Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer Missed Punches

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, is another monster movie in the tradition of Slither, Ghoulies, and Mario Brothers. The plot: man uncovers something gruesome; gruesome thing enters man; man turns to monster; monster turns other men (and women) into monsters and then all hell breaks loose. Of course, the only one who can save the world (in this case, that's the school), is a plumber. He has to make a decision - do what is right or run for his life.

Lots of punches are swung in this movie, but they're mostly obvious misses as this example below clearly shows. Girl flies across the room, but the punch didn't really connect. Well, that's what you can expect in Hollywood B movies - even the modern special effects ones like this.

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer stars Robert Englund, Rachel Skarsten, and Trevor Matthews

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A Couple of Babylon AD Visual Effects Misses

Babylon AD is a new sci-fi, action thriller of Vin Diesel, who plays a tough mercenary of sorts, given the task of protecting a woman (Melanie Thierry) with special powers.

What follows are a couple of visual effects misses.

The city lights of the Americas (below) are very clear in this sequence as the viewer zooms in towards the Earth. The error is here is that there's not a single cloud blocking the view of the lights, although there are some in the day side. Also note the land masses to the left of North America (your left, actually) - unlikely because that's where the Atlantic ocean should be - or are they just brown clouds?


Here, Diesel throws a punch that connects with the jaw of his cage-fighting opponent, but it's really a clear miss even as the opponent reacts ahead of Diesel's punch.

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