Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Dark, gritty, absurd whilst in it’s own way poetic, dramatic and refreshing. Bangkok Dangerous details the story of Joe (Nicholas Cage), a professional hit man on his last job before retirement. When we are introduced to Joe he is at a point in his life when the loneliness is getting to him. His career affords him neither friend nor lover and he wishes to change that by retiring his... [Read more]
Batman: The Dark Knight
So here we were 3 hours prior to the release of The Dark Knight and my buddy and myself planted our bums into the “non kicking” seats that I love so much. You know the last row of the center stack of seats that guarantees the movie watcher that no nacho eating Metrosexuals would have their naked feet up on your neck in the middle of the flick. Upon sitting and commencing to play on the... [Read more]
Wanted
Based upon Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series and directed by Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history – the Night Watch series) WANTED is the story of one normal guy’s journey into the world of assassins where he is transformed into the unparalleled enforcer Wesley Gibson. 25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was... [Read more]
Iron Man
It takes a few elements to make the Iron Man authentic. The fact that the character has been modernized by different versions in cartoon and comic book had me wondering which version would the movie bring about. Well let’s look into what elements are needed to make the Iron Man, well you need the genius billionaire, superior technology, hints of alcohol abuse and of course the awesome suit... [Read more]
Street Kings
Aside from being a collective of “oh I know that guy” type actors and crossover celebrities, Street Kings turned out to be a pretty entertaining film. Not attempting to win any awards for writing or originality, it seemed like the main intent of the movie was to paint a picture of corruption and the L.A.P.D. Though I found it hard enough to accept Keanu Reeves as a broken military-caliber... [Read more]
Hitman
First let me preface this review by saying that I have NOT played any of the Hitman games, so this is a review of the movie as a movie and not a review on how close it ties in to the video game. I liked Hitman… the reason being is because first of all I am an action hound and it more than delivered in that respect. Other than that this movie skims the line of box office versus dvd rental... [Read more]
Saw III
Having not seen the second installment to this series, I went into the theater clueless with my poor virgin eyes and found myself actually cringing as I watched a man pulling huge chainlinks from his body parts in order to save himself. This being one of the nastiest intros to a movie I have seen in a long time, I began wondering whether the entire two hours would be a gore-fest… thank... [Read more]
The Departed
The Departed is a movie about… Gangsters… Cops and most of all RATS!!! Big fat hairy (insert Jack Nicholson doing a rat impression here… yes he actually does one) RATS! Without giving anything away I must say that Scorsese did this movie for the boys. The shining stars of Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen lit up the screen for... [Read more]
American Gangster
“This is America!” Three famous words as cited by Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) in the bio-pic American Gangster . As an old gangster historian and student to organized crime, it would not be fair for me to say my anticipation for this movie was one of excitement. No it is needless to say that I expected the same crap Hollywood typically does in taking names and likenesses of history’s... [Read more]
Zodiac
Synopsis Zodiac takes the trend of psycho serial killer into reality by presenting us with a mystery that spans three decades. A shooting occurs in the late 1960’s and the killer sends a letter to the local newspaper with a cypher to be placed on the front page. The Zodiac killer continues his murderous games while managing to stay out of the reaches of law enforcement sleuths until a lack... [Read more]
Miami Vice
Okay, take an old tv show’s title, throw in some of the same flavor of partnered cops versus the world and then just make it extra gritty and dirty for the realism. Mix in a hot Asian woman, a hot black woman, and a dead-eye femme fatale plus some cut-throat drug runners, then sprinkle with some Aryan nation trailer trash. Once you have the formula, iron it out with a great plot and storyline,... [Read more]
Batman Begins
Most people of my generation remember the Batman, he was one of my favorite superheroes and I was always drawing him in class as a child. When I got older I remember watching the old series with Adam West, you all remember that crazy show right? I won’t argue that it was even accurate to the comic but it was good TV. Then in 1989 the first of the movies as we know it exploded on the big... [Read more]
