No Tell Motel Movie Review

No Tell Motel

                                                 

No Tell Motel is a horror thriller movie released in 2012. This movie is written by T.J. Cimfel and directed by Brett Donowho. The different characters of this film are played by Rileigh Chalmers, Johnny Hawkes, Chalie Howes, Andrew MacFarlane, Angel McCord and Chelsey Reist.

No Tell Motel is about a group of friends who have an accident in the highway and the goes to a nearby abandoned motel to stay at the night. But the terrifying history of that hotel haunts them and they start to get killed one by one.

A Scene from the movie No Tell Motel

Plot:

At the beginning of No Tell Motel  we see a small clip, where a little girl gets killed on the highway by a speeding vehicle. Her parents rush to her, who were just a few feet away from her, in front of a motel.

Five friends (two couples and another girl, where the two boys are brothers) are heading to a cottage in their RV to spend a vacation. They stop at a store to buy supplies, where one of the girls secretly buys pregnancy test kit. A boy is seen severely addicted to some special drugs. They again start from the store. The boy who was driving the RV is speeding ignoring all other’s warnings and finally has an accident.

Now, in the highway at the middle of the night, they are at a loss. But soon they find an abandoned motel nearby (the same motel which we saw in the clip at the beginning of the movie) and they all goes there to spend the night. The addicted boy gets busy with his tablets, a couple starts to make out and another girl, with her pregnancy test, finds out that she is pregnant. She shares it with another girl of the group and also says that she doesn’t understand how this has happened, because she always uses protection with her boyfriend. The other girl also shares some of her secrets with her.

A girl from that group sees a little girl (who died at the beginning of the movie) and while following her, she gets killed by a speeding truck. The others finds her dead body holding a little girl’s shoe and a scar on her face, which she saw on the little girl. They also find the injured and unconscious driver of the truck which caused that accident and carries him to the motel.

While a girl from the group was roaming around the motel, the wooden floor breaks and she falls in a room in the basement. She finds someone else’s presence in the room and a wooden horse moves itself towards her, so she hides in the next room. The addicted boy finds her from the ground floor, and while looking for something to save her, he finds some more drugs. By taking those drugs, he loses his mind. Meanwhile, the girl in the basement has some sort of vision from the past where she sees a lady in the bathtub, cutting her own wrists.

In another room, the dead girl’s boyfriend start to hit on the addicted guy’s boyfriend, but the addicted guy comes there and the two boys head for the basement to save the girl. But meanwhile, she has seen the little girl again and while trying to escape from there, she dies. The two boys go to the basement where one of them gets mysteriously locked in a room. There the again see some vision where a lady is tied to a table.

In the meantime, the driver of the truck that killed the first girl wakes up and then he tells the last girl about this motel. He says, after their little girl got killed on the accident, her parents got insane and the mother tried to commit suicide. The father saved her and kept her inside the basement tied to a table, where he used to feed her.

In the basement, the door of the room opens on its own and the man there sees another vision of the father of the dead little girl raping his wife. He then comes upstairs and taking the girl, goes to basement again and find another girl’s dead body. In the meantime, the addicted boy has come upstairs and traps himself inside a bathroom and keeps on taking drugs. He sees the little girl sitting in the bathtub, staring at him. When the two from the basement comes upstairs, they find his dead body. Then the man tells the girl that one time he drugged and then raped her. Hearing this, she leaves the room and starts to make contact with the ghost of the little girl to know her intentions.  

Following the little girl, she finds the horrific facts which happened in this motel long ago. She also learns the true identity of the truck driver and then she, along with her friend, fights to come out of this motel alive.

My review about No Tell Motel:

First of all, I didn’t like No Tell Motel at all.

The plot of this movie is not bad, but its too common to interest anyone. We have seen a lot of horror movies like No Tell Motel. The ending is also predictable.

The regular things in No Tell Motel didn’t seem realistic at all. For example, a group of friends were on a trip, but when the accidents happened, none of them seem to have any deep emotion for the death of their friends. One of them even started to hit on his brother’s girlfriend just minutes after his girlfriend died in No Tell Motel. In an abandoned hotel in the middle of nowhere, no one had someone to watch his/her back.

