Tag: Reviews

The Chaperone (2011)

So people have been saying “Hey savior you wrestled a bit, review more wrestler movies” so here we have WWE’s Triple H in The Chaperone.

This movie isn’t great but admittedly it was surprisingly good. Hunter plays a getaway driver attempting to reform himself after 7 years in federal prison after his friend ditched him during a bank robbery. The problem is his kid hates him for leaving her, his wife that struggled to finishing nursing school is still rightfully pissed and people aren’t quick to hire a felon.

While fighting to get back into his daughters good graces he is invited to chaperone a school field trip that falls on the same day his old crew wants him to return to his old life as a getaway driver. At the last minute he chooses the field trip leaving the crew high and dry, which results in a wild chase for money and revenge.

The movie is a fun little movie that is a feel good story for parents to watch with their kids. Adults alone probably will want a more adult centered story but really its a nice compromise between something for the kids and parents. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Doctor Strange ( 2016)

This review will probably get me some crap from Torsten. So let me start out by saying this. The movie is good. I enjoyed it.

The movie looks beautiful. The special effects are some of the best I have seen, and we all know I watch a lot of movies. You guys read about them.

The sounds are probably equal to the visuals. They would have to be. They spent millions on this stuff. Its a blockbuster movie of blockbuster movies really.

There is honestly nothing actually wrong with the movie. It is simply made for people that happen to already be Doctor Strange fans. Its one of the rare occasions the characters origin story probably should have waited until after we knew who he was.

Torsten once described this movie to me as the worlds worst texting and driving public service announcement and really that’s what it is. Basically Steve goes to a party while checking on some surgeries, crashes his car and wrecks his hands. When he wakes up and can’t do surgery anymore he searches Hong Kong for an alleged cure and ends up with magical powers.

That all being said while the movie is good, I do feel it is one of the worst Marvel movies. To be fair tho, that still makes it worth watching. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Drinking Buddies (2013)

This is one of those times Netflix lied to me. I found this movie in the comedy section. It is in no way shape or form a comedy. Not saying its a bad movie. Well not yet, just that it is by no means a comedy.

Ok now on to the part where I say this is a bad movie. The acting is well done, the visuals and sound are good and hey Olivia Wilde looks good without cloths on. That is basically where the good in the movie ends.

The story itself is essentially two coworkers at a beer brewery each dating someone else where both couples sort of cheat on each other with opposite partners with a ton of down time and talking that really doesn’t mean much and an ending that solves literally nothing. The movie is 90 minutes of basically meaningless chatter and that is coming from a man that admits to liking romantic comedies. This one is best avoided. Best wishes and may the gaming gods being you glory.

Absolutely Anything

Another Simon Pegg film I found on Netflix. This time aliens discover the probe launched from Earth back in the 1970’s and decide to test humanity. That test is to give 1 random human the power to do anything they want for 10 days to see if they use those powers for good or evil.

Well this can’t possibly go wrong can it? Well for starters they never actually told this average school teacher they randomly gave these powers to that he had these powers or that he was being tested. So he may or may not have used an alien spaceship to blow up and subsequently kill a classroom of his students. Don’t worry he has powers. He fixes that. After he may or may not have caused the dead to walk the Earth for a bit.

Ok so maybe things go a bit wrong at times. The powers seem to work like an old fashioned genie. He gets what he wants, but it is exactly what he asks for. For example he wants to be on the bus. And he literally ends up on top of the bus. He quickly says he meant in the bus and ends up in the engine. The movie is quite entertaining but may not be for everyone. Unlike his movies Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead this one really isn’t for everyone. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Cities Skylines PlayStation 4

Cities Skyline is a city creator for the PC, Xbox One and and PlayStation 4. While obviously not perfect, no game is, this one is particularly good. Sim games on console are usually pretty hit or miss. Heavy on the miss.

Cities Skylines however manages to have nice controls that function well on a controller. And while mod support is missing on console and the DLC hasn’t released yet (snowfall comes out this month) if like me you love city builders and sim games this one is absolutely a must own.

The sound isn’t bad tho like any game it can be a bit repetitive and at times annoying for some people, personally I didn’t mind it but be aware you might.

Graphically for this genre it looks great but there are on occasion some dips in frame rate. Nothing game breaking but they do exist and can be mildly annoying. Aside from that the game looks and plays amazing and watching your people come and go and drive around is great.

This game is worth buying, but only if you enjoy the type of game. Everyone else should probably pass however. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Have you ever been so amazingly bad ass at your job the boss promotes you just to transfer you to some hick town? Yea can’t say it’s happened to me either. That is essentially the beginning of this movie tho.

