Human Race

“Human Race” is a movie in the action genre. The film was directed by Paul Huf, with Paul McCarthy Boynton in the leading role. The movie was released in 2014.

 
Suddenly 80 young and old people wake in an unknown room. They hear the mysterious message which sounds in their head, “Race or die only one may win. If you are late in your lap twice, you will die. If you don’t stay on the path of your course, you will die. The race suddenly starts, but a man who can’t understand the rules was off the course, and his head explodes. The people understand that they must run to survive.

This movie is a very tense story, because this race has the rule “If you are late in your lap twice, you will die”. So even if everybody cooperates and runs, there is a person run selfish, everybody will die. So the movie succeed making a special tense.
 

And in the movie, it is great how they show the psychological desperation. At the opening at this movie, everybody runs without understanding anything. But gradually a person takes a crazy action. It is a great plot, and the direction becomes uncomfortable. But this is a good point in this movie.

 

I think this movie is great and I recommend to see it. But it is a movie which causes people to like or dislike it. This is a good B-movie.

Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon

“Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon” (Japanese title is “Lake Monster”) might seem like a movie in the monster panic genre, but actually you will be surprised when you see this movie. The film was directed by Eric Stiles, with Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins in the leading role. The movie was released in 2013.

A zoologist, Travis (Scott Adkins), was asked to investigate a major construction enterprise. At a building site near a lake, workers were attacked by a big creature. The big creature was 6 meters at full length. And the fight between him and the big creature starts.

Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins are very famous actors. They have appeared in many popular action movies such as "The Expendables" series. But there are no flashy action scenes in this movie. According to this picture, we may think they are partners., but  it’s a mistake. They are enemies. It is in the adventure genre after all, not the monster panic genre. I think that you can understand the reason if you watch this movie.

When it's seen as an adventure movie, this movie is a very good movie. If a seqvel of this movie comes out, I'd like to see it.

Deep Rising

“Deep Rising” (Japanese title is “The Greed”) is a movie in the monster panic genre. The film was directed by Stephen Sommers, and starrs Famke Janssen in the leading role. The movie was released in 1998.

 

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A luxury cruise ship was sailing in the South China Sea with 3,000 people. Then the ship was attacked by an armed group whose purpose was obscure. But there were no passengers on the ship.  The survivors were only the ship's owner, the captain of the ship and a woman.

In the movie, it is great how they show the monster. The monster doesn't appear in the opening of this movie. It appears with an indirect expression. For example, an iron wall becomes hollow, and  a floor comes off and a man drowns in the water. It's an indirect expression, so I feel the weirdness more. And in the middle of this movie, the monster appears. It is a big worm that attacks people. What is the natural shape of the monster? 

This is a famous story of monster B-movie. This is great. I think it's the best monster B-movie.