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Based on a true story, Pain & Gain follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida.
This movie is a tough one to review. The movie was really dumb since it was about a couple of complete bumbling idiots. It was pretty much like an out of control car wreck that just kept spinning over and over. However, because the acting of Mark Wahlberg, The Rock and Anthony Mackie as the three bumbling idiots was so well done - it made the movie very funny at times and entertaining throughout. Every part of my brain wanted to think that the movie was horrible, but the three actors kept making me laugh and wanting to see where it goes. I didn't think that The Rock could be more entertaining but pleying a dumb ass with a cocaine problem made him even more entertaining. The only thing that I wish could have been changed about this was the running time. It was a little over two hours long and this could have easily been 90 minutes long.
I don't know that I would recommend this movie to people. It's not a good movie. Its pretty silly and overall stupid, but at times I felt that it was so bad that it was good. And the three actors did a great job of being roided meatheads.
The latest installment of the Scary Movie franchise includes send ups of "Paranormal Activity," "Mama," "Sinister," "The Evil Dead," "Inception," "Black Swan" and pop culture featuring Ashley Tisdale, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Snoop Dogg, Katt Williams, Molly Shannon, Terry Crews, Simon Rex, Jerry O'Connell, Sarah Hyland, Katrina Bowden, Tyler Posey, Shad Moss aka Bow Wow, Kate Walsh, Heather Locklear, Mac Miller and Mike Tyson.
This movie was awful. I didn't laugh once. Hell, I didn't even smile. They really have to stop making these movies. Even the movies that they are parodying are totally unworthy or remotely memorable enough for anyone to care and for any of the jokes to stick.
I wouldn't recommend anyone wasting their time with this total garbage. Why do they keep making this crap!?!
Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack's mission is nearly complete.Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
Let me state for the record that this movie was visually awesome. The sci-fi future presented in this was very well designed. Unfortunately, that was pretty much it. The story was way to artsy at first and then became way too convuluted. Tom Cruise was very much miscast. And it was way too long. The futuristic world was set up easy enough that nowhere near that much time was needed to expand/develop it.
I wouldn't really recommend people checking this out. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't too good either even though the visual effects and the futuristic cinematography were great.
Luke (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) is in constant motion, a high-wire motorcycle stunt performer who travels from town to town with the carnival. Passing through Schenectady in upstate New York, he tries to reconnect with a former lover, Romina (Eva Mendes), only to learn that she has in his absence given birth to their son Jason. Luke resolves to forsake life on the road and to provide for his newfound family, taking a job as car mechanic with Robin (Ben Mendelsohn).
Robin soon discovers Luke’s special talents, and proposes to partner with him in a string of spectacular bank robberies.
But it is only a matter of time before Luke will run up against the law – which comes in the form of Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper). Avery is an ambitious rookie cop navigating a local police department ruled by the menacingly corrupt detective Deluca (Ray Liotta). When Avery, just beginning to balance his profession and his family life with wife Jennifer (Rose Byrne) and their infant son AJ, confronts Luke, the full consequences will reverberate into the next generation. It is then that the two sons, Jason (Dane DeHaan) and AJ (Emory Cohen), must face their fateful, shared legacy.
This was a very well done movie. Great acting. Great storytelling. Very well developed characters and drama. Now that I've given all the positives, there were two things that hurt this movie for me. One was that it was waaaaaay too long. I realize that the multilayered story needed to play out but I was shocked when it was almost 10pm when the 7:15pm showing I went to ended. The other thing was that you had Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper putting great performances in yet without giving away too much they were only on screen together for like 30 seconds. I wish there could have been more on screen time for these two great characters.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's excellent storytelling on many levels/layers. Just be warned that it is a pretty long movie.
Hero is a word we hear often in sports, but heroism is not always about achievements on the field of play. 42 tells the story of two men—the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey—whose brave stand against prejudice forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball. In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) put himself at the forefront of history when he signed Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) to the team, breaking Major League Baseball's infamous color line. But the deal also put both Robinson and Rickey in the firing line of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and restraint by not reacting in kind, knowing that any incident could destroy his and Rickey's hopes. Instead, Number 42 let his talent on the field do the talking—ultimately winning over fans and his teammates, silencing his critics, and paving the way for others to follow.
