running to the limits is a 2009 documentary film about filmmaker alex vero ’s journey to qualify for the 2008 beijing olympic marathon .

narrated by vero and set against the backdrop of a massive decline in british professional marathon running , the film spans over three years and several continents as he works to overcome physical and personal demons and complete his marathon training .

it features vero ’s story , as well as those of famous runners and coaches who he meets while training .

the film won for best documentary at the 2009 norwich film festival , screened in the uk and was broadcast by channel 4 .

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running to the limits <EOT> display the limits of the rss , and set the soft and hard limits for the number of open files to 1024 and 4095 , respectively .

running to the limits is a 2009 documentary film about filmmaker alex vero’s journey to qualify for the 2008 beijing olympic marathon . featuring ben moreau .

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: running , one might say , is basically an absurd past - time upon which to be exhausting ourselves . but if you can find meaning , in the kind of running you have to do to stay on this team , chances are you will be able to find meaning in another absurd past - time : life .

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: for the time being , let ' s not have you working out with the team . you ' ll be facing viren all over again at the montreal olympics . i don ' t want you racing anyone now . i just want you running . you have to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you ' ve always loved to face . . . steve prefontaine .

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: well we ' re running the 5 , 000 at the trials , bill . what . . . you don ' t think i can beat george young ?

: of course he wanted to win . those who saw him compete and those who competed against him were never in any doubt how much he wanted to win . but how he won mattered to him more . pre thought i was a hard case . but he finally got it through my head that the real purpose of running isn ' t to win a race . it ' s to test to the limits of the human heart . that he did . . . nobody did it more often . nobody did it better .

you ' ve undoubtedly heard the maxim " no pain , no gain " but it ' s only partially accurate . yes , there is discomfort involved with running ( elevated heart rate , increase in body temperature , burning muscles ) but true pain should be heeded . one way to measure the difference between discomfort and pain is in your running stride . if the pain you ' re feeling - - say , from a stabbing sensation in the shins - - forces you to alter your running form , you need to stop and seek medical help [ source : mann ] .

as a fellow runner this dvd encouraged me and inspired me to go out running . it ' s an awesome tale of one man ' s journey to push himself to his genetic limits while also exploring other people ' s journeys throughout the running world . this is not merely the story of a runner but also a story of what man ( or woman ) can achieve through self discipline , inspiration and solid hard work . this will appeal to runners and non runners alike as it is a story of spirit and determination . great stocking filler for xmas and birthday present ! highly recommended !

brilliant film , the training documentery is first class if you love running and are lacking motovation this will get you going just what i needed to get me out the door again just showes what hard work can do . well done alex .

second movie within a year to tell the prefontaine story . the first being prefontaine ( 1997 ) with jared leto in the role .

" without limits " is the second recent film about steve prefontaine , the legendary american runner who brought his sport into the headlines and helped topple the creaky amateur athletic establishment . like " prefontaine " ( 1997 ) , it focuses on the star ' s abrasive personality and his refusal to pace himself ; the only way he wanted to win was by " flat - out leading all the way . " by the time he died in a road accident , he held most of the american distance records , and one of them still stands .

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what does it take to become an international marathon runner ? in 1985 , 102 british male runners ran under the elite time of 2 hours 20 minutes for the marathon , only 5 managed this same feat 20 years later . british male distance running had all but disappeared but why ? 16 stone , obese , heavy drinking filmmaker alex vero goes on a journey to find out firsthand what it takes to become an international marathon runner and to explain the recent decline of british male marathon running . alex ' s inspirational story takes many twists and turns before becoming intertwined with former ethiopian goat herder mengsitu abebe , and closer to home , recent oxford graduate ben moreau - one of britain ' s bright hopes for 2012 marathon success . filmed over 3 years in 7 different countries all three runners push their bodies to the limits of human endurance as they find out if they ' ve got what it takes to make the international grade .

finally got to watch this over the weekend . amazingly moving documentary and moving stories that all runners will relate to .

" behind the training " is additional footage contained on the dvd . although many of the images are captured in the main film , additional advice and insight are revealed . topics include building up slowly , learning running intensity , setting goals , testing fitness , keys to recovery , setting training schedules , plyometrics , hydration , pacing , and using consistency and common sense to maximize one’s full potential . paying attention to the details is important and alex provides a unique insight into the process of trying to obtain peak fitness and race performance .

arturo ripstein ' s ' ' hell without limits , ' ' the 1978 mexican film opening today at the cinema village , looks and sounds as if it were based on an idea for a luis bunuel film , which had been made , instead , by someone completely unqualified for the job .

novice and advanced runners are encouraged to follow the 10 percent rule , which states you shouldn ' t increase your running mileage by more than 10 percent from one week to the next . if you currently run 30 miles a week , it would be a mistake to jump to 50 miles the following week . you may get away with it initially , but later you ' ll find yourself sick , injured , unmotivated or all of the above [ sources : morris , klion ] .

i watched it last week . great story with some big names in it like haile . would have like to have seen a bit more of the training behind it though . i ' ve been running 800 ' s all year and never seem to get any faster ! here is the link to the trailer and videos on this guys site . http : / / www . runningtothelimits . . . . entary . htm

: yes , vanity , pre ! your belief that you have no talent is the ultimate vanity . if you have no talent then you have no limits , it ' s all an act of will . your heart can probably pump more blood than anyone else ' s on earth , and that takes talent . the bones in your feet are so strong , it ' d take a sledgehammer to break ' em . be thankful for your limits , pre , they ' re about as limitless as they get in this life .

