Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (OVA anime)

Finished watching Elfen Lied or Another and looking for another bloody anime title to watch? Corpse Party is an anime which includes lot of horror, blood, and gore, something which will satisfy your bloody anime tastes. A group of students and their teacher are trapped in an alternate dimension (just a school) and seem to be murdered one at a time in horrific deaths which will really make you squirm. This OVA even goes as far as showing the internal organs of the victims so yea, this OVA is not for the light hearted. 

In terms of the story line, I think there could be a bit more to go on, but for a 4 episode OVA, they rushed things a bit and introduced a bit too many characters to kill off. Overall I'd have to give this series a 7/10 as it is alright if you're looking for more gore and action rather than the storyline itself. And by the way, doesn't part of the opening song remind you of a certain American pop song?? Let me know if you notice it too! Anyway, this was a quick review, hope you enjoyed!

Mind Game 心迷 (Singaporean Drama Review)

Hey everyone, I will be quickly reviewing the 2015 Singaporean drama Mind Game. This drama actually consists of Singaporean and Malaysian actors and actresses, including quite a diverse range of characters. This drama is a thrilling crime type suspenseful drama. I guess you can call it sort of like an asian criminal minds with more drama compared to only crime focused.

I actually quite enjoyed this drama as it brings many diverse storylines. Although this is the case, there are places where you sort of expect what will happen (I myself having watched many dramas before), so the script-writers followed the usual drama antics. Although this is the case, there isn't many boring parts of this drama as it flows through quite nicely. You usually have one crime which gets resolved within around 3-6 episodes , and in the middle you follow a select number of characters.

Within the drama there are things which linger around which are slowly revealed within each episode. One of the characters got separated with his sister when they were only a child, and quite a huge chunk is about him finding his sister. All I can say is expect the unexpected ok :)

As the show progresses, you sort of realise why the drama is called Mind Game. Sometimes the episodes play tricks on you. There are hypnotists and people who have premonitions. Sometimes characters hide their true nature, and someone who might be good just may be a baddy and vice versa. All I can say is that this drama definitely plays with your mind a bit.

All in all I quite enjoyed this drama and would give it an 8.5/10. If you enjoy dramas heavily related to crime then why not give this drama a try? Until next time, bye!

Persevere, Goo Hae Ra (2015 Korean Drama)

Hey everyone, I started watching Persevere on Friday, and decided to do a review on this drama today(I'm up to episode 5 at the moment).

I have to say that this drama really reminds me of Glee, even though I have not watched Glee before, there seems to be a musical aspect which takes my mind back to Glee. The story revolves around 6 people whose dreams are to become singers. Each of these 6 members meet at a TV show which selects people based on their vocal skills rather than looks and age. Within the first few episodes, a tragedy strikes and destroys the lives of many. This blurb is just a little insight of the story without revealing too much.

I myself quite like this drama, and have enjoyed watching it. My cousin mentioned that it's a musical drama, but the drama I feel has a good balance of both music and drama. You cannot compare this drama to any of your usual American dramas compared to Glee or HSM. There are quite a bit of emotional scenes and quite funny scenes in this drama, so it really takes you on an emotional journey. I think maybe a negative on this drama is the length as it's over 1hr long, but there's only 12 episodes so I guess it's a pretty reasonable length in run time due to this.

Have not much else to say about this drama. You have this sort of love triangle thing happening, something which dramas are good for so you can say that this drama doesn't remove the usual K-Drama aspect of this show. There is also one more thing I really like which some people may not about this drama, and that is that the singers sing covers of already sung songs(similar to Glee). Yea anyway, let's keep this short, I'd give this series 7.5/10. I think it's a good drama to watch, even if you don't like K-Pop, you can just skip the singing bits, but the drama is quite worth while to watch, especially if you don't expect something yea??

Beyond the Boundary (Anime Review)

Coming soon

I Saw the Devil (Korean Film)

Ok first off, this psychological thriller/horror film is not for the faint hearted as it deals with quite graphic violence(though most of it is actually off screen) and includes nudity too. I myself did not expect quite a film while I was starting to eat my dinner so that was a really bad idea!

