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Havoc

DVDFriend — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:55 -0500

Rating: 3
Anne Hathaway's Revenge Movie!

This is Anne Hathaway lashing out at the world after doing 2 Princess Diary movies. She's the anti-disney in this one; nudity, cursing, language... it's as if she stood on a soap box and said "I am a princess no more! Look at my nakedness!" I was really close to shutting off Havoc after 2 minutes. The beginning was really obnoxious with all of the gangsta' talk. It stayed obnoxious through the whole movie, but fortunately more material came into play. Anne plays a rich girl. She and her friends get their jollies by getting involved with a gang. They get in a bit over their heads. The movie is dedicated to Jessica Kaplan. Some quick research revealed that she wrote the story, then died in a plane crash at the age of 24. Sad.

Bait

DVDFriend — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:10:21 -0500

Rating: 3
Mildly entertaining

I remember watching the commercial for this and there being a very funny line. I was looking forward to that line again, but either I didn't recognize it because it was no longer funny, or I wasn't paying attention. Anyway, it's ok. Jamie Foxx is kind of funny, but it gets old and he misses more than he hits. Aside from the humor, it's a decent movie with a decent plot. This is an ANTONINE FUQUA movie, which meant nothing to me at the time. But, since Training Day, it has meant something. What a great movie preceeded and followed by a bunch of crappy or mediocre movies. I quite liked TEARS OF THE SUN, but apparently I'm the minority there. Some friends recently bashed me for liking it. I've heard that his newest, BROOKLYN'S FINEST, is very good. Let's see if that holds up. SHOOTER is garbage.

Dead Pool, The

DVDFriend — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:47:12 -0500

Rating: 2
Negligible

Blood and Bone

DVDFriend — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:45:16 -0500

Rating: 4
My biggest problem with BLOOD AND BONE is that it ended

Within about a minute, I could tell I was going to really like BLOOD AND BONE. I almost posted something on facebook to that affect, but then thought I better hold off incase it took a nose dive. But it didn't. It's a really good action movie about underground fighting. Michael Jai White is the lead character. When he is released from prison, he gets a room a a half-way house. He then gets himself involved with the underground fighting circuit and starts to work his way up the ranks. He has an agenda, but you don't know what it is (unless you read the NETFLIX description) until later in the movie. It's atypical of a fight movie. He doesn't have to overcome insurmountable odds. He doesn't have to learn any special moves, or find an old kung-fu master, or having a training montage. In the heat of battle, he doesn't have inspirational flashbacks. He simply destroys everything in his path. Even in the climatic finale, where he meets and fights the top dog, it's not a big challenge. It's more of a challenge than other fights, but nothing out of his league. He spends a few minutes sizing the guy up, and then starts to take him apart piece by piece. The only thing different about this fight from the others is that it took longer, but it was never in question. I really enjoyed many little things. In the fore-mentioned big fight, they face off. Michael fakes a move towards the bad guy. The bad guy flinches. The bad guy then fakes a move towards Michael. Michael was a statue. Didn't fall for it. The plot isn't rocket science, but is sufficient. The fights are excellent, and the bad guy (not the fighting bad guy, the evil bastard bad guy) is sufficiently evil. The fights are simply amazing. I'm not sure why I'm giving it a 4 instead of a 5. There's something preventing it, just can't put my finger on it. But, I loved it. It has high rewatch value.

Fame (1980)

DVDFriend — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:31:43 -0500

Rating: 3
I don't have any nostalgia to fall back on

I thought FAME was ok. It didn't really do much for me. I see that the red-head kid moved on to become Jack Bauer's evil brother in 24. I didn't look around much more than that. It's probably a better movie than I give it credit for, it's just not my type of movie. The well known song from it is only played, briefly, during a ridiculous scene in which everyone comes running out of the building and starts dancing. I kept waiting for the famous dance scene with the girl, I think, dancing around a chair. When the movie ended and that scene never happened, I realized I was thinking of the wrong movie. Apparently that one is FLASH DANCE, which I haven't seen either. Maybe if I saw FAME as a kid and loved it, that would give it some kudos here, but I don't have that to fall back on.

Twilight: New Moon

Chris — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:26:10 -0500

Rating: 2
This is porn for 13 year old girls. Seriously put on a shirt, your going to catch a cold.

Soriority Row

Chris — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:58:44 -0500

Rating: 1
Rumor Willis, just cuz mommy and daddy are good actors, gives you no right to make films

Hack!

DVDFriend — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:02:43 -0500

Rating: 2
Eh.

