On the rare occasion I actually write a post here, I keep seeing all the draft posts I never finished or published. Most of them are film reviews from over a year ago so for posterity’s sake, here are some very short opinions of them.

Saw (USA, 2004)
Good production design for a low budget film but let down by a ridiculously schlok script that never explains why Cary Elwes’ doctor couldn’t tell that a dead body in the same room as him was actually alive. Tried to be the next Se7en but nowhere near the same pedigree. Fun if you just want to squirm a bit though.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (USA, 2004)
Sienna Guillory is just about the only thing worth watching in this ridiculous follow up to a film of a video game. Being faithful to it’s source does not make it a good film. Or watchable.

Layer Cake (UK, 2004)
Guy Ritchie’s producer Matthew Vaughn’s directorial debut is a pretty nifty gangster film that is trademark Ritchie style but somehow fresh and less poncey. This could be the lack of lovable cockney rogues leading the way in favour of Mr Daniel “Next James Bond” Craig providing some decent acting and rhyming slang free dialogue. It’s a shame that Vaughn is no longer doing X-Men 3 but I look forward to his next offering.

Constantine (USA, 2005)
A comic book adaptation that mutilates it’s original source material but is actually quite entertaining. Keanu Reeves does manage to carry off the chain-smoking, nihilistic demon hunter John Constantine transposed from Liverpool to Los Angeles and although some of the original comic’s dark humour and bleakness is eschewed in favour of a slightly more poignant and upbeat feel, I enjoyed this film a lot.