Anyway, the film starts off not too bad, Joo-yun played by Oh San-ha is sitting in her car on a snowy night due to her car breaking down. While talking to her fiancé, a man appears and offers to fix her car, though she quickly shoos him away, only to have him later break into her car and knock her unconscious. He later kills her by chopping her into pieces. Oh yea did I mention her fiancé is an agent called Soo-hyun (Played by Lee Byung-hun), so basically whole film revolves around him finding the killer and tracking and stopping him once and for all to get revenge (I'm around 50% through the movie so far). I later found out that the agent lets the killer off before the killer goes and finds his next target. I find this aspect of the film a bit odd, and I don't quite understand why it is done.

All I have to say is that if you want to watch a psychopathic maniac on the killing Supre then this film is the one for you. I myself have watched countless horror films but this one really tops the gore factor. I like how the director has utilised off screen violence to make scenes so much more gruesome, it's really fascinating how the director has done this. For the storyline, I think it is very unique, something out of the ordinary. Maybe because I have not watched many Korean films before, but they seem to have a way with storytelling. There are countless fight scenes in this film which I think would entertain the people who are interested in action films as well.

Overall this film is quite something, a bit hard to understand in parts, and a bit hard to watch in others, but overall I think this film is quite something. I do not think this film is suited for everyone, but if you are into more horror films this this film is more for you. My rating would have to be a 7/10. See you next time in my next review, bye!

BecexTech NZ (Website Review)

Hi everyone, today I received my Canon PowerShot G7 X that I ordered from BecexTech NZ. Before I review the camera, I just wanted to do a review on the company first for people who may be wanting to know if they should trust this company or not.

So I ordered this camera from this site because I saw that it was cheap, and got good ratings so I decided to take a chance. There were many extras in buying the camera including extra battery, extended warranty, postage insurance etc. I bought an extra battery and spent on the postage insurance(though I'm wondering if it was even necessary). It took about a week for the order to process and ship off and arrived within 3 days. It got caught up by customs today, but I was able to manage the situation and it arrived today :)

First off I I have to say that I was a bit worried about the transaction process of buying from this item. They sent an order confirmation letter saying that the order was processing, and another one saying that they sent off the item(s) so that's pretty good. And processing was relatively fast, including postage.

The negatives from this site is that they order items from Hong Kong (might be from some other places too) but instead of stock on shelves, they order overseas, this means that you have a chance of needing to pay GST. When I bought from this website I thought that I would not need to deal with GST because it seemed like a NZ company, but because the items are shipped from oversea
Overall I'm not quite sure I would buy from this company again due to the GST risk, bus, you do deal with GST, that is the main negative thing I think you must consider when buying from this website. They also forgot to send my extra battery so I am following up on their customer service on this so I'll keep you guys posted. But if you are looking to take a risk on GST then why not? This company is one of the cheapest out there online in NZ.

The Crucible (2011 South Korean Film)

Hey everyone, new movie I'm watching today thanks to Yesasia for the free DVD's :)

The DVD I have calls this movie Silenced though I searched it up online and got the Name The Crucible. Anyway, this movie is a 2011 South Korean movie which is based on a true story (I can't believe it!). The story revolves around Gwangju Inhwa School which is a hearing impaired school for which students are victims to all sorts of horrible things by teachers at the school. The film starts off quiet enough, you don't suspect anything strange, but after hearing screams from the girl's bathroom Kang In-ho (Played by Gong Yoo) seems to get a bit suspicious, and throughout the film things unravel, as secrets are revealed about the school.

I think overall the film is very touching and emotional. I've never watched a movie that felt so real to me. There's bits where I really wanted to punch the actors in the face! I think the director, writers, actors and whoever else were involved in this film did a really really great job to make the film as believable as it is. I am not quite sure how much the film is based on real events,  but I can say that I really believed every single moment of it.

I think this film is a very mind changing for me anyway, I would give this film an easy 9.5/10 and would really urge people to watch this film.