Archive for the 'Thriller' Category



Hitman (2007)

Hitman is an action-packed movie based on a video game. I don't normally like this kind of movie, but I found this one enjoyable.
The hitman, known only as Agent 47, gets set up to be taken out by his own organization. The rest of the movie is about him going after the double of the [...]

I Am Legend (2007)

This is the third movie (that I'm aware of) that's based on the original novel, I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson and published in 1954. I've never read the book, but now that I've seen all 3 movies, I'll be getting it soon.
In this story, a man-made plague has wiped out most of civilization and [...]

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)

My son persuaded me to watch The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising with him. It was a load of crap, in my humble opinion.
Will Stanton, on his 14th birthday, finds out he is "the seeker" and has to collect 6 signs before "the rider" unleashes darkness on the world.
What the movie failed to explain, [...]

They Live (1988)

As long as I live, I will never tire of watching this movie. It has aliens, an invasion, an ordinary guy that fights back, and the good guy wins in the end. What's not to like about it?
This is one of John Carpenter's better films. The guy who plays "Frank" looked familiar to me and [...]

Contact (1997)

Eleanor Arroway works for SETI and starts receiving intelligent-life radio signals. She spends a great deal of time fighting bureaucracy and obtaining funding to receive and decipher what is being received.
Eventually, an alien-engineered sphere is created to send one of the characters on a journey of some sort. A sphere that gets blown up by [...]