Film 295/365, Day 323/365 – Red Sonja

Fantasy action, adventure and swords.  It’s by no means the best fantasy film out there but it is still entertaining plus I do enjoy a film with a strong heroine.  There is lots of elaborate scenery and fantastic costumes.  Good old fashioned fun.

Synopsis:  An evil queen steals a magical talisman so that she can conquer the world.  The queen kills the talisman’s keepers and then goes about using her new weapon.  Red Sonja, with the help of an eclectic group of allies, seeks to stop the queen and return the talisman to the darkness.

Film 223/365, Day 241/365 – Rocky IV

Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone meet long before The Expendables and long before all the surgery!  What you should expect from this film is lots of stereotypes, lots of rubbish boxing and cheesy lines.  It is by no means the worst film I’ve seen but it isn’t that good either.  The best bit is the training montage as it always is.

Synopsis:  Russian Boxer Ivan Drago comes to America to challenge the world champion Rocky Balboa.  Instead former champion Apollo Creed steps up to fight the Russian.  Apollo has been retired for five years and the fight doesn’t go quite as he planned.  Rocky must now go to Russia to avenge Apollo.