Writers :Gregory Allen Howard (story), Stephen J. Rivele (Screen play), Christopher (screenplay), Wilkinson (screenplay), Eric Roth (screenplay) Michael Mann (screenplay)
Starring : Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye, Michael Michele, Barry Shabaka Henley, many more. Running time: 157 min Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Men and women kiss passionately, an implied sex scene. Violence & Gore:Numerous boxing fights throughout the film, a man is assassinated; he is shot with a shotgun several times until he dies; with bloody detail. Televised war images are briefly seen.
Profanity:At least five F words, and a dozen other mild profanities.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Several acts of alcoholism, people are seen smoking, people drinking in nightclubs.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:Rated R for: Adult Content, Adult Language, Violence.(HBO advisory)
Story: In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favor of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time.
Likes : I really don't follow boxing at all but from watching this film i understood the man Mohammad Ali was, he's really had a tough time in life to be recognized but the way he was standing up to human right is what made him not only the greatest world champion boxer it made him a good man standing up to corrupted government trying to bring him down because of his colour fair play to him. I think Will Smith played him brilliantly down to every trait & character that ali was inside & out of the ring, with a some what powerful, emotional & gritty way. The boxing scene's aren't quiet like the rocky film's but surprisingly real non the less which give this film it's realism & realistic feel I was glad to see a close to perfect adaptation of Ali's fights.
The only downside of the movie was to focus a little longer on effect's of Africa on him which will smith shod brilliantly on screen. But the "Loud mouth" Champs witty and "punchy" remark's in his real life along, with his big blows inside the ring is what keep you watching as it gets funny at times.
Smith had to go through heavy amounts of boxing and weight training, to feel like a boxer, and then also look at Ali as a youngster from footage, and then become him. That he did, in only the way that Will Smith can. He was so good that the academy saw the role to be worthy of an academy award nomination. It was a shame that he did not win it because this performance was brilliant. I found Jon Voight's role as the outlandish sports commentator, Howard Cosell, to be brilliant, although to look at him you cant really tell its Jon voight with the makeup but you can tell from the voice, the way he played this role with a bit of stiffness as a commentator would be back then on air was brilliant done.
The power & emotional side clearly came from the Africa scenes but also after refusing to join the army & being threaten with jail this man showed absolute courage & strength in the face of corruption & power as every government official try to stop Ali fighting in the ring, this is why Ali will always be one of the greatest boxers in the world inside & out.This is a film i recommend watching if your in to boxing films or bio film's.
Dislikes : Can be a little slow in places though the pace could of be a little faster, i think the boxing scene could of been a bit more than just a few scenes.
Overall : Will Smith's hard-work, Mann's adaptation and Mohammad Ali's legendary life makes 'Ali' a must watch for movie goers
Rating:4.8out of5for entertainment / 8.2out of10 for story-line / Ali adaptation by will smith
Writing Credits:Kar Wai Wong - story & screen play, Jingzhi Zou - screen play, Haofeng Xu - screen play.
Running time: 130 min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:None
Violence & Gore:Intense fights. Especially with IP Man. Profanity:One use of "Ass" by a guy during the middle scene of the movie/film. Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Opium usage by the main woman character.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:Very sad, intense fight scene
Story: Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's Honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San
Likes : I see from alot of reviews this film has got some bad reception but i think this is because these people were expecting some Hollywood make over & expecting alot of fight intense scene & alot more action when they don't realise this isn't an action film. This is a story based film & not an action film although it has the fight scenes, this is a story telling of one of the greatest master's of marshal art's IP man who taught world famous Bruce Lee (R.I.P) when he was a young boy, i think the fight scene are beautiful choreography special the fight scene at the begin of the film, i though that was a brilliant fight show the beauty of wing chun.
