Hangover Part 2

Two years after the batchelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug travel to Thailand for Stu's wedding where Stu decides to play it safe by having a very low key pre-wedding brunch. But as usual, things don't go as planned.

Film making at its laziest. Make a good movie and follow it with a sequel that has almost the same story (they just lose a different guy) and set it in a different location. It had the potential to be hilarious but Bradley Cooper just looks pretty, Ed Helms over acts and Zach Galifianakis looks vacant. A huge disappointment.

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The A-Team

A group of war veterans framed for a crime they didn't commit, try to clear their names.

Great acting, especially by Sharlto Copley as Murdoch, but the movie felt old and tired and uninspiring. Like it had all been done before - which it had.
Franchise format:
1. Come up with basic plot that can be easily understood.
2. Pay a special effects company millions of dollars to come up with a big CGI filled battle scene.
3. Leave the ending ambiguous in case you want to do a sequel.

But, on the other hand, a fun film that you can go see with your mates or kids and don't have to follow intently.
So it isn't all bad. Just a bit boring....

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The International

Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan D.A Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) investigate one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities that include money laundering and arms dealing, their investigation takes them across the world as they try to bring to justice a bank that will stop at nothing to continue to finance terror.

You must watch this film if only for the gun battle in the Guggenheim museum in New York - awesome! We watched this film a couple of months back and it was so impressive (not) we can't remember anything about it apart from that massive shoot out. So hardly a memorable film, then?

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

A remake of a 1951 Sci-Fi movie. A sphere lands in Central Park in New York and Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) a representative of a group of aliens has come to assess whether humans can reverse the damage it has inflicted on planet earth.

This is a perfect role for Keanu Reeves as he has to play someone who does not have any emotion. Our favourite line in the movie is when Klaatu is asked by the Secretary of Defence (Kathy Bates) why he has come to their planet. Klaatu replies "Your planet?" Keanu Reeves says it with such detachment it's actually funny. An okay movie. But no wow factor.

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) the son of mummy fighters Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evy (Maria Bello) O'Connell unearth the first Emperor of Qin with disasterous results.

You can't take a film like this seriously and you can't compare it to any other, because this is not what the film is about. It is simply a good 'ol family movie with great stunts. But we have to take issue with two things. Firstly, Rachel Weisz isn't in it and we missed her quirky take on the character. Maria Bello didn't bring anything to the movie. Secondly, c'mon now you casting people, are you serious? You cast Luke Ford as Brendan Fraser's son when in real life Luke is only thirteen years younger. The first thing we said when the movie started was that he looked way too old to play the son and that was a little distracting.

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The Forbidden Kingdom

After getting knocked out during a fight, a Kung Fu obsessed American teenager Jason Tripitikas (Michael Angarano) wakes up in ancient China where he meets Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and sets about freeing the Monkey King (Jet Li).

The Forbidden Kingdom unites two of the most well known Kung Fu masters in an epic trip across China. More Hollywood family fun than martial arts masterpiece this movie knew wanted it wanted to be. But it's a shame it didn't go down the Crouching Tiger or House of Flying Daggers route because it would have been amazing. Oh, and by the way, after spending five minutes in China, Jason miraculously grew a ponytail...how?

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