Saturday, March 7, 2009

Taken


A retired Special Forces agent looks to rebuild relations with his daughter who lives with his divorced wife and her husband. When she wishes to go on a French trip, he reluctantly allows her. His fears come true when she is kidnapped and taken away for trafficking. Now with his skills and some old connections he goes for search of his daughter. He has got very limited clues and even less time to find her before she’s gone forever.
The movie seems to remind of several of Hollywood movies with its storyline, still the movie is very watchable. Nice and well paced action. Good acting and direction.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans


In ancient times, vampires held werewolves, also known as lycans, as slaves. The vampire princess fell in love with the strongest of the lycans. The king does not like it. He orders her death. This enrages the lycan and he along with other slaves rebels against the vampires.
The movie is a prequel to the earlier released Underworld series. Still it is nowhere close to them. Expected story. Nothing special in the special effects and the battles between vampires and werewolves. The movie is definitely not for the Underworld fans, and those who wish to watch Underworld series should also avoid this one.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Paul Blart Mall Cop


Some criminals take control of a mall with few hostages. It’s up to a mall cop to save the day, as he is the only one inside the mall and who knows the mall well. Among the hostages are his daughter and a mall sales-girl who is his love interest.
A funnier version of Die Hard, where the tough cop is replaced by a fat cop. Watchable.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Valkyrie


During the peak of World War II, a group of German officials get together to overthrow Hitler and take control of Berlin. For this they decide to use one of the operations planned by Hitler himself, against him. But for this operation to take place Hitler must first be dead. A plan is then made to assassinate Hitler. This is the story of the people behind the plan that was supposed to stop the WWII.
Nice movie based on WWII that shows some real incidents that took place. Fear of Hitler in the Germans has been shown in an excellent manner. The movie has been well made and should be liked by history fans.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Bolt


A dog who acts in the TV Series as a super-dog with super powers believes that he really owns those powers. Due to unexpected series of events, he believes that his person is kidnapped. Thus he sets out on a journey changing trains, cars and trucks to the other side of country to rescue her. He is accompanied by a hamster who is a big fan of his and a cat who tries to tell him the truth and convert him to a normal dog.
A typical Disney movie with a variety of characters to love and hate. The movie has got all the regular Disney movie stuff and reminds of some of the older Disney movies. A movie that should be liked by the kids.

Punisher: War Zone


While killing a gang of criminals The Punisher also kills an undercover cop. He now suffers from the guilt and tries to make up with the cop's family but fails. On the other hand, highly disfigured mob boss wishes to avenge Punisher for disfiguring him and plans to kill him.
The movie is a complete action film with no story, full of guns and blood. Being based on a comics, the movie also seems to be like one. Watch it for some mindless gunfight.

Bedtime Stories


A man working in a hotel as a handyman gets to babysit his nephew and niece. Soon he realizes that the bedtime stories that he makes up for them turn true for him. Now he uses those stories to become rich, popular, successful and to find a true love. But the kids always have got their own endings to contribute in the story that just shakes up all his plans.
A hilarious movie with Adam Sandler at his best. It has got all sort of fun elements for all to enjoy. A Must Watch.