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The Novice (2021)

Not a thriller but a cheap B-movie of girl coming of age

[2/10 · 24 December 2021]

There seem to be a lot of fake reviews here. This really isn't a thriller at all, but a cheap girl coming of age B-movie. It doesn't have much plot except a overly ambitious girl trying to make it in the rowing sports. It's obviously an alter ego of the producer and writer of this movie trying to make it in the film industry. I say a cheap b-movie because it works with the cheapest imaginable tricks of all B movies to create drama and effect: Real live animal cruelty and animal torture. Several live crabs were slowly immersed into boiling water to produce this movie. Unless you have a thing for animal cruelty, you should not watch this. If you do, you will support animal cruelty in movies. Shame on the producer and director / writer who's obviously no less ambitious than the girl in the story, only she puts animals and their well-being on the line instead of herself.

The movie seems filmed alright, but I don't know if that's a good thing when what's filmed is real-life animal cruelty.

Death in Texas (2020)

A really good B-Movie

[8/10 · 17 June 2021]

Caution: This is not a bang-bang action flick. To tell the truth, it's not really my type of favorite movie (action and sci-fi, etc.). It's more of a real-life drama with a couple of criminals involved than anything else. But I watch a lot of movies and by that I can tell, this is a really, really well-executed movie. Great acting, good camera, no plot holes, great actors and plenty of drama. I enjoyed this movie a lot. It's not your over the top story or a bunch of invincible super heroes. Much more down to earth real life. A really good movie. No way anything below 7 in my book for what it is. Well recommended.