Eric Breker

Mile Zero
$26.98
Derek Ridley's marriage has fallen apart. Alone and depressed, he fels unable to cope with the separation from his eight-year-old son, Will. Convinced that his wife's new love interest is a sexual predator, Derek devises a plan to take Will to the Rocky Mountains, where he believes a wilderness utopia can be found. At first, the journey brings a sense of freedom and adventure to both father and son, but before long, Derek's world of denial and half-truths becomes too much for either to bear.

The Thing Below
$9.98
I usually pick on poor Rob Zombie, because I thought his movies were the worst ever, that is, until now. I have never seen special-effects so cheap and tacky, but worst of all, even without the horrible special effects, this film is ridiculous. The acting is poor, the script is poor, it feels as if I'm watching a modern-day rendition of a B movie, except I'd rather watch a B movie any day over this one. Stay away from this film unless you want to watch it just to make fun of it!

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
$7.98
Or that's what the cast is trying to tell us in this disaster movie. Volcano in New York is one of those B-movies with a catchy title that you - according to that - think you need to see. I did, and it didn't bring me the excitement I thought it would.

Let's start positive: Costas Mandylor and Michael Ironside are acting well, a thing that can't be said from, say, the movie Earthstorm. Alexandra Paul tries very hard but should not be worried yet where to put her Academy Award.

The special effects are not bad, even quite realistic, but you can't aspect astonishing explosions from a budget spent for movies like this.

What is more troublesome in Volcano in New York is the plotline: a geologist (Ironside) tries to excerpt geothermal energy from the inner core of the earth. Unfortunately his drillings have dug up lavastreams. The first to discover this is a team of sandhogs, tunnelworkers in New York. So far for credibility, as soon as the sandhog leader (Mandylor) reports this to the community-council he is not believed, because some sort of civil servant finances Ironsides project. When some lava erupts, the FBI thinks terrorists are attacking NYC. Come on guys?! After those attacks the Feds must have seen SOME lava, so no one in his right mind would think of attacks. Nope, not here, just tunnelvision (tunnels...hmmm). Well if the FBI is really so narrowminded then the USA should be warned!

Another thing: when a person caught fire he is likely not to be wandering around the streets, practically unharmed, after an hour. Don't do that again. The script could have been better.

And what's with the sandhog calendar? This theme should have been left out, because it brings nothing extra to this film.

In short, the acting and special effects are OK, the plot however, should have been rewritten. Two stars is fair enough.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Extended Edition)
$12.99
I am an avid comic book fan and I make no excuses for the lack of cohesive storytelling. However the fight scenes and special effects were excellent. The acting wasnt oscar calibre but it fit into the action genre the way it needed to.Wolverine was tortured by his past, Sabretooth was ruthless and menacing and Silverfox was the one who did it all for love. The others did a bang up job too. Everyone from Agent Zero to Deadpool played their parts to perfection. Bravo. The content was awesome. The character profile that actually had the character talking as thier characters, nice touch.The deleted scenes needed to be just that. The interview of Lien Wein and Stan Lee was great. It's a nice touch to see the creator of Wolvering get his just desserts. All in all great product fora great low price. Thanks Amazon.