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A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image.

This is a movie I was looking forward to for some time as Will Smith is really growing as an actor, apart from that this is a novel movie concept - it's not a Marvel superhero! It's not from a comic book and the main character is somewhat dysfunctional. Thanks to Nuffnang for the screening!

You can say his last two movies weren't exactly amazing too, they were all about Will Smith, something like Will Smith showcases (I Am Legend and The Pursuit of Happyness).

Will Smith played his character very well, the drunkard, bumbling, overpowered Hancock (Without being too Willsmithish). The character was a breath of fresh air, the dialogue was good (apart from the stupid censorship - they let 'Fuck' through but censored 'Asshole' about 100 times?).

Come-on Asshole isn't even that bad a word is it?

ASSHOLE ASSHOLE ASSHOLE ASSHOLE ASSHOLE!

Say it one more time...and I'll...haha. Watch the movie and you'll know. The rest of the characters were decent enough and Charlize Theron was excellent as usual...and SUPER hawt.

There are some interesting twists and turns in the movie and it's filmed beautifully, it has a very realistic feel without too much fancy CGI. It's more about the characters and their relationships than anything else.

It's not a typical superhero showcase as Hancock would say....they are all GAY.

One of the best lines in the movie is..

"Well you should sue McDonalds because they fucked you up!"

Anyway if it wasn't for the horrible censorship I'd probably give it an enjoyable 7/10, but with the mashed up dialogue....I'd have to give it a worth watching 6/10.

In 1957, Indiana Jones is thrust back in action, venturing into the jungles of South America in a race against Soviet agents to find the mystical Crystal Skull.

So Indy is finally back with the 4th part and high expectations with the first Indiana Jones movie back in 1981 being one of the best movies ever made (Raiders of the Lost Ark - #16 on IMDB). The Last Crusade was good too, Temple of Doom wasn't so great but was still enjoyable. All in all a great trio of movies..I was excited about Indy 4 coming out since it was rumoured then announced..

Finally I got the chance to watch it!

All in all it was good, it wasn't fantastic...it won't go down in the archives as a classic like Raiders of the Lost Ark but it was pretty decent.

Does Harrison still have it as Indy? Yeah he does! He kicked butt. I have to say the humour of the earlier films wasn't there in this one. It seemed a little too polished and a little less fantastic.

Our man held his end up tho, old he may be he still rocked and he was still pure Indy!

Shia LaBeouf was actually pretty decent and far less annoying than I expected him to be, Ray Winstone was far less of a bad-ass than he usually plays.

The rest of the cast were good, not a lot of depth to the characters though and I think the first time I've seen Cate Blanchett playing a real baddy.

The action sequences were good although the ending was a bit 'WTF is this ID4?'

It's certainly lacking the magic and suspense of the earlier 3 movies..I'd have to say so far this is the worst Indy.

Direction was good of course by Spielberg but mainly I think it's the script that let it down, should they have made this movie? I guess not...but they did, I hope they don't make another. Let Indy live as a legend!

All in all I'd give it a worth watching 6/10.

After the outbreak of a lethal virus in 2009, in 2012 U.S. Army virologist Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville is left as the last healthy human along with his trusty dog in New York City and possibly the entire world. For three years, Neville is trying to discover a cure for this disease and to find out if any other people might have also survived. But most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood.

I somehow had a feeling this movie wasn't good, I had no idea what it was about at all - and still had no idea when I watched it. I thought it was a love story or something, I was quite surprised when it got exciting and made me jump!

The jump factor was surely enhanced by the fact I completely wasn't expecting anything scary! I don't know why I thought it was bad either - it got pretty good marks on IMDB. It's actually based on a book, a 1954 Science Fiction novel by Richard Matheson of the same name "I Am Legend". This is the third time it's been made into a movie.

In some ways it reminded me of Tom Hanks Castaway - Will Smith really carried this movie and he showed what a power house actor he really is, he and his dog Sam. It's hard to find conflict when you are alone on screen and this is a big movie with a big void Will had to fill.

He did the job admirably! He really brings Robert Neville alive.

This is a big budget movie, but only one main actor - the support cast are not big stars. There are plenty of extras tho and special effects, the soundtrack is good and the effects well executed.

It's a gripping movie that keeps you interested all the way through. A lot more could have happened though, more character development, more about Neville coping with his solidarity and his insanity creeping up.

It is scary, it's convincing and it's gripping - if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a watch!

You can check out the alternate ending here, it's very cheesy tho - I'm glad they stuck with the one in the actual movie. The fans say however the alternate is more realistic and sticks to the book.

