The Driver is mega cool

5 second plot: Cowboy, a.k.a. The Driver is a getaway car ... ahem... driver. He's the best in the business. A dirty cop tries to set him up. The result: lots of cool car chases. Now I know where Ryan Gosling got his mad driving skills from.

5 second review: This guy doesn't even wear a seatbelt while driving like a maniac. He's that cool. He doesn't even blink when he's being shot at (while driving like a maniac). He does some weird crazy shit though (crazy '70s shit). At one point he totally destroys a dudes car just because he doesn't want to work with him. You coulda just said so man. And what's up with this weird van the cops are driving?

IMDb score: 7,2/10
Our score: 8,5/10

Mork & Mindy Season 1 Episode 1-3

5 second plot: Mork is an alien who’s been sent to earth to observe us. He ends up living with Mindy who will try to teach him how to blend in. Mork has been to earth before. That previous time he met the Fonz, who tried to teach him about dating. It didn’t work out well.

5 second review: This is the perfect platform for a comedian like Robin Williams. He can do lots of voices and make a big fool of himself. You can tell he's having a blast. The humor is a bit simple (from back in the day) and the visuals did not withstand the test of time. But if you're looking for old school fun, this could be your thing.

IMDb score: 7,2/10

Our score: 6/10

Martin will not scare you to death

5 second plot: Martin drugs women and then drinks their blood. He wants to change his ways so he goes to stay with a cousin who thinks he can help him.

5 second review: This is a vampire movie without all the cool vampire stuff. Martin's got no powers. There is a bit of blood but it looks really ridiculous. Halfway through something interesting happens but other than that this is seriously boring. You could be doing something else entirely while watching this movie and not miss a thing.

IMDb score: 7,2/10
Our score: 1/10

Grand Theft Auto is a bit silly

5 second plot: A young couple wants to get married but the father of the girl does not agree. So they run off to get married in Las Vegas. On their road trip they run into a whole bunch of trouble because of a reward of 25000 dollar for anyone who stops them.

5 second review: This movie was made simply for fun. There is not much of a story but there are a lot of car crashes, explosions, (stupid) jokes and so on. There are no naked women in here though, that was kind of a surprise. It's not very good, but it's not boring either. It's just silly fun.

IMDb score: 5,4/10
Our score: 5/10

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a stretch

5 second plot: A nightclub owner, a good guy, gets himself into a whole lot of trouble when he makes a big gambling debt with the wrong crowd. They force him to kill a Chinese Bookie. Duh.

5 second review: Lots of unnecessary scenes but hey, overall it wasn't a complete disaster. Mostly because of the charisma of the central character, Cosmo.

IMDb score: 7,4/10
Our score: 5/10

Barry Lyndon reads like a book

5 second plot: This is the story of the guy in the title, a poor lad that loses his father at a young age in 18th century Ireland. Due to a series of events he has to leave his home. He joins the army, deserts, sees a bit of the world (well, Europe) and ends up married to a very rich woman.

5 second review: What the hell was Stanley Kubrick thinking? A period piece? No, a three hour long period piece... The first part of the movie is light and fun, but the second part is dark and sad and seriously boring. It feels like listening to a book reading that's very exciting at first but by the end I was happy it was finally over.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 3/10

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is mucho silly

5 second plot: The King of the Britons is sent on a quest by God himself to find The Holy Grail.

5 second review: This is a very very very very very silly movie. It's almost too silly. Even the production itself looks silly. These guys didn't take anything seriously. It looks like shit, but it's stuffed with must see classic comedy.

IMDb score: 8,3/10
Our score: 6/10

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot don't always make a whole lot of sense

5 second plot: The two guys from the title meet by accident and become instant soulmates. They don't have much to do and need money so they start thinking about robbing a bank.

5 second review: It feels like they randomly put together pieces of stories for this movie. And some of them make no sense at all. At one point they catch a ride with a crazy fella that flips his car for no reason at all. And then starts shooting at white rabbits coming out of his trunk. Say what now? The conclusion is good (spectacular) but you really have to hang in there to get to it.

IMDb score: 7,1/10
Our score: 4/10

The Sting is quite the set-up

5 second plot: A small con-man's partner gets murdered after they hustle the wrong people. He wants revenge, but to do that he has to team up with a big con-man. And avoid getting caught by the mobsters, the police and the FBI.

5 second review: If often thought to myself: 'am I supposed to believe that...'. That's never a good sign. And holy shit: this kid's got 99 problems, doesn't he? But he still has time for a love interest. Well, that turned out to be a problem as well. The sets are great, but it's a shame you can see that the background is painted. This is a classic, no doubt about that, but I had some trouble going with the flow.

IMDb score: 8,4/10
Our score: 5/10

Papillon is not very uplifting

5 second plot: Two guys try to escape from a horrible prison camp on an island in French Guiana. Their efforts are not always successful which makes life in prison even harder.

5 second review: This story will not make you happy. To know that this horrific prison camp actually existed, makes it even worse. Great acting, of course, two icons at work. There are some strange twists in the story but overall it's pretty decent. But it's serious drama without a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. Them French folk sure do speak very good English. Wink.

IMDb score: 8,1/10
Our score: 3/10