May

08

2010

Repo Men Movie Review

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Category : Action

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After all of the action in Sherlock Holmes it seems that Jude Law isn’t happy to return to his romantic comedy ways just yet, and that isn’t a bad thing.  Repo men is set in the not too distant future where you will face deadly consequences for not keeping up with your debt repayments, thankfully for me we aren’t at this moment in the future as of yet because I would surely be missing a few of my body parts, just kidding of course.

Remy (Law) and Jake (Whitaker) are two repo men who work for a company called The Union.  The union are a massive global company who have developed some advanced mechanical internal organs, unfortunately these advanced organs don’t come free on the NHS and they pack a hefty price tag.  Not to worry though The Union offer very affordable price plans, but if for whatever reason you fall behind on your payments then you had better watch out, because the Repo Men will come for you and they will take back what is rightfully theirs.

As you may have worked out about now these repo men aren’t trained surgeons they are simply futuristic debt collectors, and we all know how friendly and skilled these people are.

Remy and Jake work together to take back the companies property however when an event leaves Remy for dead the company replace his heart with a new mechanical device, because of this Remy now knows what life is like on the other side of the fence, and because he also has a price to pay back o the union he begins to struggle with his job, this then means that he starts to fail to pay his repayments.

Remy decides that he isn’t going down without a fight and soon teams up with another transplanted victim who has learned to avoid capture.

Overall don’t expect too much of a story or deep character development because there practically isn’t any, however this isn’t a bad thing because this movie doesn’t pretend to be something that it is not, instead it is an all out action film sprinkled with blood and guts.  Jude Law does surprisingly well to carry this movie and maybe a little bit of Robert Downey has rubbed off on him.

This fun action flick gets a cool 3 out of 5 stars.

May

07

2010

Remember Me

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Category : Romantic

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Robert Pattison is one of the biggest and youngest movie stars around.  However his rise to success has been to huge for me to comprehend, I can’t see how this guy has gone from a nobody to a international superstar due to his 2 or maybe 3 different looks in the twilight saga, however it was interesting to see him out of his brooding vampire character for a change.

Remember me doesn’t move to far away from the emotional turmoil that we often see from Robert Pattison.  This movie though does allow Robert to show that he may have more to offer than some of us may realise.

After the tragic death of his Brother Robert Pattison’s character “Tyler” is a struggling and rebellious teen who can’t find his place in the world.  Tyler has also fallen out with his highly successful father played by Brosnan.  Tyler just like Pattison’s alter ego vampire character is alienated from the rest of the world; this leads Tyler to get in trouble.

Tyler soon finds himself on the wrong side of the law and gets handled roughly by the arresting officer, because of this Tyler decides to seek revenge and decides to try and sleep with the cop’s daughter.  The cops daughter is played by Emile Ravin, fans may recognise this name from the series Lost.

Tyler and Ally (Ravin) soon realise that they have more in common than they first realise, however their troubled pasts soon start to catch up with each other.  Remember me took me by complete surprise and I personally did not think that I was going to enjoy this movie one bit.  The performances of all of the cast members involved made this movie believable and enjoyable.

Remember me is a movie worth watching, for this reason I award it 4 out of 5 stars.

May

07

2010

Iron Man 2 Movie Review

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Category : Action, Comic Book, Super Hero

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Iron Man is back, and this is the review you have been waiting for.  The world now knows that Tony Stark is the metal costumed superhero crime fighter.  The government want the suits technology however tony constantly tells them that he can’t have it.  The government aren’t the only ones that are after the Iron Man though.  Bad guys played by Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke are soon on the case wanting to shelve Iron Man for good.

Sequels of movie franchises are seldom the best and often fizzle or bang for all the wrong reasons.  Fans of the first movie or comic book to movie fans can rest assured however as Iron Man 2 is much better than the original.  There is something in this movie for everyone.  There’s action and plenty of it, just as you would expect from a superhero movie.  The comedy levels are amped up this time around with Robert Downey Jnr being allowed to flex his charisma and charm at every turn.  There is also a lot more eye candy this time around, with the introduction of Scarlett Johansson, need I say any more?

Iron Man 2 is one of the better superhero movies to have it our screens, however it is still going to be compared to the Dark knight and sadly Iron Man 2 can’t compete with the dark and brooding superhero from Gotham, however in my opinion they can’t be compared as they are two completely different types of movies.  The Dark Knight is more of a serious superhero movie where as Iron Man 2 is a more family friendly movie experience.

If you are a comic book fan or a fan of the first movie then you are going to watch this movie, it doesn’t matter what I say to you, however if you are unaware of the first movie or never fancied watching it before then I urge you to check out the first movie, once you have done so get your butt down to your local cinema, get the biggest bag of popcorn that money can buy and sit back and enjoy the show.

Iron Man 2 gets a solid 4 out of 5 stars and I am really looking forward to the third in the series.

May

07

2010

Date Night Movie Review

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Category : Comedy

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When you get two talented performers who are known for making us laugh you would expect this movie to have a bundle of them, however the writing of this movie makes us movie goers simply think of the money that we wasted to get through the front door.

Date Night stars Tina Fay and Steve Carell as a likable couple who pretend to be a different couple in order to secure themselves a table at a busy restaurant.  However what the couple don’t realise is that the people that they are pretending to be are mob blackmailers.  So naturally the couple are targeted and hunted down by the mob to kill them.

Insert some corrupt cops and then the couple are in real trouble.  The acting chops of both Tina Fay and Steve Carell carry this movie, however having said that they carry this movie barely.  Fans of the office know how good Carell can be, however sadly to say Date Night is nothing like the office.

Overall Date Night is one of those movies that you will need to watch and leave your brain at the door, if you fail to do this then you will be highly disappointed, however if you take this movie with a pinch of salt and try not to take it too seriously then you will not be rewarded highly but the experience will be a little more bearable.  If you’re out on a Date then please whatever you do give this movie a miss, because if you don’t you won’t have much to talk about after it.

I award Date Night 2 out of 5 stars.

May

07

2010

Harry Brown Movie Review

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Category : Thriller

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Harry Brown is set in a modern day Britain where teenage violence runs havoc.  We follow a one man journey through living on a tough council estate which is plagued by these young menaces.  It is rumoured that in order to get his wife to see Harry Brown that Michael Caine told his wife that this movie was like “Mary Poppins”, rest assured this movie is nothing like Mary Poppins.

Harry Brown is a down and gritty modern day movie which has more truth to it than most films get close to.  In many aspects this movie is the British version of Gran Torino, Both movies star disgruntled old men who take revenge on those causing so much pain and suffering to those around them, However Harry Brown is much more violent.

Forget the fancy set pieces and forget witty one liners, Harry Brown takes a risk and throws these important factors out the window which are usually used in a successful movie however Harry Brown takes the risk and succeeds.  The movie hammers home a lot of truth about modern Britain which at times is very scary to watch, however with pensioners out there like Harry Brown we surely have nothing to worry about.

Michael Caine makes this movie, without him it would be a typical British film about gang violence without any real substance to it.  Watching Michael Caine transform from a quiet old aged chess playing pensioner to an old age Rambo is a joy to watch.  Overall this movie was an excellent movie experience.

I award Harry Brown with 4 out of 5 stars.

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