This was a truly great movie. Sure, you know the story going in. You know it will be about Jackie Robinson's struggle against racism. Yet, it's done in such a way that you are so uncomfortable watching the tough racism scenes and develop an actual hatred for the actors/characters displaying it. You also get that awesome feeling of joy when he succeeds. The real surprise of the movie is the spectacular performance of Harrison Ford as the owner of the Dodgers. This was seriously his best performance in years and you cant help but love the wisdom and strength that the character played behind the scenes of Jackie Robinson.
I fully recommend that everyone take the time to watch this movie. It was amazingly done and did absolute justice to such an important part of sports history.
After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent is given one last chance to prove he still has what it takes to do his job. His new assignment: guarding Katherine, a code operator at a top-secret remote CIA "Numbers Station" where encrypted messages are sent and received. When an elite team of heavily armed assailants lays siege to the station, Emerson and Katherine suddenly find themselves in a life-or-death struggle against an unknown enemy. With the station compromised and innocent lives at stake, they must stop the deadly plot before it's too late.
This was a pretty decent watch simply because I like John Cusack. It was a pretty simple government conspiracy movie that didn't have a bunch of bla-bla-bla build up. The movie was barely 90 minutes long and was paced well enough to not lose the viewer.
I would somewhat recommend people checking this out. It's not a must see by any means but it wasn't a bad movie. Again, I'm somewhat biased because I've always been a huge John Cusack fan.
In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.
This was probably one of the most terrifying trailers I have seen in theaters for a very long time. I had to look away during the trailer so I was terrified about seeing the actual movie. Luckily, the movie wasn't so much scary as I would have nightmares but the level of gore was beyond crazy. I had to look down at the floor numerous times because I couldn't watch what was happening. The story was kept simple just like the original and the build up was definitely tight enough that this just ended up being a hell of a gory ride for anyone who likes these types of movies. I'm definitely one of them.
I would absolutely recommend this movie to horror fans. Just be warned that it is insanely gory. It was bad back in 1981 but with all the advancements made in the film industry and what not - this one was that much more difficult to stomach.
An exploration of the intrigue and perils of infidelity, Tyler Perry's Temptation is a compelling love story that dives straight into the heart of obsessive passion. “It's about a woman who starts to get restless in her relationship and her choice to be with another man has a huge effect on the rest of her life," explains screenwriter/producer/director Tyler Perry. "She goes on a journey – in her career and in her marriage – and she ends up in a very different place than she expected." In a departure from his previous dramas, this explosive film finds Perry exploring the nature of desire – and just how powerful and dangerous a taste of the forbidden can be. "This is definitely one of the most provocative movies – sexually and otherwise – that I've made," says the director. "There are a lot of people who struggle in their relationships. They make bad choices about their marriages. They get divorced. And so many of them don't step out of their situation and really think about the consequences of what they're doing. This movie asks, 'Are you sure you want to do this?’ It sends up a flag."
This was pretty much another textbook Tyler Perry movie without Madea. It's great character drama where the small group of characters are very well developed and you are interested in where they will go based on their decisions/actions. For awhile it was actually less melodramatic than most of his other fare without any major incidents that the characters had to deal with but then it kind of ended up going that way anywho.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has liked Tyler Perry's previous movies like this. It's different in that its mostly about desire and thinking the grass is greener on the other side instead of the usual rising above/redemption kind of stuff.
What if everything you love was taken from you in the blink of an eye? The Host is the next love story from the creator of the "Twilight Saga," worldwide bestselling author, Stephenie Meyer. When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about - Jared (Max Irons), Ian (Jake Abel), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (William Hurt), proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.
I had read this book and expected it to be very difficult to translate to the screen. I was pretty much right. They sped through the first third of the book that established the world that the movie was based in with a quickened narrative play by play. The biggest part of the story was that the "host" was still awake in the alien's new body and talked to her inside their shared head. The voiced over host communicating was lamely done and awkwardly over dramatic. The movie is still watchable but nowhere near as it could have been if they would have emphasized the sci-fi part of it instead of the fluffy lovey/dovey stuff.
I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. It's not a bad watch but you kind of are better off reading the book prior to seeing the movie for background knowledge. But the book is better and makes the movie somewhat disappointing.
Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there's still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act—both onstage and off—if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.
Wow! This movie was really lame. I mean - I didn't really expect much but got even less. When I first heard about Carell and Carrey playing rival magicians I naturally got excited. But in total honesty, I didn't laugh once the whole movie. I might have smiled once or twice but that was really it. How has Jim Carrey become so unfunny?
I wouldn't recommend anyone waste their time with this movie. It's pretty much garbage and a total waste of time.
