Film Review: Avengers 2 : Age of Ultron

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Cert: 12A

Director: Joss Whedon

Screen writer: Joss Whedon , Stan Lee , Jack Kirby

Starring: Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Hemsworth , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson , Jeremy Renner , James Spader , Samuel L. Jackson , Don Cheadle , Aaron Taylor-Johnson , Elizabeth Olsen , Paul Bettany , Cobie Smulders , Anthony Mackie , Hayley Atwell

Running time: 141 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Flirtation , Topless men, There are minor kissing scene.
Scarlet Witch and Black Widow cleaveage can be seen in many scene.

Violence & Gore: Fantasy sci-fi violence, a man arm is ripped off but no bloody is seen.

Profanity: One F word from one character very brief followed by a one liner humor

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Casual drinking at a party

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some of the violence may be intense, and Ultron could be threatening to some viewers. Possibly most intense bloodiest scene is when Ultron rips a man's arm off, off-screen. We hear it, then see a man with half of his arm missing.
The film very dark,gritty tone and thematic elements but there are some humor that can light the movie
Vision may scared young audiences,
The death of [SPOILER] very sad to watch

Story: When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for a global adventure

Likes : To start with ive seen alot of reviews that are buyest giving this film a full 10 out of 10 from marvel fan's so let me be clear this is a fair & unbiased review of the film as it wasn't a perfect film im not going to let just because it marvel effect the way i review this film.
 Joss Whedon hasn't done a bad job at making this film there are a few flaws in this film which i will explain in the dislikes, but as for the start of the film it throw you into a battle with hydra which has no build up which i assume this scene follow from the end credit of the first avengers which i thought could of had a bit of a build up to it but it wasn't to bad.
Cant believe they actual snouk the F-word in a 12A film but gladly follow by a funny one-liner from one of the main characters which i did find funny but i couldn't believe what i heard,the dose appeal to a mass audience that enjoys action and super heroes combine in to one film which is all good.
With the character of Ultron i actual was in-pressed with the way they brought him in to this film, although having his origin story change this wasn't badly executed.
The only reason why marvel screwed this up was because the original origin story of Ultron was from Hank pyms, which comic book reads know as Ant-man but because Ant-man wasn't filmed before this film they couldn't go with the origin story of Ultron so it had to be change which didn't seem off balance or out of place this was well executed in the film giving the character life.
Which James Spader done perfectly voicing Ultron, what the trailer dosent show you all to well is the way James gives this character its nature, its was like watching a child with a psychotic, mental, ideal, person hell bend on destroy everything so a master race could rise, that the way this character came across he actual was pretty menacing but he attitude just matched his way of looking at thing & look.
 I did notice that there is something going on with Bruce banner (Mark Ruffalo) & Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson ) which had a bit of a spin in the film although felt something was missing about it, in certain part you do notice the atmosphere between tony stark (Robert Downey Jr.) & Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ) you can see the civil war aspect coming between them which is a future film project for marvel which is clever implant in the film i did notice that.
Some of the banter is funny in places, but some times come across a little unnecessary for the scenes but you do find yourself laughing at them. Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) pull off a great performance as a woman with powerful magic you don't mess with along with the speedster her character brother Pietro Maximoff aka Quicksilver ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson) who dose have a few funny one-liners although most of his scene are C.G.I effects he dose a great job.
The Other new character that is introduced in this film Vision (Paul Bettany ) was a welcome addiction to the team, love the design of his look, comes across very powerful, there is a moment with him that had the dose have the whole audience thinking W.T.H  moment with Thor which was brilliant executed scene in the film that even had me god-smacked because i wasn't expect it, as well as a few scene with Clint Barton aka Hawk-eye ( Jeremy Renner ) There is unexpected scene that was keep from the first film which made me a little puzzled but it was explain briefly which i liked otherwise it would would have been a plot hole.
Visual effect are & action in this film dose keep you attention on the film although a few scene are little slowed down this was to bad of a film, not perfect but still an OK film, but with a surprise end credit scene which most of the story-line in this film set up for the 3rd film.


Dislikes : Sorry but i need to saying this because most everyone complains about the use of C.G.I in film's, ive heard alot of people complain about the C.G.I in transformers saying it look fake, well im sorry to say this but Age of ultron use alot of C.G.I in visual effects that is very questionable.
Although the performance of Ultron is brilliant from James spader the C.G.I use is over the top for some of the scene, its come across a little fake in alot of scenes which make the character a little to unbelievable at time, the only part that actual look real was when you see himself which is seen in the trailer talking about not being worthy.
I feel some part of the film were showing crack in Joss Whedon directing as he been stretch to much with doing alot of other film's because its show in the story plot of this film which is over shadowed but visual effects & action, sadly if you take away these visual effect & action there isn't much story there which is a shame because this film is more style over quality story.
 the other thing was i dispointed in is that Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch background isn't explain much other than the fact they were experiment on by hydra, i feel the story was lacking there as well as the other characters lack of humanity in there manors.
I feel Vision could of been in the film more as he's not in the film much.

