Mortus

This show was really bad, and it was so clichéd that who ever green-lighted it should be put in a dress and a blond wig and thrown into the showers at Riker's Island. The main character, Amonte, who is fresh out of the academy and very idealistic, is paired up with the veteran, Barnes, who seems cynical but is really a good guy and a faithful community servant. And of course they come from different cultural backgrounds. This is so predictable, and basically out of the "T.J. Hooker"-handbook for creating a mediocre cop show. The worst part about the show, however, is the voice-over done by the Amonte-character. There is a voice-over throughout the show and always a closing epilogue, just to make sure that we, "the stupid audience", understand the vaguely hidden moral points of today's episode, here are some examples: "Cops may seem insensitive but it is a necessary facade", "It is important that kids have positive role models", "Violence never solved anything". If you find this show to be anything than a huge insult to your intelligence, then you probably think that "The Simple Life" is a greater cultural gem than Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

I still consider myself a young man. I am 23, but every once in a while I realize that I am getting older. Back when I was a teenager I probably would have found this movie entertaining to some degree, but not now. The movie contains blood and gore ad libitum and clearly the special effects and make up teams had to earn their keep on the movie, but the story is both stupid and predictable, containing all the horror movie clichés from "bad guy being more stealthy than an F117", "good guys failing to realize that staying together might be their best option, deciding instead to split up at every possible moment", and of course the classic "bad guy has been blown up, shot, stabbed, beaten, and burned yet rises again for one last fight". If you simply want blood, gore, and cheap (very cheap!) thrills then this movie might be for you, but if you looking for a little more to rattle your cage, then do pass on this garbage.

"Shaft" is a weakly done action thriller. Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal of the Shaft-character never reaches that level of coolness his character had in Pulp Fiction. The story is somewhat tedious and never really captures the audience. The "Peoples Hernandez"-character, played by Jeffrey Wright, never manages to become the menacing bad guy it was intended to be, throughout the movie it appears comical partly due to Jeffrey Wright's physical appearance, which is very non-threatening. I also noted that several times during the shoot outs in the film the characters were discharing their weapons despite the slide being locked back, indicating that the weapons are our of ammunition. On a big Hollywood production like this, something like that should be corrected. All in all I would not bother with this film if I were you.