Posts Tagged ‘Explosion’

Red 2 2013

Director: Dean Parisot

3 out of 5

Pretty good fun, I preferred the first one.

 

Synopsis: Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

This Is the End 2013

Directors: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen

3 out of 5

It was very funny to see the actors playing themselves. Funny story too.

Synopsis: While attending a party at James Franco’s house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

Iron Man 3 2013

Director: Shane Black

5 out of 5

Great character acting, good action and lots of comedy moments.

 

Synopsis: When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

A Good Day to Die Hard 2013

Director: John Moore

4 out of 5

Great McClain action! Epic car chase!

 

Synopsis: John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.

The Hurt Locker 2008

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

4 out of 5

INTENSE! I loved it!

 

Synopsis: Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.

The Last Stand 2013

Director: Jee-woon Kim

3 out of 5

Far too much bad acting that didn’t involve Arnie. I’m sad to say I think Arnie is too old for this sort of film.

Synopsis: The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.

Transporter 3 2008

Director: Olivier Megaton

3 out of 5

Great car chases with an outrageous love story thrown in.

 

Synopsis: Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina’s safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.

Director: Sam Mendes

5 out of 5

Bond takes it Old-Skool – I loved it!

Synopsis: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

 

p.s. I watched this in IMAX – So Epic!

Director: Justin Lin

4 out of 5

I wasn’t expecting that much from this but it really pulled the series back, I do love a good car film!

 

Synopsis: Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.

Director: J.J. Abrams

5 out of 5

Loved the action, very good acting by the kids.