Overall : Great visual effect, Good performance, Few questionable C.G.I effects, lacking in story but still a good film.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.7 out of 10 for story / concept.

Film Review: Skin Trade.

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Cert: 18 (R-rated)

Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham

Screen writer: Gabriel Dowrick , Steven Elder , John Hyams , Dolph Lundgren

Starring: Ron Perlman , Tony Jaa , Dolph Lundgren , Celina Jade , Michael Jai White , Peter Weller , Conan Stevens , Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Tasya Teles , Mike Dopud , Sahajak Boonthanakit , Aaron Brumfield , Chloe Babcook many more.....

Running time: 96 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: a lot of scene are of young woman half dressed for sex slavery, a scene of man have sex on a sex breast are seen, scene of woman naked striping at a bar.

Violence & Gore: Few brutal fight scene, man stabbing a man with a sharp object, few scene of men getting shot, photos are seen of dead body's.

Profanity: Extremely strong language

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Alcohol & drugs are seen being use throughout the film

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Scene of the sex slavery maybe disturbing for some viewers

Story: Nick, a tough NY cop, runs afoul of the Russian mob engaged in human trafficking, and they end up killing his wife and daughter for revenge. Determined to make them pay, he follows the kingpin to Bangkok, the hub of their activities. He teams up with a Thai detective and they decide to wipe out the entire organization and terminate their business entirely. 

Likes : This isn't a bad film based on the screen writing that Dolph Lundgren has been writing for the past eight years ago, he not done a bad job at bring up a very dark subject that in the world today as 20-30 young woman & children go missing to slavery trade for sex, which i see is a touch subject for Dolph. 
What Dolph is good at doing with he's film is he know how to push a film to get its core audience satisfied even as it tries to shed light onto a matter close to his heart, i.e. that of human trafficking. So if you're expecting a very angry Lundgren on a revenge rampage, or a mano-a-mano between Lundgren and Tony Jaa, or a similar one-on-one between Tony Jaa and Michael Jai White, this film won't be disappointed, the fight scene are well choreograph & pretty brutal in place.
The very dark side of this film is the sex slavery scene that are run by a Russian mob ring run by Viktor Dragovic's played by Ron Perlman who is actual good in these type of role he has this onscreen presence that make him a brilliant actor.
 This dose feel very much like a b movie to be honest not sure its worth cinema viewing has it feel more of a straight to DVD movie, but still worth it for the action scene with the fighting, although some part of this film could have been a little better.

Dislikes : The trailer show this film as an action film but viewing the film fall short of this, as some of the pacing is question, the story-line could of had a bit more story to it, it felt a lit short with the ending because the film had a twist but it end before it ended it could of had a better ending. aprt from that the fight scene i felt were the only best parts of the film, its dosent miss a few opportunity where it could of been a bit better, but still a good film.

Overall : great fight scene, dark concept, few good action scene, slightly bad ending.

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.4 out of 10 for story concept.

Film Review: Enter The Dangerous Mind

Genre: Thriller

Cert: 18 cert

Director: Youssef Delara, Victor Teran

Screen writer: Victor Teran

Starring: Nikki Reed , Thomas Dekker , Scott Bakula , Noel Gugliemi , Gina Rodriguez , Jason Priestley , Joseph Julian Soria , Jake Hoffman , Ana Claudia Talancón , Joe Egender , Jenn Liu , David DeSantos , Skyler Brigmann , William Leon , Jeff Pride

Running time: 88 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Couple kissing, brief scene of sex

Violence & Gore: group of people being violently murdered with a air pistol

Profanity: Pretty much strong language with one use of the C word

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Alcohol is seen being drunk by the main characters

Frightening/Intense Scenes: The murder scene & abuse scene maybe disturbing for some viewers

Story: A reclusive American composer with an online following has a tentative romance with a beautiful social worker. This offers a glimmer of hope, but his mind fractures as the voices in his head grow louder and more destructive.

Likes : This film was recommend by Blu-ray Dan if you want to check out his you tube channel here's the link here got some good videos & video reviews. : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0wMc4_NpLfXa0Hnic08QYw. 

