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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Lawless Review (2012)

Shia LaBeouf (Transformers), Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises), Jason Clarke (Death Race), are all Bondurant brothers in the film, Lawless.

This story takes place in 1931 in Franklyn County, Virginia. Forrest (Hardy) is the oldest of the three brothers and is considered immortal because he survived the war. For Jack (LaBeouf) and Howard (Clarke), they have no clue on what is about to go down in their town. A guy named, Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce), is coming and the brothers and the town soon find themselves up against a ruthless man.

For the corrupt District Attorney, Mason Wardell, he brings Rakes to Franklyn for the money because the three brothers have their own company of selling alcohol.

This movie is alright. It has action and it is intense when it happens. Jessica Chastain (The Help), and Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) also star in this film I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

John Carter Review (2012)


John Carter is a wild ride into an epic sci-fi adventure. Talyor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) plays John Carter, a Civil War vet who gets transplanted to Mars and finds himself up against large barbarians who are weird looking creatures standing 12 feet tall. What he doesn't know is that the creatures are holding a princess hostage. Carter (Kitsch) must escape his cell, or whatever he is in, in order to save the princess. Willem Dafoe (Spider-man), Thomas Hayden Church (Spider-man 3), Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes), and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) also star in this film. I give it 2 out of 5 stars.

21 Jump Street Review (2012)

Channing Tatum (The Vow) and Jonah Hill (Moneyball) are hilarious as partners in 21 Jump Street.

Jenko (Tatum) was popular in high school and cool, where as Schmidt (Hill) was geeky and uncool. After some years, they both find themselves trying out to be a police officer. They graduate from the police academy and find themselves at 21 Jump Street which is a church. Captain Dickson, played by Ice Cube (Friday), wants Jenko and Schmidt to go back to high school and be undercover to find a drug that has been selling at the school. Eric, played by Dave Franco, is the head honcho of selling the drug at the school. Jenko and Schmdit find that out and say they want the drug.

Jenko and Schmidt get into a lot of trouble as the take the drug and do thing's they would have never done. This film is hilarious and has some action. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

This Means War Review (2012)

Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Tom Hardy (Warrior) are both CIA operatives who have yet to realize they are dating the same girl, Lauren, played by Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line).

FDR (Pine) is very good at what he does in the CIA and so is Tuck (Hardy). When they both have news that they have found a girl online, they go to show each other a picture of her. When they both turn their screens, they see that it is the same girl, Lauren Scott.

Now, it is a game because they both like her and when one of them is on a date, the other has to mess it up. This is a very funny movie and has action. It's enjoyable for action fans and comedy fans. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

The Bourne Legacy Review (2012)

Jeremy Renner (The Avengers) plays Aaron Cross, a newer version of Jason Bourne who was played by Matt Damon. While Jason Bourne is still nowhere to be found, Aaron Cross has his own problems as he is on the run this time because the events of the past three films have led to this.

Rachel Weisz plays Dr. Marta Shearing who later on becomes involved with Cross.

The Bourne Legacy is a good action-packed thriller. It is based off one of the books by author Robert Ludlum who created Bourne. Edward Norton also stars in this film. I give this film 3 out of 5 stars.

Red Dawn Review (2012)

In this remake of the Red Dawn film from 1984, it is a different attack on our soil. This time, it is North Korea who is attacking us. For Jed and Matt Eckert (Chris Hemsworth and Josh Peck) they don't know what is about to happen. Their dad, Tom (Brett Cullen) is a police officer and is soon killed by the captain of the invasion. Jed and Matt form a team of survivors, their friends, to try and stop the Koreans from doing any more damage and killing in their city.

When Jed and Matt's team of survivors do whatever is necessary, they call themselves, The Wolverines because that's the name of the their football team in which Matt plays for. The word is spread across the city and 3 American Military personnel make their way to them to help them.

I give this film 3 out of 5 stars. Very action-packed.

R.I.P.D. Review (2013)

Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds star in this epic comedy adventure about being dead and recruited to the R.I.P.D. (Rest In Peace Department). For Nick Walker (Reynolds) he was a police officer who was on a mission, but was shot and fell to his death during the process.

When Nick woke up, being dead, he was in an office and sitting in front of the proctor played by Mary Louise-Parker (RED). She wants him to work for the R.I.P.D. because the world is in danger from undead creatures. Roy (Bridges) gets a new partner, Nick, and they have to stop the creatures before they destroy our world. They have disguises so no one recognizes them because they are dead.

Kevin Bacon also stars in this film as Hayes, who also worked in the same police department as Nick. I give this film 2 out of 5 stars. It is funny.