END OF WATCH
CRIME/DRAMA
Hollywood has made
a gazillion cop buddy movies but this one is very realistic. Jake Gyllenhaal (Prince of Persia, Source
Code) is Brian Taylor and Michael Pena is Mike Zavala are the cops who are
partners on the street and act like brothers after work. Their
acting is wonderful. Their wives Anna Kendrick (Twilight Saga) and Natalie
Martinez (Death Race, TV show Detroit 187) is equally good. I wish Ms. Martinez could do more work. The cops’ loyalty is tested when a cartel is
after them. You have seen it all before
just not this way. The trailer is
misleading; it is action-packed but not like the trailer. If you like a lot of action wait for video if
you like bromance watch it.
LOOPER
SCI-FI/DRAMA
This is a good IFC
movie. It is not your typical
time-travel action film. There is good
acting by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. If you saw the trailer the mob has a way to
kill people with time-travel and the hitmen are called loopers. See this movie ONLY if you want to see
something different than popcorn movies.
It is very intelligent, very violent and for action-hounds wait for
video or VOD.
TAKEN 2
ACTION/DRAMA
Bryan Mills (Liam
Neeson, The Grey,Taken ) in Istanbul is targeted to be kidnapped along with his family by a vengeful father
(Rade Serbedzija X-Men First Class )who killed his son in the first movie. There is a lot of action if you like movies
likes this but –spoiler a realistic ending to it. It is a star film for talented Neeson and he
plays it well, funny, straight and of course, man of action. Not as good as Taken but it has its moments. See it if you like Liam Neeson and action, if
not wait until video.
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