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Showing posts with label action. Show all posts
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Transformers : Revenge of The Fallen (2009)



Imdb Link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055369/

Director:Michael Bay

Genre:Action,Sci-fi.

Cast:Shia LaBeouf,Megan Fox,Josh Duhamel,Tyrese Gibson,John Turturro,Kevin Dunn and Julie White

Review:No doubt this is the most highly waited movie of this year beside Terminator salvation.Storyline grows from last part which shows autobots decided to stay back on earth. Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.

The movie lacks pace in first hour,with shia heading for new college and fighting with fox over who says "I love you first", but the movie after interval starting from ten mins before interval is pure adrenaline rush.Giant autobots,decepticons,breath taking fight scenes,shia's awesomeness in acting,hot Megan fox,this movie has all what it takes to be huge hit.But the script lacks much,feels like a script written by an 10 year old.

With somewhat bad script this movie can still be a huge hit cause of Shia(this guy is serious about his place in Hollywood now),the hot Megan fox(she has put on a bit weight for this one which looks so good on her),some new robots,hilarious Agent simmons and the scene when Optimus prime dies.The end fight where Optimus kills fallen finished off very soon though.The guy who plays shia's room mate is good for nothing.Overall this is a movie which has boring first half,action packed second half and certainly not better than first part.

Rating:2.5/5 *Great effects - story lacking*

Terminator Salvation (2009)



Imdb link :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/

Director: MCG

Cast:Christian Bale,Sam Worthington,Helena Bonham Carter,Anton Yelchin and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Genre:Action,Sci-fi

Review:So the much awaited movie released in India.The 4Th part of Terminator finally released in India.I was expecting a lot more than T-3 cause of two things,Christian Bale and Sam Worthington.

Movie starts with the conversation between Sam (Marcus Wright) and Helena (Dr. Serena Kogan) giving us hint about the new replacement of Arny and is soon followed by a breathtaking action sequence announcing arrival of Bale(John Connor) in Terminator movies.Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

I was fortunate to get tickets on the very first day of its release in India,and i must say i am not at all disappointed.The film has great visuals,breath taking action sequence,few larger than life characters and a lot of universal appeal from the earlier Terminator movies.I think the absence of Arnold helped in many ways,the story shifted from a central character to a more or less series.Though John Connor replaces that central character in this part.The best catch in this movie are the dialogues,the one liners,Connors radio message,Sam's words "I am your only hope" keeps a long impression nevertheless.Anton Yelchin is amazingly good as the young Kyle Reese,Bale was good shedding his batman image,Sam nailed his character on screen.Dallas was good too.Best part of the movie is return of Arnold,though in a different way.Watch it to believe it.

Rating:4/5 *The Best Since the First*

Crank: High Voltage (2009)


Imdb link :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1121931/

Genre:Action,crime.

Cast:Jason statham,Amy smart,Dwight yokam,Reno Wilson and Art Hsu.

Review:Chev chelios returns again,only this time with more vengeance,more gore,more bone breaking and more energy.The film opens with a sequence designed to look like a classic video game, depicting Chev Chelios(Jason Statham) fall from a helicopter during the final moments of the original Crank. Immediately after his fall, he is scooped off the street via snow shovel by group of Chinese medics and removed from the scene.He wakes up in a makeshift hospital and sees doctors removing his heart while Johnny Vang (Art Hsu) watches. The doctors place Chev's heart in a red cooler with a padlock, and place a clear plastic artificial heart in his chest. Chev passes out.

Whole movie runs around Chelios search for his heart.Chev chelios is indestructible,bounce him off a car, throw him into fire, toss him out a helicopter, force him to have sex with Amy Smart,he enjoys every bit of it.Some scenes are funny enough to help you giggle and some are pretty dumb.It ends up in a weirdest manner than you can expect.


I so loved statham in original Crank.Crank 2(HIgh voltage) goes one step forward in insanity,its the most dumbest ever sequel made in Hollywood.It has all,action,emotion,sex,comedy and some weirdest stuffs.But certainly not enjoyable.Stay all the way through the credits. Lots of little extra bits in there.And beware one part follows it.