It's just not good. The acting is awful. A bunch of high school kids go on an overnight field trip to an island to read up on film. You have the usual mix of people; jocks, hotties, exchange students, librarian type, flamboyant gay guy that dishes with the ladies... the usual suspects. Then people start dying. It's one of those hack and slash movies, just not a very good one. It's like a crappy version of Scream. The movie even makes fun of itself. But, that's not to say it's a complete waste of time. It got better as it went on to the point where it was almost entertaining. The couple that owned the house on the island was pretty funny. Every time someone dies, they say "not fair" in their dying breath. That's kind of amusing. If I had a camcorder and made this movie, I'd be proud of it. If I worked for a movie studio and they gave me money to make this movie, then I would not be proud of it. Good for some chuckles, but you'd be better of watching Scream.

Fight Night

DVDFriend — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:51:47 -0500

Rating: 4
All over the place

According to IMDB, the name of this movie is RIGGED. According to NET FLIX, it's FIGHT NIGHT. Now that I think about it... I didn't even notice what the DVD MENU said. This is a movie about a scummy promoter of an underground fighting circuit. He's not as scummy as some of the other scum, but he's not a good guy. He fixes (or "rigs") some of the fights for his own personal gang. One evening, as he's getting beat up again, he is saved by a girl fighter. She wrecks a guy that's 3 times her size. The guy thinks "hey, I can make some money off her". After some convincing, they go into business together, and she pretty much unbeatable. She ends up losing one fight under peculiar circumstances. It culminates with the ultimate showdown. I considered giving this movie a 4 because, especially towards the end, it's all over the place. Things don't go the way that I thought they were going to go. Parts of it are rough. There's a great scene with the girl returning to see her parents that's completely messed up. Heck, I'm giving it a 4. I just talked myself into it. For the most part, the fighting is believable. She is fast, and she hits hard. She doesn't block a lot. The potential unbelievability isn't due to man vs woman, but it's about those men against that woman. These are big guys, and she is not. When it comes to contact, it's simple physics, so they avoid contact. But, sometimes she does get hit and she recovers, which was unlikely. Some of the blocks were against punches that she wouldn't have been able to block. And, finally, there was one scene where I kept noticing her pulling her arm way back before swinging, and landing the punch anyway. It's as if she said "Ok, i'm winding up to belt you in the jaw! Are your ready? Are you ready? Almost there! Here it comes! Letting it loose" "Ok, go ahead! Hit me!".

The New Guy

DVDFriend — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:42:24 -0500

Rating: 2
Dissapointing

I always thought this might be one of those cool movies that I just kept missing out on, but it wasn't. I don't think I laughed more than a few times. I didn't enjoy it.

Black Dynamite

DVDFriend — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:02:18 -0500

Rating: 5
Remember the 70s? I don't.

BLACK DYANMITE is a 1970s black exploitation movie that was shot in 2008. I never pictured Michael Jai White as a comedic lead, although I think it's an ongoing crying shame that he's not the highest paid action star in hollywood. He does the comedy well. BLACK DYNAMITE is the lead character's name. When they flashback to his child hood, even his mother calls him Black Dynamite. Pretty much every scene in this movie pays homage to some other movie. But, I never saw any of those movies so could in no way appreciate that level of humor. But, I didn't need to. This is a great movie even if you don't have a Phd in film history. I laughed a lot, and I think it's one of those movies that will get funnier on each viewing. There's one guy in there that I briefly mistook for Wesley Snipes. Then, the commentary revealed the guy is Wesley's stunt double. There are a lot of cameo appearances of people I don't know, and some that I do. Arsenio Hall is in it, and I didn't recognize him. I recognized the guy from RENO 911, but I don't remember his name.... oh, wait, maybe I do... Cedric Yarborough? The movie is ridiculous. Mistakes that were made during filming are kept in there, and if you didn't know (via the commentary) it was a blooper, you'd think it's funny anyway. The trailer shows Black Dynamite being super cool under all circumstances. "What about the smile?" "I am smiling". For the most part, he is, but he does digress a couple times. The funniest scene in the movie is about one of the most absurd things I've ever seen in my life. I won't give any details, but when they finally put together what is going on and why... it's completely out of control and how they get from point A to point B is legendary dialog. Highly recommended.

Halo Legends

Chris — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:47:22 -0500

Rating: 3
Some cool stuff, but falls flat compared to its cousin the Animatrix as far as intriguing story telling

(500) Days of Summer

Chris — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:46:54 -0500

Rating: 5
This is the best sequal ever, way better than the original Day after Tomorrow

Passengers

DVDFriend — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:05:56 -0500

Rating: 3
Good movie with a great ending.

