Tweet ReviewRounding off my weeks watching, Dean Devlin’s taut cat-and-mouse thriller ‘Bad Samaritan’ is fully deserving of the weeks (unprecedented) 2nd 5-star review. From the first act’s somewhat shocking opener, the tight-crafted story only seeks to escalate as our anti-hero Sean (Robert Sheehan) is engaged in a deadly battle of wits with the resourceful sociopath Cale Erendreich played by David Tennent of ‘Dr Who’ fame. The plot opens as two petty thieves go about their business of burglary and scamming. Offering to valet at a local restaurant, the pair take advantage of their ‘customers’ dining engagements, driving the car back […]

Tweet ReviewIn a frankly stunning restoration, the 1970 British ‘giallo’ sees new life on Blu-ray courtesy of ‘Network’ who release the film this September (2018). In perhaps stereotypical fashion, Sidney Hayer’s delivery of a rather typical stalk and slash who-dunnit could be accused of being a little too British.  Favouring technical competence and straight-up narration of the plot over the visual flare and flamboyant characters of its European influences, ‘Assault’ might lack some identity when compared with its peers but is an entertaining flick never the less. The plot opens with the brutal rape of a young school girl on […]