Saw VI (2009)

Every Halloween I go to the movies and every year I see the newest Saw movie. If you guessed it then you might be right, but I went to see the newest installment of the series. Right from the beginning the movie gets gruesome and it doesn't disappoint. This time Jigsaw has an agenda with the insurance company that denied him a chance at survival with cancer. So, he wants revenge and will stop at nothing to test people's wills to live. we also get to find out in this film exactly what was in the box Jill received from Jigsaw and the importance of the stuff inside. The movie has it's usual suspects in Tobin Bell coming back to play Jigsaw, Costas Mandylor as Det. Hoffman, Betsy Russell as Jill, and we even get to see Shawnee Smith reprise her role in the flashback scenes as Amanda. The movie also stars VH-1 Scream Queens winner Tanedra Howard, Eddie Winslow himself Darius McCrary and Atehna Karkanis comes back to play FBI agent Perez. The movie isn't bad and I do have to say that I actually did enjoy the film. Although You might be able to just skip it and wait for it to come out on DVD and rumor has it that theirs going to be a Saw 7. Three Stars Out Of Five

Starting This Week

I was going to do a 31 days of horror reviews but I have been set back by some issues so I will do the best I can to provide you with some Horror Movie Reviews leading up to Halloween.

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)

This is the horrifying true story of one of the most deadliest shoot outs to occur in LA history. It is about two men, who are dressed in full armor and carrying AK-47's and other military type weapons, going to commit a robbery at a Bank Of America in North Hollywood. The two men played by Andrew Bryniarski (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake), The Program) and former UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov (Bad Boys 2, Rollerball) are eventually met by the LAPD as a woman walking her dog noticed the two going in with the weapons and what will become a long and horrifying shootout. The Police are played by Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City) a sort of preacher type cop who carries pictures of deceased gang members with him to try and change the minds of inner city youths, Michael Madsen (Kill Bill), plays a veteran cop who happens to be in the neighborhood and has been chasing these guys for years, Ron Livingston (Office Space) plays a swat team officer who has been going through some emotional issues since the death of his father, and a special cameo from Desperate Housewives cast member Jesse Metcalfe. This is actually an excellent movie and it is sometimes hard to believe that it actually happened. The end of the movie also includes some real life footage of the heroes of that day. Three and The Half Stars Out Of Five