Rating:2/5 *Disappointing*

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)


Imdb link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/

Genre:Action,fantasy.

Cast:Hugh Jackman,Liev Schreiber,Lynn Collins and Danny Huston.

Review:After the X-men trilogy comes this action packed movie of director Gavin hood and is eventually highly panned by critics.Its a story about James logan(Hugh) and his half brother Victor creed(Liev) or Sabertooth.In past they are seen fighting together in the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and eventually the Vietnam War. Their regenerative powers keep them from being killed in the battlefield.The story is about Logans vengeance,rebuild and destruction leading into his self-discovery towards the end of the movie.William stryker (Danny) is the villain and he is outstanding all through the movie.Depending on which theater the movie was shown in, one of two possible endings then appears following the credits. In the first ending, Weapon XI's hand reaches out from the rubble of the nuclear complex to touch his severed head. The second alternate ending shows Logan drinking at a bar in Japan. The bartender asks if he is drinking to forget; Logan replies that he's drinking to remember. So all in all its a entertaining die hard comic book movie for masses.

I being a huge fan of X-Men trilogy loved this movie.Hugh was awesome in his role.Liev was good in parts,danny was too evil and too lethal.Interesting package was Ryan reynolds(Deadpool).I never really missed cyclops though.

Note:The film has several additional scenes during and after the credits.Do not miss it.

Rating 3/5 *Action at its best*

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)


Imdb Link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114740/

Genre:Action,Comedy,Crime and Family

Cast:Kevin James,Keir O'Donnell,Jayma Mays,Raini Rodriguez and Shirley Knight

Review:Paul Blart(Kevin james) can be the most laziest character when you come across him,he has his own ways to failure and have a very messed up life of his own.As the tag line says "Safety never takes a holiday"the film was pretty good summary of Paul's life from zero to a hero.The story starts with showing viewers how Paul have messed up his own life and ends up as a Shopping mall Security guard,he has a caring mom(Shirley Knight),a lovely girl(Raini Rodriguez) who loves him very much and a run-away wife.Paul likes a wig seller women in shopping maul but due to his messy life couldn't able to express her feelings to her.So it was going all messy until came Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, and some high tech criminals stage a lock down and a hostage situation at the mall as they pull off their theft plan. They place motion sensors and small bombs at the entrances, so no one can get in or out. They think they've removed everyone from the building, but didn't notice Paul was in the back of the arcade playing Guitar Hero.
In the End Paul after a bit of hiccups saves the day ahead of his old school mate and Commander Kent(Bobby Cannavale),then becomes hero gets his girl and all.

I enjoyed the movie as a whole ,Its made mainly for kids in my opinion.The humour is pretty simple and goofy at times.If you wants to spend time with your family over weekend watching some good comedy this movie is a great pick.

Rating:2.5/5 *A decent comedy movie*

Troy (2004)


Imdb link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/

Genre:Action,History,Romance.

Cast:Julian Glover,Brian Cox,Brad Pitt,Eric Bana,Diane Kruger and Orlando Bloom.

Review:The movie tag line is For Honor and indeed this film is a honor to Hollywood.Director Wolfgang Petersen writes history in silver screen.A treat to watch Troy is set on an adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.It is the year 1250 B.C and it shows love story of Trojan prince (bloom) and Helen (Diane) and what follows next.Troy is a story of pride and honor for fighting for something you love more than yourself.Apart from the story we all know few actors stood their ground in this movie,the famous Achilles (pitt),Hector (Eric Bana) and Andromache (Saffron Burrows) are naming a few.

Screenwriter David Benioff changed up the story to help it reach out to more people,but frankly that didn't mattered at all.The action scenes with Pitt are amazingly filmed and choreographed. All the other actors play their parts well also, with Bloom proving that he can play a weak character after playing so many strong ones.Troy is an entertaining summer flick.If you have not watched it rent a DVD soon or better BUY IT!


Rating:4/5 *The movie is spectacular*