I give it a good solid 7.5/10.

Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis, an American tourist who thinks he's captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his kids back home.

Vantage Point has gotten quite a lot of hype, it's very topical (terrorism) it's quite original (same event 8 unique points of view) and it has a fairly good cast (Dan Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver etc). Even though you could say it's also a bit like Rashomon (4 view points of the same story).

It's a bit slow to start with the first few "Rewinds" not giving a lot of interesting information about the story, so it's a little repetitive...by the 3rd or 4th "Rewind" the people in the cinema had started laughing wtf.

Anyway it was getting interesting by then...but it reminds me why I hate going to the cinema, because people are noisy and annoying, they take their kids into late night shows...and it's bloody cold!

I prefer GSC btw, but they had all sold out, so tried at TGV - unsurprisingly they had loads of space.

The movie is pretty good, the acting is solid, the action is good, there are some believable and compelling characters, the camera work is a bit shaky if you are prone to motion sickness though.

There's some action, drama, touch of romance, humanity, politics and current affairs. It's definitely worth a watch and definitely a movie you should catch on the big screen.

One thing I would say which stems from the above, is it's trying to do too many things, some of which a bit convoluted...too many characters which you don't really get to know and too many double/triple crosses.

It was between Jumper and this...this being the first choice.

I give Vantage Point a watchable but not amazing (fairly predictable) 7/10 (Hello it's no Bourne Ultimatum).

Mr. Smith, the angriest, most hardboiled man in the world, finds himself entrusted to protect the most innocent thing of all--a newborn child. When Smith delivers the baby in the middle of a gunfight, he soon discovers that the infant is the target of a shadowy force that has sent a team of mysterious and endless assailants, led by Hertz..

This is a movie I heard a lot about and it was something I was definitely interested in, a bit weird, loads of action and a great lead man (Clive Owen!) plus a hot lactating prostitute (Monica Bellucci) - how can you beat that!

It didn't go down to well with the critics, but then it wouldn't...it's not arty or pretentious, it's not deep or meaningful, it's crazy, fun and entertaining. Not an Oscar or Grammy winner, but definitely capable of becoming a cult favourite for many people. It does pretty well on IMDB though with a 7.1.

There's not much of a plot so I won't bother going into that..but Clive Owen is one of my favourite male actors and he's just suited perfectly to this hard-edged, quirky, kick-ass kind of character.

Monica is scorching hot of course, a little weird too and very seductive.

The bad guy is creepy and weird with a soft side, which suits the odd nature of the film. He's played well by Paul Giamatti.

All in all it's a thouroughly entertaining film, it's not thought provoking (although it does take a few stabs at society and human nature) and it's not deep. It's a movie you can watch over and over easily without getting tired.

Do be warned though, it's a movie that may make your neighbors complain about loud noises (Yes it happened to me). It has some incredibly unique action sequence...and it makes carrots cool.

It's no masterpiece, but it's definitely worth a watch - forget what the critics say!

I give it a 'most bullets fired in 5 minutes' 8/10.

Ah finally! A party I really enjoyed. So the story is, I was invited to a product launch by Heineken who are launching new "sub-zero" bottled beer in Malaysia, their sub-zero draft has already been installed in 30 locations through Malaysia since September this year and now they are launching new Sub-zero beer chillers for bottled beer.

I was a bit annoyed as it was 7pm on a Monday night in the middle of KL...during the season when it rains a lot during early evening - just great!

I got there about 7.45pm and queued for some draft, good stuff. It really does taste better when it's extra cold - we were upstairs for a while at the bar whilst waiting for the launch to kick of downstairs in Velvet Underground.

So we headed down, there was ice everywhere, huge green blocks of ice filled with bottles of Heineken - good stuff!

The place was fairly well packed.

Joey G was the emcee (as he always seems to be nowadays) and the thing kicked off with a video about how the beer is best served extra cold, then a delivery by the regional director for Heineken - sounded like an Aussie.

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Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne (Damon) sets up a meeting with Ross (Considine) and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him.

As it was a trilogy from the start, I've always looked forward to the next Bourne movie since I saw The Bourne Identity (7.5) back in 2002. Following that was the excellent The Bourne Supremacy (7.5) in 2004 - which I'm happy to say was above my expectations. The first two gave me faith that the third would not disappoint.

Unlike Matrix....which had the best first part of any trilogy - one of the best movies ever. The second two were barely worth watching.

Lord of the Rings ended badly.

Most of the others are just franchises gone on too long (Ocean's 11, Pirate, Spiderman 3) - all which were horribly dissapointing.