Not sure why this film has got alot of bad review as this film was actual good in my opinion, really dive deep in to the mind of a person with a split personality one that is soft at heart where the other side is a psychotic alpha pushing voice in to the head of the person to act out of character.
This is played brilliantly by Jake Hoffman who bring a slightly disturbing performance as psychologically damaged person who has to use dub step music to drown out the voices which are played brilliantly from Thomas Dekker who represents the voice in his head pushing him to snap.
 Nikki Reed play a well down to earth girl that seem pretty normal at first but there is a twist to her character which i never saw coming that was cleverly hidden, unlike the rest of the film which was a little predictable, but her performance is brilliant. 
Surprise to see Scott Bakula from the quantum leap series in this looking his age now, he had a few scene i though he could of had more involvement with this film since he was a psychologist, but his scene are believable.
This film actual dose a good job of defining the line between softer and empathetic approaches to extreme mental health issues and the medical model which aims to kill and destroy deviant and unacceptable thoughts and behaviors. I liked the interplay of these opposing views as it goes back & forth made it most believable.
The Dub-step EDM music was cleverly used in the film, Reza Safinia songs created a great atmosphere into this weird triply world of mental illness & despite the bad review this film got this is a great film to watch.

Dislikes : The pacing can be a little questionable at time but other than that this is a good film.

Overall : Disturbing in places, great music if you in to dub-step, great performances

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 entertainment / 8.1 out of 10 for concept

Film Review: Wedding Ringer

Genre: Comedy, Romance  

Cert: 15 cert

Director: Jeremy Garelick

Screen writer: Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender

Starring: Kevin Hart , Josh Gad , Affion Crockett , Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting , Jorge Garcia , Dan Gill , Corey Holcomb , Ken Howard , Colin Kane , Cloris Leachman , Jenifer Lewis , Alan Ritchson , Mimi Rogers , Aaron Takahashi , Olivia Thirlby

Running time: 101 min 

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: multiple extended male genital scenes for sexual stimulation and reinforcement of anti hetero anti vagina, pro-penis lust agenda

A man's penis is shown with a dog licking it and biting it in one of the scenes.

Violence & Gore:Physical comedy and slapstick violence, including a grandmother catching on fire and falling over.

a rough and aggressive groomsmen vs. grandpas football game, a man whose genitals are caught in a dog's mouth.

Profanity:  The dialogue is a line filled with very strong language. Dozens of uses of "fuck," "motherfucker," "pussy," "asshole," "bitch," "dick," "shit," "douche," "cabron," and religious exclamations.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Many adults drink to excess (particularly at the bachelor party) and/or smoke weed (there's even a song about smoking weed).

Frightening/Intense Scenes: none

Story: Doug Harris (Josh Gad) is a lovable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan (Kevin Hart), owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best man Jimmy.

Likes : I will admit that im not normal a Kevin hart fan, because sometime he can be a little to loud in certain film shouting but i can say with a whole heart i actual liked him in this film he is generally funny playing this character, the onscreen chemistry with Josh Gad just made this film even more funnier this proves with the right on screen chemistry a film can work.
The has its moment where it get a little soft heart which give it a feel good concept, but well balanced with the hilarious laugh out loud moments that is side splitting funny.  
Many wedding comedies would be about the bride, like the film's "My Best Friend's Wedding" or "Bride Wars." There have been movies about the parents, like "Father of the Bride" or "Mother of the Bride". There have been alot of other film's about the "The Wedding Planner" or "The Wedding Singer' or even "Wedding Crashers.' More recently, there been films about members of the entourage of either gender, "The Hangover" and "Bridesmaids." As a point of distinction, "The Wedding Ringer" is an uncommon wedding comedy made from the point of view of the groom which make this a unique film that is generally funny as hell.
Despite some of the bad reviews this film got, im surprised on just how well made this is in funny humor & feel good moments, i find that some people just don't get this concept because they are miserable in their own lives to see the light heart feel good moments in life which is sad really, but this is a film i would recommend watching.

Dislikes : Can be a little predictable by the end, the dog scene could have been left out really, but apart from that this film was OK.

Overall : Great on screen chemistry, brilliant acting, Hilarious & heart warming. Generally funny film.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.8 out of 10 for concept.

Film Review: The Havest

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Cert: 15 cert

Director: John McNaughton

Screen writer: Stephen Lancellotti

Starring: Samantha Morton , Michael Shannon , Natasha Calis , Charlie Tahan , Peter Fonda , Leslie Lyles , Meadow Williams , Journey Smith , Nolan Lyons , Hayden Oliver , Amina Robinson.

Running time:104 min 

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Few kiss scene, woman half naked in bed nothing is scene but scene implie they just had sex.

Violence & Gore: Ball is hit with a base ball in the chest, woman is doing surgery on a young boy, wound from surgery is seen, woman is violent in temper, boy hand trap in the door.

Profanity: Very strong language through out

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Whiskey is seen being drunk by one of the main character

Frightening/Intense Scenes: The mothers attitude is a little intense & disturbing, some scene maybe disturb for some viewers.