Set in 1940s Fushan, Canton province, the martial arts community, lead by Gong Yutian from the north, is retiring and holds a challenge to select an heir to bring southern martial arts to the north. The southern community elects Ip Man, the shining newcomer, up for the challenge. Ip Man develops a friendship with Gong's daughter, Gong Er. The story crosses two decades as Ip Man and Gong Er stand the tests of life. The Japanese Army invasion of Fushan forces Ip Man into poverty and he resettles in Hong Kong. A mutiny within the Gong family sets Gong Er on a quest for revenge. In a time where age-old tradition is being replaced with modernity. I for one think this film is beautiful done to show the life of one man's journey down the decades living for hardship, losing hes family during the war through separation unable to get back to the country where he wife & kids live as to be one of the hardest things to live with in life, just show how strong of a person Bruce Lee teacher was to have that happen in life. Some of the fight scene in this film are beautiful done to capture the different style of martial arts from wing Chung, Hung gar, 65 hands, many others as well as the masters of the art Sister San"Bagua" master, Master Rui "Xingyi master & Master youg " Hung Gar master, these fighting styles are beautiful choreographed into this film & captures the true honor & respect of the martial art world. I truly think this film should of got more that a 6 rating because i feel this is a worthy film of the wing Chung master IP that shows not just a man with skill in the martial arts but also an honorable man with ideas & passion to show the world that martial's arts shouldn't just be taught in class's but taught to the world.
Which Bruce Lee carried on that honor of his master IP for many year's until he's death in Kowloon Tong on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32 just after way of the dragon was filmed. If your in to the martial art or Japaneses film's this is one to watch as you wont be dispointed.
Dislikes : It can be a little slow in place i think the pace could of been a little faster.
Overall: Great story-telling of IP man, Great fight scene & beautifully choreograph martial arts.
Rating:4.7 out of 5for entertainment / 7.9out of10 for story-line/ martial arts.
Genre: ActionDramaWarwarning this film contain strong adult sexual scene & blood violence
Cert: This was given a 15, but seriously this should of been an 18 cert due to the nature of the film as it very R-RATED.
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Brief sexual violence's & rape is seen & Eva green character is topless in a strong sex scene, men are topless as due to the nature of the film.
Violence & Gore: Throats being cut, head been cut off, spears & swords seen piecing the body's blood is spread across the screen & every where, Many soldiers burn alive after their ship is set on fire, this is a very R-rated film in violence. Profanity: very strong language Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: wine is seen being drunk.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:Seeing some ones head being cut off maybe be a little disturbing for some people.
Story:After its victory over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army, bases its strength on its fleet, led by admiral Themistocles. Themistocles is forced to an unwilling alliance with the traditional rival of Athens, oligarchic Sparta whose might lies with its superior infantry troops. But Xerxes still reigns supreme in numbers over sea and land
Likes : To understand this film "Greece" is under attack of Xerxes of Persia (ca. 480 BC). While Leonidas of Sparta is fighting in Battle of Thermopylae ("300"), Themistokles of Athens (Sullivan Stapleton) is preparing a sea battle at Salamis (this movie). Basically the first act of the film is a prequel in a way explaining Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) past & the second act is the sequel as Themistokles played by SullivanStapletontakes on the sea battle withEva Greens character Artemisia.
Don't expect deep historic drama here as this is not a history film that some people seem to mistake this film for, history is the wrong genre this film is. This is a graphic-novel art splendor and a strong sequel of 300. Highly entertained with amazing graphic art scenery and a high Asian Martial Art feel fight scenes, this is what Hollywood should take note at on how to make a sequel because this was nothing short of perfect with more blood scene than the first film. From the start this film throw you straight in to the action with bloody scene as well as the back story of Xerxes which is brilliant done as it plays as a prequel/sequel type of film which is cleverly done. Sullivan Stapleton as Themistokles did very well as the hero of the film, he wasn't like Gerard butlers role with Leonidas but very close with a different battle style of fighting which was brilliant on screen. Lena Headey reprise her role as Queen Gorgo was once again shown as a graceful power lady with vengeance i her heart she really show's this well on screen for a believe character,special with the fighting scenes (really live's up to the quote Leonidas said in the first film to xerxes "clear you dont know spartan woman we should of sent them out here, they are more of a warrior then the men you sent out today"). Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes becoming the God King of Persia was brilliant done to give him more character & showing just how he became the god king which was amazing. Eva Green as Admiral Artemisia now this role was perfect for her acting, this is why Eva Green is a fantastic actress & has a on screen presences of that woe factor, the way is plays this role, strong like in Kingdom of Heaven she did, but with a cold ruthless nasty almost demonic nature like she would scarfice anyone to get victory she plays this role with flawless ease, its why i rate her one of the top 10 actress's around. 300: Rise of an empire lives up to the hype, its a must to watch, never have a seen a better squeal to a film than this one, normal when you get a sequel they end up poorly done or badly written but this film should stand in Hollywood on how to make a fantastic sequel, brilliant acting, brilliant fight scene, bloodier than the first film with a back story.Just an outstanding film. Dislikes : My only complaint about this film is the certification this film got in the cinema, the violence level, rape scene's & strong sexual scene, extreme bloody content of this film is Very R-Rated & should of been an 18 cert.
