I am going to see if I can give you my equivalent of a one-to-two line review of each of these movies that I saw recently. Yeah, I think I need to start renting randomly and not reading the titles or anything. Apparently, the movies I like to choose to watch involve violence, action, and death. Rule #32 from Zombieland: Enjoy the small things.
*Spoilers Abound... be aware.*
Zombieland
Really fun, how many zombies can we creatively kill and still have a plot semi-present. Highly recommend this movie if you like Zombie Apocalypse gone Campy. The OCD weirdo kid does wonders too with his arbitrary set of rules. Rule #2 Double Tap.
A Dangerous Man
A typical Steven Seagall film, full of overdone "I can kill baddies with my bare hands" action, and some horrible cheesy success sequences. Definitely not his best movie, but I'll give it an ok. Besides, how does this guy always seem to get the girl in the end?
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Jean Claude Van Damm looks old in this one and, though the concepts were somewhat intriguing, the fighting ended up looking flat because of them. Okay movie, but really there wasn't anything special about it.
Blood Creek
The only thing I can say that made this movie entertaining was the end, the significance of the map, and the new purpose that the waif brother gained. Besides that, if you like half-baked occult thrillers where you are pretty sure everyone is going to die, you might like this one. I didn't.
Wrong side of Town
Ironically, I liked this one. The fighting was realistic enough and the storyline kept me just enough in suspense so that the mix was just right. Although, really the movie is just one of those that starts off with an accidental death that sparks a vengence trip for the villain. Not a must see, but better than your run-of-the-mill action flick.
Law-Abiding Citizen
Okay, this movie is basically Edge of Darkness with a twist. The villain is kind of the good guy...well, maybe. That, of course, is what makes this story keep the suspense gauge on high for the entire movie. Really like this one, but Edge of Darkness outclasses it.
Edge of Darkness
Mel Gibson is hardcore, just remember that. This movie is like the movie Taken, but with a more intelligent human element instead of the overdone mindless violence train wreck that vengence can bring. I can't tell you anymore without giving something away, but this movie is moving and might even move you to tears. Epic.
Valentine's Day
Seriously, you are probably wondering how the heck this one crept into a list of hardcore action/violence type films. Meh. It was actually pretty good... all things considered. The storylines were predictably intertwined, amusedly romantic, and, thank God, not horribly gushy. Overall very campy, but still stuck with the Hollywood stigma that sex equals love. Why do they introduce half the couples (that aren't even married) in the bedroom??
Surrogates and Gamer
Two movies, nearly same plot. In surrogates, we all have secondary robot bodies that we live and experience life through, at no danger to our wasting away real selves. Well, we think we're safe anyway. On the other hand, Gamer takes the concepts of Sims and Call of War(or other similar games) and allows gamers to experience them through real people whose brains have been replaced by remotely controllable nanites. Of course, since there is a human factor involved, the technology in these two movies is predictably doing awry. Surrogates was by far the better of the two though. Surrogates simply felt more plausible, while Gamer, the movie, seems to exist only to mindlessly show gratutious sex and violence.
Now aside from movies, I do watch the Olympics a little, ya know. This is just a thought of mine, but look out for America's Mirai Nagasu in the next winter Olympics. I bet she'll be a contender because she came in fourth despite only being 16 years old. That was despite being the last to skate. Congrats to her.
Laters.
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