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it ' s a rather short film and very amateur . i don ' t mean to slag off the man but to call himself a documentary filmmaker is exaggerated . the two minute interview with haile gebrselassie cannot compensate but conveniently his picture can be used to give the impression that one of the greatest runners of all times supports the author actively on his search - the video is obviously the main focus in the trailer . i am sorry guys . the competitors are great individuals and i wish them all the luck in the world , knowing that none of them reached their goals as the olympics came and went . i am disappointed as the movie promised so much but couldn ' t live up to half of it . i cannot help but feel that this is a rather selfish attempt of the " filmmaker " to get some airtime and the motivation to turn his life around . the movie project itself never came out of the starting blocks due to lack of funding which in fairness mr vero is not shy to admit .

during the late 1960s and early 1970s , steve prefontaine was a unique and distinctive personality , an athlete who revolutionized the sport of track with front - running ferocity and rock a star ' s ability to ignite a crowd . in the united states he remained undefeated at his distance and held all seven american records between 2 , 000 and 10 , 000 meters . he ran one of the more memorable races at the munich olympics and was strongly favoured to win at the montreal games in 1976 , but never got the chance . in 1975 , at the age of 24 , steve prefontaine was killed in a car accident . blunt , cocky and charismatic , his incessant willingness to push himself to the ultimate limit earned him the enduring respect and affection of runners and fans around the world .

the film follows the life of famous 1970s runner steve prefontaine from his youth days in oregon to the university of oregon where he worked with the legendary coach bill bowerman , later to olympics in munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash .

: it ' s the hardest thing in the world to believe in something , if you do it ' s a miracle .

pre - the way he competed . . . the way he lives his life

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: nothing would please george young more . . . or the crowd . you ' d be giving the crown the performance they want and him the one he expects .

this was really cool . my copy arrived yesterday and i was blown away by the documentary and the hard work that must have been put in to the film . the sections out in kenya and ethiopia are so beautifully filmed and moving and the interview haile gebrselassie was really super interesting . i recall that this had lots of coverage on this site a couple of years ago under ' 3 hour marathon runners wants to maker olympic team ' but from what i saw on the documentary it ' s noting but inspiring . it had been billed as an ego trip and i think that it probably started like that but in the end this is a great advert for worldwide marathon running and what it takes to get to the top of our tough sport .

after being recommended to watch this documentary , i recommend it myself as inspirationally motivating . anyone who has an interest in running whether just to loose weight and gain some fitness , to racing and feeling they have plateaued will enjoy . people who have ran a marathon will understand the feelings alex goes through and the physical journey it takes . its astonishing what he accomplished , sheer determination . a real incentive booster which shows what we all , potentially , have in us if we want to find it .

: all my life , man and boy , i ' ve operated under the assumption that the main idea in running was to win the race . naturally , when i became a coach i tried to teach people how to do that . tried to teach pre how to do that . tried like hell to teach pre to do that . and pre taught me . taught me i was wrong . pre , you see , was troubled by knowing that a mediocre effort can win a race and a magnificent effort can lose one . winning a race wouldn ' t necessarily demand that he give it everything he had from start to finish . he never ran any other way . i tried to get him to , god knows i tried . . . but . . . pre was stubborn . he insisted on holding himself to a higher standard than victory . ' a race is a work of art ' ; that ' s what he said , that ' s what he believed and he was out to make it one every step of the way .

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i don ' t normally leave review but after noticing that someone had left a one star review , i felt i had to defend the filmmaker . it is true that it is not a highly polished documentary , but that misses the point . it ' s a great story about a brave challenge , and will give inspiration to anyone thinking about taking up running . well done , a great documentary that most runners will relish .

and sutherland ' s performance is the film ' s treasure . watching the way he gently tries to direct his headstrong young star , we are seeing a version of phil jackson ' s zen and the art of coaching . " what do you think a track coach does , pre ? " he asks at one point , since pre seems to think the coach ' s primary function is to frustrate him . sutherland brings a deep patience to bowerman , who understands that running is a matter of endurance and strategy , as well as heart : " men of oregon , i invite you to become students of your events . " pre thinks heart is enough and explains his success simply : " i can endure more pain than anyone you ' ve ever met . " the film follows pre from his early sports failures ( he was no good at football ) and into running , where he quickly drew attention . the earlier film points out that his legs were short for a runner , and of unequal length ; this one sees him more as naturally gifted , but heedless with his talent . we follow his progress from record to record , and from girlfriend to girlfriend ( mary marckx , played by monica potter , is the true love , but he shuts her out of his life ) . everything leads up to the 1972 munich olympics , marred by the terrorist attack on israeli athletes .

but the point of the story is contained in the epilogue . pre returns to oregon as an amateur who is expected to work at menial jobs ( he becomes a bartender ) and live at the poverty line ( he gets a mobile home ) while training for the next olympics . other countries support their athletes , and pre leads a campaign to reform america ' s rules . he makes no attempts to win friends , and in " prefontaine " he tells a press conference : " to hell with love of country ; i ' m looking out for me . " " without limits " is less interested in the politics and the crusade , and sees pre more in personal , psychological terms . i prefer the earlier approach , which contains more information about why pre is important even today . robert towne ' s affecting " personal best " ( 1982 ) told the story of a talented woman runner in terms of both her sport and her romantic involvement with another woman athlete ; prefontaine is more interesting as a public figure than a private one .

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keep in mind , your body doesn ' t actually adapt to training while you ' re training . it adapts during rest and recovery . intense and consistent exercise without rest and recovery ( that means 8 to 10 hours of sleep a night during heavy training ) makes you susceptible to injury [ source : morris ] . many running coaches also subscribe to the hard - easy theory of training . it means that typically you should follow an intense day of training with an easier day . for example , a day of speed work at the track might be followed by a day consisting of a leisurely jog .

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is that that british idiot that wanted to run in the olympics ! if it is him does anyone know how close he got in the end ? i ' ve never been to africa but looks like it ' s got some clips in the trailer . urltoken can you watch this online anywhere ?

: i don ' t want to win unless i know i ' ve done my best , and the only way i know how to do that is to run out front , flat out until i have nothing left . winning any other way is chicken - shit .

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saint ralph is the unlikely story of ralph walker , a ninth grader who outran everyone ' s expectations except his own in his bold quest of trying to win the 1954 boston marathon .