Overall : One of the best Sequel in ages, lives up to the hype & bloodier than ever with a brilliant mix of prequel & sequel mix in one film.
Rating:5out of5 for entertainment / 10out of 10for action scenes & story-line.
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: None. Violence & Gore:A boy is seen dead with blood running out of his nose.
A girl punches a boy and hits him on the ground. He is seen with a blood nose. She is spanked on her behind. A man and woman are beaten to the ground and kicked. A man vomits into his food. 2 boys fight. One is thrown to the ground with a bloodied lip. A girl kicks a boy over, she has blood on her leg. A man is bundled into a car and another pushed to the ground. A truck is hit by a bomb which overturns it. A girl is pushed to the ground a couple of times. Dead bodies are seen laid out in the street. A boy starts to speak but dies. Profanity:One use of hell. Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:A man is seen drinking from a bottle.
A person pays someone else with a bottle of champagne. Frightening/Intense Scenes:bombing raid might bring back memories for some
Story:Based on the beloved bestselling book, THE BOOK THIEF tells the story of a spirited and courageous young girl who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany.
Likes :I'am not normally one for the drama film because they tend to be very slow but this seriously captured my heart, its one of the most beautiful written & beautifully filmed film ive ever seen. I can't tell how many time i was in tears through this film, as it really hearts your heart on a emotional level like ever before. The whole film is shown from a little girl perspective surviving during the the height of the second world war in German, but what is brilliant is that it is also told from death perspective a well as this little girl captures his heart & see the human race in a different light through her eye's, its brilliantly written.
Strong performances from Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and newcomer Sophie Nélisse who plays the little girl Liesel with a stunning performance who has a bright future ahead in the film industry.The film clothing & speaking were all perfect for the era of the film its set in, as was the perfect scenery that was breathtaking and captivating, and I felt transported back to 1941 German. Theemotional impact & Captivating and extremely powerful scene make this one of the best film your see in a long time, i know i normal say this about some action film but this is just an outstanding journey in the heart of human life seeing through death eye's as the literary vehicle of death as the narrator really is a masterstroke and works perfectly giving a sense that death is always with us you cant live forever. I know from the trailer your thinking this is going to be a slow boring film but if you think that you seriously are missing out on one of the most emotional, powerful, beautifully written film's of 2014 that i recommend seeing at the cinema or owning on DVD.
The ending of this film really blow me away with just how beautiful & emotionally fitting it was as you hear death narrating Liesel life to the very end in present day such a perfect way to end a film on a sad happy note really brings you to tears.
Dislikes : This is nothing short of perfection.brilliant film not wrong
Overall : Emotional,heart-warming journey of life, a must to watch.
Rating:5out of5for entertainment / 9.7out of 10for the death narrating concept & story
Genre:ActionMysteryThriller WARNINGTHIS FILM IS VERY INTENSE!
Cert:12A cert
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:A man and a woman kiss "hello" at an airport while another man and a woman hug and kiss briefly.
