Prometheus (2012)

a team of scientists travel through the universe on a spaceship called Prometheus. they went on a voyage to investigate a known alien life form. life that was suspected to be the beginning of mankind. however, storm trapped the scientists and they became stranded on the planet. things got even worse when something was clearly after them and they struggled to survive it.

having made reference to the original Alien, we held high expectation towards the film. unfortunately we were disappointed. character development were shallow, completely on the surface that everything else was hard to believe. such as going through an operation and still running around after. it was absurd and happened to be just one of the series of ridiculous events found within the film. most of the scientists were distasteful men, they looked down on each other, teasing others while they were the one freaking out.

Girls und Panzer (2012) ガールズ&パンツァー

the story took place in a world where Sensha-do (戦車道), the art of tank-combat, was a martial art for girls. Miho had bad experience with Sensha-do and just got transferred into a new Girls' Academy. she was asked by the student council to join and compete in the National Sensha-do championship since she was the only one who had experience operating a tank. initially reluctant, Miho soon enjoyed Sensha-dou again and together with her new friends.

other than the tanks driving, the story didn't steer far from the everyday life of these school girls. the characters were mostly divided in group than one person from other. each of the character doesn't exactly stood independently, which made some characters kind of robot like. however, the unpredictable scenarios made the series entertaining, and a few laugh were always welcomed.

Sinister (2012)

Ellison was a crime writer. he moved his family into a house where a terrifying crime took place, while hiding the truth from his family. as he tried to uncover more details regarding the crime, he found some film footage in the attic. these films showed him more than what he could handle. soon, his family started showing signs as things took a turn for the worse.

the crimes itself was eerie enough to keep the intensity high throughout the film, and when paranormal activities started taking place during the night, it was even more terrifying. the film footage was absolutely brilliant. what could be more eerie than seeing kids killing their family. Sinister (2012) was different in a way that the feeling of tension never did leave even after the film ended, especially when we were able to relate with the characters more after a more in depth understanding about them.

Code:Breaker (2012) コードブレイカ―

one day while riding the bus, Sakura saw people being burned alive in blue fire on the pathment. she returned the second day but found no corpses or evidence of the happening the day before. when she reached her class, she discovered that there was a new transfer student, the same boy the stood over the burning man just the day before. soon she found out that his name was Ogami, the sixth Code:Breaker, an assassin with strange ability that served the government.

to Ogami, there were no justice for evil as he represent a darker type of justice as he took vengeance into his own hands and does what he wanted. Sakura being the beauty of the school, loved by everyone, happened to see what took place over the burning man and thus shared a connection with Ogami ever since. it was hardly romance despite their often misinterpreted relationship. at some point, the series itself represent a sense of philosophy regarding evil. it was interesting despite the dull debate Sakura had with Ogami, regarding how wrong was killing.