Story: A couple who keeps their sick son in a secluded environment find their controlled lives challenged by a young girl who moves in next door.

Likes : For what this film is, i wouldn't call it a horror film as it doesn't really come across as a horror, it more of a dramatic thriller with some slight disturbing moments.
One of the most disturbing things about this film is Samantha Morton's performance play the mother which was just outstanding. she came across very chilling & a little unhinged in her behaviour which best describe her character like Annie Wilkes that Kathy Bates played in the film Misery, so many of her scenes you were like wow you kind of thrown back on just how frightening she becomes.there were a few shades of her performance in Elizabeth the golden age in this film which added to the character chilling attitude.
 Best way i could describe this film is like Hansel & Gretel" meets "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, it has that slight homely feel to start with but then you start notice things aren't what they seem to be this is where this film take on a very dark twisted unnerving feeling which really leave it mark.
Michael Shannon performance is top notch as well playing the father who a slight low-key empathetic guy who trying to coupe with no only a sick child but an unhinged wife, the way he come across on screen is just nothing short of brilliant acting.
Good thing about this film is its twist which might come across confusing or predictable but none the less seriously leave you with a shocking twist which cleverly keep you watching to the very end.Charlie Tahan a gifted young actor to watch i the future as he's performance play sick child was just so believable in his actor you actual believe he's character is i'll, accompanying him is another young actress to look out for Natasha Calis who play the young girl that just moved to the area who befriends him, her performance is just amazing, Appearance of legend actor Peter Fonda playing the grandfather was a welcome touch to the film even for a cameo role. This is a film i recommend looking for & watching as it one of those film that dosent look like much but certainly dose leave it mark.

Dislikes : The story not to bad, but it was lacking the horror theme like i said its more of a dramatic thriller than a horror film so i would expect much of a horror theme here.

Overall : disturbing in some places, very dark & twist at moments, performance are brilliant. worth watching.

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 for entertainment / 7 out of 10 for concept.

Film Review: Fast & Furious 7

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Cert: 12A (PG13)

Director: James Wan

Screen writer: Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson (characters) 

Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker , Jason Statham , Michelle Rodriguez , Jordana Brewster , Tyrese Gibson , Ludacris , Dwayne Johnson , Lucas Black , Kurt Russell , Nathalie Emmanuel , Elsa Pataky , Gal Gadot , John Brotherton , Luke Evans, Tony Jaa , Djimon Hounsou , Noel Gugliemi , Ronda Rousey.

Running time: 137 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Women wear bikinis, thongs, very short skirts. Suggestive dancing.

Some minor kissing and suggestive comments.

UNLIKE SOME OF THE EARLY MOVIES IN THE SERIES, THIS ONE IS NOT RATED FOR ANY SEXUAL CONTENT

Violence & Gore: Super sized mayhem, the most destructive entry yet

Profanity:  1 use of "fuck", and a few uses of "shit" and "bitch". Several uses of Gd

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Several lines of dialogue about which beer two characters prefer. Corona is mentioned specifically.

A hospital patient swallows medication from a prescription bottle. 

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  Official MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for prolonged frenetic sequences of violence, action and destruction, mayhem, suggestive content and brief strong language.

Story: Dominic Torretto and his crew thought they left the criminal mercenary life behind. They defeated an international terrorist named Owen Shaw and went their seperate ways. But now, Shaw's brother, Deckard Shaw is out killing the crew one by one for revenge. Worse, a Somalian terrorist called Jakarde, and a shady government official called "Mr. Nobody" are both competing to steal a computer terrorism program called God's Eye, that can turn any technological device into a weapon. Torretto must reconvene with his team to stop Shaw and retrieve the God's Eye program while caught in a power struggle between terrorist and the United States government. 

