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Faster (2010)

10 Mar

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino, Maggie Grace

Directorwriter: George Tillman Jr.

Writers: Tony Gayton.

Released in theaters: 24 November 2010 (USA)

US Box Office: $23.2M

Rated: R

Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.

Storyline:-

Driver “Dwayne Johnson” is a convict filled with hate and desire to revenge the murder of his brother after executing a successful bank robbery which went south when a group of other people attacked their safe house took the money and killed his brother…

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Saw: The Final Chapter

04 Mar

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery

Starring: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Cary Elwes, Sean Patrik Flanery

Director & writer: Kevin Greutert

Released in theaters: 29 October 2010 (USA)

US Box Office: $45.7M

Rated: R

Running Time: 1 hr. 31 min.

Storyline:-

A group of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) survivors play the rule of Jigsaw as they teaches others Jigsaw’s method of life, death and survive. Det. Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) who is one of jigsaw’s survivors plans to reach and kill Jigsaw’s wife – Jill Tuck (Betsy Russell) who is under immunity by the police. Bobby Dagen (Sean Patrik Flanery) the writer of the book SURVIVE which explains his claimed experience with jigsaw and its benefits that changed his life.

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Salt

07 Aug

This turned out to be one of those over-the-top but real decent thrill-ride type actioners.

Though there are those out there who just won’t cut Angelina Jolie a break, even the haters can’t deny that the girl can act.

She’s excellent in this film, about one of the CIA’s top interrogators who’s accused of being a Russian sleeper agent.

It’s fairly early in the film when the action begins and it runs and runs from there on.

There’s a good twist to plot much later on and we like movies that let you try to figure them out as they go along, rather than force feeding you the answers with dumbed down dialog and screechy music because the writers assume the audience is too stupid to get the obvious story movements.

This one doesn’t do that. :)

If you’re not a fan of crazy stunt sequences that no one (in reality) would come out of without broken bones, much less survive, then maybe you won’t enjoy this flick too much.

Otherwise, see it, it’s a blast, it’s got a good cast with Liev Schreiber (always excellent) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (ditto), and the storyline rips right along.

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As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country.

Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture.

Salt’s efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who is Salt?”

It’s also been dubbed as “The Bourne Salt-imatum” you heard it first here at et – the place to be.

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The Book Of Eli

27 May

The Hughes Brothers, directors of From Hell and Menace II Society among others, have created an interesting and thoughtful action movie, that also carries a message of faith and hope.

The action set-pieces are well handled, and the photography of the movie, is very well done.

While the setting itself isn’t particularly new, along similar lines to Mad Max and other movies of this kind, they still get some pretty impressive visuals.

They are also helped by having two of the best actors around in this movie.

Denzel Washington carries the movie easily and is also very convincing in the action sequences.

Gary Oldman as Carnegie gives a performance more in line with some earlier work, such as Leon than some recent performances but he is always worth watching.

The rest of the cast, led by Mila Kunis all give good support.

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Eli (Denzel Washington) has been on a journey for 30 years, walking west across America after a cataclysmic war that turned the earth into a total wasteland.

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The world has become a lawless civilization where people must kill or be killed.

The barren roads belong to gangs of cutthroats who rob and kill for water, a pair of shoes, a lighter, or just for fun.

Eli is a peaceful man who only acts in self defense, and becomes a warrior with unbelievable killing skills when he is challenged.

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The Governors Wife

19 Nov

The movie is very predictable to the extent that the viewer can clearly differentiate the “good guys and the bad guys” within the first few minutes.

But, that is not important.

This thriller is more fun than anything and it is basically just an easy way to pass the time when you want to veg out.

oooohh yeeaahh ;) magic

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Director
David Burton Morris

Writer
Edithe Swense

Release Date
21 September 2008 (USA) 

Genre
Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Taken

09 Nov

The most thrilling movie I’ve seen in a long time.

Neeson is what we would fear if James Bond went to hell and came back for revenge (I doubt big budget Quantum of Solace will top this). :P

I loved Jason Bourne; but where Bourne is confused for half the movie, Neeson is looking down a barrel of a pistol 3/4 of the time.

