I don’t like to be negative if I can help it, but I think Chase is my least favorite Consecution so far. No offense intended to any of the editors involved, but what worth is there to a dishonest review?
The only two shorts I enjoyed properly were “Fast Blood” and “Two Minutes”. I liked portions of “Little Marathon Man” and “Phil vs Phil”, and enjoyed small parts of all the others, but was frequently taken out of the stories by my own confusion and indifference.
Random questions that popped into my mind during viewing: “Marathon...what’s with this seemingly unrelated car chase in the middle of the story?” (There’s a foot chase at the end, so the car sequence wasn’t needed, in my opinion.) “Does the Leon short even have a chase?” (I’m sure some will argue about semantics, but for me a firefight is not a chase.) “Why is Brian Dennehy such an asshole?” “Why can’t Phil tell the difference between a gopher and a groundhog?” (Okay, those last two didn’t bother me so much. :) )
Great menus and info pages. Lots of effort put into that, clearly. Kudos.
I still always enjoy each Consecution, and I hope they continue for a long time to come.
It’s a mixed bag with Stuntman Mike and Fast Blood being the big stand outs, as noted above.
I enjoyed viewing this for the most part but LIttle Marathon Man didn’t do anything for me except for leaving me confused.
7/10
Thanks for bringing us another consecution! The DVD presentation was outstanding.
Stuntman Mike was entertaining, but I didn’t understand why the part with the police needed to be in there. That Mike survived could in some way have been explained by him proclaiming his car to be “Death Proof”. Didn’t feel really like a story, but was entertaining, and had a great ending. 6 / 10.
Little Marathon Man confused me. Sure it had a chase, but story? Coherency? It’s a freaky trip, that didn’t land to well with me. The final chase scene is a great one no doubt, but doesn’t save it. (and the middle part with the chase? Funny, but huh?) 5 / 10
Fast Blood. TMBTM tells the story of Rambo really effectivly in this short time. The ending made me smile, and brought this up all the way to 8 / 10.
Phil vs Phil. I really like the idea, and it gives us some much needed humour. It’s clearly a chase, so it fits on the DVD. I experienced some video issues with this one, sadly (I see this happened to others than me too). For that reason I’m rating this one 5 / 10, could have been higher.
THX 1138 was my favourite entry! It’s gotten quite bad ratings so far, but I thought it was really good. It tells a full story. It’s entertaining and a little scary. The ending is awe-inspiring. And it’s a chase from early on to the final minute. Went with 8 / 10, was a little too freaky for my top ratings :)
Two Minutes sure had chases, but I didn’t feel like we got a full story. There was a´sort of an ending, but what about the nuclear bomb? In all, this one didn’t get me interested. 5 / 10
Don’t Mess with Leon has awesome scenes, but I don’t think that there was any chase in this one. I didn’t like how the story was moved forward, or what the different scenes had to do with each other. I’m disappointed in this one. 3 / 10
Interesting takes on the “chase”, making for a fun collection. I’m rating the full DVD a 7, and I think everyone here should watch it.
