldier where in this resident evil film you didn't really get to see him much in action because it was mainly focused on Alice which i did notice.One good thing about this film is that it did explain the third film better when the whole world got infected, it showed why where country brought the virus released it then other country brought it & realised it as well it was like a a chain reaction that destroyed the world.It was clear that it wasn't just the t-virus realised i the world it clear from the size of the axe men & the massive size of the lickers that the c-virus, g-virus, Las Plagas parasite virus & the Uroboros virus have also been released, it seems the because of the massive size of the lickers they seem to have a nesting that they cocoon people which is Iver food or making more lickers like themselves.All in all this wasn't bad with the ending meaning that the films are not over yet.you can see clear with this film they've added a few elements to from the games as well.


Dislike: Only one question to be honest which not a lot of people have asked about which was kind a bit of a failure in the film what the hell happened to Claire & Chris red field that was on board the boat when umbrella attacked them, they weren't mentioned once through out the film.The other thing as well why did Alice only get her powers back at the end of the film that was a little lazy in the storyline by the writers,which they should of been given back when she was in the base.


Overall : Not a bad film to watch, there is a lot of mixed reviews by people you Iver love it or not,to me it wasn't the best resident evil film,it felt a little lazy in the storyline,but its not a bad film.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for zombie theme/licker concept design in looks , 8 out of 10 for entertainment.