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there ' s a lot more to the plot , all of it recounted with an unwarranted solemnity and no sense of the absurd . mr . ripstein , who prefaces the film with a quote from marlowe ' s ' ' doctor faustus , ' ' takes no distance from the material . he demonstrates no irony . he accepts his grotesque characters at face value . this has the effect of making them seem possibly more foolish than necessary , and the movie an unintentional , melodramatic howler . an unlikely triangle - hell without limits , directed by arturo ripstein ; screenplay ( spanish with english subtitles ) by mr . ripstein , based on the novel by jose donoso ; cinematographer , miguel garzon ; edited by francisco chiu ; music by joaquin gutierrez heras ; distributed by azteca films . at cinema village , 22 east 12th street . running time : 110 minutes . this film has no rating . la manuela . . . roberto cobo japonesita . . . ana martin pancho . . . gonzalo vega la japonesa . . . lucha villa lucy . . . carmen salinas

the setting is the small , destitute mexican town of el olivo , owned lock , stock and barrel by a tiny old tycoon who has turned off the electricity , hoping that everybody will move away so he can sell the land at a fancy profit . as the movie begins , the only people left in el olivo are manuel , called la manuela , the aging homosexual owner of the town ' s brothel ; japonesita , his pretty daughter ( conceived many years ago to win a bet ) , two dispirited whores and some shopkeepers .

the earlier film focuses more on prefontaine ' s stubborn battle with the amateur athletic union and other amateur bodies that essentially dictated the terms under which americans could run . it makes it clear that a late invitational meet in oregon with finnish athletes was held as a deliberate challenge to the amateur establishment . towne ' s film is less quirky , more a conventional sports movie , but it benefits by giving more attention to the relationship between pre and bowerman .

i grew up in eugene and saw almost every race pre ever ran . he was a crowd hero . there were always two races . . . the one pre ran and the one , way back , that the rest of the runners ran . there was nobody like him . he was talented , cocky and had so much charisma . he really was outspoken in the press and took no guff from the aau . he was the best thing that ever happened to track . seeing the movie was like deja vu . it was a really well done recreation of what it was like to be at hayward field during his races . i went to the memorial service at hayward field and saw frank shorter and bill bowerman speak . this movie certainly made me reflect back !

: i ' d like to work it out so that at the end , it ' s a pure guts race . if it is , i ' m the only one who can win it .

why two movies about prefontaine ? because two directors wanted to make them , and neither one backed down . " prefontaine " was by steve james ( " hoop dreams " ) , starred jared leto , and had former marine drill sergeant f . lee ermey as the legendary oregon coach bill bowerman . " without limits " is by robert towne ( screenwriter of " chinatown , " writer - director of " personal best " ) , stars billy crudup and has donald sutherland playing bowerman .

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is it possible for an overweight alcoholic to become an elite marathoner with the right training ? answer is yes , with the right intelligent training and dedication it is possible . please enjoy this documentary and subscribe , like and comment for more videos ! i do not claim ownership over the above content .

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just checked out the london marathon results and was really stoked to see that ben moreau who features in documentary ran a 2 : 16 : 46 . ok it ' s not world class but a big step in the right direction for him .

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pre " embodied the spirit of athletic excellence . he had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endurance . as a freshman , he appeared on the . . . see full summary »

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the life of renowned runner steve prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach bill bowerman .

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on this particular morning , manuel is in a tizzy . pancho , the married , macho truck driver who ' s desired both by him and japonesita , has returned to town , which , manuel knows , means trouble . the last time pancho came home , he tore manuel ' s ruffled red evening gown so badly that manuel is still patching it up .

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according to her most recent filing with the state board of elections , she received $ 10 , 000 apiece from east coast diagnostics inc . and sophisticated imaging inc . on june 2 . several weeks later , commonwealth diagnostics inc . also donated $ 10 , 000 . each of the three companies gave her an additional $ 10 , 000 on july 15 . and on aug . 3 , both sophisticated imaging and east coast diagnostics kicked in a further $ 20 , 000 .

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manuel , with his plucked eyebrows , swishy gestures and passion for pancho , is doomed , but no more than his daughter and pancho . japonesita deludes herself with the fond dream that the electricity will be turned back on . pancho really is obsessed by manuel , which , when he realizes it , drives him into a frenzy of foreordained violence .

every " rocky " fan is familiar with the soundtrack - laden montages of rocky balboa getting ready for a fight . he sweats , strains and endures one painful workout after another . his efforts , of course , bring him peak fitness and success . but in real life , that ' s only half the story . unfortunately , many runners either ignore or simply don ' t know this truth : physical adaptations take place over time and require patience , restraint and regular windows of recovery .

understand also that overtraining is a relative term . a novice runner who is logging 20 miles a week can be overtraining , while an elite marathoner who runs 125 miles a week may be operating fully within his or her present capabilities . if you ' re feeling lethargic , irritable , or consistently sore , reduce your training load until the symptoms disappear [ source : aschwanden ] .

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finnish runner juha väätäinen ' s name is in then end credits spelled as " juha vastinen " .

: i can endure more pain than anyone you ' ve ever met . that ' s why i can beat anyone i ' ve ever met .

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asylum ( 2008 film ) <EOT> asylum ( 2008 ) directed by david r . ellis • reviews , film + cast • letterboxd

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there was created the educational film for the society about the topicalities of the social integration of the foreigners granted asylum .

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like the film ' s thematic elements , the camera trickery comes off as unnecessarily pretentious , the sort of thing film students applaud while mainstream audiences yawn .

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she said it is a paradox that asylum seekers ' children are allowed to go to school but their parents are denied free esol .

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there were created 4 work places for the foreigners granted asylum . there were organized the courses of the lithuanian language according to the computer programs for 25 foreigners granted asylum . the foreigners prepared 4 newspapers about the life in the refugees reception center and the perspectives of the integration .

though some asylum seekers are kept in reception camps the vast majority are dispersed throughout the country in hostels or social housing , taylor says .

this allegorical disaster film about society ' s reaction to mass blindness is mottled and self - satisfied ; provocative but not as interesting as its premise implies .

combine the house on haunted hill remake and a nightmare on elm street – minus all the good parts – and you will get asylum . this paint - by - numbers horror film offers neither thrills nor chills . instead , director david r . ellis gives us a lesson in predictability and hollow characterization .

the film follows nicole carrow , a young woman who is threatened by a maniac serial killer , after her boyfriend jess , is abducted in a rest stop .

