The Relic by Darko (Germany)

Plot: A relic from South America is transported to a museum in Chicago. This object represents an evil god of one of the tribes. Abruptly the killing starts in the museum and at first nobody knows "who" the murderer is. On the following day there is a great party because a new exhibition - showing off this relic - started. Hell breaks loose and now facing this threat, the main characters quickly get more information on what it is. But they are in great danger...

Ingredients:
The movie is quite realistic, not full of fantasy, which is a good thing to notice when we are talking about monster films. It gives explainations for its "crazy" theories. The characters and the dialogs are nice and deep and there are some, only some, pretty turning points in the story.

Effects: 7 Music: 6 Atmosphere: 8 Philosophy: 5 Characters/Dialogs: 7 Deepness: 7 Credibility: 5

Overall:6.5

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Equilibrium
Contributed by Darko (Germany)


Plot:
After a third hot world war mankind learns that all this pain is created by feelings. In order to prevent themselves from a fourth, they ban emotions from their lifes employing a substance called Prozium and a government enforcing the ban. John Preston (Christian Bale) is one of the finest law enforcers, he is a grammaton cleric whose faith it is to destroy the underground of people who resist the law. However, he is in no way far from feelings...

Ingredients: (out of 10)
This movie is not well known, but that doesn't do it justice. Saying it is a simple sci-fi actionthriller doesn't do it justice either. I had to watch this film two times to understand all connections because even in the beginning there are some feelings in the air and story connections to later sections. The characters are deep from the beginning, the dialogs are nicely made pieces of art. The action, however, is the cool thing you will notice first. It really can't be explained, you just have to see the fighting scenes for yourself. The story is well made, full of stunning points and the atmosphere is almost breathtaking. Definitely breathtaking is the lovely music. Want to read something stunning? The movie's production costs were "just" 20 million dollars. And you never notice it.

Effects: 10
Music: 8
Atmosphere: 9
Philosophy: 7
Characters/Dialogs: 7
Deepness: 8
Credibility: 5

Overall- 7.5

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