A man and a woman on a night airline flight giggle and writhe under a blanket; another man looks at them in a disgusted way. A pilot hugs a female flight attendant side-to-side (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details). A man and a woman stare into each other's eyes as they talk and smile, suggesting a romantic relationship. A copilot smiles at a female flight attendant in their airplane and the captain says to him, "Naughty boy." A man searches male and female passengers briefly, touching arms and waists, and a woman asks him if that is how older men now attract younger women; he says no. A man notices a scar on a woman's upper chest above a neckline that shows cleavage. A cell phone shows a picture of a woman bent forward while wearing a low-cut blouse that reveals cleavage. A man wears a sleeveless undershirt that reveals an anchor tattoo on his arm and some sort of design showing at the neckline and extending under the shirt. Violence & Gore:Two men struggle and fight in a small airplane bathroom, kicking, shoving and slamming each other's heads against walls, one man gouges the other man's eyes with his thumbs and a handgun falls to the floor; one man picks it up and aims it at the other, who breaks the gunman's neck, and the survivor of the bathroom fight receives a text: "Who knows who you will kill next?"
A man is shot in the forehead and we see a spot of blood as the man falls backward. We hear that an airplane captain died of chest pains and foaming at the mouth and we see the captain lying on the floor of the cockpit with foam on his lips and a doctor says that he may have been poisoned; a male passenger dies similarly during a struggle and we see the man slide down a wall and collapse with his eyes turned up and foam filling his mouth. An man argues and fights with another man in several scenes, punching and kicking him, and then breaking his nose with some blood shown. A man hits an air marshal on the head with an oxygen tank and four other men jump on the marshal, who subdues them all with kicks, punches, head slams, wristlocks and body throws; the marshal suffers a few facial scratches, while the others lie on the floor, semi-conscious (no blood is seen). A flight attendant hits a terrorist in the back of the head with a heavy object and he punches her (she falls, with some blood on her forehead); a few gunshots occur with no one being struck. A male passenger begins an argument with an air marshal, who pulls him from his seat and into the galley where he slams his head against the wall, and then puts him back in his seat. A passenger argues with an air marshal who pulls him from his seat, slams him into a wall twice, duct-tapes his wrists together and places him in the last seat by the galley. A father hits his adult son in the head with an open hand for recording violent incidents on an airplane. Smoke fills an airplane cabin as the pilot attempts to land the plane and people cough; during a hard landing, the wheels break off the plane and sparks and fire occur under the fuselage as it skids. A man is thrown forward toward the audience as yellow flames surge toward the camera, and the windows pop out of the airplane and part of the fuselage wall peels off as people scream and put on oxygen masks that drop from the ceiling; a heavy wind rushes through the plane, a food cart tumbles end-over-end down an aisle toward the camera and seems to hit it. An airplane cabin depressurizes, throwing a man to the top of the cabin, slamming his back against the roof, and he drops a handgun that a passenger kicks to him across the floor when he falls back down. A man with a gun is thrown away from the camera to the end of an airplane cabin while pointing a handgun at someone behind the camera viewpoint and people scream when the cabin depressurizes. A commercial pilot argues with an RAF escort plane pilot and suddenly descends the airliner whereupon a cushioned bomb explodes at the back of the plane with fire and smoke. A man with duct-taped wrists holds a handgun pointed at another man, but gives up the gun. A terrorist pulls out a short knife, waves it at people on an airplane and stabs it into the back of a seat; passengers shout in fear and lie on the floor of the plane. In an airplane cabin, a terrorist grabs a man and points a handgun to his head, while another man points a gun at the terrorist and a second terrorist pulls out a handgun; the terrorists argue and one shoots the other terrorist in the shoulder (we see some blood). An air marshal argues with a pilot, with a supervisor by phone and with the supervisor's replacement by phone several times and the last argument becomes very loud. Two federal agents on an airplane argue several times. A man pulls airline passengers from their seats for questioning about a hidden bomb, pulls them over other passengers and waves a gun around as he does so. A doctor sets a man's broken nose quickly as he shouts in pain and grabs his reddened nose. A flight attendant sees a dead man lying in a bathroom with his eyes and mouth open; she gasps and runs away. We see a long scar on the center of a woman's upper chest above her neckline and after a short argument about deaths on the flight, she tells a man that she died for 43 minutes and came back. Passengers slide down a ramp from a crippled airplane and appear unhurt; one woman has scrapes and blood on her head and cheek area while a man receives gauze bandages over his trouser leg at the thigh and on his wrist (we see spots of blood on his cheeks); he walks away limping slightly. An air marshal stands accused of hijacking a plane and stealing a large sum of money, but he says he is saving the plane, not hijacking it; his supervisor tells him over