Showing posts with label Renée Soutendijk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Renée Soutendijk. Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Suspiria (2018)



A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist.

Artful re-imagination of an already highly stylish horror classic has a lot going for it (style, great sets, cast, atmosphere and a great soundtrack), but far outstays its welcome, disappoints with an over-the-top ending and generally can't hold a candle to the original.


Thursday, 27 September 2018

De Flat (1994)



A divorced doctor falls for a copywriter who is a suspect in the murder of two people.

Rather conventional thriller is barely suspenseful, since most of its plot is quite predictable, and the eroticism is added for more exploitative reasons.

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Eve of Destruction (1991)



A terrorist hunter is hired by a scientist to deactivate her android double, a walking, talking, murderous nuclear bomb which has gone amok in the big city and is about to explode.

Mediocred and highly dated sci-fi action nonsense with a dubious stance about female empowerment.

Maltin**: "This muddled FRANKENSTEIN variation might have worked with a better script, and without a point of view that manages to at the same time be reverse-sexist and anti-feminist. Soutendijk gives her all in a dual role..."