Dominic Baez

It’s honestly shocking how funny this movie is — even more so that that humor doesn’t distract from the horror. Resident Evil never stops being scary, but it rarely stops making you laugh.

The Last House just doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. Aside from some worthwhile performances from Moura and Lee as parents willing to do anything to save their children, there’s nothing to tether yourself to, no real narrative anchor point that’s anything more than a discombobulated message of the power of family.

Once the movie finally gets moving, it’s a gloriously thrilling time.

More coming-of-age than love story, “Pillion” finds joy in Colin’s journey of learning who he truly is. His road there is a little bumpy — like riding on the back of a motorcycle — and it may be a path less traveled, but it’s a worthwhile one all the same.

It doesn’t hold a candle to the game, but there’s enough here to warrant another visit to this tragic little town.

The action is fierce, kinetic and basically nonstop in “Fire and Ash.” The ending sequence goes on a bit too long (as does the movie in general, at 195 minutes), but it’s all generally entertaining, if you forgive the fact that the spectacle replaces the story for the most part.

There’s a lot to like in The Running Man, so it’s all the more disappointing that its most interesting elements get such short shrift. As a humorous action film, it’s an enjoyable experience. As a social commentary on a dystopian America, it mostly just trips over itself.

If all you want out of your Tron movie is amazing visuals, a great score and some fun action sequences with light cycles, cool weapons and even a Recognizer, “Ares” will execute that command. Anything more, though, and it all starts to get a little glitchy.

It’s a whiplash journey of humor bordering on callousness, and sadness just shy of suffocating, but you’ll want to hold its twisted, bruised heart in your hands all the same. It deserves some comfort after all it’s been through.

It’s heartfelt, action-packed and just plain fun (and comes with an intriguing mid-credit scene you don’t want to miss). Fantastic indeed.