Likes : For the 7th film in the franchise this one in light of Paul walkers death was the most hard hitting film to watch, not because i was a fan of his film but for who he stood for & did in life to help others. Paul spent most of his life off screen time helping people across the world in disaster zones, bring food & water where needed & building home for those that had lost their's with a team he founded as well as other charity's.
 Paul was truly a great person not only as great actor but a caring person as well who died so young, he is sadly missed by his family & his on screen family on set of fast & furious as well as the fan around the world, this truly was a great film to say good bye to him with honor.
Apart from the odd few flaws in the filming this was an amazingly entertaining film to watch from the fight scene to the car chase's to the insane moments with the jaw dropping special effect of a car jumping from one build to other really did add to the action in the film.
The character of Deckard Shaw was awesome just a ruthless, no fear, no conscious, menacing character played brilliantly & perfect casting with Jason Statham, you just couldn't of got a better actor to play this role as he brought this edge to the character you just don't mess with.
Dwayne Johnson brought it to this film as well, brilliant performance as a hard ass soldier Hobbs, One thing that made his character brilliant in this film was the one-liners such a bad ass character which bring the muscle to the good guy's, but what a fight scene with him & statham character just brutal & fast.
There is one scene in this film that actual was good for Ludacris's character Tej that made him come across as a bit of a bad ass to in the film, that actual mad me think dammmm.....i think that was a pretty cool scene to throw in the film, gave him that moment to shine in a few sec action scene.
Tyrese Gibson role i swear is only written in as the joker character for the film to give it a funny edge so it has something to laugh at to light the mood, which he dose because he actual funny in this film with a few scenes, Michelle Rodriguez & Ronda Rousey performance on screen was good with a pretty brutal fight scene between them both this was well choreographed & believable fight scene, where Michelle had more scene you notice her character still hasn't regain much of her memory although still remember a few things, her performance is brilliant.
Tony Jaa add character welcome addiction to the story add a bit of a flare with paul walkers character special some fight scene with a bit of sadistic humor, but the fight scene again are well choreographed that those were cool, from what i gathered Djimon Hounsou character Jakande was a merc weapons smuggler with a private army, his character was very ruthless as well, Djimon perfect performance pull this role brilliantly, Nathalie Emmanuel performance is brilliant as well.
Vin Diesel return perfect as always in his performance, show a side of Dominic Toretto that almost matched the ruthless concept of statham character Deckard, as their fights scene were brilliant for the film as a final show down between them, but i think it was the heart felt narrative tribute at the end for Paul walker that make this film worth while as it was the most beautiful good by to his friend & brother they could have given.
From what i gather Paul walkers scene were up the Funeral scene, the rest was film with his two brothers they C.G.I Paul's face in to the scene ive got say you could really tell the difference, its was like as if he had never died, he was on set all the way through the film so im very impressed with that, along with some stunt scene & a few c.g.i scene its brought the film almost to near perfect, there are a few questionable scene but this is a film i highly recommend watching as it give a great send off to Paul walker.

Dislikes : The drone moments in the tunnel scene is a little unrealistic, as the wings hit the wall & carry's on fly, this kind of was stupid because it would be flying at all it would of crashed, the only other complaint is certain fight scene were to close to the camera with shake effects. I've mention this before in other film's that is hard to see a fight scene when the camera is close up with the shake camera effects,  you can't see the fight that well. which sadly a few scene that were like this which is a shame because they were mostly Paul walkers character fight scenes, but apart from that this was a good film.

Overall : great action, good banter, insane moments, emotional heart felt tribute ending that will hit your heart string.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 9.7 out of 10 for Story / 10 out of 10 for Paul walker tribute ending

Film Review: Last knights

Genre: Action, Adventure

Cert: 12A (PG-13) Should be 18 cert due to certain content.Not suitable for anyone under 15.

Director: Kazuaki Kiriya

Screen writer: Michael Konyves (screenplay), Dove Sussman (screenplay) 

Starring: Clive Owen , Morgan Freeman , Aksel Hennie , Daniel Adegboyega , Shohreh Aghdashloo , Sung-kee Ahn , James Babson , Pavel Bezdek , Dan Brown , Giorgio Caputo , Brian Caspe , Rose Caton , Kevin Clarke , Chris Consilvio , Cliff Curtis.

Running time: 115 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Naked woman is seen no full frontal, woman wearing a sex gown , man in a bath

Violence & Gore: Few scene of heads, arm's being removed from the body, Frequent bloody scene through the film.

Profanity: Pretty strong language but nothing over 15 cert

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Drinking is scene in a bar

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Scene through out this film show graphic content that maybe disturbing for some viewers.

Story: Knights of a code honor in a land of corruption struggle to uphold this code when they are force out of their home land in to exslie , now a fallen warrior rises against this corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master in a sword-clashing adventure of loyalty, honor, and vengeance to regain what was once lost.

Likes : This is such an underrated film, i think people have forgotten what it is to have honor judging by & looking all the bad reviews this film has got, which truly shows just how far the human race has fallen. This is one of the best directed film ive seen in a long time that show honor & loyalty perfect, by far this is nothing like Ronin 47 which ive seen one review wrote, this is a complete different concept altogether.
The story concept in this film give you the back ground perfect of the knight order that lives by one code of honor that "every-man is born with honor & can not be taken from him, nor is it something to be give, but respected & not lose" These are words to live by.
This film's directing from Kazuaki Kiriya show this perfect with the character that Clive Owen who's portrayal as a knight with honor is a perfect performance showing a true man of honor & courage against corruption along with Morgan Freeman give a brilliant performance truly bring this film to life. Multi-racial medieval time period that is generically referred to after the "great wars is perfecting told for the film give you an understanding of why the knights are multi-racial, why it was necessary for the cultures to come together in one nation so that peace can be kept.
The fight choreography is amazing & believable, special the battle scene these scene are perfectly done with some stunning visual effects which really dose add to the story being told.
This is a film i high recommend watching as you will be missing out of a great film, if you miss this in-spite of the bad reviews you will be missing out on a great film because this is a very underrated film one of Clive Owen best yet.