whenever a studio points out that the asylum’s films are too similar to its own , the asylum is there to remind the studio the similarities actually run a lot deeper than they think . the big studios are also selling viewers the same concept - driven shlock—they’re just funneling a lot more money into it . as horton puts it : “ battleship is a $ 200 - million film based on a board game . ” and when the big publicity push is over , battleship will be sitting right next to the asylum’s shoestring - budget american warships in the netflix queue . which movie looks stupid now ?

asylum seeker numbers have been dropping since 2002 and government should not be heeding alarmist messages to the contrary from right - wing critics , says taylor .

a campaign aimed at embarrassing the government into revoking its ban on free english lessons for asylum seekers by mobilising volunteers to teach them is being launched today .

this french export is an often over looked crime suspense / thriller that brings some bona fide excitement to the table . shot in film noir type black and white cinematography , an impressionist mood is conveyed instantaneously . the director of asylum focuses on the gritty , primitive , foreboding type atmosphere , igniting a sense of unease , seemingly effortlessly .

making matters worse , the film is directed by david r . ellis , who was 3 for 3 in terms of delivering the goods in silly movies . cellular is a blast ,

it ' s hard to explain all the vitriol aimed at meirelles ' film , which is a beautifully shot picture that is as haunting and profound as it is thought - provoking .

the aim of the sessions – to prepare the foreigners granted asylum for the vocational activity . the topics of the sessions – the motivation of the work and the study , the work in teams , the communicational skills , the self - confidence and etc . ( the total number of the participants – 30 foreigners granted asylum ) .

what would happen if everyone turned blind with no explanation or cure ? well , everyone but one person . this film is drawing a pessimistic picture of such a situation . the basic premise is very interesting , the following premise of the infected being held in camps entirely left to their own devices is already a bit over the top and more inhuman than reality , even if you are misanthrope . what follows is sometimes hard to stomach , a bleak , hopeless outlook on the loss of basic human values . it sometimes feels like the film is even going too far here . once the one person who still can see finally makes use of that advantage , things turn around and the film gets a lot more exciting and makes for a much more convincing finale , that almost feels like a zombie film but at least keeps a ray of hope . the acting and camera work is outstanding either way . a disturbing film , but at least a memorable one .

after some digging , horton discovered that the movies were all from the same studio : the asylum , a burbank , california - based company that scrapes out a seemingly endless quantity of bottom - of - the - barrel creature features , topless - teen comedies , and “mockbuster” rip - offs . transfixed , horton created a special “asylum” section in the shop and launched a fan blog that documented the films spurting from the studio . then , in 2011 , something magical happened : the asylum commissioned him to write his own film , an ancient - curse thriller called a haunting in salem . then he wrote 2 - headed shark attack . and shark week . and 40 days and nights . and 100 degrees below zero .

weak story , terrible acting , cheesey costume design , and very predictable . although some scenes were fairly graphic , it wasn ' t good enough to stop this film from being an unsmart horror flick .

even locked up in the juniper hill asylum , an adult henry bowers ( played by michael cole ) wasn ' t safe from it . the entity appears to him in the form of his deceased friend belch huggins , who gives henry his switchblade back and convinces him to kill the asylum orderly and escape back to derry in order to face the losers ' club once more .

there were organized 2 conferences for the foreigners granted asylum and the representatives of the society ( the total number of the participants – 50 ) . 60 stimulating means were presented to the participants .

dagmawi yimer landed in italy on july 30th 2006 , where he obtained the status of “humanitarian protection” . in 2007 he attended a course in partecipatory video , which ended with the production of the documentary il deserto e il mare ( 2007 ) . in 2008 , together with andrea segre and riccardo biadene , he made the documentary film come un uomo sulla terra and in 2010 the documentary c . a . r . a . italia . he has made a number of shorts ( sagome , lo scarabocchio , l’albero , equilibiro ) for the pro getto archivio delle memorie migranti , promoted by the asinitas association . his latest films are soltanto il mare and va’ pensiero .

( 2005 ) . with the announcement of the high - profile steven spielberg film , they realised that the h . g . wells novel was in public domain and made their own cheap copy and released it to video shelves one day before the spielberg film . this set them about on a new course of endeavour where they started making cheap copies of other high - profile films that were based on public domain works such as

six college students discover their dorm was once an insane asylum that conducted gruesome lobotomy ' s on its teenage inmates during the 1930 ' s . for the latest movie reviews , please visit : urltoken

most of the versions of the story start off with the discovery of a plumb bob that leads the way to a volcanic caldera that houses the entrance to the caves . when it comes the asylums

the opening scenes some will argue are cliché for a gangster / mafia type film yet i find the unique use of russian roulette , double crossing and interrogation compelling and will certainly keep audiences fixated on what happens next .

" newly arrived asylum seekers who begin to learn the language from day one are more likely to learn quickly and efficiently and therefore be able to work and contribute to the economy when permitted to do so .

last fall , the asylum pushed out golden winter , in which talking puppies save christmas . this spring , it started production on holiday heist , a slight permutation—adult talking dogs save christmas . “goofy traps . silly puffs of flour and hot sauce . cute dogs . lots of cute dogs , ” says the film’s 25 - year - old line producer , devin ward . “six - to eight - year - olds will love it . ”

zakaria mohamed ali ( 1986 ) is a somalian photo - reporter . he has lived in exile in italy since 2008 . he was forced to flee somalia in 2007 following violence and death threats . he arrived in italy via the mediterranean island of lampedusa . since 2011 he is member of archivio memorie migranti , and is one among the directors of the movie “welcome to italy” . in 2012 , he shot “to whom it may concern” a short movie about his searching for lost memories in lampedusa .

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the second act of the film delivers a foray of emotion as jack is imprisoned and left to survive chained to a desolate tree in a forest . we feel his sense of dread as he frantically clambers against his seemingly inevitable fate .

the sessions were proceeded in the relaxation room ( the renewal financed by the former project ) . the employee – the consultant did the sessions ( the total number of the participants – 25 foreigners granted asylum ) .

there was prepared and published the information set for the foreigners granted asylum ( in one set 10 different information books ) . the total number of the sets – 200 . each book was published in three languages .

in september 2007 the government ruled that asylum seekers would not be eligible for free esol ( english for speakers of other languages ) lessons until they were in the uk six months or their refugee status was confirmed .

a group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real , and he ' s thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art .