In a three way spy battle, I would put Neeson edging out Bourne, who would be a step ahead of Bond.

Between the jaw-dropping action sequences was the subject matter of international trafficking, which was pretty miserable to watch.

An ex-soldier (Liam Neeson) traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter (Maggie Grace) after the young girl is abducted by slave traders in District B13 director Pierre Morel’s contemporary thriller Taken.

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Taken

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Director
Pierre Morel

Writers
Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen

Release Date
26 September 2008 (UK) 

Genre
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller 

Tagline
Die Zeit für Rache ist gekommen. (The time for revenge has come.)

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Illegal Tender

01 Nov

Good little action thriller from John Singleton.

I don’t know what else to say but this is an old school style crime thriller that has characters you care about and real tension that comes from the characters and situations.

Definitely worth a look at some point. :P

Wilson DeLeon, Jr. (Rick Gonzalez) is an exceptional college student with an adoring girlfriend, doting mother and a future full of promise.

He has never wanted for anything, and he has never been forced to stand his ground.

But when ghosts from his mother’s past come back to haunt his present, he must defend his family.

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Director
Franc. Reyes

Writer
Franc. Reyes

Release Date
24 August 2007 (USA) 

Genre
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline
Always protect the family.

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The Flock

31 Oct

The film is somewhat engaging, it deals with a sensitive subject and tries to deal with it in an honest yet confronting matter.

At least, in the beginning.

In the 2nd part of the movie there’s little left of the objectivity in the script.

To summarize, is this movie bad?

No, but it won’t blow you away.

The ideas are interesting but after a while the script feels uninspired and formulaic.

The acting is mediocre and the score is bad.

It’s not really worth seeing but it’ll briefly entertain you.

THE FLOCK is the story of hyper-vigilant federal agent (Gere) who, while training his young female replacement (Danes), must track down a missing girl whom he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he’s investigating.

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Director
Wai-keung Lau

Writers
Hans Bauer
Craig Mitchell

Release Date
13 September 2007 (Greece)

Genre
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller 

Tagline
Your fear is their desire

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Loaded

30 Oct

Loaded was kind of boring at first but once it started to get going it really hooked me.

I know the feeling of being sucked into something dangerous where you feel helpless but to do things that you do not want to do.

Other people have commented on various sites how this movie was silly and implausible but I beg to differ.

These kinds of things do happen, and I’m sorry but not everyone lives in a dream world where nothing bad can happen and crazy situations are “implausible”.

Really sorry but the reality of the world is that they do happen.

The creator of this movie as well as the actors did a great job of portraying how things can just go bad and how people can make really bad choices.

Sometimes things turn out good, sometimes they turn out bad and such is life.

“Loaded” tells the story of Tristan Price (Jesse Metcalfe), a young man who’s about to make his mark on the world.

He’s the son of a well-to-do family with a good reputation, and he’s on his way to law school.

But like so many such settings, things aren’t quite as perfect as they appear.

;) magic

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Director
Alan Pao

Writers
Kyle Kramer
Corey Large

Release Date
25 March 2008 (USA) 

Genre
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Saw 5

26 Oct

Saw V

The Saw films have demonstrated an unfeasibly high success rate over time in terms of pulling off twist after twist and having them nearly all hit home.

With this track record, it seems inevitable that there’d be a significant stumble at some point.

They’ve never been bulletproof films (and thrillers are the genre that are hardest to bulletproof), but I’d say Saw V is definitely the stumble.

In spite of this, it still keeps in enough with the series in general for me to be ready for Saw VI in 2009 – which I hope will be better work. :P

Following Jigsaw’s grizzly demise, Mark Hoffman, the final apprentice to the serial killer is reigned a hero.

Agent Strahm is tested and puts the pieces together, Strahm realizes that Hoffman is helping Jigsaw, five seemingly unconnected people face a horrible lesson of teamwork.

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Director
David Hackl

Writers
Patrick Melton
Marcus Dunstan

Release Date
24 October 2008 (UK) 

Genre
Action | Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller 

Tagline
You won’t believe how it ends.

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