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2015, alternatives, Movie Review

[Alternatives] – Movies – Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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Movies – Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Action, Thriller,
Duration: 120 Minutes
Directed By: George Miller
Written By: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris

In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland.

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[Alternatives] – Movies – It Follows

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Movies – It Follows (2014)

Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Thriller
Rating: R
Duration: 100 Minutes
Directed/Written By: David Robert Mitchell

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[Alternatives] – Movies – Insurgent

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Movies – Insurgent (2015)

Genre: Science Fiction, Romance, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Duration: 119 Minutes
Directed By: Robert Schwentke
Screenplay By: Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Bomback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suZcGoRLXkU

I disliked this adaptation.

Okay—now that I got that out of the way, let’s start from the humble beginnings of the trailer, shall we?

Trailer: There’s a box.

Reader: What’s inside the box?

Trailer: A box.

Reader: Another box?

Trailer: No, just a box.

(A likely conversation a reader of Insurgent will have with the trailer. No, but really, what’s inside the box?)

(Disclaimer: Spoilers vomited everywhere under the cut.)

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