The acting of all the characters in No Tell Motel are a little below average, nothing impressive. Same goes for the dialogues.

The direction and the screenplay were really poor. None of the characters looked realistic. The character development also in No Tell Motel seemed very poor. None of the characters seemed to look at the real problem throughout the whole movie, even after their friend’s death. The scenes from the past didn’t look scary or pleasant at all. The whole movie No Tell Motel has failed to give a scare to me in any way.

The use of special effects in No Tell Motel was very limited. But they seemed okay.

There were no nude scenes or gore scenes in this movie, so you can watch it with kids.

So, finally, I didn’t find No Tell Motel worth watching. After watching it, I felt I’ve wasted a good amount of time. If you are looking for horror movies, there are a lot other better alternatives and you can view the other posts of my blog to get some names. I will not recommend No Tell Motel to anyone.

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A Good Day to Die Hard Movie Review

A Good Day to Die Hard
                                                                   

A Good Day to Die Hard is an American action movie released in 2013. This movie is the fifth installment of the famous movie series of Die Hard, which started at 1988. This film is written by Skip Woods and directed by John Moore. The iconic character of John McClane is played here by Bruce Willis, just like the previous movies of this franchise. Other major characters of A Good Day to Die Hard are played by Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yuliya Snigir and Sergei Kolesnikov.

In A Good Day to Die Hard, detective John McClane learns that his son is in a great danger in Russia. So John heads to Russia to bring his son back. His visit turns into a big mission where he gets a new companion, Jack McClane.

Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney in A Good Day to Die Hard

Plot:

A Good Day to Die Hard starts in Russia where an ex-billionaire named Yuri is held in prison and people are demonstrating for him. He is believed to be a political prisoner and is held captured by a plan made by a corrupted government high official, who is also the candidate for home minister in the next election. The officer goes to prison on the day before the trial and threatens Yuri that if Yuri does not hand him a special file, Yuri’s life will be at risk. Yuri does not get scared by this threat and says he will give the officer nothing.

At that night, a young man shoots and kills someone in a bar stating that he is working for Yuri. When he is captured and then sent to interrogation, he tells the police that he will testify against Yuri, if they hold his trial with Yuri’s.

Meanwhile in USA, detective John McClane finds the whereabouts of his son, Jack, and learns that he is in a prison in Russia. So John heads to Russia and reaches there on the day when his son is going to be on the court. His taxi gets stuck in jam on the way to the court so he leaves the taxi and starts walking. When he gets near the court, in his detective eyes, he finds something strange happening around there.

At the court, Yuri and that young man is present. But before the trial begins, a bomb explodes. The young man takes Yuri out of there safely just before some armed people enter there looking for Yuri. The young man then takes a delivery van to move Yuri from there, but before he starts, John comes there and finds the young man as his son Jack, who is an undercover agent working for C.I.A. John’s presence delays Jack and Yuri’s escape and meanwhile, the armed people starts to chase them in their car. To save Jack, John starts to go after the armed group.

After a lot of chasings and actions, finally John and Jack manage to take Yuri to a secret safe house of USA in Russia. An agent was there. That agent and Jack convinces Yuri to give them the secret file in exchange of Yuri's and his daughter’s safety. Yuri says the key to that file is located at a hotel and he calls his daughter to be there. Then some armed men attack there and kill the agent. John, Jack and Yuri escape from there and go to that hotel.

At that hotel, Yuri finds his daughter. But those armed men again attack there and take Yuri’s daughter, who then turns out to be a team member of those armed men lead by that corrupted official and also against her father. Taking Yuri, his daughter and the secret key, they head for the location where the file is hidden. Some other people of that group try to kill Jack and John but fail. Jack and John manage to kill everyone in that room before being attacked by some more soldiers on a helicopter, but finally escape from there alive.

Yuri is taken to a secret vault in Chernobyl along with his daughter and the soldiers. Reaching there, the true face of Yuri’s daughter gets exposed. We see that the whole plan is different than what we’ve seen till now. John and Jack reaches there and soon they find the actual plan. They start to go after the original villains.     