the phone that the US will shoot the airplane down to stop him because, "We don't negotiate with terrorists." A man on an airplane receives threatening text messages that state that a person on board will die every 20 minutes until $150 million is deposited into an offshore account. News reports on TV sets at each seat in an airplane announce that an air marshal has personal problems that have made him psychologically unstable and have resulted in his hijacking the plane; the marshal announces to the passengers that he lost his wife and his job, and then his 8-year-old daughter to leukemia, but that he wants to save the airliner from a bomb. A man rips open a large plastic wrapped pack of cocaine (please see the Substance Use category for more details) and finds a bomb; he and passengers place it at the back of the plane and cover it with luggage, awaiting an explosion and we hear that tossing it out a door will explode it immediately. A little girl screams and begins to fall out of an airplane while attached to her seat by the belt, but she is pulled back in by the arm; we see empty seats fall out of the plane. Two RAF Typhoons appear beside the airliner, radioing the copilot to follow them to Iceland and a passenger says, "We're all going to die." The passengers of a commercial airliner believe they are in a hijacking and begin to shout, curse and walk around the cabin as they demand answers from an air marshal while one man says, "I think he's going to crash the plane." A terrorist says that his father died with 3,000 people (in the 9/11 disaster) and he served in the Iraq War but received no thanks when he returned home, and American security is a lie. Men and women stare suspiciously at a man wearing a skullcap on an airplane, implying that he might be a terrorist. In two scenes, turbulence rattles the cabin of an airplane significantly and people gasp. A man grimaces during an airplane takeoff and a woman next to him asks if he will have a seizure; he says he will be fine when takeoff is over. Profanity:At least 1 F-word, 1 possible F-word appears in a text message (obscured by a large water drop and a broken cell phone screen), 9 scatological terms, 7 anatomical terms, 10 mild obscenities, 8 religious profanities (GD) and 11 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh God, My God, I Swear To God, Jesus, Jesus Christ and For Christ's Sake).
Name-calling (naughty boy, paranoid alcoholic, crazy and fairy brother.) Stereotypical references to law enforcement agents, terrorists, government bureaucrats, homosexuals, Muslims, alcoholics, hijacking victims, the English and the IRA. Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:A woman opens a bottle of aspirin (she does not take any.)
We hear that an unknown person used a blowgun to kill two men with poisoned darts. A man finds a short dart in the neck of a dead man. A briefcase contains a large amount of white powder wrapped in cellophane and we hear that it is cocaine and a man calls it "blow." A man seated in his parked car pours bourbon into his coffee and stirs it with a toothbrush before drinking it. A man uses breath spray to disguise the smell of alcohol on his breath. A man in an airplane bathroom opens a bottle of whiskey (he sets it down without drinking.) Several people mention that a man has an alcohol problem that makes them distrust him in security work. An airplane has a small bar and a woman walks to the bar and drinks a small bottle of rum while telling another person that she should not do it. A man pours a large glass of bourbon for a woman and she drinks it. An unknown person texts a man on a plane to "have a drink." A man asks another man how many drinks he has had today and the man does not reply. A man on an airplane announces that he is an alcoholic after losing his wife and child (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details). Two men smoke cigarettes outside an airport. A man smokes a cigarette in an airplane bathroom in three scenes. Frightening/Intense Scenes:The whole film has a very intense tone.
Story: An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages that put his fellow passengers at risk unless the airline transfers $150 million into an off-shore account.
Likes : From the get go & the trailer your thinking that this is just going to be a typical liam nelson film like taken on a plane but dam this film complete throw's that concept out the window & throw you into an intense ride all the way to the end with Suspense, twists, emotional stuff, realization. Liam Neeson is at his best in this film with a perfect performance playing an alcoholic air marshal after personal tragic events in his life involving his child & wife which is reveled in the film, he really bring a top notch performance as he try to find who the person is this is what bring the tension to this film as it throw you in different direction which is clever Julianne Moore i think is brilliantly casted in this film to throw the audience off in thinking that its her character that doing it. The best thing about this film is from the get go the moment he steps on the plane, you notice he's character starts looking at people like he mapping where they are or who stands out on the plane, but the clever thing is it keeps you guess, because it does reveal who the person is or who is threaten the plane until the end that where this film surprises you because you don't see it coming which make a well made film to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Through out the film's ive seen ive never watch a more intense film, special with a spectacular intense ending that this film has really does pull your emotion in to over drive, that what make this film so worth watching.