“it’s not like we said , ‘there aren’t enough crappy b - level movies out there , so we must corner that market ! ’ all we know is we’re making a film for netflix , and they tell us what they want . ”

( 1989 ) . both have appeared in a number of the asylums other films and spark up one of those comedic relationships that mostly consists of them trading flip lines as they head to the centre of the earth .

une petite surprise ici , durant une crise de ménage dont j ' essaie de profiter ! j ' ai passé un bon moment lors du visionnage , alors que je m ' attendais a arrêter après une trentaine de minutes . mais malgré la réalisation très efficace de r . ellis , qui sauve en grande partie la mise , quelques moments moins réussit , quasi - risibles , et un certain air de déjà vu au niveau du scénario ( qui assemble , avec tout de même assez de bonheur , plusieurs sous - genres du film d ' horreur avec un film de freshman ) , n ' arrive pas a hisser ce film au niveau de l ' excellence , du moins selon mes gouts . reste que plusieurs scènes sont d ' une intensité psychologique et d ' une noirceur surprenante pour ce genre de produit , et qu ' a plusieurs moments , le film nous rend quasi palpable le cauchemar des protagonistes . p . , assez intrigué pour que je te le garde ?

asylum is not a cheap remake , nor is it loaded with bad cgi , so i cannot hate it completely . there is some level of watchability here . sarah roemer – shia’s love interest from disturbia – will surely attract male viewers with her ample screen time ( not to mention brief nudity ) . the film is almost so bad it’s good â but not quite . it is predictable , clichã©d , and occasionally insulting to one’s intelligence with its sheer stupidity .

he guarantees there aren ' t any planes in asylum . but he won ' t rule out a possible reptile cameo . and someone just might say they are " tired of that mother ( - expletive ) doctor . "

the campaign is calling on esol teachers to give time to train other volunteers across the country so they can teach asylum seekers enough english to use the transport system , buy groceries , use the emergency services and so on .

( 2017 ) . not just that but they started putting out other works with soundalike titles designed to capitalise on the success of big - name releases in the hope that unsuspecting patrons would think they were getting the other film . these include the likes of

long before he became a household name , seth green was the foul - mouthed wisecracking 12 - year - old richie tozier in the 1990 it miniseries . in the prologue to the series , it ' s revealed that richie was later cast in a hollywood film—a future that would mirror green ' s own . following it , he rose to fame with roles in popular commercials , the austin powers film franchise , the television series buffy the vampire slayer , the heist movie the italian job , and many more .

from j . c . harris , ronald james & christopher o ' brien , " ghost asylum " begins as a historical documentary , and ends up revealing paranormal evidence that will blow you away . hear the dead . . . see full summary »

“the short answer is : we don’t know , ” says david michael latt , the asylum’s co - founder and head of physical production , who pushes as many as 25 films into production each year . “it’s not like we said , ‘there aren’t enough crappy b - level movies out there , so we must corner that market ! ’ we don’t really know the consumer . the consumer is too big and too fractionalized . all we know is we’re making a film for netflix , and they tell us what they want . ”

when latt runs down the list of the asylum films slated for production in the first half of this year , it sounds like a list of hot - button search terms : zombies , sharks , haunted houses , talking dogs . it’s almost as if the asylum doesn’t even have to make the movie—but it does , for “just a little bit less” than what they will collect from the netflix - redbox - syfy group of middlemen who are likely to buy it . it doesn’t matter how unwatchable it is .

there was organized the activity in the library , the foreigners were consulted in the searching for the literature , participated in the educational activity , were able to use the services of the internet library ( the total number of the participants – 30 foreigners granted asylum ) .

dagmawi landed on lampedusa in 2006 after three days at sea in a small makeshift boat . he met no - one during the seven days he was to spend confined in a former reception center near the airport , and beyond the wire fence he could see only the coming and going of tourist planes . a few years later he returns to lampedusa to film the island , speak with its inhabitants and move around freely . filmed in 2010 , the film proposes a combined view of two realities which rarely enter into the dialogue on lampedusa : that of a migrant and that of the lampedusans .

if the asylum’s films are naive camp , its marketing strategy is all deliberate . “it’s a parody of the studio system , ” latt says . “we’re making fun of the commerce side of this . you made your movie for $ 200 million ? i’ll make it for 20 bucks . ”

the film begins literally conceptualizing the old expression : " in the land of the blind , the one - eyed man is king " . everyone everywhere goes mysteriously sightless all of a sudden , except julianne moore , and she uncomfortably has to discover just what to do with her new superpower . the work has art stapled all over it , and message film , too . despite taking itself too seriously there are moments of lucidity , worth the wait , like moore and ruffalo ' s working together again . either i ' m getting older , or moore has suddenly become a good actress . . . or both maybe , yeah ?

i watched this last weekend , and like you thought it was terrible . i never thought david r . ellis would make a classic , but at least he had never made a film that wasn ' t worth watching . glad i ' m not the only one who thought " cellular " was a fun thriller .

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young beverly marsh is forced to overcome a lot of difficult situations in her life—in addition to the threat posed by the evil inter - dimensional being terrorizing her small maine town . canadian actress emily perkins portrayed the young version of beverly in the 1990 it miniseries , which was one of her first major roles . after it , perkins would go on to appear in other television shows and movies like mom p . i . , the x - files , in cold blood , the ginger snaps film franchise , and the christy film franchise . more recently , you may have spotted her in the tv shows da vinci ' s inquest , supernatural , or hiccups .

the personal plan of the career was made for the each foreigner who got the consulting . there were organized 4 trips of the vocational and social knowledge and the meetings with the representatives from the institutions of the labor market of lithuania ( the total number of the participants – 25 foreigners granted asylum ) .

