Ryan Reynolds has pioneered the type of fast-talking, quippy characters that seem to be so popular with today's mainstream audiences. It's somewhat ironic that Reynolds is finding so much success right now because, for years, it seemed like he was doomed to be one of those great actors that nobody took seriously.
Reynolds appeared in several disastrous comic book movies that fell way beneath fans' expectations. He's not particularly bad in "Blade: Trinity," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," or "Green Lantern," but the films did not give him the type of recurring roles that best suited his talents. However, "Deadpool" gave Reynolds a chance to both do his best work and reflect on his earlier failures. It's a testament to his belief in the project that "Deadpool" finally became the success that he had always suspected it would be. Following the positive reception to the film, Reynolds joined additional franchises with "Free Guy,...
Reynolds appeared in several disastrous comic book movies that fell way beneath fans' expectations. He's not particularly bad in "Blade: Trinity," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," or "Green Lantern," but the films did not give him the type of recurring roles that best suited his talents. However, "Deadpool" gave Reynolds a chance to both do his best work and reflect on his earlier failures. It's a testament to his belief in the project that "Deadpool" finally became the success that he had always suspected it would be. Following the positive reception to the film, Reynolds joined additional franchises with "Free Guy,...
- 11/28/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
Now for the scary part...
"Dead Snow"
Photo: IFC
"Dead Snow" is a Norwegian splatter flick built around an idea that seems so classic, you almost wish no one had risked turning it into a movie and thus possibly screwing it up. The idea is this: Nazi zombies. Perfect, right?
Not unprecedented, of course. The 1977 "Shock Waves" is a hardy cult item along these lines, for one thing. I haven't seen the German "Golden Nazi Vampire of Absam: Part II," released into instant obscurity last year, but Jean Rollin addressed the Nazi-gut-muncher theme in his 1981 "Zombie Lake," as did fellow hack Jesús Franco that same year with "Oasis of the Zombies." Both of these characters, as you may know, screwed it up royally. So while "Dead Snow" may not be the first movie of its mini-genre, I think we can safely say it is, by simple default, one of the very best.
"Dead Snow"
Photo: IFC
"Dead Snow" is a Norwegian splatter flick built around an idea that seems so classic, you almost wish no one had risked turning it into a movie and thus possibly screwing it up. The idea is this: Nazi zombies. Perfect, right?
Not unprecedented, of course. The 1977 "Shock Waves" is a hardy cult item along these lines, for one thing. I haven't seen the German "Golden Nazi Vampire of Absam: Part II," released into instant obscurity last year, but Jean Rollin addressed the Nazi-gut-muncher theme in his 1981 "Zombie Lake," as did fellow hack Jesús Franco that same year with "Oasis of the Zombies." Both of these characters, as you may know, screwed it up royally. So while "Dead Snow" may not be the first movie of its mini-genre, I think we can safely say it is, by simple default, one of the very best.
- 6/19/2009
- MTV Movie News
“There are no good jokes that don’t involve poop, pee or semen,” someone says in Dead Snow, but Norwegian director/co-writer Tommy Wirkola would clearly disagree with his character. Where bodily fluids and parts are concerned, blood and guts are the humorous props of choice in his movie, and its best moment is a literal cliffhanger with a human and a zombie clinging to another ghoul’s unfurled intestines.
Which is not to say that Dead Snow goes completely over the top in either its comedy or its filmmaking. (The movie opens this week in New York and next week in La theatrically, and is also available via video-on-demand from IFC Films; this review is based on the subtitled version playing the big screens, not the dubbed edition being presented on small ones.) The obvious models are Evil Dead II and Dead Alive, yet Wirkola eschews the aggressive camerawork of Sam Raimi and,...
Which is not to say that Dead Snow goes completely over the top in either its comedy or its filmmaking. (The movie opens this week in New York and next week in La theatrically, and is also available via video-on-demand from IFC Films; this review is based on the subtitled version playing the big screens, not the dubbed edition being presented on small ones.) The obvious models are Evil Dead II and Dead Alive, yet Wirkola eschews the aggressive camerawork of Sam Raimi and,...
- 6/18/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
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