DVD reviews: Red Riding Hood and more

Red Riding Hood
Cast Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Julie Christie, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez
Director Catherine Hardwicke

For decades, the townsfolk of Daggerhorn have lived uneasily with a werewolf in their midst, who they appease with monthly full moon sacrifices. But one night, the wolf changes the game, by taking the life of the older sister of the red riding hood-wearing Valerie (Seyfried), scuppering Valerie’s plans to run away with the love of her life, Peter (Fernandez) – and resulting in her arranged marriage to the wealthier Henry. As the people of the town hunger for revenge, crazed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon
(Oldman) arrives in town and tells them that the beast walks among them, creating an atmosphere of distrust, and  the emergence of long-kept secrets.
e+ says Twilight fans will love this dreamy tale
Rating 4/5

Quarantine 2 Terminal
Cast Mercedes Masöhn, Josh Cooke and Mattie Liptak
Director John Pogue

In Quarantine, an apartment building in Los Angeles was quarantined by the Centre for Disease Control, trapping the frightened residents inside as a deadly mutant virus turned the residents into rabid killers.
Quarantine 2: Terminal picks up the tale later that night at LAX, as passengers board a flight to Nashville. When a passenger becomes violently ill with a mysterious rabies-like virus, the plane makes an emergency landing, and Jenny, a bold but inexperienced flight attendant, takes charge of the safety of her passengers. Relieved when a swarm of emergency vehicles arrive, Jenny and the passengers soon discover that, far from being there to rescue them, they’re there to quarantine the plane, keeping everyone trapped onboard. Desperate to escape as the passengers start turning nasty, Jenny enlists the help of fellow survivor, kindergarten teacher, Henry, in a bid to break out.
e+ says It may not be as chilling as the last one, but the sequel certainly has its share of jumpy moments!
Rating 3/5

Largo Winch II

Cast Tomer Sisley, Sharon Stone, Mame Nakprasitte
Director Jérôme Salle

Based on two of the comic books in the Belgian series created by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, the story begins by flashing back to before the start of the previous film to the time when Largo was living in a remote forest in Burma, and enjoying a happy love affair with a villager  named Malunai.  Unfortunately, Malunai’s people are wiped out by a mercenary general, allegedly paid by Winch’s father just prior to his death. Three years later, Winch now runs his dad’s Hong Kong-based, multinational company, whose market value runs into billions of dollars; but when he suddenly decides to sell off the entire company and donate the proceeds to charity through his foundation, the Burmese tragedy comes back to haunt him thanks to Diane Francken (Stone), a prosecutor who wants to connect the Winch corporation to the village massacre – with Malunai the key witness ace up her sleeve.
e+ says The locations are gorgeous, but Sharon Stone... really? What are you doing?!
Rating 2/5