Buggy
03-11-2006, 01:36 PM
I saw it last night. I've also seen the original. When it is compared to other horror movies that have been coming out recently it's pretty good. It doesn't really rely on cheap jump scares, and instead really tries to build tension, and most of the time does pretty well at it.
When compared to the original, it doesn't seem as consistent. There are moments that are great, it's just that the stuff in between moves a bit slow. In the original the mutants were a bit more "human," in the sense that you got to know each one of them a little more. You knew their names. You knew who was in charge, and who were the peons. In this one the mutants are just a handful of big scary ugly guys. One thing I liked about this version was that it expanded on the story of how the mutants came about and everything. In the original you knew that there was a lot of nuclear testing and that the radiation did something to some people. In this version you find out a little bit more.
Overall it's a pretty good shotgun-to-the-face bloody kind of movie. If you liked the original you'll probably enjoy this one. I'll give it 3/5.
When compared to the original, it doesn't seem as consistent. There are moments that are great, it's just that the stuff in between moves a bit slow. In the original the mutants were a bit more "human," in the sense that you got to know each one of them a little more. You knew their names. You knew who was in charge, and who were the peons. In this one the mutants are just a handful of big scary ugly guys. One thing I liked about this version was that it expanded on the story of how the mutants came about and everything. In the original you knew that there was a lot of nuclear testing and that the radiation did something to some people. In this version you find out a little bit more.
Overall it's a pretty good shotgun-to-the-face bloody kind of movie. If you liked the original you'll probably enjoy this one. I'll give it 3/5.