Death Race opens with an almost too classy intro text (reminiscent of Escape from New York, intentionally I’m sure) informing the viewer in 2012, the U.S. economy collapses. Death Race opened in August 2008… is Paul W.S. Anderson now a seer? With all-powerful, insulated corporations and cops beating protestors… it’s the perfect movie for this […]
Entries Tagged as 'Paul W.S. Anderson'
Death Race (2008, Paul W.S. Anderson)
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tagged: Charles B. Griffith· Ib Melchior· Jason Statham· Joan Allen· Paul W.S. Anderson· Robert Thom· Universal Pictures· ★½
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, Russell Mulcahy)
August 15th, 2007 · No Comments
I wonder how Paul W.S. Anderson writes his screenplays. Does he actually write in all the references–think The Birds here, or a tanker like in The Road Warrior or even the Statue of Liberty shot out of Planet of the Apes–or do they come up later? Resident Evil: Extinction is an amalgam of, I imagine, […]
Tagged: Milla Jovovich· Paul W.S. Anderson· Russell Mulcahy· Screen Gems· ★
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, Alexander Witt)
April 9th, 2007 · No Comments
Trying to figure out how to start this post was incredibly difficult. As far as sequels go, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is, tonally, a terrible sequel to the first film, but it’s still a perfectly reasonable b-movie. The first film, visually, is classy compared to this one, which has lots of quick cuts during fight scenes. […]
Tagged: Alexander Witt· Milla Jovovich· Paul W.S. Anderson· Screen Gems· ★
Resident Evil (2002, Paul W.S. Anderson)
March 30th, 2007 · No Comments
I have a mild affection for Paul W.S. Anderson–or, at least, I think he gets a bad rap. I’ve never been able to easy prove it before, but Resident Evil certainly helps my argument for Anderson’s effectiveness as a director. The film opens with a nine or so minute tease, establishing the situation, then goes […]
Tagged: Alan McElroy· Milla Jovovich· Paul W.S. Anderson· Screen Gems· ★
Alien vs. Predator (2004, Paul W.S. Anderson), the director’s cut
September 4th, 2006 · No Comments
Now, who exactly thought a film entitled Alien vs. Predator could be good? I mean… just from the title, it’s obvious there’s a fairly low potential for the film. As such, Alien vs. Predator is fine. It’s wholly watchable. It’s stupid and there are some enormous plot holes–not just in the established Alien or Predator […]
Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Dan O'Bannon· Ewen Bremner· Jim Thomas· John Thomas· Lance Henriksen· Paul W.S. Anderson· Ronald Shusett· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ



