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The Inbetweeners (2008–2010)
A depressing and unfunny show about obnoxious teenagers engaging in shallow activities
4 May 2021
I tried to like this show, but after a few episodes, I just found it boring, unfunny, and actually rather bleak. The humor in the show is incredibly low-brow, juvenile and not very clever, revolving around fart gags, characters throwing up, scatological humor, and it feels so forced that it just becomes annoying and tiresome. The characters themselves are not even remotely likable or interesting, especially our four main leads, who, despite supposedly being friends, are constantly insulting and making fun of each-other for no real reason in just about every episode, are untrustworthy to one another, completely self-serving, and they really don't have sympathetic qualities that make them worth rooting for or relating to, and every episode is more or less about them trying to get drunk and/or score with some chick, and the whole point of the show is to watch them fail to achieve that, which only adds to the mean-spirited nature of the show. The other characters don't have much likable qualities either, including the other student characters and the parents of the characters.

Overall, there's not much positive I can say about the show, the lack of likable characters, the very low-brow humor, and mean-spirited nature of the show just gives it a very unpleasant and mean-spirited feel. This is not a show that I recommend.
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The Jeremy Kyle Show (2005–2020)
1/10
No, this show was never intended to help people.
20 April 2021
It depresses me that there are seriously people out there who are naive enough to believe that this show actually helps it guests with their problems. If you go on google reviews or if you look at some of the reviews on this site, you'll see several people not only defending this now cancelled show, but people also saying that this show should be brought back because, it supposedly, helped people with their problems. Lets just go over a few things.

1. Guests were told to change their clothes and wear tracksuit outfits, just so Jeremy Kyle could further ridicule them.

2. Several guests have come out saying that they were locked in a small room for 10 hours straight, making them feel stressed and anxious.

3. The producers have told their guests to speak louder than Jeremy Kyle on the stage just to make them look worse.

4. Despite not liking it when his guests swear on his stage, Jeremy Kyle himself swears at his guests, calling them vile insults, and then suspiciously editing clips of him swearing out so he doesn't look bad.

5. There was no aftercare on the show. Former guests have come out saying they were either given just one minute of aftercare, or none at all.

So to all the people who think this show helps people with their marriage problems, drug problems, etc, how do you explain everything I have just listed out?

Jeremy Kyle is not a good person, he is not a hero, he doesn't care about his guests problems, and he has no such intention of helping them. He is a vile, deceitful, scummy human being who exploits his guests and revels in their misery, and if any of you seriously believe he helps people, then you all seriously need to get in touch with reality. This show should never come back.
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Action Man: The Movie (2005 Video)
4/10
Somewhat better than Action Man: Robot Atak, however that's really not saying much.
3 February 2021
I previously wrote a review for Action Man: Robot Atak, where I criticized that movie for its awful animation, laughably bad voice acting, and simplistic story. How does X missions compare? well... it's an improvement in some ways, but still not very good.

I'll get the positives out of the way first. The CGI and visual look decent this time around, so that's something, and the voice acting is also an improvement over the last film.

And now for the negatives. The movie's story is lazily recycled form G.I. Joe: Valor Vs Venom. If you've seen that movie, you've already seen this movie, because it's more or less a shot for shot remake of Valor Vs Venom, the only thing that's changed is that the G.I. Joe characters are replaced with the characters from Action Man. It just shows that Hasbro have run out of ideas for action man, which shouldn't be all that surprising, since the franchise did die a year after this movie was made. Dr. X's character is just as lame as he was in the previous movie, Robot Atak, spouting laughable dialogue that no one in real life says, and his voice actor, Steve Berkoff still gives him a razzie nominee performance, and for whatever reason, Dr. X now wears a sleeveless leather jacket with a skull on one shoulder, a business tie wrapped around his right arm, multiple X tattoos on his left arm, and a shark tooth necklace around his neck, that would would look badass on a motorcycle bandit or a WWE wrestler, but Dr. X is supposed to be a mad scientist, it's hard to believe the writers actually thought people would take a villain who dresses like that seriously.

Overall, I don't recommend this movie. It's just a lazy cash-in not worth your time. If you want something good from the Action Man franchise, watch the 2000 series by Mainframe, you can't go wrong with that.
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Serious Sam 4 (2020 Video Game)
9/10
Ignore the negative reviews
28 September 2020
This is a fun game and arguably the best in the serious sam franchise. The weapons feel powerful, the enemies are satisfying to shoot, and the new vehicles are awesome to use. My only complaint is that the difficult can be a bit unfair at times, but other than that, this is a must-buy for fans of first person shooters and serious sam.
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Monsters, Inc. Scream Team (2001 Video Game)
4/10
Very boring and severely lacking.
1 April 2020
I use to play this game a lot when I was little, and back then I thought it was a very cool game, but like I said, I was little and I did not have that much experience with video games, and now that I am an adult who has had a lot of experience with gaming, I see now that this game is not very good and could have been much more.

So, in Monsters, Inc. Scream Team, you have three zones, each containing four levels (12 in total). The first zone has an urban setting, the second zone has an egyptian setting, and the third zone has an arctic setting. The main objective in the game is to scare these things called "Nerves" in every level of each zone until they no longer function, which are androids made to resemble children, and when you scare them, you have to press several different buttons while doing so. You also have to collect little cans of ooze, which you need in order to scare these Nerves, and there are two types: you have green ones (which fill up your scare fuel) and red ones (which fills it up even more). There are three medals to achieve in the game, a bronze medal (which you need to earn by scaring five nerves in each level), a gold medal (which is earned by scaring 8 nerves in each level), and a silver token (which is earned by collecting these tokens that are scattered in all the levels,and there are tens of them in each level). There also enemies in each level, which are little toys made to resemble animals, and they are very easy to kill, as you only need to hit them once, and the game doesn't really encourage you to kill them, but instead avoid them, and they also tend to move slow and are easy to get around due to the wide space around them. Once you've completed a zone, you are to made to race with Randall in order to unlock a thing that helps you get to places you can't reach, the three things you unlock include a trampoline, a speed mat (that makes you run faster), and a flingshot (which resembles an atom and it teleports you to places that you can't get to). You can play as either Sullivan or Mike. Sullivan's attacks include hitting enemies and doing a jump and then a body slam, and Mike's attacks are very similar, he can also hit enemies and also bounce like a ball to crush enemies.

And that's it, it's all as simple as it sounds. I mentioned that the whole objective is to scare these nerves, well that's all you get to do, and it gets very boring and repetitive real quick. There isn't any challenge or fun to be had, it all just feels like a chore, and once you have scared all the nerves, there is really nothing to do after that. Also, once you do achieve all three medals, you are rewarded with a cutscene of Waternoose congratulating Sully and Mike for scaring all the nerves, and then then credits role. Yeah... that isn't much of a reward now is it?

The only good things I can say is that the graphics look nice, the soundtrack is catchy and the game's controls and camera actually work. However when your game is this bland and severely lacking in content, it feels like a waste.

Overall, I really don't recommend this game. It is by no means a terrible game, but barely a good one either. There are far better games you could be spending time on than this.
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Toy Story 2 (I) (1999 Video Game)
6/10
A fun movie tie-in game that, unfortunately, lacks replay value.
1 April 2020
Okay, so before I explain the positives and negatives of this game, I will explain how the game works.

So you play as Buzz Lightyear, and there are 5 zones in this game, each zone has 3 levels, in the first 2 two levels of each zone, you have 5 objectives you have to do in order to earn a pizza planet token, such as finding 50 coins for Hamm, finding 5 missing items for a character, doing a racing mission (most of which have a time limit), solving a puzzle, and killing a mini boss, and the whole purpose of unlocking these tokens is to progress to the next level, and the third level in each zone is a boss fight, and those boss levels require a certain number of tokens in order to access them. There are 50 pizza planet tokens in total, however you only need 40 tokens to make it to the final level, there isn't really any point in collecting 50 tokens, because if you do, you will just be "rewarded" with a congratulations screen and then a scene from the movie. Rex appears in all levels (except for the third levels in each zone) where he gives you tips on what you need to do, and Mr. Potato Head appears in all the first levels in each zone, where he will unlock a gadget for you in exchange for finding a missing part of his body, and these gadgets will either help you with winning certain missions, or help you enter areas in levels that you can't get to by normal means, and there are 5 gadgets in total, such a force-field shield (used to protect you), the disc launcher (used to kill stronger enemies), rocket boots (that help you go faster), a grappling hook (used for reaching high areas), and hover boots (also used for reaching high areas). Each level (excluding the third levels in each zone) has a non-linear design, and it is a third-person platforming game. You will be mainly climbing up poles or ropes to get to areas, and there is also a lot of platform jumping. You will also be swinging on poles and holding onto zip-lines in order to get to areas. You are equipped with a laser with unlimited ammo (and if you hold down the button which makes Buzz shoot his laser long enough, a stronger yellow colored laser will come out), and you can use Buzz's wings to attack enemies (and if you hold down the button that makes buzz use his wings to attack enemies and then let go of the button, he will spin around for a few seconds making him deadlier towards the enemies). You can also pick up green laser upgrades, which gives you a stronger laser beam that makes enemies easier to kill, though it has ammo. You have 5 lives, and if you die, you will lose a life. You can pick up these green coins that have a picture of Buzz on them, and they will give you another life, and 9 lives are the maximum in this game, meaning that you can't collect more than 9 lives. There are floating batteries in this game, and if you collect them, your health bar will go higher. There are also floating little boxes in the game, and if you touch them, they will give you tips on what to do if you need help.

Okay, now that I have gotten all that out the way, I explain the positives and the negatives this game has, but starting with the positives.

Although the graphics look old by today's standards, for its time, they looked pretty good, and for an old-school game, they still look rather good. The controls are solid and well designed, the camera is also very functional, and the soundtrack is just great listen to, in fact i'd say it has one of the best soundtracks in video game history.

Now for the negatives, this game is dead easy. I understand this is meant to be a game for small children, but they could have at-least added some challenge. The enemies themselves are easy to avoid, and the only reason you will need to destroy them is because they carry coins that are part of your mission in giving hamm 50 coins in each level (as mentioned above) or if they get in your way (which isn't usually often), and the objectives are very simplistic and not all that challenging, especially the mini-bosses, who are complete push-overs that are easy to kill, easy to dodge, and they just aren't as deadly as they could have been. The racing objectives that have a time limit give you plenty of time to complete your missions before the time runs out, and the puzzle missions also tend to be very basic and don't require to much brainpower. The green laser upgrades and extra life pick ups are both major game-breakers. You can easily beat this game without dying.

Another flaw is lack of replay value. As mentioned above, the objectives are incredibly easy, but also once you've beaten them and earned all the pizza planet tokens, there just isn't much point returning to play those objectives.

Overall, this game is generally fun overall, but you may find yourself playing it just once.
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1/10
Very unfunny, boring and downright creepy movie.
1 March 2020
I decided to watch this movie with an open mind, ignoring the negative reception it has received, thinking that maybe this movie isn't as bad as they say. However, it turns out the reviewers were right, this is an awful and tedious movie with almsot redeemable.

The humor in this film is its biggest problem, it's simply not unfunny and lacks any wit or imagination, as it largely revolves around characters having sex, talking about having sex and characters insulting another. It gets dull very quick and it is clear the writers just did not put any effort into writing these jokes

Then the film starts to become creepy, with characters talking about wanting to get pissed on, wanting to have sex with decapitated animals, and putting vagina juice in their sandwiches. And keep in mind, the characters talking about doing these things are the lead characters, let that sink in.

Speaking of the characters themselves, not one of them is either likable or entertaining. They're incredibly one-dimensional, have no depth or personality, and there's just no reason to feel any attachment to any of them.

The story itself is incredibly boring. Apart from everything I mentioned above, nothing interesting ever happens, the characters don't do anything unique, it become a chore to watch, even if you can stomach the creepier moments and the bland humor.

This movie doesn't even have a real ending. It just ends with one of the characters asking the three other lead characters if any of them has seen his dog, then the credits just roll. It's pretty obvious the writers didn't know or just couldn't be bothered to come up with a proper conclusion, so they just thought "ehh this movie isn't going anywhere, let's just end it mid-sentence"

Even the makers of the film are ashamed of it, since they put a tagline on the dvd cover, saying "The search for the lowest form of life on the planet has finally been found", that alone should come as a red flag that this movie is going to suck.

I will say one thing positive about this movie, it at-least has an awesome soundtrack, one of the songs being Ace of spades by Motorhead, which is a badass song.

But overall, I just cannot recommend this movie. it's boring, unfunny, gross, creepy and impossible to get invested in. Give it a miss.
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1/10
Please do NOT watch this
18 February 2020
Okay, I myself have never watched this, however I never will either. This is a porno movie where two guys have sex with a 70 year old man cross-dressing as a woman, that is all that needs to be known about this... "thing" that calls itself a movie. I was unfortunate enough to come across screenshots of this abomination online and I already feel physically sick. The fact there are people who find this garbage "sexy" is just as disturbing. If you're normal person, then please... PLEASE just don't watch this, no matter how curious you are, unless you really want to be scarred for life. I wouldn't even force my own worst enemy to watch this.
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Big Train (1998–2002)
1/10
unfunny crap
8 January 2020
This is an awful show and I don't recommend it. The humor is embarrassing and cheap, revolving around characters acting stupid or doing something strange, lots of lowbrow jokes with no wit, and for some reason the writers feel the need to repeat the same jokes in different forms to try and trick the viewer into thinking it's a new joke. The writer clearly know the humor in this program isn't funny, since they feel it's necessary to add in a laugh track to persuade people into thinking it's hilarious, well they were sadly mistaken if that's the case.
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Monkey Dust (2003–2005)
1/10
lame, pretentious show that pretends to be smarter than it really is.
8 January 2020
I tried to like this show, but I just couldn't. The humor is very juvenile, relies on things like sex, cursing, and shock value without any clever charm or wit and the show uses a lot of surrealism and pseudo intellectual dialogue to try distract viewers from how flat the comedy is in this show, and the satire itself isn't very good either, as it lacks any subtlety and is very in your face. Lots of people about how this show is more intelligent than south park or family guy, but if anything, monkey dust is no different, just slightly more pretentious.
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1/10
just awful
14 June 2019
If you're a fan of action man, whether it's the action figures, the animated series from the 90s or the early 2000s cgi series, then you should give this movie a miss. The cgi is ugly, cheap looking and rivals the dreadful cgi of foodfight, the voice acting is laughably bad and cheesy, and the story is generic, boring and poorly written. Despite this movie is only 45 minutes long, it feels like it takes forever because nothing interesting ever happens. The main villain himself, doctor X, feels like he was written as cartoonishly evil as possible and he is hard to take seriously as a villain because he's so stereotypical, he would not feel out of place in a comedy flick. Overall, this movie feels more like a toy commercial made to promote more action man figures, instead of having an engaging story. Watch the 2000 cgi series instead, as well as the 90s cartoon show. They at-least put effort in both of those, unlike this lazy cash-in.
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Red Faction II (2002 Video Game)
5/10
mediocre sequel
15 May 2019
I love the first red faction game. it had fun weapons, lots of destructive environments, fun vehicle sequences and lots of actions. Red faction 2, on the other hand, fails to live up to the qualities of the first game.

the gunplay here feels really bland and fails to pack a punch. shooting the enemies just doesn't feel satisfying and a lot of the weapons feel under-powered.

the level design is much more linear than that of the first game, and what was so impressive about the first game was that if you threw a grenade or fired a rocket at a wall, or the ground, it would leave a huge hole or literally destroy a piece of the environment, it was a such a groundbreaking feature. however, in this game, destructive environments are much rarer and only certain parts of the game have it.

overall, I don't recommend this sequel the first game was much better.
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