Here’s another list of movies for you to watch during your free time and as usual, these were banned or not shown on the big screen at local cinemas. We have 2 international movies along with some Hollywood fare to keep you entertained. Don’t worry, the movies listed for this month are not sick or gory in nature this time around, heh.
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1. Funny Games (1997)
Peter and Paul, a deeply mentally disturbed duo, terrorize a lakeside vacation home belonging to married couple Anna and Georg and their son Georgie. Even the family pet, Rolfi, isn’t spared from the cruelty dispensed from the homicidal pair and what follows is a series of games of pain and death. What makes this film interesting (and creepy) is Paul breaking the fourth wall occassionally to talk to you.
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Harry Lockhart, a crook, meets his childhood sweetheart, Harmony Lane, after an audition for a mystery film. Winning the part, he is soon thrown into the seedy side of Hollywood and gets entangled into a murder conspiracy involving Harmony’s sister and getting help from gay private eye, Perry van Shrike. Smart and clever, watch what happens to the trio as they delve deeper into their investigation.
3. Death Proof (2007)
Stuntman Mike has a sick hobby; in his spare time, he takes women on deadly rides that end… permanently. His muscle car has been geared up for maximum impact, which he rides on purpose to crash with the intent to kill as many passengers as he can along the way. Getting away with barely a scratch on his “accidents”, Stuntman Mike is about to meet his match in the form of 3 women who are about to remind him that karma is a bitch…
4. Bronson (2008)
Based on real life Charles Bronson aka Michael Peterson, this film begins after he is caught for a robbery at a jewelry store and sentenced to 7 years in jail. Notoriously famous for being a savage and one of the UK’s most dangerous criminals, watch as he gets into constant mayhem with jail guards, fellow inmates and even a dog. This semi-biographical film is narrated with humor, a sick one.
5. Battle Royale (2000)
Inspired by the novel of the same name, the movie takes place on a deserted island with the premise that secondary school classes are picked at random and coerced to take arms against one another with outcome of each fight shown on television. Each season can have only 1 student as the survivor, with the metal collar ensuring that all goes according to the rules set. Watch as the ugly sides of humans are brought to the surface as paranoia, grudges and fear take over. Forget the Hunger Games, this is the ugly and raw version that gave birth to it.
