The Matrix (1999)

Directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski

Runtime: 136 minutes

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A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.

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The Matrix is visually, audially and intellectually stunning. I was awed by the special effects, the graphics, the fight sequences and will need to see it over and over to fully appreciate the storyline. The characters are all beautiful in their journey to face the truth and the sacrifices they have to make. The bad guys are deliciously evil and I almost sympathised with their truths and reasonings, although I was still rooting for the good guys, and not only cause they were seriously cool dressers. Keanu Reeves looks hotter than ever in his leather, if its only for that reason you have to see this film.

Alien (1979)

Directed by Ridley Scott

Runtime:117 minutes

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A mining ship, investigating an SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.

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There is little more violence in "Alien" than in Hitchcock's "Psycho" from 20 years before. Like "Psycho", "Alien" is an intelligent attempt to scare the hell out of you. These films were made by really smart artists who realized that the geysers of gore their imitators latched on to as a major influence, and multiplied to the point of comedy in their films, are ultimately reductive. They force us to retreat into a cool appreciation of the FX and the scope of spectacle, and nothing more. The scares of "Psycho" and "Alien" are primal. Their feeling, distinct from the FX, taps the makers' deepest dread, and ours.

Starship Troopers (1997)

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

Runtime: 129 minutes

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Humans of a fascisticly militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival.

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Starship Troopers maybe the most violent and gruesome movie ever. The setting is a military academy in the near future under the power of Career Sgt. Zim (Clancy Brown-Gus on Pet Sematary II, The Shawshank Redemption) who's a man who means buisness, and the military school is a virtual hell. The sergant brutalizes his students who fail to perform the right move. The writer must of decided to create the most gritty, brutal Military school they could think of. Johnny Ricco(Casper Van Dien) graduated and got horrible grades in school, and decides to join the military school to be with his girlfriend, Carmen(Denise Richards) He resigns from the program just as he talks to his parents and Buenos Aires, his hometown is destroyed, by giant bugs from another planet while hes talking to them on a phone identical to the one 2015 on Back To The Future II. This is a graphic, amazing special affect, gung-ho action thriller where mankind is endangered. without much humor like Independence day gave us. It seems to show us that cocky aggressive people like the Spanish guy who starts some campaign "We'll never lose" die if not the first, exactly what happens to him, and Johnny Ricco seems to be the sole survivor after seeming and feeling like a complete incompetent failure. Being cocky sometimes doesn't get you anywhere.

Signs (2002)

Directed by M. Night Shayamalan

Runtime: 106 minutes

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A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

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M. Night Shyamalan,the man that shock us with "The Sixth Sense" and amazed us with "Unbreakable".Has now mind blown us with "Signs",which is in my mind the scariest movie of 2002.

Mel Gibson plays Graham Hess,a priest who lost his faith in God after his wife died in a terrible car accident.So now living with his brother(Joaquin Phoenix)and two children,they about to face a horror none of them expected.A crop circle has appeared in his field and strange creatures are showing up everywhere.Could this be a sign of what next to come.

This film scared the life out of me at the show and home the second time watching it.Thank God we have M. Night Shyamalan,because he is one of those true American filmmakers.And this is one of Mel Gibson's best roles ever.Really, its along with Lethal Weapon series and The Patriot. Great film...perfect for Halloween.