DELIVER US FROM EVIL (Denmark 2009) ****
Directed by Ole Bornedal

DELIVER US FROM EVIL is writer/director Bornedal’s extremely scary film because the film deals with issues so real and close around us, that the dormant evil within us could emerge at the right (or wrong) moment.  In a small Danish town that suffers from Xenophobia (the fear or hatred for anything foreign), a Bosnian refugee Alain (Bojan Navojec) is framed for a hit-and-run with the angry mob out to lynch Johanne (Lasse Rimmer) and his family when Johanne decides to do the right thing and protect him till the police arrives.

MACHETE (USA 2010) ***
Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis

Started off as a fake trailer for the double B-feature GRINDHOUSE several years back, MACHETE is made into a full movie which lives up to the promise of the trailer.  Danny Trejo reprises his role as Mexican MACHETE, pushed to the limit and forced to kill (with a machete, what else?) in order to survive.

THE AMERICAN (USA 2010) **
Directed by Anton Cobijn

In THE ASSASSIN, George Clooney plays Jack, a hit man who has had enough.  After having to kill a girlriend (Clooney has a heart, which is the reason he won the Bob Hope Humanitarian award at the 2010 Emmy’s), he swears one last job while he hides out at a small Italian village, Castel del Monte.  Contrary to advice, he falls for a local woman, Clara (Violante Placido).

TAKERS (USA 2010) **
Directed by John Luessenhop

Half way during the execution of an armoured car heist in the movie, one suddenly realizes that something is amiss in all the excitement.  No one has bothered to explain what is going on and how the heist was to be executed in the first place.

TEENAGE PAPARAZZO (USA 2010) **
Directed by Adrian Grenier

Documentaries fall into different categories.  The most common category has a strong message to tell which hopefully will change the world.  This includes films like AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, THE COVE and FUEL, which did make a difference in the environment and the stoppage of the dolphin slaughter.