83. Seven Psychopaths

There is a point in Seven Psychopaths when a character states how the film should turn out and I was thinking "oh, I hope they don't do that." They do; The film then loses a bit of pace, some direction until it eventually still meets the same conclusion 20 minutes after it should have done.

Not to say the film is bad or anything; It's not. It's bloody brilliant most of the time but final third feels and a little sluggish until the perky/ smart final few minutes.

58. Killer Joe

Matthew Maccaroni is really, really good in Killer Joe. In fact he is pretty freaking amazing considering he is the acting equivalent of rehydrated gristle (usually).  However the best thing in the movie (which jam packed with top peformances) is the bottom feeding, slack jawed Ansel (a crumbly faced Thomas Haden Church).

Overall, it's a grim and grotty affair but not without a certain psychotic charm and you'll certainly never look at KFC in the same way after seeing it.

51. Down Terrace

After seeing the amazing Kill List from the same director I was keen to catch Down Terrace. Ben Wheatley's first feature certainly has many of the same assets that made Kill List one my films of 2011. Generally this is involves bickering suburbanite families, organised-crime-based violence and some of the darkest humour ever committed to film.

Down Terrace is a look at what can happen if paranoia grips small time junkies and they start a bit of 'Let's murder everyone we think may know sometihng about anything'. It's eye watering funny at times and is punctuated by some very hard, straight forward violence. Which is nice.

Recommended.

48. Final Destination 5

I am a big fan of the Final Destination series and 5 is another steady instalment to the series that was suppose to have ended with the previous film 'The Final Destination' - which will no doubt be re-named in up and coming box sets as FD4.

5 takes the usual format and strips away the whole 'lets try and figure out why we survived and why we are all dying' aspect with Candyman popping up and telling our soon-to-be-deceased protagonists what the deal is. This leaves the film with more time to off teenagers but actually seems to slow the proceedings a little before turning into a more standard slasher for a good 15 minutes or so before the climax.

And what an end sequence it is! Probably the best ending to any FD movie (including the original I'd say).

Oh and the best death sequence... It has to be the gymnasium death scene - totally and utterly ridiculous but it had me in stitches.