I've been waiting most of the year for The Bourne Ultimatum - and I have to say it didn't disappoint - AT ALL.

This is probably the first trilogy that gives me 100% satisfaction without, each movie is different enough to stand strongly alone - but similar enough to fit well in the series. I'd kept hearing it was great, good, amazing but I stayed away from the reviews.

It's jumped into the Top 250 on IMDB at #98.

Matt Damon is of course superb again as Jason Bourne.

There is however a lot more development of characters in this movie and considerably less action, which in a way makes it even more compelling. The Bourne character has been well developed, and his relationship was somewhat abrubtly ended...so the development is more on those inside the CIA and those that made Bourne and others like him - which they call 'assets'.

I shall be buying the original box set trilogy as I love each movie and can see myself watching them many more times.

I give it an excellent finish to the series 9/10.

Detective Sergeant of Serious Crimes Unit, Jun (Donnie Yen) detests crime and his lifelong nemeses are a Vietnamese gang of three brothers - Archer, Tony and Tiger. In order to further infiltrate the gang and fight them from within, Jun has planted a mole, Wilson (Louis Koo), who has managed to gain the complete trust of the gang. However, Wilson's dual role is exposed and resulting battles leave him handicapped for life. The day before Tiger's trial, Archer turns up at the hospital to wipe out their only witness, Wilson.

After the superb movie that was SPL (Sha Po Lang) and the disaster that was Dragon Tiger Gate (Loong Fu Moon) was wondering what this Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen colloboration would be all about.

Apparently it originally penned a prequel to SPL, but didn't quite make it. I guess it's a pseudo sequel with Donnie playing the same character - Inspector Ma.

The movie is basically Donnie Yen pornography to put it in no uncertain terms, if you aren't a great fan of him (yeah we know he can't act) it's definitely worth watching for the action and fight scenes.

It reminds me of the excellent 80's heydeys of superb action/martial arts movies coming out of hong kong. Bone crunching fights that make you flinch when the blows land, none of this fancy smooth fighting from the modern movies that doesn't look like it hurts.

We need more of this, more pain, more Tony Jaa.

There's a thought, Tony Jaa versus Donnie Yen - hell of a movie that would be. Back it up with Wu Jing and Colin Chou and you have a hell of a fight.

Anyway back to the point, there is virtually no plot to this movie, some normal cop stuff, beauracracy and villains love their mothers. Other than that...not much.

Louis Koo plays a pussy AGAIN...then the action starts.

Colin Chou plays one hell of a badass, the first fight scene has some incredible intensity.

Donnie plays his character well enough, he can't act for shit, but he's an EXTREMELY convincing fighter on screen..it looks painful.

The last 30 minutes contain one of the craziest fight scenes ever, apart from the fact Colin Chou just seems to become a rechargeable dummy for Donnie to kick the shit out of (whilst being an incredible tough guy for the rest of the movie) it's an awe inspiring fight to watch.

The action is superb, it's non-stop pretty much.

The other characters are nothing much worth mentioning.

If you are looking for something deep and meaningful, don't bother with this.

If you want to see Donnie Yen strutting round like a model and destroying loads of people in crazy fights...THEN WATCH THIS NOW.

I highly recommend it and completely enjoyed it, one of the most enjoyable movies of the year so far.

I give it a nosebleeding (watch the out-takes) 8.5/10.

PS. If you want to read a damn funny review - read here.

A number of fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. They travel to the tournament island by plane, until they have to jump out mid-flight with parachutes, and then have until sundown to reach the main island to be entered into the tournament. Fighters are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament, with the loser of a battle sent home, and the winner progressing to the subsequent round. The plot revolves around four female fighters who begin as rivals, but subsequently find themselves teaming up against another force.

The first 20-30 minutes of this movie are basically soft porn, skimpily dressed girls prancing around kicking ass, riding massive motorbikes and fighting half naked.

Excellent!

The rest of the movie is not much different.

I even laughed a few times, but most of the time I was staring at butts or boobs and thoroughly enjoying it.

The 'acting' is laughable, there is nothing that could be recognised as a coherent plot, but still it's great.

Some chicks kick some ass, the bad guy gets sorted, the victim gets rescued and team work prevails over being enemies.

A few of the fights are good but most are over edited and the costumes are rather cosplay, the dialogue is so cheesy it's entertaining!

Don't bother thinking, don't analyse just watch this movie and let your lil' bro rule you for a while, I guarantee you'll totally enjoy it.

Basically, do not miss this movie!

I give it a titty bouncing 8/10 just for being so bad - it's great fun.