steve d
sort of like a Timecop film without a budget and a lot more cheese.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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Nice idea to display a parallel world where magic is very common every day stuff and technique is something very fishy. I enjoyed that very much.
Rated 4/5 Stars •
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/12/23
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"Paradox" is another film from American World Pictures, made for Sci-Fi Channel. The plot of the movie actually is interesting, and it would be nice: the film begins on a parallel Earth, similar to ours, but where magic has replaced science and vice versa. Much is different this world, which apparently developed after the 2nd World War, when Winston Churchill (yes, him), uses the same mystical objects that Adolf Hittler used to win the war - he is still alive in the movie, with 130 years.
In this world, it's common the use of necromancy, spells and crystals that store the mystical force that replaces the normal power on Earth: the most powerful politicians are actually the most powerful magicians. But something mysterious happens when a murder occurs, using a strange metal projectile - in fact a bullet from a .44 Magnum, from our world - the magic is weak against the iron.
Interesting, isn't it? But what is interesting stops here.
Kervin Sorbo is in the role of Sean Nault, a homicide detective who investigates the case, he ends up finding a exoteric shot (actually a science store) from Lenoir (Steph Song), and discovers a plot that could destroy the world (I do not go into spoilers here, only because would not be worthwhile to describe the rest of the story).
the film is based on the comic of the same name, written by Chistos N. Gage, and has an approach to his origins, taking (and using badly) ideas used in "Sin City". The between-scenes are show sometimes by converting the images into drawings, sometimes from changes frames and scenes like they were comic book frames.
The acting is terrible, the more enjoyable one is from Kevin Sorbo (who has starred in many films and TV series such as Andromeda and Hercules) - many cliches and horrible and confusing dialogues scattered all around.
The scenery comes to to be funny for the moment, sometimes being sterile on the indoor, sometimes with open air fake scenarios generated by CG (one scene in the snow is hilarious): the special effects, as one might expect, also use CG in scenes with creatures (Pegasus, dragons, etc. - yes that's right) who try to be quick, not to show the quality of it. Many items of scenery and makeup (eg the "zombies" that are used as workers) are too horrible, reminding a Star Trek episode in the late '60s.
If this is deliberate or not is another story. The big problem, even excluding what I mentioned, is that the story becomes confused, with many bad scenes and with bad explanations, and that get us in a hasty conclusion. in the final 20 minutes.
Another movie that came out very bad, yet, it has enough to be funny, and like it or not, have a starting plot that is interesting, but not being well developed and with bad writing / acting / effects, sinks the film. My score: 3.0 / 10.0.
Rated 1.5/5 Stars •
Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
01/21/23
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I liked the Idea of the Movie. It is like "what if" the Magic was the Center and the Science in the corner, mankind find that Science is just something imaginary ridiculous. Well short the "other way around."
Also the sequence as Comic was very nice. Something different for a change.
A great Adventure SciFi
It was a tiny bit weird to see Christopher Judge totally in a different role, I first even didnt recognize him.
Rated 4/5 Stars •
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/02/23
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Based on a graphic novel, this is an average TV sci-fi crime drama. The concept of the story sounded great on paper but the end result is not that good. I enjoyed watching Kevin Sorbo during his Hercules and Andromeda days - he's a solid action star and in this movie he tries his best with a weak script. The filmmakers try and copy Sin City's comic book style live-action panels and it doesn't work that well. The CG effects at times is horrendous and an embarassment. The person that wrote the script tries to be funny by giving the characters some famous quotes from other movies such as Goldfinger, Scarface and Dirty Harry. With a little bit more time and effort, this could have turned out decent but the final result is just OK. It's nothing special.
Rated 2.5/5 Stars •
Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/20/23
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Starts out with a terrible action scene and bad 3D animation, but it does get better. Its basis in a comic book is evident in scene transitions where an overlay is used with speech bubbles.
It does have some good lines, but it actually has the police captain say that the protagonist has unorthodox methods, but he gets results. Also, a villian says, "Say hello to my little friend!" while firing an assault rifle.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/17/23
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