the important thing is that someone watched it—or , at least , clicked on the movie - poster thumbnail . when it comes to a title like sharknado —ward’s latest asylum film—the poster is the movie . “it’s exactly what you think it is—a tornado full of sharks , ” he explains . “that movie cannot be bad . ” the tagline for sharknado is simply : “enough said . ” sometimes the poster is actually superior to the film , as one redbox renter said in an ostensibly negative review of 2 - headed shark attack . and it just wouldn’t make sense for things to work the other way around . on its blog , the company instructs fans to add its titles to their netflix queues to gin up the perception of “public demand” for the movie , and they couldn’t care less whether that demand translates into actual viewings . “this isn’t about trying to get you to watch our movie , ” they wrote . “this is about gaming the system . this is about taking a stand . against math . ”

madison heads off to the same college where her brother committed suicide in an attempt to get closure with his death . she and a bunch of other freshmen become friends and live in the new dorm which they find used to be an insane asylum . before long the spirit of a deranged doctor begins tormenting the students .

overall an interesting introduction into foreign - subtitled thriller that came across a little half c * * ked . not bad for a low budget of in the neighborhood of around $ 4000 . asylum is often referred to as i want to be a gangster since at least a dozen other films have already adapted the same title .

niace has no external funding for the campaign . but chris taylor , esol development officer , says members feel strongly that it is worth digging into its own cash reserves if it can persuade the government to reinstate free esol for asylum seekers . dr john sentamu , the anglican archbishop of york , is also a prominent supporter .

green is also known for his voiceover work in dozens of film and television shows ; you may remember him best as the voice of chris griffin in the animated comedy series family guy . he also provides many of the voices on the adult swim sketch comedy stop - motion - animated series robot chicken —a show he also created , produces , writes , and directs for .

in the age of internet streaming and mouse - click piracy , we appear to be living in a world of unlimited choices , all screened directly into our homes on demand . it’s just that many of those choices are of the sort churned out by modern b movie producers like the asylum—high concept , low budget , and mega everything , except good .

from j . c . harris , ronald james & christopher o ' brien , " ghost asylum " begins as a historical documentary , and ends up revealing paranormal evidence that will blow you away . hear the dead speak . see the photographs that defy explanation . join in the investigations as we reveal far more than the official history is willing to share .

one friday in april , i drove out to a preposterous mansion in sherman oaks to see how the sausage gets made . “we’re producing a feature called bone alone , ” asylum executive director courtney hagen told me when she set me up with the day’s call sheet . “a movie with puppies . oh , i guess it’s called holiday heist now—thank god . ”

in yet another undesirable slice of torture - for - titillation ( think hostel , creep , but even less imaginative ) , a college student discovers that her dorm was once a notorious asylum . later , a group of students stumble into an old restricted area on campus , awakening the spirit of a mad doctor who proceeds to torture them in much the same way he tortured asylum patients in the past . this kind of low - budget gore - fest tends to be unintentionally humorous , and it’s that lack of intention that makes it all the more despicable . but then if we didn’t go to see them , they wouldn’t make them . we’d encourage you to do us all a favour and avoid it at all costs .

after accidentally murdering her boyfriend , debbie dicky moves to a new town and meets three girls who invite her to a sleepover . the very same night there is a breakout at the local insane asylum where forty serial killers escape and head over to crash the party . however , the girls at the slumber party might not be as helpless as the killers think .

this is a typically awful ' teen scream ' flick with the requisite bland teenagers . this , in itself , didn ' t really surprise me as director david ellis seems to specialize in this kind of generic fare , the sad thing is , is that the plot did have some potential but it was just handled so overwhelmingly badly that the film comes across as trite , badly acted & lifeless .

at that peak , ua had no studio and no theatres , but it was a focal point for independent producing , with over 20 films a year and a domestic gross exceeding $ 10m . of course , in the postwar years , the film industry suffered many blows , but ua flourished and carried some remarkable films , all of which had reason to be grateful for the extra independence they enjoyed .

five years ago , long before he would write his feature film about a two - headed shark , h . perry horton was an mfa graduate with a failed literary magazine under his belt and a job sorting film titles at a rare surviving video store in portland , oregon , that offers up big - budget hollywood films alongside obscure cult favorites . as he shelved , horton started eyeing some similarities in a slew of brand - new releases . these movies had never hit theaters . they arrived with no big - studio marketing push , but they didn’t come from any indie cult pedigree , either . they all had pulpy titles . they gave top billing to forgotten actors and aging sex symbols . many relied on the use of “mega”—as in mega piranha , mega - fault , and mega shark vs . giant octopus .

the three ' s company star continued adding roles to his long acting résumé following the premiere of it . he starred in the tv series hearts afire , and also in the problem child film franchise . additionally , ritter voiced the main character in the clifford the big red dog children ' s animated series , which earned him four daytime emmy award nominations . he also appeared in films like 1996 ' s sling blade and 2003 ' s manhood . unfortunately , on september 11th , 2003 , ritter experienced cardiac problems on the set of 8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter , passing away later that day in the hospital . ritter ' s final live - action film , bad santa , and a voice role in clifford ' s really big movie were both released after his death , and were both dedicated to his memory .

( 1976 ) , which was ironically shot on a soundstage and the sun at the earths core eliminated . the asylum seem to have taken more than a few leaves from burroughss book  there is also the introduction of a drilling mole ( the means whereby the explorers reached the centre of the earth in both books ) that is quickly pressed into operation to rescue the girls .

haha this movie was really really funny . especially at the end when fauxddy rips off his doctors coat and he has that wire dominatrix shit on . . . what is he anyway ? he can feel pain so he ' s not a ghost , he ' s dead but he ' s not a zombie . . . ? poorly thoughtout film , and you were right about the jock - most annoying character ever .

director david r . ellis has moved on to the less distinctively titled asylum , an r - rated creep - out about six college kids who learn their dorm is an old mental clinic . their snooping awakens the spirit of a mad doctor , based on a real - life physician from the 1930s , who specializes in torturous experimental surgery . and he ' s currently taking new patients .

the 2017 film version of stephen king ' s it made its mark as one of the biggest critical and commercial hits of the year , but it wasn ' t the first time the horror master ' s classic 1986 story made its way to the screen . the book ' s original adaptation , a 1990 tv miniseries , lacked a movie - sized budget and modern special effects , but still managed to give audiences plenty of scares .

directors  davey jones & scott wheeler , screenplay  steve bevilacqua , davey jones & scott wheeler , based on the novel by jules verne , producer  david michael latt , photography  mark atkins , music  chris ridenhour , visual effects  tiny juggernaut ( supervisor  davey jones ) , makeup effects  tom devlin , production design  brandon kihl . production company  the asylum / anthill productions .

