Film 151/365, Day 161/365 – eXistenZ

Exceptionally clever and more than a little weird.  There are some actual moments of genius within eXistenZ if you manage to spot them, some very clever self referential points.  There is quite obviously a twist and you’ll be pretty disappointed if you don’t get it.  You do start to wonder how intentional some of the stuff is, but then that’s Cronenberg for you.  Far better than Inception.

Synopsis:  When the leading games designer narrowly survives an attempted murder she goes on the run with her bodyguard.  The games console was damaged in the attack and the only way to see if the game is intact is to play it.

Film 108/365, Day 119/365 – Dawn of the Dead

Packed with heart pounding action and zombie goodness.  This is the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead and whilst I do love the original, I can’t help but feel that this is as good as the original if not a little better.  Again Romero purists will probably not like the fast mobile zombies but I think it works very well in this instance.  If you like zombie films you have to watch this, no doubt about it.

Synopsis:  When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.  A motley group of survivors have found sanctuary from the zombies within the local mall.  They have everything they could ever want or need available to them from within the mall but is that enough?  Will they survive?  Will help ever come?  And who is the bigger threat the zombies or the fellow survivors?

Film 96/365, Day 106/365 – Splice

Very strange and creepy!  Splice is a very dark and sinister tale showing just how far people are willing to go in the pursuit of answers.  Whilst it was well a told and compelling story I found it hard to connect with the scientists as they continue to make mistake after mistake.  It is worth watching but be prepared to be weirded out!

Synopsis: When two scientists are told that they cannot take their gene splicing experiments further by introduce human DNA they do it anyway!  The result is an odd creature that continues to develop long after it is born.  They continue to hide and monitor this new species that is aging at a very advanced rate but are they really ready for what they will discover?