Dislikes : I think the back ground story could of bee told be more because it was a little short on details but apart from that this film was good.

Overall : Epic adventure of courage, honor & loyalty, brilliant performances. a must see

Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 10 out of 10 for concept.

Film Review: The Man With The Iron Fists 2

Genre: Action

Cert: 18 cert

Director: Roel Reiné

Screen writer: John Jarrell, RZA

Starring: Sahajak Boonthanakit , Pim Bubear , Ocean Hou , Grace Huang , Andrew Lin , Khiri Steven Lowenstein , Carl Ng , Dustin Nguyen , Charlie Ruedpokanon , RZA , Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Simon Yin, Eugenia Yuan , Zhu Zhu.

Running time: 90 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Fighters topless, woman that are sex slaves

Violence & Gore: Few scene of hand, heads, arms being cut off, man has iron hammered to his legs, mans head explodes, few combat fights

Profanity: Alot of sexual words through out the film from the main villain of the film

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Alcohol is seen being drunk

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Few scene maybe disturbing for younger viewers age 18 is advised for viewing this film.

Story: When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious Beetle Clan and the terrifying Lord Pi.

Likes : There a few things i liked about this film which give it a slight edge, one is the fact it follow on a story where it left off from the first film which is good to see so this has it going for it, as you see the character of the blacksmith aka iron fist on a journey to find peace in his heart.
The story start off a little slow with a few fight scenes, its kind takes you on a journey with this one like the king fu series, unlike the first film, it has more of a story concept of were he end up wounded in battle,find him self in a village that need help from a evil man story which is OK, but dosent really have the same effect as the first film had which is a shame.
Some of the acting cant be a little questionable at time but its ok, the use of location dose help the film alot in atmosphere, although this film is slightly OK its not without its flaw's.

Dislikes : Some of the dialog in this film is seriously bad feels cheesy which dosent help the film at all, although some battle scene were film good, i did notice the poor attempted at the combat scene's. These scene to me felt force & slow which made the combat arena fights unrealistic which ruin the flow of the film concept which is ashame because i felt this scene could have been done better to make it more realistic & believable

Overall : Great use of location, slightly poor dialog at times, poor combat fighting,but story is ok

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 for entertainment / 5.6 out of 10 for combat scene / concept.

Film Review: Duff

Genre: Comedy

Cert: PG-13 (12A)

Director: Ari Sandel

Screen writer: Josh A. Cagan (screenplay), Kody Keplinger (novel) 

Starring: Annika Gordon , Mae Whitman , Robbie Amell , Bella Thorne , Bianca A. Santos , Skyler Samuels , Romany Malco , Nick Eversman , Chris Wylde , Ken Jeong , Allison Janney , Rebecca Weil , Seth Meriwether , Erick Chavarria , Brian Dewar McNamara.

Running time: 101 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A teen boy and a teen girl go on a date at his house and she imagines him clearing the table onto the floor, laying her on it, lying on top of her and kissing her (we see her bare thighs and knees as he lies between them, and the sequence ends).

A shirtless teen boy in a bedroom window kisses a teen girl wearing a bra and skirt; we see them in profile only (some cleavage above her bra is shown).

A teen couple kiss for the first time and he says that he is more of a "tongue guy"; she asks if that means his tongue would go all the way through her and come out her bottom, like porn, and he laughs and asks how old the porn she watches is; she begins to kiss him and licks his cheek instead and he laughs.

A teen girl pretends that a store dummy is her boyfriend; she pulls its arm off and rubs its hand on her breast, then kisses its mouth, sticks her tongue into its lips and rubs her groin on its abdomen while standing; she lies on top of the dummy on the floor briefly, puts her face to a mirror and sticks her tongue out to touch her own tongue in its image while another teen girl films all this action (unbeknownst to her), places it on a website and broadcasts it to everyone in the high school; in the cafeteria the next day a teen boy holds up a CPR dummy (includes only waist to head), kisses it, rubs it on his crotch and tells the girl that she can have it next.

A teen girl kisses her ex-boyfriend in a corridor in front of another girl as she stares at her.

A daydream features a teen couple kissing passionately for several seconds.

A teen girl kisses a teen boy on the cheek.

In a daydream, a teen girl says to a teen boy, "I want to make out with your face" and he replies, "Good, because my face wants to make out with you" and they kiss for several seconds.

