Movie review of The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party - 6.5/10
Directed by Richard Shepard
Cast - Terence Howard and Richard gere

Plot Summary
A seasoned cameraman (Howard) and a shamed journalist (Gere) head to serbia to find a war criminal who has a bounty of 5 million bucks for his capture. Apparently only the most ridiculous parts of the movie are true which they will later state at the end of the movie.

Review
Not a bad movie I must say, it has it's plus sides. Acting in this movie is pretty ok. Terence Howard is pretty good just as Richard Gere even though I''m not a big fan of him. Cinematography and direction is fine as well. The plot is alittle flimsy as it is based on an esquire article. Didn't really like the ending but the narration was good. This is one of those movies where you have nothing left to watch or you are really bored and you watch this movie to kill your time.
Not really worth watching in the cinema on a weekend. Weekday ok or just wait for the dvd. Preferable if you download and watch it.

Movie review of 3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma - 7.5/10

Directed by James Mangold

Plot Summary

Small time rancher (Bale) whose eldest son thinks he's a pussy,decides to bring a renowned yet dangerous outlaw (Crowe) to justice by escorting him to a train station. By bringing the outlaw to prison he wants yo prove to his son, that he ain't no pussy. During the journey both characters try to mindfuck each other. Based on a short story and also a remake of the same movie title in 1957.

Review

The acting in this movie is superb. Bale and Crowe were really good in their respective roles, but the one actor who really caught my attention is Ben Foster.He was just outstanding. From his posture to his accent every scene he is in, is cool. The cinematography and direction were pretty good in my opinion. Everything was going great right till the ending. Somehow the ending was good but I found it too mama drama. Whatever it is...for a western movie, I think it's still worth to watch it. Not sure if it has already been shown in the cinemas, if it has and you haven't caught it, I suggest you go rent, buy the dvd or just download the fucking thing.

Recommended movies by director

Walk the line (Joaquin Phoenix)

Identity (John Cusack) <-- Editor's choice another mind fug show

Girl,interrupted (Angelina Jolie)

Movie review of Rise of a Footsoldier

Rise of the Footsoldier - 5.5/10

Directed by Julian Gilbey

Plot Summary

Based on a true story by a British thug called Carlton Leach.

From his rise as a football hooligan to a feared gangster in Essex in the eighties and nineties.

Review
A pretty cool British gangster movie without any jokes (not like a guy Ritchie movie). Acting in this movie is pretty cool, quite straight forward and nothing extra. Editing is alright as well. I did like the storyline and the plot. What I could really use is subtitles, cause sometimes the accent can be so thick and fast, you won't understand what the fuck some of them are saying. Another thing I didn't like about this movie is its ending. I felt it was messy and abit too rushed. All in all its a pretty good show to watch.
Watch it on a weekday if it comes to singapore if not just download or borrow the dvd.

Movies recommended by the director

None but you can watch;

Layer cake

Green street hooligans

Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels.

Movie review of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox story

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox story - 6/10
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Written by Jude Apatow and Jake Kasdan

Plot Summary
The story of musician Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly),on his rock 'n roll spiral. He sleeps with shitloads of women and a man, marries twice, has about 20 over kids, he gets to star in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp and gets addicted to – and then kicks – every drug known to man… but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman – longtime backup singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer). - Written by Sony Pictures.

Review
All musicians and anyone into music icon biographies should watch this movie. It's fucking hilarious and it's a spoof of the Johnny Cash biography, walk the line and Ray charles' biography Ray. I love the script for this movie and I only realized it was Jude Apatow till I did a little research. Jude has a knack for doing a normal yet totally funny kinda script. The acting in this movie is ridiculous but that's exactly how everyone was supposed to act. Jenna fischer, John c. reilly and Tim Meadows were my favourite. In the beginning of this film, I thought it was gonna be another one of those fucked up American slapstick shit which isn't funny. But thankfully it wasn't. You should just watch for the script and there are some scenes like- Dewey Cox meets Elvis (Jack White of white stripes) and also the whole beatles scene was fucking funny. Jake Black as McCartney, Paul Rudd as Lennon, Justin Long as Harrison and Jason Schwartzman as Ringo Starr. The whole introduction to drugs by Tim Meadows is hilarious. Recommended to watch on a weekend provided if it comes to Singapore uncut.

Movies Recommended by the director or the writer
Orange County(Kasdan) Knocked up(Apatow)
40 year old virgin(Apato)

Movie review of Aliens vs Predator : Requiem

Aliens vs Predator:Requiem - 5/10
Directed by Strause Brothers

Plot Summary
Continuation of the first AVP. Predalien (half alien half predator) comes out and kills 2 predators in their spaceship which has about 4 facehuggers captive. The spaceship crashes back to earth in a small town where all the facehuggers and the predalien go on and kill shitloads of humans and making more aliens as well. Just as one of the predator dies before getting killed by the predalien in the spaceship,he sends out a distress signal,where a battle hardened predator nicknamed the Wolf (after Harvey Keitel's character in Pulp Fiction) comes to earth to do some clean up.
If you have no idea on what the fuck am I talking about, you should stop reading this and don't even bother watching this movie cause you won't understand.

Review
This movie is way much better than AVP1. AVP1 is shit because
a) It's directed by Paul WS Anderson. (Resident Evil)
b) It was rated PG. Never has that happened.
c) The predators were like pansies.
whereas AVPR is;
a) directed by 2 brothers who hated AVP1 and decided to make it more violent.
b) In US it's rated R.(just like all aliens and predator movies). Singapore it's NC16 but not to despair,it's fully uncut.
c) It's just one predator and he is a fucking badass!!

Bear in mind, if you wish to watch this movie, it's either you are an aliens or a predator fan or you like seeing people killed ridiculously then go ahead and do so.
The plot is shit and even worse is the script.Acting...fuck acting when you got 2 of the greatest sci fi villains going at each other. To my surprise, I loved the soundtrack. It has a mix of the old aliens and predator music in it which was very cool. There are also some scenes which are a direct tribute to both franchises.
and the kill scenes are fantastic. What I didn't like about this movie is the predalien which I think is an abomination to both characters. The whole movie is like predator vs predalien and not aliens vs predators even though there were shitloads of aliens in this movie. I rather watch the queen alien fight it out with a predator. The predator this time has quite abit of weapons and some were under used in my opinion but I found him to be really cool. The whole blue liquid thingy was abit too much though.
I would definitely recommend all fans of both genres to watch this movie on a weekend.
bottom line is FUCK the aliens!!! PREDATOR RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Movies Recommended by the director
None but everyone should watch Alien 1 to 3 (dont bother watching the fourth one cause it has winona ryder aka whineona "I'm a thief but please watch my movies" ryder in it)
Predator 1 and 2