when the asylum caught legal heat last year for planning to release a low - budget fantasy dvd called age of the hobbits the same week peter jackson’s three - hour epic hit theaters , it changed the name to clash of the empires , then released a statement that said : “we continue to believe that this frivolous lawsuit was filed to divert attention from the adverse publicity and poor reviews received by ‘the hobbit’ movie . ”

canadian actor jarred blancard played the teenaged bully henry bowers in the 1990 it miniseries—a character whose favorite pastimes include torturing the members of the losers ' club and trying to look cool with his greased - up hair , leather jacket , and switchblade . the disturbed bowers later falls under the influence of it , falsely confessing to the murders committed by the entity and being sent to live out his days at the juniper hill asylum .

from 1993 to 1997 , anderson starred as the title character in the cbs sitcom dave ' s world , after which he has only had a few film and tv credits on his imdb page . anderson also owned a nightclub in new orleans for several years , which he and his wife sold in 2006 when they moved to asheville , north carolina . these days , he ' s returned to his roots , performing stand - up and magic shows at venues around the country .

when jack , an aspiring young thug tangles with the wrong people he somehow gets an audition to work for the big time mob . after he botches one of his first jobs he goes on the lamb only to be captured , tortured and chained to a tree in a remote forest left to his own devices . will he have the gusto to overcome his restraints or will he simply descend further down the spiral of his own asylum ?

launching a right to a voice in london on the 60th anniversary of the united nations declaration of human rights , niace ' s chief executive , alan tuckett , said : " i think it ' s an embarrassment and a shame for britain that we signed up to the declaration , which promises everyone a right to education , and then we ' re saying to asylum seekers : ' sorry , you ' ve got to wait six months . '

madison mcbride ( sarah roemer from disturbia & fired up ) has been newly enrolled in richard miller university despite the protestations of her mother . it seems the university used to be an controversial mental institution specializing in teenagers . her and a few other teens residing in her dormitory decide to check out the abandoned section of the school . but seeing as all the new resident ' s have had ' troubled pasts ' the ghost of the doctor of the aforementioned asylum decides to ' cure ' them .

playing the adult version of eddie kaspbrak in the it miniseries was dennis christopher , who first rose to prominence in hollywood with his starring role as dave in the 1979 film breaking away , about a young man and his friends who decide to put together their own cycling team to take on some well - trained competition in the annual little 500 bicycle race . christopher went on to appear in many more films and television shows over the years , including murder , she wrote , star trek : enterprise , profiler , deadwood , and the lost room .

in fact , the idea was common sense , and that is why it has never gone away . it ought to be possible for a collective of film - makers to share a marketing operation and keep a bigger share of the profits . it ought to work well enough to enable them to tell their stories without undue external interference . but in its first few years , ua led a precarious existence . it sometimes had only a handful of films , and it didn ' t break into reliable profits until the late 1920s . one reason for that was the " reticence " of chaplin to commit to the new idea . in the early 1920s , chaplin preferred to hold to his deal with first national - thus the kid and the pilgrim were denied to ua . the first film he made for the new outfit was the experimental a woman of paris ( 1923 ) - a critics ' favourite , in which chaplin hardly appeared , and not a big hit . it was only in 1925 , with the gold rush , that chaplin actually worked for the new company . this was a bone of contention at board meetings , especially with pickford , the sharpest business brain at ua .

renowned actor tim curry did much of the heavy lifting in the 1990 it miniseries with his role as pennywise the dancing clown—the most common alter ego used by it as it terrorizes derry , maine . while there has been considerable buzz surrounding bill skarsgård ' s take on the character in the 2017 film adaptation , there ' s no question that the new movie might never have been made without curry ' s terrifying approach to the role . his dramatic turn as pennywise helped popularize the " evil clown " archetype , which undoubtedly spawned a new generation of coulrophobes after the miniseries aired on primetime television .

screenwriter ethan lawrence brings nothing to the table with his feature debut . the killer is a lame freddy krueger wannabe and the haunted asylum story draws too much from 1999’s house on haunted hill . at least that movie was scary , and jeffrey combs’ creepy dr . vannacutt was a hell of a lot better than burke . and he didn’t even talk ! nor does burke have any decent gore scenes . someone gets hanged , someone else gets stabbed . yawn . freddy didn’t get where he is by not being creative . step it up , dr . burke !

. naturally , this goes wrong and the soldiers are teleported to the centre of the earth where they are pursued by dinosaurs and giant spiders . if this were not wtf enough , you are straining trying to get your head around the fact that the centre of the earth here is no longer a set of caves but represented by wide open and sunlit outdoors ( where the asylum went to shoot in belize ) . you think , okay well they have cut costs by eliminating the caves and shooting outdoors , which sort of works with a vast stretch of the imagination

even in january 1919 , doubts were expressed . some observers wondered if chaplin and pickford would ever really trust each other , or whether chaplin reckoned that the company was actually called " united myself " . others argued that no human head was large enough to make the movies and run their business at the same time . " so the lunatics have taken charge of the asylum , " said richard rowland , the president of metro pictures . it was a great line , but it was also an unfair assertion that the business was a crazy house - and thus beyond control .

has a considerable wtf component to it when you sit down to watch it after having read the jules verne book and seen the various other film versions . almost all of these other versions take place in the 19th century ( although some of the films have updated the story to the present - day ) and feature a group of explorers venturing into a volcano that leads down into a warren of darkened caves . many of the films have peppered this up with encounters with dinosaurs , primitives and lost cities ( which are not there in the book ) . however , the essentials of a journey through a series of underground caves remains in every version .

following it , brandis continued his acting career and his climb to the top of the " teen heartthrob " list with appearances in films and television shows like the neverending story ii , sidekicks , ladybugs , seaquest dsv , and ride with the devil . he hoped to halt a late ' 90s slump when he landed a role in the 2002 film hart ' s war ; unfortunately , many of his scenes ended up being cut for the theatrical release . friends said he ' d begun drinking heavily , and brandis attempted suicide in november 2003 . he was discovered and taken to cedars - sinai medical center , but sadly died of his injuries the next day .