Anne Hathaway is a super smart grief counselor? Therapist? Psychologist? Not sure, exactly, but she has two Master degrees and Phd, so she's a professor of something-or-other. She's been living the cozy life with all her schooling and swell pieces of paper. But, she hasn't really been into the fire yet. Fortunately for her, a plane crashes killing most of the passengers, and she's given the task of counseling the survivors. In her talks, she hears inconsistencies in accounts of what happens, and she starts to think that there's a conspiracy. Maybe the crash didn't happen the way the air line said it happened. ** SPOILERS ** This is a good movie. I advise you to not read this until you see the movie. You can definitely tell that something is off through the whole thing. The trick is to figure out what. I thought I had it figured out, and I was in the right ballpark, but not exactly. (That doesn't mean the movie is genius, only that I am not). The last few minutes of the movie are very excellent. I was riding the wave of the end and was about to give this movie a 4, but then I remembered that the rest of the movie wasn't as good.

Hurt Locker

Chris — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:34:18 -0500

Rating: 5
Definitely a high quality film that didn't have to delve to deep to expose the horror pain and addiction of war.

100 Feet

DVDFriend — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:38:40 -0500

Rating: 3
I haven't been this pleased with a ghost movie since 1408.

This is a really good ghost movie. Famke Janssen is returning home after a prison sense that she earned by killing her husband, who was a cop. The husband used to beat on her; she filed multiple police reports and even filed for divorce, but no one would take her seriously. Finally, she found herself in a pinch and killed him. Apparently, just killing him wasn't enough. He's still hanging around in the form of a ghost, and the beating resume. They didn't try to get to fancy with this. They could've done things to lead you to think that she was just insane, not haunted, but they didn't bother. It's a ghost movie. There's a ghost. Of course, when she tries to report the ghost problem, she's met with disbelief. It's a good flick all the way through.

Whiteout

Chris — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:53:58 -0500

Rating: 3
So So, mixed in with the worst flash back sequences ever

Taking of Phelam 123

DVDFriend — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:03:51 -0500

Rating: 3
Acceptable quality Denzel film.

I had a theory about this movie since the first time I saw the commercial. As I watched the movie, I kept trying to justify how my theory could be correct despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Finally, I had to concede that my theory was in fact incorrect. But then, guess what happened! Nothing! My theory remained wrong. John Travolta went over the top with his character, as he often does when he plays the bad guy.

Saints and Soldiers

DVDFriend — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:01:24 -0500

Rating: 4
Very good low-budget WW 2 movie

I don't know if this was a major release, or a DTV, or what. But, in my opinion, the production value is very high although it still seems like a low budget film. This is a movie about a group of enemy soldiers that get stuck behind enemy lines. They come across a British chap that has a book full of intelligence goodies that simply must make it into allied hands. But, the chap, being British, has complicated the problem by assuring that the only one who can red said goodies is himself. A secondary story line establishes that, gee wiz, the german soldiers just aren't that bad. Sure, that Hitler guy is a jerk, but a lot of the soldiers are just people serving their country. Kudos. Good flick, especially if it's as low-budget as I think it is.

Rescue Me - Season 6

Chris — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:03:26 -0500

Rating: 5
Whoa

Food, Inc.

Chris — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:03:06 -0500

Rating: 5
Corporations are evil

Super Size Me

Chris — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:02:50 -0500

Rating: 5
McDonalds is Evil

Backwoods

DVDFriend — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:59:10 -0500

Rating: 3
Team Building is awesome

BACKWOODS is the story of some corporate dweebs that go on a team building retreat in what they thought was a state park. It turns out that a cult lives on the grounds on which our heroes wish to engage in paint-ball related tomfoolery, and as luck would have it, the cult isn't the nice type that kills themselves. No. They kill others. At first, I was afraid this was going to be one of those gory torture movies. It's not. It's violent, but it's not too bad. The opening credits gave me the impression that it was going to be disturbing. The only thing missing is the banjo music in the background.

Ong Bak 2

DVDFriend — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:19:32 -0500

Rating: 4
Fewer kneesand elbwos than is customaory for Mr. Jaa

There's a lot of fighting in ONG BAK 2, especially towards the end. At the beginning, I wasn't excessively impressed with the fights. It was a lot of strike-block-counter-strike. It was one thing after the other rather than a bunch of things happening at once. As the movie gets more insane, that goes away. I haven't seen ONG BAK in a long time, and I think I might be confusing it with THE PROTECTOR. If memory serves, though, ONG BAK 2 is more serious. It's all business. Ong Bak 2 is purchase worthy, but 3 comes out this year. I'll wait for the triple pack.

Count of Monte Cristo, The

DVDFriend — Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:29:00 -0500

Rating: 3
Count of Monte Cristo, The

Original Review: 2/10/2002 Very similar to The Mask of Zorro. I didn't have fond memories about this movie, and was surprised to see that I gave it a 4. I think that was probably an accident. It's a watchable movie, but not much more. Luis Guzman's man-crush is silly. Most of it's pretty tame and disneyish. It could've been a really great movie, but ends up being the Cristo version of the Three Musketeers. (Well, not that bad.)

Replacement Killers

DVDFriend — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:54:28 -0500

Rating: 3
Decent action movie, but nothing special.