Two men kiss in an outtake as the end credits play.

A daydream features a fake porno film in which a teen girl (the dreamer) and her male friend portray a woman (wearing a negligee top that reveals shoulders, arms and some cleavage) and a man (wearing tight swim trunks, baring his chest, shoulders, arms and legs); she makes a remark about wanting to have sex and answers the door to a teen boy with a pizza and diving gear as he looks into the camera and says, "I like to have sex with girls" and she looks into the lens and says, "I'm a girl," and they embrace and kiss passionately as the daydream ends.

A teen girl is in a scoop neckline that reveals a little cleavage and a teen boy says, "Look at those!"; she pushes up her bosom with her hands and twerks the air for about 3 seconds, and then says, "Try to keep it in your pants!"

A teen girl walks into the boy's locker room where we see many teen boys shirtless, in underwear that bares their thighs and legs and reveals a bulge at the groin area, or long towels to their ankles and revealing a few navels; one boy flexes his pectoral muscles at the girl, making her laugh and on a chalkboard in the back of the room he draws a penis and testicles, as he also draws table/seating arrangements for her to use on a date in order to persuade a boy to kiss her.

Several teen girls wear cut-off midriff tops, with low-cut necklines and tight and/or low-rise jeans, shorts, or coveralls; some girls wear short-shorts and very short skirts (we see some abdomens, a few navels, and some cleavage).

A teen girl wearing a short skirt reveals the bottoms of her buttocks as she walks away from the camera.

On a cell phone video, a girl sitting in profile pushes up her skirt briefly to reveal lace panties.

At a school dance, some teen girls wear low-cut dresses that reveal some cleavage, along with some short skirts that bare the leg from mid-thighs to ankles.

A teen girl wears a backless top that is open in an inverted V from between her shoulder blades to her waistline.

A teen girl wears a bandeau top that has a large bow on it, revealing midriff (no navel).

A video game shows a cartoon woman wearing a tight dress and her breast and stomach jiggle.

A teen boy helps a teen girl in a lingerie store to find bras, panties and a negligee (we see plastic busts of faceless women wearing fancy bras in the store).

Three high school boys look at teen girls walking down a hallway and two of the boys talk about having sex with the girls in crude terms and a gay teen says that he would have sex with one of the girls, but he would not like it.

We hear that a woman is divorced and her ex wanted the dog instead of their child.

We hear that a man and a woman intend to divorce.

We hear about a few breakups among high school students and about teen girls deciding how to approach teen boys for dates.

A cell phone image has the hashtag #MyFutureBabyDaddy.

At a food court, a woman asks a man if he has a wiener in his mouth or he is happy to see her; he looks confused and asks where the camera is (like for "Punked" or "Candid Camera").

A middle-aged woman signs up for four dating sites.

A teacher in a high school hallway opens his classroom door and yells, "Get your finger out of there!" to a male student off-screen (we don't see where the finger is).

A teen boy talks about another teen boy and a teen girl and asks if he can join them or watch (presumably in sex acts).

A few songs have sexually suggestive lyrics.

Violence & Gore: two punches and one slap

Profanity:  one use of the "F" towards then end by the mother, "Bitch" 6-8 times, "Dick" 3 times, About 6 comments of "banging" girls, "Whore" about 9 times

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A brief teen party scene, a few characters can be see playing beer pong briefly, some characters drinking, but no one is drunk, other than that, no drug use or references.

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  none

Story: Bianca is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as 'The DUFF' to her prettier, more popular friends. Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher, she puts aside the potential distraction of her crush, Toby, and enlists Wesley, a slick but charming jock, to help reinvent herself. To save her senior year from turning into a total disaster, Bianca must find the confidence to overthrow the school's ruthless label maker Madison and remind everyone that no matter what people look or act like, we are all someone's DUFF.

