Sean’s movie thoughts

Black Ops (aka Stairs) movie is okay. It is a British scifi film by director Tom Paton, who also directed Black Site (which is more successful).  A group of soldiers is trapped in a never ending stairwell after an assignment. The film does not quite come together I think. I am not sure why though. Some actors from Black Site return. If Black Ops pops up on streaming, it is worth checking out but it might not be worth buying.  However I am still interested in Patton's next film. Sabrina Carpenter has a new movie the Short History of the Long Road coming out digitally next week. It looks interesting. She plays a teenage girl living in an RV with her father on the fringes of society. The basic plot sounds a bit like Leave No Trace.  Reviews are good on average and the film is at 70% on Rotten Tomatoes. I should have a review next week. Escape Room holds up. I think there is supposed to be a sequel next year. I wonder if there is a way to do a sequel without it seeming to...

I bought this movie digitally on a whim. Black Site is a thriller about a group of soldiers who are working at a Black Site, where Elder Gods are deported. Elder Gods inhabit people and the government has a special agency to deal with them. (Elder Gods became weak after years or centuries away from Earth). As the movie opens an Elder God kills two people and a young girl sees his true form. Years later the girl, Ren, is as an adult and joins the agency and the elder god Eberus has been captured and is set for deportation. The Black Site has wards and these makes combustion impossible at the site (which means no guns or explosives work).  A group of Elder God cultists come to free Eberus and combat ensures. This movie was written and directed by Tom Paton. I am not familiar with him or his work but he is working on his fourth film currently. I enjoyed this, I might have been feeling generous. I liked some of the performances, I liked the fight scenes, and I liked the idea of t...