The plot line is brilliantly done no real plot-holes or goofs, keeps you into it at every second of the film!With better than expected plot and better than expected technical prowess, Non-Stop is a great movie for action fans who want something a little bit more! Dislikes : The pace of the film is slight slow, but all in all this is a good film.
Overall: One of the most intense film your ever watch, brilliant plot story-line, great twist to throw you off think who its is, one of the most intense endings in a film. a must to see.
Rating:5out of5for entertainment / 9.7out of10for story-line/ intense concept.
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:A clothed man kisses his girlfriend before leaving his apartment; she is shown under a quilt on the bed (her bare shoulders and arms are exposed and sex is implied). A man and a woman are shown in bed with her shoulders and arms exposed and he is shirtless, exposing his chest, back, arms and shoulders; they kiss in close-up and the scene ends (sex is implied). A woman asks a man if he remembers the last time they had sex and he replies that he will remember the next time and kisses her; they kiss passionately and begin to remove their clothing until a knock at the door stops them and the woman leaves.
Several couples kiss briefly in corners at a dance club. A man seated at a laptop at home hugs his standing girlfriend's waist and hips.
A shirtless man sits at a computer revealing his full back, chest, arms and shoulders and large tattoos cover his back. A young boy washes his hair at a sink and we see his bare back and shoulders. We see a man washing his hair at a sink and his bare back and shoulders are shown. A man and a woman step behind a frosted glass panel and begin unbuttoning their shirts in order to exchange them for disguises and the scene ends; we do not see them wearing each other's clothing.
A woman meeting with a man at a cafe reminds him of a party they attended years ago where she became drunk and he says he remembers staying near her to keep an eye on her; they both smile and seem to be flirting as she mentions that she would like him to come to DC (where she lives), but he says he is unable to do so. We read a message on screen that a man was charged with sexual misconduct with two women. A White House staff member speaks to a man vaguely about their former brief affair. Violence & Gore:Masked men with automatic handguns surround a car on a street and shoot two men inside; the windows shatter loudly, the two victims slump forward and blood splatter covers the inside of the car and remaining glass; a man cries when he hears of this murder. A man is killed by helicopter fire and falls dead on a beach (we see some blood). Riot police in Kenya shoot unarmed protesters as many men and women fall (some blood is shown). Black and white film footage shown twice features sniper fire killing military and civilian casualties in Baghdad, while an explosion topples a van onto its roof; we hear that many people died. Three sequences of film footage show soldiers, military cannons, and rifle fire, along with explosions that kick up sand in a desert.
After a warning about assassination attempts a man drives erratically to his home, packs up his family and has a friend drive them to the Syrian-Egyptian border where they are questioned and released. A man becomes fearful and shakes after another man tells him that Russian spies are watching.
A man, in his imagination, smashes computers in a large computer lab, wrecks furniture and sets dozens of large cardboard file boxes on fire, destroying the computer room. A man has a vision of a dark wilderness, the ground covered in gray ashes and burning embers falling around him from the sky. A man imagines himself and young boys around a campfire on a beach at night and all their hair is dyed white.