Likes : First thing i noticed about this film is it very similar to mean girls & never been kissed mixed together which actual works for the film. Alot of people weather their male or female can actual relate to this movie pretty easy if their not scared to admit it as even though life this happens all the time weather its in high school or adult hood, there is always the ones that think their better than you just look down on you for being different.
So ya from a male point of view i can relate to this this, not that im over weight but ya in some aspect of this film i can relate to which made the film more enjoyable to watch. For those who don't know what duff mean's ( Designated Ugly Fat Friend) sound cruel & nasty but it dosent mean the person is fat or ugly just means your not as cool or as hot as the friends you hang around with in high school. It can be a nightmare for someone because they are the likely to be alone in school or most bullied by being pulled down for being different which i highly hate in people.
Its an ugly human trait in someone it show you might be good looking on the out side but a cold heartless person in the inside generally people with cold heart end up unhappy & in loveless relationships.
Mae Whitman playing Bianca Piper the (duff) play this role with perfection in show what it like to live a life as someone that very person just talks about her friends or using them to get to their other friends because they are more friend to approach. I think Mae is fantastic in this film with her comical humor & quick witty charm that make her character shine in this movie.
Also co-star Robbie Amell play the high school jock Wesley every girl loves done a brilliant job as well as portraying a guy that like someone but never really saw the courage to say to her is come across on screen perfect, Bella Thorne playing Madison the typical high school bitch that thinks she something special set out of her way to bring Bianca down just for talking to Wesley.
 i swear every school in the world or in life has someone like this cold heart person with no soul only out for themselves, im sure she not like this in real life but i seriously hated her character in this film.
Bianca A. Santos & Skyler Samuels performance as the friends of Bianca did a perfect job of what it is to be a friend although they were slightly cameo role they still done brilliantly in their roles.
 Where Most comedy movies are funny, yet can be some times pointless or lack an overall message this one succeeded.
There were a few moment it got heartfelt & emotional which make you really feel for Bianca character where other moment's the facial expressions are priceless and memorable that you just cant help but say she didn't just say that or what the hell are you saying moment which is clever in the story get the audience engage in the film.
I respect this film for it extremely funny whit ;while also having a deep, motivational moral lesson in life, although this was a girly flick this wasn't a bad film to watch i enjoyed it.


Dislikes : few scene where everyone is dance kind of felt out of place just because of the music being played in the back ground was so low, it was like watching people dance to no music didn't really give the atmosphere of a real party going on.

Overall : Great comedy, entertaining,  emotional & engaging at times, very funny.worth watching

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 9.2 out of 10 for concept.

Film Review: Black Hat

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Cert: 15 cert

Director: Michael Mann

Screen writer: Morgan Davis Foehl

Starring: Chris Hemsworth , Leehom Wang , Wei Tang , Viola Davis , Holt McCallany , Andy On , Ritchie Coster , Christian Borle , John Ortiz , Yorick van Wageningen , Tyson Chak , Brandon Molale , Danny Burstein , Archie Kao , Abhi Sinha

Running time: 133 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A man and woman kiss passionately (pretty brief), the scene cuts after and sex is possibly and briefly implied, but they are both clothed and nothing explicit is shown on-screen. The scene is around 20 seconds long and nothing explicit is shown to the audience

Violence & Gore: Non-graphic violence. - Some explicit violence. - Violent acts shown in a realistic manner, with detail, blood and tissue damage. - Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand use, with blood and some detail shown. - Occasional gory or grotesque images

Profanity:  Very infrequent use of "f--k", only around 2-3 uses. Some uses of other small language (son of a bitch, shit)

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: None. 

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Few scene in get intense

Story: Nick Hathaway, an extremely talented hacker who has gone astray, finds his way out of a 15 year prison sentence when parts of a computer code he once wrote during his youth appears in a malware that triggered a terrorist attack in factory in China. This opportunity will reunite him with an old friend but will also put him in the middle of a power game between the American and Chinese government as well as arch villain hacker whose identity he has to find if he wants to keep his freedom and his life.

Likes : I see alot of review on this film being good by just because they are being based off because its a Michael Mann's film, which im not going to do here has this is by far not the greatest film ive sat through as there is a few flaws but one big flaw that lets this film down which i will explain further on.
As for a what i would call a thriller type drama film, its not bad in place's, it has the Miami vice feel to it the acting is pretty solid although i wasn't really feeling Chris Hemsworth as a world class hacker, he acting is good but he didn't come over in the film as a tech-nerd able to hack any computer in the world as some scene kind of made the character look dumb weather that was down to bad script writing for the character not sure but just wasn't feeling him in this role, although the action scene he shine more in the film.Wei Tang put in a great performance as the co-star of the film although the love scene felt a little forced. 
The one thing i did notice with this film is that Michael Mann did do a good job of depicting the real life of network engineers and computer scientists in this movie. Commands entered on screen followed conventional Unix command line format and were syntactically correct. You could tell Mann had done his research and hired true computing consultants in the writing of the script sadly this was that is good about this film.

Dislikes : For a film that is 2 half hours long should have been more fast pace then this, because 2 hours felt like the film that going on 8 hours it just feel to long for this type of film. , with no balance in the film to keep it flowing steady between the slow moment the action scene that were few & fat between in this movie your find yourself  struggling or trying stay interested in it. This sadly is why this film is boring, To be brutally honest the story concept is good but only to be let down by its pacing which is a shame because this could have been a great film.

Overall : Slow & boring, story concept is good, poor pace not enough action & intense moment to keep you interested, not a film i would recommend if you tired.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 for entertainment / 6.2 out of 10 for story