My reviews about A Good Day to Die Hard:

First of all, to all Die Hard fans: prepare for disappointment with A Good Day to Die Hard.

I’m starting the review by stating that, like thousands of other people, I’m a big fan of the Die Hard series. But a lot of things I like about all the other movies of this franchise are absent here in A Good Day to Die Hard.

The plot is not bad itself. It has some twists, but still it didn't seem strong enough. Although the ending of A Good Day to Die Hard was pretty predictable but that is not a big issue, because it has been the case of all the Die Hard movies. These movies are never about exciting endings. The screenplay here also seemed good.

I don’t need to say anything about the acting of Bruce Willis. All other artistes have also done a good job in A Good Day to Die Hard. The dialogues are good, except the dialogues of Bruce Willis’. His dialogues severely missed the charm from the older movies of Die Hard. The make ups were also okay.

The lighting and the camera works are good in A Good Day to Die Hard.  The special effects are brilliant. Specially, the car chasing sequence at the beginning was beautiful.

Like the previous movies, A Good Day to Die Hard does not contain any nude scene or any other scenes which may make it inappropriate for children.

Now, to talk about the things which I didn’t like about A Good Day to Die Hard, I should start with the plot. In all the previous four movies of this series, detective John McClane is put is such a situation that he has no other way than to fight. But in here its not the same case. A Good Day to Die Hard was completely about the mission of his son Jack, and John just runs with him all the time and fights. This is the first movie of this series where John is out of USA, so A Good Day to Die Hard was supposed to be very interesting about how he is surviving in a foreign land. But a lot of details are ignored and the director has completely failed to use this at his advantage.  Other than the location, almost nothing gave us the feeling that he was out of his comfort zone.

One of the most interesting sides about the Die Hard movies were the bold, dam care, rough and tough and bad-ass attitude of John McClane. But those seemed all gone now, in A Good Day to Die Hard, we see him as a softer person. I really missed his attitude here, where he had the guts to tell the villains that he was coming to get them. The villain in A Good Day to Die Hard is also not as strong as the previous villains and his character didn’t have the strong personality like them.

Remember the scene in Die Hard (part 1) where John’s wife got sure that John was alive by seeing the fury of an enemy and said “Only John can make someone that angry.”? I badly missed that John McClane in A Good Day to Die Hard.

The action sequences of A Good Day to Die Hard also didn’t look realistic like the previous films. How come he (and the villains) made such a mess in Moscow but almost no police was after them? Coming to Russia as a tourist, how can he get away after creating such a havoc? The part where Jack cut the ropes but the people standing behind him didn’t notice that at all didn’t seem logical. Somewhere over internet I read that, John McClane has killed 54 men in total in all the previous movies. But in the car chase sequence at A Good Day to Die Hard, he seems to have harmed (and killed) a lot of normal people, which doesn’t match with his reputation.

Several rumors are already all over internet about the Die Hard series. Some say, Die Hard will end with the sixth movie, which will take place at Japan. Another suggests, the importance of Jack McClane’s character given in this film, international location, political involvements – all these indicates that the time of John McClane has come to an end and his son will continue the series. Let’s see what happens in future days.

So, overall, although its not a bad movie itself, but A Good Day to Die Hard fails to satisfy a Die Hard fan. It doesn’t matter whether I recommend or not, action movie fans will watch this one just for its name and awesomeness of its prequels. But I’ll conclude by saying, I was disappointed by A Good Day to Die Hard.

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Not Suitable For Children Movie Review

Not Suitable For Children

                                                                    

Not Suitable For Children is an Australian romantic comedy drama movie released in 2012. This film is written by Michael Lucas and directed by Peter Templeman. The three main characters of Not Suitable For Children are played by Ryan Kwanten, Sarah Snook and Ryan Corr.

In the movie Not Suitable For Children, we see a man who is going to lose his ability to become a father soon due to his physical condition. Knowing this, he becomes desperate to impregnate a woman in a very small time frame.