Two men argue continually about whether to use volunteers or not, reporting news too soon or too late, and about hacking and security risks. A man confronts another man (his business partner) about why an article in a major magazine says that the other man is a founder and then fires him. A man and his girlfriend argue loudly several times about his work on a website and in one scene she leaves angrily (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details), slamming the door. Two men argue in a chat room whereupon one of the men begins to publish negative data about the other man on a website, stating that the other man is schizophrenic and a danger to himself and others; the other man curses, shouts and slams his laptop closed. A man speaks harshly to a cat and sweeps it off a pile of papers on a desk during a dinner party and another man takes exception to the first man's behavior and leaves. Staff of a website argue after the release of classified information. Some White House staffers are forced to resign after the release of classified information. Large groups of people are shown protesting around the world and one group is shown making obscene hand gestures. White House staffers argue loudly several times about a whistleblowers' website; one of them goes on TV and says that the founder of the website has blood on his hands, because the information leak will cause murders and assassination; in an interview, the founder states that no one was physically harmed by the release of Afghan war data on his website. A website releases classified information about American actions in Afghanistan and calls it "Collateral Murder." We hear that a man's mother dated a New Zealand Neo-Nazi who imposed starvation diets on them and administered psychiatric drugs randomly (please see the Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking category for more details); the man says that the maltreatment turned his hair white. A man says in a speech that his website will protect whistleblowers and there is no need for them to be afraid of retribution. Profanity:About 7 F-words and its derivatives, a large group of people display obscene hand gestures, 1 sexually suggestive hand gestures, 13 scatological terms, 10 anatomical terms, 19 mild obscenities, name-calling (crazy, madman, sick, gob smacking, High Priest of Truth, freaks, junk, clown, mealy-mouthed, manipulative, spooks, geeks), stereotypical references to reporters, Americans, CEOs, politicians, terrorists, computer hackers, men, women, people who are different, 2 religious profanities (GD), 7 religious exclamations (Oh my God, Thank God, Jesus, God forbid, Christ, Holy [scatological term deleted]).
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:We hear that a man gave psychiatric drugs to a woman and her son for no reason (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details). Beer bottles are seen on a counter at a convention (no one is shown drinking), several dance club scenes feature beer bottles as well as glasses of wine and mixed drinks on tables while some men and women are shown drinking and others dance while holding beer bottles, one scene features a large round bar with bottles of liquor and wine glasses on a center counter, a woman drinks a bottle of beer in a café, a glass of wine is shown in a table beside a woman, a man drinks wine at a table, a man drinks a bottle of beer at a desk, two men drink beer twice while driving and riding in a car, a man gives a farmer a case of bottled beer, a member of the British Parliament says she wants to buy a drink for two men in a crowd, in a home we see men and a woman drink wine, in a restaurant we see two men and a woman drink cocktails and wine, in a pub we see two men drink glasses of beer, a White house staff member speaks of being drunk at a party in the past, a banquet features many tables with glasses of wine (no one is shown drinking), and a woman in an office drinks whiskey as she watches a news telecast and a male colleague enters and drinks whiskey with her.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:innocent people are shown being shot being & it was mentioned that two children were killed,this maybe disturbing for some viewer.
Story:The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them?
Likes:Every single review ive seen about this film has been say that this story is one sided or only telling the story of the whistle blower which just show how completely blind people are to the real world & just how corrupt the governments are, the one thing i saw in this film that seriously made my blood boil was the fact they use terrorism as an excuses to killing to kids. I don't give a sh*t who you are or how powerful you think you are, killing children in the world & covering it up & blaming terrorism as an excuse for killing them, just show how society in this world has fall in to the depth of hell & doing the devils work through greed , power & corruption which this film shown perfect plus shows just how the government's around the world work & pull the wool over some peoples eye's, making them think what they are doing is for peace when behind closed door their killing innocent people over power & hiding it. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange done the right thing by exposing this corruption, the government trying to say that this leak was in dangering other peoples life is hypocritical when they killed million of people off camera & hiding it, if they were that worried this this would be leaked why the f-ing hell did the government do it in the first place, there is an old saying liar get found out in the end, corruption cant hide from thinking smart people. Benedict Cumberbatch is fantastic in this film show a person with personal issues that also see the corruption in the world & just wants to show the world what are governments were hiding because it the right thing to do to stand up for peoples right to live. This film is a very controversial subject raises some interesting questions and also talks about the challenges we face now with news going out onto today Internet sources. Bank's shouldn't help customers cheat the U.S. out of $30 billion in taxes or any other country in the world, but I don't believe military strategy should be leaked but i still feel like it should be exposed if its for the wrong reason's, and I believe that sources of family should be protected for their own safety because their innocent but the person in question should be leaked for corruption . It seems like so much of what we hear today, from politicians and celebrities and publicists is "is to spin us off the real truth." And most of us are aware that there's more than they're telling us.
