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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Iron Man 3 (2013)

130 min, action, adventure, sci-fi

Director: Shane Black
Writer: Drew Pearce (screenplay), Shane Black   (screenplay)
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle

Storyline:
Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Review:
 THE BEST IRON MAN YET!!! PERFECT!!!

Rating: 9,5/10 

Friday, May 3, 2013

Parker (2013)

118 min, action, crime, thriller

Director: Taylor Hackford  
Writers: John J. McLaughlin (screenplay), Donald E. Westlake (novel) 
Stars: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis

Storyline:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.  

Review:
The last movie I watched with Jason Statham was Killer Elite, and I didn't liked it at all. It wasn't the kind a movie I expected from him. But it's a whole different story with Parker. It's filled with action, which is why we watch his movies. Statham as Parker is as good as expected, J. Lopez is great, as is M. Chiklis. The story is good (nothing spectacular), but it works. So if you are a Jason Statham fan Parker is a must see.

Rating: 6.5/10 

Thursday, April 25, 2013

The Last Stand (2013)

107 min, action, crime, thriller

Director: Jee-woon Kim
Writers:
Andrew Knauer
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville

Storyline:
Sheriff Owens is a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for the face off.

Review: 
The good thing about The Last Stand is that Arnie is back. Everything else...we've seen before. It's just another action movie. Nothing more, nothing else. There is nothing new. Predictable as most of them. Sorry I can't say anything better about it but that's just how i feel. I'm glad that Arnie is back, but I hope he will make a few better movies than The Last Stand.


Rating: 5/10

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Django Unchained



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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Killer Elite (2011)

116 min, action, crime, thriller

Director: Gary McKendry
Writers: Matt Sherring (screenplay), Ranulph Fiennes (book)
Stars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro

Storyline:
A match-up made in tough-guy heaven -- Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro star in Killer Elite. Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world's most elite operatives - Danny, an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) - against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen). Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse - where the predators become the prey.
 
 

Review:
First, I must say that I love Jason Statham's movies. That being said, I did not like this one very much. I expected much more action in it. And the action is why I love Jason Statham's movies. Here he has to act which is not the best idea in the world. He is just not convincing. The movie has a great cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, but apparently that is not enough to make a good movie. The whole thing is a too slow, and it lasts almost 2 hours, the plot is all over the place (the scenes where we have Danny and his girlfriend are just not needed in the film), the characters are just there; after watching the film we know nothing about them... I watched it, and to be honest I could have spend 2 hours a lot better than watching this.

Rating: 5/10