[IMDB] [Netflix]
shimmer lake does a fine job of telling a mystery story in reverse. i first saw this gimmick used in memento, where it was meant to force the protagonist's condition onto the viewer, and it was definitely an appropriate storytelling device there. in the case of shimmer lake, there did not seem to be any particular reason for telling the story that way, other than for the entertainment value. luckily, it was very entertaining. the only bad spot was that they could not seem to decide whether to make it comedic or not. so the viewer suffers a bit of whiplash whenever a scene change toggles the comedy bit.
shimmer lake gets four dead bodies.
2017-06-13
the rezort
[IMDB] [Amazon]
the rezort is a ripoff of jurassic park, except without all of the parts that made jurassic park good ("unix! i know this!") and also with zombies instead of dinosaurs. the rezort had other flaws, as well, such as an obvious supply chain issue that telegraphed the climax's scandalous reveal. it would also be accurate to observe that the rezort employed zero competent security personnel, which seems particularly unrealistic to me, given that we were supposed to be in a world where billions had died from a highly contagious disease, the last known sample of which was wandering free range on this island. to be fair to the writers, it would have been a much shorter and less interesting movie if they had had proper security measures and backup systems in place.
also, if there is a zombie outbreak and your failsafe system intends to scorch the entire island, then here is a hot tip for you: do not rely on AIRPLANES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FLY OVER YOU AND SHOOT ROCKETS. instead, you need a Big Red Button which blows everything, with zero delay, via redundant, pre-placed explosives of a size that will definitely produce a mushroom cloud and leave behind nothing more contagious than some molten rock. and actually, the BRB should be a dead man switch. plus a remote trigger in case a zombie sits on the now-aptly-named dead man switch.
i mean, come on. we are talking about ZOMBIES here. a highly-contagious, blood-borne infection which turns its hosts into ravenous monsters is essentially an extinction event. you might as well make a russian roulette theme park.
the rezort gets one clandestine thumb drive.
the rezort is a ripoff of jurassic park, except without all of the parts that made jurassic park good ("unix! i know this!") and also with zombies instead of dinosaurs. the rezort had other flaws, as well, such as an obvious supply chain issue that telegraphed the climax's scandalous reveal. it would also be accurate to observe that the rezort employed zero competent security personnel, which seems particularly unrealistic to me, given that we were supposed to be in a world where billions had died from a highly contagious disease, the last known sample of which was wandering free range on this island. to be fair to the writers, it would have been a much shorter and less interesting movie if they had had proper security measures and backup systems in place.
also, if there is a zombie outbreak and your failsafe system intends to scorch the entire island, then here is a hot tip for you: do not rely on AIRPLANES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FLY OVER YOU AND SHOOT ROCKETS. instead, you need a Big Red Button which blows everything, with zero delay, via redundant, pre-placed explosives of a size that will definitely produce a mushroom cloud and leave behind nothing more contagious than some molten rock. and actually, the BRB should be a dead man switch. plus a remote trigger in case a zombie sits on the now-aptly-named dead man switch.
i mean, come on. we are talking about ZOMBIES here. a highly-contagious, blood-borne infection which turns its hosts into ravenous monsters is essentially an extinction event. you might as well make a russian roulette theme park.
the rezort gets one clandestine thumb drive.
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