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smuhu
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Bio: |80| - outstanding
|75| - total recommendation, great movie, no flaws
|70| - good but with flaws

|60| - okay
|50| - you are not missing anything if you skip this one

|40| - waste of time
|00| - no, no, no, no, no. never again!
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44 9%
Survivor
Survivor (2015) - Rated 31 May 2015
Pierce Brosnan's performance shines a lonely yet still tiny light on this underwhelming succession of plot holes. -- Poor directing, editing, book and general acting with no tension at all.
74 74%
Backcountry
Backcountry (2015) - Rated 21 Mar 2015
Thrilling!
35 4%
Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter Ascending (2015) - Rated 01 May 2015
Weird characters, meaningless action sequences, unappealing story-telling. Sadly, another failure for the Wachowskis.
54 19%
Selma
Selma (2014) - Rated 07 Jun 2015
The events portrayed are stirring, the portrayal in "Selma" is not. A way too clinical, not to say poor depiction.
52 17%
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - Rated 06 Jun 2015
The production design looks like the movie was made in 1994 not 2004 and brings back memories of the hideous technologies presented in "Face/Off" at times. -- The novel might have the makings of a good thriller, this adaptation does not.
50 15%
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) - Rated 29 Mar 2015
I'm starting to dislike Ridley Scott. "Exodus" features a boring storyline with no tension or emotion at all and a lot of wasted talent. Simply unimaginative direction. Only nice CGI. -- A waste of Christian Bale's precious creative time.
85 91%
Constantine
Constantine (2005) - Rated 28 Mar 2015
I've never read the source material "Hellblazer", still, back in 2005 its aesthetics made "Constantine" one hell of a visit to the cinema. Today, it demands a fitting home cinema equipment to take full effect. Luckily, the great visuals that are still amazing to watch a decade later are met with concise story-telling and a powerful cast. Too bad the planned sequel never came about!
75 78%
Non-Stop
Non-Stop (2014) - Rated 27 Feb 2015
Achieves what the "Taken" series didn't manage to bring to the screen for its second and third instance. Easily, a more calm "Taken On A Plane". -- Great suspense, highly underrated!
47 12%
The Cobbler
The Cobbler (2015) - Rated 13 Mar 2015
The formula of family, fantasy and fun is reminiscent of Sandler's 2006 "Click" but executed tedious and foreseeable. -- Bluntly disappointing.
63 36%
Chappie
Chappie (2015) - Rated 27 May 2015
Barely engaging, revisiting themes and tropes of Blomkamp's "District 9" too heavily, along with characters that simply aren't capable of being related with. -- Good visual effects just can't hide flaws in writing and editing.