Now I will admit I have a fondness for Simon Pegg movies and this is no different. The combination outrageous and dry humor just hits my funny bone.

With that being said Hot Fuzz does a great job of both making a small town seem perfect and somehow not right at the same time. The local police are oblivious but not incompetent. The movie is simply a hidden gem of writing that many people will simply overlook.

I highly recommend checking this one out if you have the time. Simon Pegg plays a cop just as well as he plays a guy in a zombie movie or an officer on a star ship and you owe it to yourself to see it. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Daddy’s Home (2015)

No Savior Gaming hasn’t started reviewing porn..I mean we would of you asked. We respect all art mediums. And we also have not started using one of Barney Stinsons catch phrases. Only he can pull it off, this meme says so.

No, this is the movie with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. With the sequel coming up I figure the first was a good movie to review.

Will has a beautiful wife and 2 great step kids. He has an amazing yet weird job at a smooth jazz station making great money. This buys him a great family vehicle and a large dream home. One small issue. His kids father and wife’s first husband is coming to visit. And that husband is rocking a 5 pack and a motorcycle.

Enter Mark. Look this dude has spent the last like 25 years making most men look ugly as hell. And his character? Dude rides a motorcycle and spent a war smuggling weapons with a helicopter to American allies. At one point Will punches him in the face and he doesn’t move. Yea he is that guy. And he is the most likeable guy in the movie.

The movie itself it great and hilarious. Will and Mark work well together and if you see them in a movie together honestly just watch it. Will plays the perfect suburban dad amazingly from his suit and tie and hair cut and his lectures about how to deal with bullies and Mark? He manages to make Will look like a horrible racist human being while coming off as a nice guy and actually becoming friends with the repairman.

Of course the ending is happy with the 2 becoming friends and a twist to it leading to the sequel that I am looking forward to. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

The Reunion (2011)

Every so often a friend says “Hey Savior, watch this movie” and we got a 50/50 ratio. Sometimes its a good movie, sometimes its them screwing with me and making me watch a crap movie.

Now first you are going to have to get over the fact that John Cena is in the movie. Waiting…waiting…Yea you either love him or hate him basically. Anyway the story here is a group of dysfunctional brothers and a sister meet up after their father dies to split up a boat load of cash. Around 3 million each.

But of course there is a catch. They have to work in a family business together for 2 years. But before they get started they will rescue a very rich business man with a very large reward for saving him.

The movie will have a few laughs and is pretty well done,and while not perfect isn’t as bad as one would think for having a wrestler as the star attraction. I can’t say its for everyone but most people will find something to like. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Home Sweet Hell

This freaking movie was in both the horror and comedy section. It is not a horror movie. It is a pretty good movie,but not a horror movie.

That being said a guy with the last name of a high class alcohol has a wife is way hotter than he could ever get cheats on her with a woman that may actually be even more hot. Now I can’t really blame him. This chick is INSANE. Like sex is scheduled in advanced and can in no way be changed. She controls pretty much every aspect of his life.

Of course this goes well for awhile until inevitably out of his league but slightly less crazy woman number 2 decides she wants money or she is telling his wife.

Now I am going to stop here, because believe it or not that is simply where the story gets started. The rest is full of drugs, murder, and intrigue. While not quite a horror movie and really isn’t truly funny the movie itself is pretty solid. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

The Haunting in Cawdor

Normally I watch a movie, tell you guys a bit about it and tell you what I think. This time I thought maybe the fault is with me. I must have missed something. So I looked up a short synopsis. Nope I understood the movie. But I figured I don’t want to lie or steer you guys wrong. Maybe I am just wrong here. You guys may be starting to trust me. So I looked up a few other reviews. Nope. Pretty universal. This movie sucks. Its shit. Don’t watch it. Here is a quick run down anyway.

Bunch of criminals score enough good faith points to get sent to a special camp rehabilitate. Mostly petty stuff mind you, DUI , drugs. Mostly kids that became adults. 1 however was a victim of abuse and killed someone. Enter Camp Cawdor. Part of the rehab is to put on a play, Shakespeare this time. 90 days of working at the camp 20 miles from anywhere, working on the play then performing for the nearest town.

After finding a tape our main woman Vivian finds an old VHS tape. (I’ve provided an image for the young kids.)

The tape appears to show someone being murdered. What follows is a weird tale of betrayal, possibly inappropriate relationships, stolen drugs and broken hearts.

The movie sucked tho. The acting wasn’t bad, and the start of the movie was pretty enjoyable. But after over an hour of being extremely slow it finally starts to pick up but when it does you won’t care. The plot twist isn’t good the murder isn’t scary or even clever and worst of all the ending feels forced. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.