The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) - Ed Gass-Donnelly

I saw the original with an ex, and can't really remember it too well to be honest. I remember the basic plot, and I don't particularly think one had to have seen it to understand what was going on in this one: a girl is possessed; she needs to get over it and no one believes her anyway. Cue more possession and shiz.
It wasn't too bad, and the ending was a bit different to the usual kind of possession film. However, the fact that the first one was a hand held camera feel gave this one the same kind of feel, and I'm not sure it really worked in this single camera format. However, it got a little less distracting as the film went on.
A few jumps, as is to be expected, but nothing too different from other films in the genre.

★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

After Earth (2013) - M. Night Shyamalan

Too much Jaden, not enough Will. I think it could become a massive franchise, as it seems to be planned to be. However, the ending was wrapped up way too quickly. There were some shots I really liked, for example, the flying part was genuinely well done, but a lot of this film was just too easy. I expect more from the next instalment.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

SPOILERS Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - George Miller and George Ogilvie SPOILERS

I did enjoy this one, but not as much as I did the second. It was too Americanised and cheesy. Plus there were way too many loose ends, like the ending: why would they not go to the rest of the kids waiting at the plane? Poor things are probably gonna end up dead properly.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) - George Miller

The best in the Mad Max trilogy. After the disappointment of the first film, they really kicked up the notch on the apocalypse theme.

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

RocknRolla (2008) - Guy Ritchie

I swear to God this better get a sequel. It's a really interesting film and one of my favourite Ritchie films. As we know, many of the actors in it are now Hollywood big shots, and Guy Ritchie himself makes more renowned films for Warner Bros, so whether they have time or not is a different story. I hope so.

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Break-Up (2006) - Peyton Reed

Maybe it's because I've just come out of a break up but this film is really accurate to real life, well as accurate to real life that a film can be, and much better than I remember it being upon first watch.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Purge (2013) - James DeMonaco

A very brilliant idea and the film itself wasn't too bad either. Reminded me of another Ethan Hawke film, Daybreakers (2009) - Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, in the way it was a different version of the modern world in the near future. The villain of the piece, credited as Polite Stranger, played by Rhys Wakefield (very good looking in a Matt Smith kind of way), was a brilliant invention, and superbly played. Very menacing and creepy.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