Law Abiding Citizen

Chris — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:50:37 -0500

Rating: 4
Great intense movie, good acting and bad ass retribution

(500) Days of Summer

DVDFriend — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:45:05 -0500

Rating: 5
It's not a sequel to THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

This movie isn't about a weather calamity; it's about a woman named summer. This is an artsy-fartsy-not-a-love-story. It's one of those quaint independent films with lots of interesting cinematography and funny editting. Its quirky and thoroughly entertaining. This movie covers 500 days of a guy's relationship with a woman named summer. Why is the 500 in parentheses? I don't know. The movie bounces back and forth through out the days. Each time it jumps to a different day, the number scrolls up or down. We see the positive and negative extremes of how the relationship affects the guy. The funniest scene is when they were playing house at IKEA. Great flick. The director of this, Marc Webb, is moving on to bigger things. He's the director of the new spiderman movie.

"Just a Geek" by Wil Wheaton

Chris — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:15:11 -0500

Rating: 5
Great Inside scoop to the former Star Trek cast member, now struggling actor and geek phenomenon.

American Pie Presents - Band Camp

Chris — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:13:42 -0500

Rating: 3
Some funny parts, but complete American Pie all the way

Sex Drive

Chris — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:13:18 -0500

Rating: 4
Lil Raunchy but actually pretty funny

One Man's Justice

DVDFriend — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:44:05 -0500

Rating: 1
Brian Bosworth is here to chew gum and make crappy movies.

And he's all out of gum. Enough said. This is a very bad action movie in which Brian counts a lot.

12 Rounds

DVDFriend — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:33:05 -0500

Rating: 2
I already saw this in 1995. It was better then.

12 Rounds is never too good, but gets worse at the end. John Cena is a cop who finds himself in the crosshair of a criminal mastermind. The criminal master mind seeks vengeance for the death of his girlfriend. So, what better way to seek vengeance than to have John run around the city solving goofly little puzzles and saving lives? If you're thinking "kind of like DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE" then I think "yes you are correct". It's pretty much the same script. Not fun. Not entertaining. The only redeeming values is the presence of the esteemed Ashley Scott. In my opinion, should be in every movie ever made. Oh, by the way. John's actual character name is DANNY. I usually don't remember character names, but they said it about a thousand times, so it's hard to forget. I think they just said "Danny" a lot of instead of writing dialog.

Borderlands

Chris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:49:46 -0500

Rating: 5
There may be no story but this loot shooter is the best you will ever play.

Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

Chris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:49:01 -0500

Rating: 4
Another Humorous star wars adaption, this time of Empire Strikes Back

Sherlock Holmes

Chris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:48:32 -0500

Rating: 3
Fun movie, overall not very impressive.

Mass Effect 2

Chris — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:57:27 -0500

Rating: 5
Amazing, Review Forthcoming(Spoilers)

Planet Hulk

Chris — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:56:54 -0500

Rating: 5
Another Amazing Animated Marvel Feature, very close to the comic.

Pandorum

Chris — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:56:31 -0500

Rating: 4
A Pretty Cool Sci Fi Horror, very Event Horizon meets that movie about the Sun

Babylon A.D.

Chris — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:23:40 -0500

Rating: 2
The movie was going so so, until the most horrific, i just forgot to the film the last 20 minutes of the movie ending...

Sex and Death 101

dare2try — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:12:32 -0500

Rating: 4
Just plain old fun

I'm not sure what I enjoyed more, the fact that I got to see "The mentalist" in a whole new light, or the idea of it all, or maybe it was just the looks that I was getting from my girlfriend as I laughed at some of the scenes. Have to agree the end was a bit bizarre but none-the-less a very good movie in my book.

Visitor, The

DVDFriend — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:56:43 -0500

Rating: 3
Visitor, The

Sex and Death 101

DVDFriend — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:56:10 -0500

Rating: 4
Coolest "wow" movie I've seen in a while.

While not an excellent movie, there's plenty of freak in this movie to hold you're interest. It's a funny, twisted movie. The last 10 minutes are truly bizarre.

Book of Eli, The

DVDFriend — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:54:37 -0500

Rating: 5
Yes, Denzel, you're a tough guy. I get it.

Hurt Locker

DVDFriend — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:53:48 -0500

Rating: 5
The Joys of War

SAW VI

Chris — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:37:37 -0500

Rating: 2
They really should stop making these

Gamer

Chris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:53:26 -0500

Rating: 4
I know alot of people didn't think this was good, but I thought the ride was a blast.

Deliverance

Chris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:54:09 -0500

Rating: 3
It was ok i guess, but ughh yea could of done without

Timeline

Chris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:53:44 -0500

Rating: 3
Not to bad lol.

God of War II

Chris — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:48:16 -0500

Rating: 5
The Empire Strikes Back of the God of War trilogy.