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Simply Perfect

As Good As It Gets

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Drama? Comedy? Apocalyptic horror? Yes to all three. This has all the elements needed to make a great story. It will appeal to horror fans - 2nd amendment enthusiasts - doomsday preppers - conspiracy theorists - gun enthusiasts - even pregnant ladies!!!!This story is about the swift decline of society due to a flu pandemic - is well written - well acted - good special effects - with a cheesy enough score to remind you of the best of grade B drive in movies. I enjoyed it thoroughly.First - the relationship between the star of the show Martin and his pregnant wife is great - he's so not ready for an apocalypse - and for the first 25% of the movie they are "Business as usual - what's all the fuss?" (a la Sean of the Dead). He pulls typical husband stunts like not checking the light bulb he just bought, but he recovers from that blinder with the use of a black light in his apartment which gives them all a 70's neon glow.One thing you'll learn is when the apocalypse comes, look for a friend like Horatio. Talk about some body who is ready!!! He made me want to run to the Kroger's store and gun store before the end of the movie. (Can you say Michael Gros in the first Tremors? - Horatio has a better stash of weapons.) But the highlight of the movie is the writing and the humor. The neighbors trying to convince their other neighbor that they "just want to talk" as they wave a meat tenderizer around. The Health Inspector who is obviously on his last legs. Martin in the astronaut's outfit - turning his face light on when they are stalking Zanutto. ("TUrn it off, you schmuck") Martin not knowing he had a pistol and not a revolver. Dialogue worthy of Sean of the Dead type humor.And the liberal use of the term "dickhead" is hilarious, and quite applicable.Plus definitely enough ineffective gun play that I thought was watching the gun fight on this week's Breaking Bad. How it is possible to shoot that many shot guns, pistols and assault weapons without hitting anyone is pretty amazing.All in all - something for everyone (unless you are a Nichols Sparks fan). Highly recommended. The Argentinians hit a home run with this one.DonB

While indeed the topic of a world-wide virus that kills everyone is a threadbare because so much bad movies that are based on it (so much!), this very one film is EXCELLENT, in the line of REC, a must see movie you like the genre.I first caught it on I-SAT (www.isat.tv), an Argentine cable channel that specialize in non-mainstream productions, one Wednesday at 1:30 AM and since the characters where suited in bio-hazard suits and spoke in Spanish, rioplatense Spanish actually, and one of them with cordobés accent, I think the movie was actually related to El Eternauta (meaning Eternauta 'ethernal astronaut', a well known sci-fi and political comic of Argentine's seventies) soon to realize it was a totally different story.The best think of the film are without doubt the acting and the oppressive atmosphere created by a well taken camera viewpoints and background music and the special effects were pretty cool too, I absolutely buy that everything on the movie was actually happening, the guns shooting, the sick people, the dead bodies, everything.I'm giving ten stars to this movie because it actually hypnotize me to the point of stop zapping, sit down, sharap and watch and for the euphoria I feel for the next hour after the movie ended.This is a great movie that will have you in a tense suspense for more than an hour and I hope you enjoy it as I did! BTW, this is definitely not a chic movie, so if you are a woman (little girls may still enjoy it) and you don't like it please don't rate it down, this movie it isn't for you.

You know, in the last few years, it seems the foreign cinema is out to show Hollywood what it's all about. There have been great French horror films in the last two years (Prey and La Horde come to mind) and now there is Phase 7 (Fase 7) from Argentina.The movie centers around the lead character Coco and his wife, who are expecting a child. We learn that the wife is 7 months along. The story opens with them stocking up on groceries like they always do and bickering a little. They see a huge rush of people come in and furiously start shopping but don't really think anything of it.When they return to their condominium building and begin sorting groceries, they receive a call during dinner that one family member is to go to the lobby. Coco goes down and is informed that the building is in quarantine and the Ministry of Health will have people come and check on them.Coco and his paranoid maniac friend Horacio band together as the residents of the quarantined building begin to turn on each other for food and because they think someone is infected.Coco is a slacker. An oaf, who is decidedly pacifist, and is content to let his pregnant wife change lightbulbs. When Horacio arms him and gives him a bio-suit, he is clumsy and twice gets knocked silly by wall-mounted concussion grenades.The violence gets bloody at the end with a surprise twist. I won't give this one away, so you'll have to watch the film. I saw it with English subtitles that were pretty spot-on, but it was nice to be able to practice my Spanish a bit as well.All-in-all, this movie should be destined to be nominated (and maybe win!) an award or two, and is one of the better foreign films I've seen this year. Hats off to everyone involved. You had my attention for the whole movie and I actually enjoyed it! Thank you!

So imagine if in Shaun of the Dead, Liz was 7 months pregnant, they'd just done their monthly supermarket shop and instead of going out, they'd decided to hole up in her block of flats. And the zombies don't bother to attack (there are no zombies in Phase 7, but it has the feel of a zombie film). But the rest of the apartment block goes a bit mental. That would kind of be along the lines of this film. It's funny (most the humour is pretty subtle but there are a few real laugh out loud moments) and it is quite bonkers but in a really enjoyable way. It's maybe not fair to compare it to SotD, it's not quite in that league, but it is a really enjoyable film with some great fun performances that's worth checking out if you get the chance.