with such a low rating and no comment , who will watch this excellent thriller which forms a sharp contrast to the average level of the french so called film noir of the era ? the first third may seem trite and with its subjects of russian roulette or " the gays who would enjoy smoking cigars ( ? ) " , it could lead the director in tarantino territory . things go better with the " test " you ' ve got to pass to be part of the gang ; there ' s a lot of black humor in the scene in which the hero " teaches " a young recruit ( a head ' s relative ) how to hold up a bank . but the movie really takes off when the young hero " ends up tied to a tree like a dog in a forest where there ' s nobody miles around " ; or almost nobody should i write . with very restricted means , the film becomes closer to some of hitchcock ' s enclosed space movies , such works as " rope " or " lifeboat " . to write more would be a spoiler . if you find the final unexpected twist far - fetched ( and it is in a way ) , remember the plane . the gangsters scenes which are actually a long flashback are badly introduced with pretentious pictures in the " present " , but apart from this , this is an unfairly overlooked thriller .

at the same time , the business was in chaos . all over america , films were distributed and exhibited on a local basis . a film - making company tried to sell off the rights to their pictures in all the local territories . they had deals and contracts , with set percentages on returns : x per cent of the box - office revenue . but the ultimate numbers were out of control . there were no reliable records , no safeguards , no justice . griffith had taken the gamble of making the birth of a nation . he had raised the money himself - and risked disaster . he had made the picture at over three hours , and he had taken a chance that people would swallow it .

when one man is struck blind while driving home from work , his whole world is turned to an eerie , milky haze . one by one , each person he encounters suffers the same unsettling fate . as the contagion spreads , and paranoia sets in , the newly blind victims of the " white sickness " are quarantined within an abandoned mental asylum . but , inside the quarantined hospital , there is one woman who has only pretended she is blind in order to stay beside her husband . she will lead a makeshift family of seven people on a journey to break out of the hospital and into the devastated city where they may be the only hope left .

even though child torture and evil spirits tend to put a damper on a universityâs reputation , the school evidently decided to leave a section of the old asylum untouched and simply tell students “don’t go in there . ” why would the university not tear that down ? why refurbish an entire building but leave one dilapidated wing with the all the torture equipment and old records intact ? honestly . and then tell teenagers not to go in there ? yeah , that’ll work . it reminds me of a hilarious sketch from mtv’s the state wherein a penitentiary has a wide - open gate that leads to freedom , but the guards tell prisoners to just consider that “off - limits . ”

before she became the adult beverly marsh in it , annette o ' toole started a long association with the man of steel with her appearance as clark kent ' s love interest lana lang in the 1983 film superman iii . following her stint in it , o ' toole continued her acting career —and returned to the superman universe in a very different role . from 2001 to 2011 , o ' toole starred in the smallville series as clark kent ' s adoptive mother , martha . in addition , o ' toole has appeared in many other films and tv shows , including nash bridges , the huntress , halt and catch fire , and 11 . 22 . 63 —in which she returned to the world of stephen king when she played a boardinghouse owner .

awesome title . i love troma and indie films in general ( proper indie films , i mean , not rebranded big studio , oscar - hunting rubbish ) and psycho sleepover ' s one of the best . these guys also made yeti : a love story , which kicks similar amounts of ass . ps has some really cheap , shoddy gore effects , but that just kinda makes it funnier . it ' s well lit with good sound and all the actors are enthusiastic and funny , even if some of them aren ' t daniel day lewis . seriously brilliant film . if you ' re not into the high - budget / low - imagination hollywood horror - comedies ( scream 4 , you suck ) but still want some killing and maiming between jokes , then totally check out psycho sleepover .

because the adult stanley ' s screen time was relatively short compared to the rest of the grown - up losers ' club members , you might remember actor richard masur better from some of his other early roles in shows like rhoda , east of eden , and one day at a time , or for his part in the sci - fi / horror classic the thing —which still gets masur regular gigs at horror conventions today . after it , masur continued his prolific film and tv career with dozens of roles in productions like encino man , picket fences , all my children , the good wife , and transparent . his most recent projects include his recurring part on the popular prison drama series orange is the new black , and roles in the upcoming films before / during / after and another year together .

even so , ua remained courageous and enterprising , reflected in coming home , apocalypse now and raging bull . it was that kind of ambition - the sense of a need to make a movie that would win prizes and money - that led to disaster : the decision to support michael cimino in the making of heaven ' s gate . cimino was regarded as a genius after the deer hunter , and ua had always believed in genius . initially set to cost about $ 6m , it ended up at least five times as expensive . long before its release , it became a laughing stock and the worst example of hollywood extravagance . today , many critics see heaven ' s gate as a fine , challenging film , but on its release it was such a failure that it led to widespread resignations at ua .

sure enough , the kids explore the haunted asylum and draw the attention of the insane dr . burke , whose ghost still roams the halls . of course , each of these white - bread kids has a secret , dysfunctional past for the ghost to prey upon . he forces each of them to re - visit a horrifying memory from their childhood in a dream - like state . burke’s campy personality and penchant for killing kids in their own minds draws obvious comparisons to freddy krueger . the order of his attacks becomes pretty predictable when each student reveals their sad story one - by - one . furthermore , by telling their story beforehand , it spoils the nightmare that burke forces upon them . when one student reveals that he let his brother drown , there is no surprise when his burke - attack involves helplessly watching his brother drown again . way to spoil the fun .

the girls fail in any way to look like convincing soldiers  they seem more like a group of self - absorbed models that someone has abandoned in the wilderness . clearly , nobody involved in the production has taken the time to coach any of them in basic military training as they fail to hold their guns or move in any convincing soldierly way . for that matter , the scientific experiment they take part in lacks any believability . who sends a group of live subjects through a teleport system without having tested it first with at least some inanimate or animal subject ? even so , why would six girls teleport to a military base in germany heavily armed , with survival gear and live ammunition  they are taking part in a scientific experiment not beaming into a military zone ? the digital effects of the various dinosaurs and giant spiders they encounter are at least to a competent level , more so than most that turn up from the asylums in - house team , although are sparingly used .