Since i'm a huge fan of movies as well as games i thought it was about time that i cover movies in a better way rather than just keep posting up trailers all of the time.
So what better way to kick off my movie coverage than to bring you a few reviews of movies that i have seen over the last week or so.
Salt
It isn't a very good sign when your main actor who was supposed to play the lead role drops out and it's a even worse sign when you get a woman to replace him even though the role was written for him however in the case of Salt it seems that it was a good idea because the original actor, Tom Cruise went off to make the really bad Night and Day thus giving the role to Angelina Jolie and what a job she has done.
What we have here is the basic thriller where a person for the CIA is outed as a Russian spy and that she will assassinated the Russian president and finally get to the American president however the director hasn't taken a straight route with the story as takes us on a journey where you are not sure whether she really is a spy or infact undercover and only making it seem like she is one.
While the story is not original and it seems to be your straight forward paint by numbers thriller it does seem a little fresh as it's not very usual to see a woman play a role like this and Angelina Jolie makes it hers, there are a few problems with pacing and that it could confuse a few people but if you stick with it then like the Bourne movies it is trying to emulated it is a really good movie.
84%
The Expendables
When your writer and director of your movie is really hard to understand then you know your in trouble, however when that same director wants to be the star of the movie as well and brings a few of his friend along where its even harder to understand a word they are saying it gets even harder for you to understand them, the things is though these stars have been hand picked by the director because they were big in there field of movies and that they needed work and it show.
The main thing to note about the Expendables is that its directed by Sylvester Stallone and that most of the actors he has on board (including Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Bruce Willis and more) have not made very many big screen movies in the last 10 years and it shows as most of them struggle with not only the script but with the action scenes as well.
The storyline is just a simple as the actors as a group of mercenaries are asked to take down a corrupt person working for the government who has happened to take over a island that is one of the best places to grow drugs.
This is your usual straight forward story and it shows as not only is the action very straight forward but the movie is extremely boring as nothing really happens in the middle 30 mins and when it does it's very low budget and so plain it makes you want to watch a episode of the Jeremy Kyle show just to get a bit of action.
There are a few good action scenes but for the most part the movies just bores and becomes just another one of those paint by numbers action flicks.
There are no stand out actors even though it's flooded with ex action stars however if i had to pick one then Jason Statham seems to be the one who is making the best out of a useless script and dull set pieces.
As you can see i wasn't a big fan of it however if i had to recommend it to anybody then if you have very fond memories of early 80's action filcks then there is a little chance to might like this movie however if you are like me and have a little bit of a brain inside your head you would just stay away from this very under average action movie.
47%
Scar 3D
A one word movie review for this one and that is ATROCIOUS avoid this movie like it was genital warts.
7%
That's it for this mini review however there will be another one in a couple of days where i will review Piranha 3D and Scott Pilgrim VS the World
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