Fight classic revamp hits mark again
Street Fighter V CE
The return of Street Fighter brings with it so much knuckle-dusting action for the PS4 and your PC.
The new Champion Edition is packed with more action than ever before with extra characters, costumes and over 30 stages to battle it out on.
If you fancy taking on other gamers to see who is the greatest, there is the usual online matches and the cinematic story mode follows the cast through“A Shadow Falls,”a feature-length adventure that spans the globe.
You can also complete time-exclusive challenges in a bid to win extra rewards.
So, if you are ready to rumble… let’s FIGHT!
When certain movies end you are left begging for more and desperate to see the story continue in a follow-up.
The Boy wasn’t one of those films.
Despite Lauren Cohan’s best efforts, the pace was so sedate and the scares so sloppy that not even the bonkers twist could save the day.
Another leading lady – this time Katie Holmes (Liza) – is roped into starring in a sequel that sees the return of sinister life-like doll Brahms.
Alarm bells were already ringing given the quality of its predecessor but considering the fact Holmes hasn’t been a regular big screen presence in years and returning director William Brent Bell helmed horror duds Stay Alive and The Devil Inside, their decibel levels would deafen you.
And sadly the finished product doesn’t throw up any pleasant surprises; Brahms: The Boy II is a desperately poor flick.
Holmes acts like she can’t be bothered – and it’s hard to blame her.
Apart from Brit Ralph Ineson, I didn’t recognise anyone else among the fairly small cast which should tell you how sought after a project this was.
First movie writer Stacey Menear is back on scripting duties and does give Liza some character with a post-traumatic stress storyline based around a burglary.
But any attempts to build uneasy feelings are undermined by the two things killing many modern horror films; bad CGI and an overreliance on lazy jump scares. The porcelain Brahms doll doesn’t elicit terror and wouldn’t last 10 seconds in a showdown with Chucky.
The predictable plot plods along with zero energy and there isn’t even a twist – even a bad one to get you talking – to bring some life this time around.
Brahms: The Boy II is a sequel the world didn’t need; it’s time to put this doll back in the box for good.
There’s no denying the power of Alfonso Cuarón’s poignant filmmaking as he delivers a heartfelt tale set in the district of Mexico City where he grew up.
Touching drama mixes with visual flair.