No time for reviews...
So, don't expect too much detail... real quick like....
CRANK
Fun movie, not for everyone. A hitman, Jason Statham, is injected with a chinese poison designed to kill him within an hour. The only way he can stay alive is keep his adrenalin pumping. This means there is lots of action, fighting, angry sex and such.
Great supporting performance by Dwight Yoakam. I miss the guy singing but, damn, he is a good actor.
Again... not for everyone and plays a bit like Run Lola Run or Amelie. Not for the plot but for the way the plot plays out. It is NOT Transporter... which was awesome. Thankfully it is also NOT Transporter 2... which sucked.
ILLUSIONIST
I loved this flick. I can't say too much about it for fear of ruining it but I will say the performances are wonderful (give Norton an oscar and Giammatti and Sewell some noms!!) and the style is fun. The plot is the real winner, though. Kept me engaged for most of it... except for a really unnecessary sex scene that pulled me out of it. Great flick...check it out. Just don't tell people what the story is beyond "A magician in late 1800's (I think) Europe falls in love with a royal chick and is under investigation for that and for possibly being a real magician." Taht should suffice in getting them interested and going to see it.
THE PROTECTOR
Tony Jaa is back!! Good god, is he back! THIS is a fighting movie, dammit! Like a really good porn movie with the perfect amount of sex scenes and just enough plot so you aren't going "Where'd the pool boy come from? They don't own a pool!" You watch this movie for the fights and the stunts and it delivers. If you saw Ong Bak then you know what this guy is capable of. Scratcht that, you only THOUGHT you knew! I worry for this guy.. .I can't imagine how he's goign to top these stunts. Sure, you have a few really bad effects in it but who cares. Sure it feels at times like they were making the story up on the fly. Sure you wonder where his opponents come from and if they really expect us to believe that he's REALLY breaking bones but.. .who flipping cares!! The fighting is amazing, the stunts breathtaking and and and... argh!! JUST GO SEE IT!!
And keep your eye on the scene where he enters the VIP room in the back of Johnny's restaurant. Just. Watch. The. Screen. Don't blink.
OH, and for those who've seen it, no that's NOT Jackie Chan. And if you were one of the fucks in my theatre screaming that out, please die.
ACCEPTED
Funny, giggle worthy and definitely worth checking out. Upbeat story with a good message. I like Justin Long in comedies. Lewis Black is great, too.
BEERFEST
Funny, good nudity (for the guys) and enough jokes to warrant the run time. Best of the Broken Lizard flicks.
Ok...that's all I can remember right now. Sorry. Supposed to see Lil Miss Sunshine this weekend. Maybe Covenant, too.
CRANK
Fun movie, not for everyone. A hitman, Jason Statham, is injected with a chinese poison designed to kill him within an hour. The only way he can stay alive is keep his adrenalin pumping. This means there is lots of action, fighting, angry sex and such.
Great supporting performance by Dwight Yoakam. I miss the guy singing but, damn, he is a good actor.
Again... not for everyone and plays a bit like Run Lola Run or Amelie. Not for the plot but for the way the plot plays out. It is NOT Transporter... which was awesome. Thankfully it is also NOT Transporter 2... which sucked.
ILLUSIONIST
I loved this flick. I can't say too much about it for fear of ruining it but I will say the performances are wonderful (give Norton an oscar and Giammatti and Sewell some noms!!) and the style is fun. The plot is the real winner, though. Kept me engaged for most of it... except for a really unnecessary sex scene that pulled me out of it. Great flick...check it out. Just don't tell people what the story is beyond "A magician in late 1800's (I think) Europe falls in love with a royal chick and is under investigation for that and for possibly being a real magician." Taht should suffice in getting them interested and going to see it.
THE PROTECTOR
Tony Jaa is back!! Good god, is he back! THIS is a fighting movie, dammit! Like a really good porn movie with the perfect amount of sex scenes and just enough plot so you aren't going "Where'd the pool boy come from? They don't own a pool!" You watch this movie for the fights and the stunts and it delivers. If you saw Ong Bak then you know what this guy is capable of. Scratcht that, you only THOUGHT you knew! I worry for this guy.. .I can't imagine how he's goign to top these stunts. Sure, you have a few really bad effects in it but who cares. Sure it feels at times like they were making the story up on the fly. Sure you wonder where his opponents come from and if they really expect us to believe that he's REALLY breaking bones but.. .who flipping cares!! The fighting is amazing, the stunts breathtaking and and and... argh!! JUST GO SEE IT!!
And keep your eye on the scene where he enters the VIP room in the back of Johnny's restaurant. Just. Watch. The. Screen. Don't blink.
OH, and for those who've seen it, no that's NOT Jackie Chan. And if you were one of the fucks in my theatre screaming that out, please die.
ACCEPTED
Funny, giggle worthy and definitely worth checking out. Upbeat story with a good message. I like Justin Long in comedies. Lewis Black is great, too.
BEERFEST
Funny, good nudity (for the guys) and enough jokes to warrant the run time. Best of the Broken Lizard flicks.
Ok...that's all I can remember right now. Sorry. Supposed to see Lil Miss Sunshine this weekend. Maybe Covenant, too.
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