I have been doing traveling for work over the past few weeks, and thus my whole writing schedule was essentially disrupted to a bad point of disrepair. Unfortunately, my mind is still not functioning to where I can write a full review, but I wanted to give a quick recap of what I have gotten to see over the past couple of weeks.

Men Suddenly in Black. The film is a parody of the Triad gangster films, and it does a great job of capturing the style of those pictures and putting a twist on the proceedings. The film follows the exploits of 4 guys on a mission to cheat on their wives and girlfriends. Of course, with a plan like that how can you expect it to go smoothly. The wives find out about the plot and put in a plan of their own to catch them in the act.

The film is an absolute riot, and one of the more cleverly executed satires I have seen in a long time. It is far and away better than those that have been produced in America of late. The elaborate plans, the chase, the riotous "shootout," all combine into a comedy that is also very effective as a thriller.
Recommended.

Alone in the Dark. I should have known, you would have thought I would have learned my lesson after House of the Dead. But no, I had to go and see this pile of excrement laid out for an unsuspecting public by director Uwe Boll. This movie, based on the video game series, is horrendous. There is no logic to it, you know your in trouble when the film begins with a screen crawl that is read to you and last for a very long time. There are other voice overs throughout which seem to have been done as an afterthought.

I don't even know where to begin describing the story, not that it is terribly coherent. There is stuff about an ancient civilization that opened a gateway to evil and then disappeared, a government agency investigating the paranormal, experiments on orphans, creatures in the dark, all manner of nonsense which doesn't fit together. To that add on the performance of Christian Slater, who always seems to be channeling a Jack Nicholson impersonator, and Stephen Dorff, who wants to be Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer. And to top it off Tara Reid, perfectly cast as a museum curator, whoever convinced her she could act owes all of the viewing public a debt for having to put up with it.