Although slow this film is very interesting in show just how corrupt the world has become.
Dislikes: The pace of the film could of been a bit faster in my opinion.
Overall: Interest film on true events to expose corruption in the world, although pace is slow it not a bad film.
Rating:4.3out of5for entertainment / 7.8out of10for true story/real events
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:April kisses Casey
Violence & Gore:The kind of violence you would expect from a martial arts movie.
The shredder is very intimidating. Could frighten younger audiences The end fight is intense and may upset younger viewers The shredder's death could upset some people, the shredder falls off a building, falls into a garbage compacter, Casey pushes the compact button, the shredder gets crushed (not graphic but unsettling) The fight in April's apartment is very intense. A fire starts in the apartment. Splinter is captured by the foot Splinter is hanged by his arms The shredder punches splinter in the face multiple times (splinter gets some scars. Very upsetting) Splinters owner is killed Profanity: Damn-9/Hell-2/God-7/Ass-1/Spaz-3 ...and the word "bitchin'" is used at the very end to describe someone who just got beat up.
There is a scene where Donnie and Casey insult each other, played for laughs (not offensive) The word "Spaz" is used 3 times, which could be offensive to some audiences Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: the Foot Clan has an underground base where underage kids smoke cigarettes, cigars and drinking
A kid asks a guy "do you have any cigarettes?" Frightening/Intense Scenes:The end battle is very intense
All the fight scenes can be very intense to some viewers The word "spaz" is used a couple of times, may offend some people The story of splinters past is very upsetting A fire starts in an apartment The shredder's death is unsettling Splinter takes some abuse from the shredder, may upset viewers the Shredder may be intimidating for smaller children
Story: Through contact with a mysterious substance, called Ooze, 4 little turtles in the canalization of New York mutate to giant turtles. They can speak, walk upright and love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to Ninja fighters. Their arch-enemy is the bad, bad guy Shredder, who struggles to gain power over the world. Of course the ninja turtles will do everything to stop him.
Likes :You might say it has no story line but I say it's kept simplistic for all the comic book fans. You don't want to confuse people with a massive complex tale. No one argues with 'Enter the Dragon' having a bad story line. This film, released at the height of "Turtlemania" in the summer of 1990, raked in $133 million at the box office, quickly making it the highest grossing independent film of all time. That's good considering it also faced heavy competition from another comic book adaptation that year, "Dick Tracy," which was directed by Warren Beatty and was quite groundbreaking, on its own terms of course.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie" is the best adaptation of the comics so far, and I loved it. It is one of the best comic-to-film adaptations of all time and should be preserved. "TMNT" forever!
This is one of those film that is still a classic retro film even after 24 years, the slap stick comedy & the one liners make this a high entertaining film to watch.Don't listen to people who tell you that this movie is not really kid friendly. It deals with issues that all kids need to learn about, namely how joining a gang is not the answer because, despite the allure, that is not the kind of family that really looks after each other. Shredder's gang represents a choice that many kids have to make; whether to go with the crowd who are doing wrong, or to stand up for what is right and what they believe in.
All the turtles (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael) are great, portrayed mostly accurately. They all act like typical family members who have their arguments and fun times together and their master Splinter makes for a great father and wise mentor. This all brings a great deal of realism as does the grim situations and occasional swearing. April, Casey Jones, Tatsu, and a few other characters deliver great, if not somewhat over-the-top, performances but that what make this film great.If you grow up before the 90s you would of grow up on this film & loved it, not alot of people like this film that grow up after the 90s, but for me this is one of the all time greatest classic films that you jut cant go wrong with. As for the remake i know alot of fans of the original don't like the idea of the original being remade but im willing to give it a chance hopefully it will be a worth remake, but as for this original film this is totally worth having your dvd collection,the sequel is pretty good as well just a shame they ruin the third film but changing the look of the turtles, but the original film i recommend f you have never watched this film.
Dislikes : Didn't like what they did with the third film, other than that this film is spot on amazing.
Overall: Great performances, brilliant adaptation of the comics, perfect retro film.
Rating:5out of5 for entertainment / 8.7out of10 for Comic book action/ slap stick comedy
