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Chris Sawin

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Chris Sawin has been writing about film for over a decade. Formerly of Examiner.com, Chris has an unabashed admiration for weird and eccentric cinema, the nastiest of horror films, and particularly loves animation when it's done right.

Reviews

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple easily shatters conceptions about films being dumped in theaters in January. Filled with meaningful performances that catapult an already engrossing story, the 28 Days Later franchise is more promising than it’s ever been.” – Giant Freakin Robot Jan 20, 2026 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 4.5/5 EDIT “Savage, badass, and brutal, Predator: Badlands is the most action-packed Predator film yet. See this one in theaters for the best picture and sound — it’s worth every penny.” – Bounding Into Comics Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc delivers a one-of-a-kind anime film with frenetic animation, blood-soaked insanity, and heartfelt characters that want to feel something human, whether they’re a devil or not. ” – Bounding Into Comics Nov 1, 2025 Full Review Black Phone 2 (2025) 72% 3/5 EDIT “Black Phone 2 delivers on gore and atmosphere, and Ethan Hawke remains a standout as a disturbing killer. However, the convoluted, illogical plot favors A Nightmare on Elm Street-style homage over a coherent story.” – Bounding Into Comics Nov 1, 2025 Full Review Decorado (2025) 4/5 EDIT “Decorado is a beautifully animated, reality-altering nightmare that is both depressing and enchanting.” – Bounding Into Comics Oct 18, 2025 Full Review Primate (2025) 79% 4/5 EDIT “Primate has moments of pure terror that are only intensified by its raw and animalistic bloodshed. It is essentially a slasher film full of stupid decisions and a ridiculous concept, but it’s intense as hell and fiercely entertaining.” – Bounding Into Comics Oct 18, 2025 Full Review Coyotes (2025) 59% 2/5 EDIT “Coyotes provides a decent amount of action and the CGI-yotes are the best part of the film. The cast is great, but the screenplay feels like it focuses a bit too much on forced humor and not enough on character development or a worthwhile story.” – Bounding Into Comics Oct 18, 2025 Full Review Deathstalker (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Take the fantasy elements of Beastmaster and smash them together with the squeamish fatalities of Mortal Kombat and you’ve got the barbarically potent masterpiece known as Deathstalker.” – Bounding Into Comics Oct 18, 2025 Full Review Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Infinity Castle is one of the most action-packed and gorgeously animated films of the year. The film has an absorbing story, vastly interesting characters, and a finale that closes one exciting chapter while teasing the next and possibly bloodier one.” – Bounding Into Comics Sep 13, 2025 Full Review Highest 2 Lowest (2025) 83% 3/5 EDIT “Highest 2 Lowest features an unprecedented performance from Denzel Washington, impressive cinematography, and fantastic music. However, the story is so shackled to safe and expected circumstances that it tethers the film to certain mediocrity.” – Bounding Into Comics Aug 12, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Weapons is a bonkers mystery that is worth seeing, and Zach Cregger is as bold as ever as a filmmaker, but it simply doesn’t leave you with that same sense of being completely blown away like after viewing Barbarian for the first time.” – Bounding Into Comics Aug 10, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 87% 3/5 EDIT “There are some fun and hilarious moments in The Naked Gun, but it’s a barrage of slapstick comedy with unlimited ammo regarding its ludicrous content. The film is a lot like having a thousand punchlines to one joke or one setup.” – Bounding Into Comics Aug 5, 2025 Full Review Stuntman (2024) 100% 4/5 EDIT “With exceptionally poignant performances, Stuntman walks hand in hand with Jackie Chan’s Ride On as emotional excellence when it comes to Hong Kong films centered around stuntmen.” – Bounding Into Comics Aug 5, 2025 Full Review The Bad Guys 2 (2025) 87% 4/5 EDIT “The Bad Guys 2 is bigger, badder, and funnier than its predecessor. The gags are wilder and more creative, the jokes land and make you laugh, and the new characters are just as intriguing as the familiar ones. ” – Bounding Into Comics Aug 5, 2025 Full Review Noise (2024) 67% 3/5 EDIT “Noise is an auditory nightmare fueled by uncertainty and a foreboding atmosphere. Authentic moments of dread are drowned out by the echoing reverb of halfhearted writing.” – Bounding Into Comics Aug 5, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “There’s a lot of promise in what the future of the MCU holds with this version of The Fantastic Four, and it’s somewhat of a relief to have a Fantastic Four film that is actually worthwhile and hopefully worth revisiting with fondness instead of regret.” – Bounding Into Comics Jul 26, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% 4/5 EDIT “Superman is goofy, hopeless, and rewarding in all of the best ways. It feels like James Gunn is attempting to build a DC Universe full of interesting characters that are not only worthy of being on screen but deserve to be there.” – Bounding Into Comics Jul 26, 2025 Full Review Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 50% 1/5 EDIT “Jurassic World Rebirth is the worst film of the Jurassic Park/World franchise because it has nothing original to offer. It spends so much time paying homage to the films that came before it that it lacks its own identity.” – Bounding Into Comics Jul 26, 2025 Full Review How to Train Your Dragon (2025) 77% 1/5 EDIT “Dean DeBlois has somehow recreated an incredible film about dragons and the struggle to survive and turned it into this lifeless, carbon-copy shell of its former self. This is a film aimed to enhance the studio’s pockets and nothing more.” – Bounding Into Comics Jul 26, 2025 Full Review Elio (2025) 83% 1/5 EDIT “Elio is visually fun to look at, but is otherwise a big, disappointing bowl of colorful intergalactic sludge. There’s something fun and whimsical here trapped inside the body of an entitled, lie-spewing thunderc_nt.” – Bounding Into Comics Jul 4, 2025 Full Review Dogma (1999) 72% 3.5/5 EDIT “The comedy has aged like a bowl of hot and expired #MeToo molasses, but the film has an immensely talented cast and superbly written dialogue. If you have a Mount Rushmore of Kevin Smith films, Dogma chisels itself as the Holy Grail of religious comedies.” – Bounding Into Comics Jun 6, 2025 Full Review The Life of Chuck (2024) 80% 4/5 EDIT “Wholesome, meaningful, timely, and incredibly moving; The Life of Chuck is overflowing with heart and is the type of film we all need right now. Our lives are a gift that deserve to be lived and studied and reminded of how incredible it is to exist.” – Bounding Into Comics Jun 6, 2025 Full Review Lilo & Stitch (2025) 72% 3/5 EDIT “Lilo & Stitch is a watchable live-action Disney remake with some entertaining moments. Still, its knack for revising more than half of what made the animated version memorable and molding it into something more mediocre is baffling.” – Bounding Into Comics May 30, 2025 Full Review Bring Her Back (2025) 89% 4/5 EDIT “Bring Her Back is another mesmerizing effort from the Phillipou brothers, with gnarly sequences that teeter on being fully gruesome. Sally Hawkins portrays a nurturing nightmare of a motherly figure to terrifying perfection.” – Bounding Into Comics May 30, 2025 Full Review Re-Animator (1985) 88% 4/5 EDIT “Ignite Films 4K restoration breathes new life into a beloved horror classic. Re-Animator only gets funnier with age and the film holds up so well because of its incredible practical effects. ” – Bounding Into Comics May 20, 2025 Full Review
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