Storms, Deaths and Apocalypses

THOR RAGNAROK

ACTION/ADVENTURE/SUPERHERO

PLOT:  The third movie about the thunder god with the hammer.

                Thor (Chris Hemsworth) finds out his adopted brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is pretending to be his father Odin and that he has a long lost sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) Goddess of Death and she wants to take over Asgard and portals him to a place where he becomes a gladiator against his ex-Avenger, Hulk (Mark Ruffalo).  This is the funniest movie of the Thor series but considering the meaning of ragnarok means destruction is very strange.  It does have serious moments but mostly it is very amusing.  Hemsworth is also physically perfect as Thor and he is very funny.  Blanchett is excellent as Hela who wants to be queen or Asgard or Armageddon.   Huddleston as Loki is devious as always.  Idris Elba as Heimdall is strong, intense, and heroic and Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie is tough but drinking warrior.

GEOSTORM

SCI-FI/DRAMA

PLOT:  The weather is unpredictable so a brilliant scientist creates a station in space to control the weather.

                Jack Lawson (Gerald Butler) is smart scientist who created Geostorm, a space station that controls the weather.  This is a disaster movie so you know someone tampers with the space station and the weather goes nuts!  Countries that are cold are hot, eruptions, lighting everything with the weather goes crazy.  Jack has to save the Earth.  Story is not the important thing about this movie but special effects and they are top-notch!    It is a popcorn movie in October.   It is a good movie if you like disaster movies. The film is not doing well and I believe the reason is the recent hurricanes are worst than ever. It is a little to real for the public right now.

HAPPY DEATH DAY

HORROR/COMEDY

PLOT:  Young woman relives her death over and over until she finds her murderer.

                Theresa nickname Tree (Jessica Rothe) is a college student who on her birthday gets a bizarre birthday gift she has to find the killer or she repeats different ways she gets murdered. She is not a good girl but a beautiful, self-centered bitch!  The strange thing is you cheer for her because throughout the movie she becomes a decent woman.  Rothe is very good funny and fierce as she is trying to solve her own killing.  The young, unknown cast is very good as well but the standout is actress Rachel Matthews as Danielle, a beauty who is more of a bitch than Tree.  It is an amusing slasher movie if there is such a thing.

Darker Action, Circles and Runners

AMERICAN ASSASSIN

ACTION/DRAMA

PLOT:  Young man sees his girlfriend killed by terrorist and joins a counter terrorism agency.

                Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’ Brien Teen Wolf, Maze Runner) loves his girlfriend and on their vacation asked her to marry him.  She says yes and then she is killed by a terrorist; he loses it and wants revenge and joins an agency to wipe out terrorist lead by Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton).  He doesn’t follow the rules and makes his superior mad as hell.  It is your typical revenge spy movie but what is different many people don’t finish sentences because they are killed!  Three reasons you should see it; great action, many betrayals and Dylan O’Brien.

KINGSMAN 2: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

ACTION/COMEDY

PLOT:   The further adventures of Eggsy who is now a spy on his own.

                The Kingsman is very few now, his mentor Harry (Colin Firth) is supposedly dead and a new villain named Poppy (Julianne Moore) is rising as a cartel.  He finds help with the Statesmen, who are the Kingman’s American counterpart. Talented Jeff Bridges is their leader Channing Tatum is also part of the group but who stand out is Whiskey (Pedro Pascal, Game of Thrones) who can handle a gun and a laser whip with ease.  I do hope he receives more parts.  Before you watch the sequel watch the first movie over again for they do reference from the original.  The action is great along with the humor.  It is not as good as the first one but not bad either.

BLADE RUNNER 2049

DRAMA SCI-FI MYSTERY

PLOT:  The sequel to the cult classic.

               

                The year is 2049 and K (Ryan Gosling) is a Blade Runner officer which takes down old replicas (old cyborgs).  He finds out that Rick Detard (Harrison Ford) had a child with a replica, Rachel (Sean Young.) and assumed destroyed it.  Philip K Dick is the sci-fi writer of the original but the film is so bleak and somber is there hope for humans and replicas in the future.  The movie is not action-packed so don’t expect it.  It is slooow so fast-pace it is not.  It is either brilliant or boring.  You shouldn’t have to pay good money to find out.  If you like the first Blade Runner it is more of the same; if not don’t bother.