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Netflix Film Review: Kate - Stylish and Over the Top.

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Age Certificate : 15+ (BBFC)   Runtime: 1hr 45min By Sam Coles:   Ever since I got Netflix, well when I say I got Netflix; I mean my dad gave me log ins for various streaming services but I digress. I have been going through a lot of the Netflix produced films which are a mix in terms of quality, but most of the ones I have watched have been good. And this brings me to the topic at hand Kate, an over the top and violent action thriller which is a fantastic time if you are looking to burn an hour and forty-five minutes.    Kate is about the titular contract killer where she is tasked with taking out an advisor within a Yakuza family, however she is having second thoughts as the daughter of the advisor is there with him, but she ends ending his life anyway. Haunted by the screams of the daughter she wants out of contract killing, however one evening when cavorting with a stranger she is poisoned with radiation and has a day to live. She ends up taking the daughter un...
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Review.

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Age Certificate: 18+ (BBFC)   Runtime: 2hr 58min By Sam Coles: Westerns are a genre not often explored in the modern cinema, mostly due to zeitgeist changes in the world of film. Anyway, during the 1960’s Westerns were absolutely everywhere first starting with American produced films starring the human equivalent of wood John Wayne. Westerns really got going when Italian film director Sergio Leone released a film in 1964 called A Fistful of Dollars, starring fresh faced and upcoming actor Clint Eastwood. What made this film a standout from the traditional clean American Westerns, was the gritty tone where people bled when they were shot and looked as if they have actually been in a fight. However, it wasn’t until 1966 when he would release his most iconic film, and that film was The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly starts off with a beautiful opening like Leone’s other films, with a great credit sequence sporting its iconic main theme co...
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