Ryan Kwanten and Sarah Snook in the movie Not Suitable For Children

Plot:         

Jonah is a guy who lives with his two best friends, Gus and Stevie. They spend a good time partying with their friends. At one party, Jonah finds a lump in his testicle. Next day he visits a doctor and upon diagnosis, they find that Jonah has got testicular cancer. The good news is, the cancer is in very primary stage and Jonah is supposed to get a 100% recovery after the doctors remove his testicle. He can also continue his regular sex life after the operation. But the bad news is, this operation will make him infertile, so he can’t be a father after the operation.

The doctor suggests Jonah to contact a sperm bank who can save his sperms for future. Jonah does so and finishes all the procedures. Then he returns home and informs Gus and Stevie. They have a party on the next Friday and Jonah keeps the date for that party unchanged.

Soon, Jonah receives a call from the sperm bank. After going there, Jonah learns that he has a rare medical condition, for which, his sperms cannot be preserved. So, the only option left for him to become a father is to impregnate a woman before the operation.

Jonah starts his journey to look for the woman who will bear his baby. At first, he meets his ex-girlfriend, who is even irritated by Jonah meeting him. After her rejection, Jonah asks another of his girlfriends, who also rejects to his proposal. Jonah then goes to the doctor and shifts the date of his operation to three weeks later. He continues his search by asking all the women he has dated in his life, but none of them accepts his proposal. Jonah doesn’t say anything about his cancer to any of them.

He then looks at the possibility to adopt a baby. But he learns that he can’t adopt one because he has cancer. Stevie fixes him a meeting with a lesbian couple from her office, but the meeting doesn’t go in favor of Jonah. Stevie then makes arrangement for Jonah to meet another woman from her office who wants to have a child, but that plan also fails.

Jonah becomes frustrated. At one time, when he was discussing the whole thing with Stevie, he said her that he will let the mother of his child live as she wants, will not make any problem with her choice of career, friends or boyfriends. He also says that he will give the house where he is living currently to that lady. Stevie gets interested after hearing these offers. After thinking for a whole day, she agrees to have Jonah’s baby. But before agreeing finally, she makes Jonah read and sign on her written agreements.  

Then they start to sneak out at night and go to a cheap hotel to have sex. Being good friends, at first it seems weird to both of them, but soon they overcome this. They have only five days before Jonah’s operation and they waste the first night. They use the next four nights to the fullest. These things also create a stronger and more intimate relation between them.

On the day before Jonah’s operation, Jonah and Stevie have some kind of fight on the morning, where both of them regret their decision of choosing each other. Jonah has a party at his home that night. His ex-girlfriend comes to that party. She somehow learns about Jonah’s situation and this time, she herself offers Jonah to have his child. Jonah feels happy about it and they start to have sex right away, as it is the last night before Jonah’s operation. But Jonah refrains himself at the last moment. Just then, Stevie comes to the party looking for Jonah.

My reviews about Not Suitable For Children:

First of all, Not Suitable For Children seemed as a good romantic drama.

The plot of Not Suitable For Children was good, although it was predictable. Any romantic drama fan can predict the ending. Although it may not go exactly as you can guess (yes, it will not go exactly as everyone’s expectation) but still, the major part of the ending will not surprise you. The good thing about the plot of Not Suitable For Children is, it seems realistic, it’s not filled with too much drama or emotions.

The acting and the makeups of all the major characters in Not Suitable For Children were good. The characters were good looking, specially, Sarah Snook looked stunning. The character of Ryan Kwanten looked a little weird, but I think this is how the director had wanted it to be.

The dialogues and the screenplay of Not Suitable For Children were good. Same can be said about direction. But the comedy elements of this movie may seem inadequate as a proper comedy movie.

  

There were some nude scenes in Not Suitable For Children. For those scenes and also for the plot, you should not watch it with children.

To me, the basic theme of Not Suitable For Children seemed kind of similar the the movie Friends With Kids. The review of that movie can be found here: Friends With Kids Movie Review.

So, finally, Not Suitable For Children seemed like a pretty good movie. Although I’m not a big fan of romantic movies, but I still enjoyed watching it. I’d recommend watching Not Suitable For Children to all movie lovers.  

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