Diane Ruth Powerful science fiction film from gifted director Ayton Davis, this is not the usual SyFy production. With careful attention to period detail and the creation of strong characters, Davis brings both the era and atmosphere of the Second World War to life. The special effects are extraordinary and some sequences are absolutely haunting in their imagery. The scene where an ME-109 is challenged with only a mortar is one of the most exciting ever filmed. Joe Penny gives one of his most effective performances in years as the battle hardened Gus, a man who has seen far too much combat but still answers the call of duty. The Germans are depicted as more than an enemy in this motion picture and it is made clear they regret deeply they have unleashed and uncontrollable and ultimately unholy evil.

GL84 Downed on a mission over Germany, Air Force troops team up with a group of local villagers to find the source of killing them off a race of gargoyles brought to life by the Nazis and try to get back to base alive.This is far better of an entry than it really should be. One of the better elements to this one is the fact that there's a lot of action within this one which should be fitting considering the storyline about this taking place in the middle of a war. Those moments, from the bombing raid on the village to the extended dogfights between the enemy planes as well as the different creatures going after the bomber are highly entertaining as well as some of the other action scenes in here. The opening release of the creatures in the compound, their ensuing raid on the village in broad daylight as well as their attack on the troops in the abandoned city provide this one with some rather fun highlights along the way with the graveyard shootout in here which really scores as a fun action scene. The mythology for the creatures is also quite fun as it becomes all connected with the myths quite nicely and provides some rather enjoyable times with the intelligence of the story here. While all these do move the film along nicely and keep it from being boring, there's the one main flaw in this one that holds it back being the lack of actual gargoyle action in here. There's relatively few attacks with the creatures and hardly any of them are exciting or even last that long when they do happen, really making them seem like an after-thought in their own movie. There's very few scenes of them in this anyway and those are dominated by rather lousy CGI for them which really make this pretty troubling at times. Along with the confusing matter of why they were initially released in the first place, these are the film's flaws.Rated R: Graphic Language and Violence.

TheLittleSongbird I'll admit it and say that I dislike, even hate, most of the movies from the Sci-Fi Channel, with a couple of exceptions. If you're wondering why I keep watching them, it is mainly because there is something compulsively watchable about them in how awful they are. I also try and watch any movie of any genre and age regardless of the critical and audience consensus. I was expecting very little from Reign of the Gargoyles, and in the end I got very little. It does have a good idea, and the acting from Joe Penny, John Ashton and Wes Ramsey is alright but not great. However, that is it for any redeeming qualities. The editing is very choppy, the lighting dull and the sets too scaled-down. But on a visual front it was the special effects that fared the worst, the movements of the gargoyles are very stiff and in their design they look very crude. Considering that they do feature prominently in the movie, that is a major issue. The dialogue is as unnatural as the effects with a lot of talk but no flow, and apart from Penny, Ashton and Ramsey the rest of the acting stinks with the accents laughably fake. The story is energetically told I suppose, but much of it is unsurprising and veers into the face-palm-inducing ridiculous far too much. True, there is some conflict here but executed in a very clichéd way. The flying sequences have a great concept and not so bad in the action, but I would have enjoyed them more if the editing was better than it was. The characters are little more than walking cardboard cut-outs, in particular we learn absolutely nothing about the gargoyles. Overall, I have seen worse from the Sci-Fi Channel, but that doesn't stop Reign of the Gargoyles from being very bad. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Enchorde Recap: A thousand years ago, some pagans summoned Vorthorn, lord of the gargoyles, and unleashed his terror on the world. They managed to defeat him, but now a secret Nazi commando has awoken him again. Now it is up to some American flyers and British airborne rangers, trapped behind enemy lines to defeat him once again.Comments: The only thing that saves this movie is the realization that it must have been a low budget production designed to fill time on a the Sci-Fi Channel. Because otherwise, this was seriously bad. The idea behind the story is ridiculous, evil Nazis summoning flying demons that are even more evil. Which naturally leads to that the American Bomber flyers happen to find themselves in the middle of it.Unfortunately they don't have any good CGI to support the story, or distract the audience with some spectacular scenes. The monsters are very plastic, moving stiffly and just looking awkward. What is worse is that now and again the actors interaction with these CGI monsters are completely out of sync. Sometimes they face the completely wrong way, when a two meter monster stands behind them screaming.Some few known faces surprisingly appeared. It was a long time ago Joe Penny and John Ashton where in the big titles. And it shows why. But it was nice, maybe the best part of the entire movie, to remember their prime days.Otherwise, Stay clear.3/10