Drag me to Hell(2008)

The film starts by telling a story happened 39 years ago, where a boy is brought in front of a witch named San Dena by his parents after they found some unusual things happening to the boy. He was affected by the spirit Lamia. Before san dena could do anything Lamia kills the boy and goes away. She takes a pledge and says to Lamia, the demon, that they will meet again. Now, 39 years later, an older women curses a younger ambitious girl for not giving her a relaxation for payment of loan. And Lamia comes to scene again. And what happens is a nicely told story from the director, which he had written 10 years back. Decent performance from the leading lady and an excellent performance from the Old lady as well. An above average film.
>>Score B+<<

Absurdistan(2008)

Absurdistan is a term used to describe a country in which absurdity is the norm.This is a very funny film that leaves its imprints on you even after you completed watching the film. Its a fable that tells you the romance between childhood friends Temelko and Aya and about what happening in the Land absurdistan.The story of the two are deeply connected with the history the present and future of the land they living, Absurdistan. The village was a secluded one which once was a dried land after water disappeared from the wells due to quarrelling between men and women in absurdistan. Later men in absurdistan went into caves and put up pipes to bring water to the land which stops quarrelling between them and affection starts. Later on in the current age of the story the water leaks out and disappears due to holes in the pipe and further reasons. The men were reluctant to repair the pipe due to laziness and women starts war against them by telling them no water no sex.The story deals with the Laziness of men which wins over the lust inside them.Women gradually finds the power inside them and fighting continues. Meanwhile Temelko alone tries to get water into the village with no support from other men. The story is beyond the scope of the review and would become a spoiler. One of the interesting thing about the story is that it is mostly told via voice over.Another interesting fact is that most of the acting is done by using facial expressions and were excellently carried out by the actors. Watch the film. As told by some critic this is a "hard not to like" kind of film. Genuine in thoughts and unique in the way of story telling. Don't miss this film.
>>Score A<<

Identity(2003)

Directed by James Mangold who later on directed the film 3:10 to Yuma. I was expecting the film to be an average one as most of the films in horror genre came up at those times were either purely average or disgusting. The exceptions were films made in foreign languages like [REC]. To my surprise the film went exceptionally well and i must say I was thrilled throughout the film. You can say the film is a closed one as most of the story takes place around a motel. One thing to be noted that there are only a few blood gore scenes throughout the film and that too wont make causal audience of the horror genre offensive. Everything is there but added lightly and was enough to show that the killing was brutal. About the story: It starts with a psychiatrist going through and analyzing the proofs and the observations he gathered by consulting a victim. He was confident that the observations he gathered by reading his diary and experience he had by meeting the victim of murders, are enough to make him non guilty even though he may have done the murders. So a last minute trial has been requested and granted which is going to take place. The doctor had requested the presence of the victim for the trial as his presence is a required factor. This sequence is paralleled with another story that revolves around a motel on a stormy night. People are gathered at a motel nearest to a highway due to circumstances like accident, road blocks caused by flood etc... . Some of those people are connected indirectly to an accident happened less than an hour ago. As they start staying in their room the story unfolds and people gets killed one by one . And those people gathered at motel were unable to find the victim. However the story takes a sharp turn as the victim in the other story is being questioned by the doctor. And there the story unfolds completely giving us a dramatic en-thrilling experience . Now the climax. Most of the thrillers need an eventful climax. And for me the film was successful in creating that. Absolutely clueless.

The editing and direction were fantastic. The story was excellently told. Agreed that there are some flaws as well, but who cares when film is such an entertaining one. Go and Watch if you haven't seen it yet.

>>Score A<<