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G-Force

When I first heard of G-Force, I thought it was the 70s-80s cartoon, Battle Of The Planets, aka G-Force. So it was quite disappointing to find out this is actually a guinea pigs in Mission: Impossible.
But these rodents were pretty well engineered and looked real enough, and definitely cute enough. Yes, even the mole. But [...]

Filed under: Action and Adventure by delrondu - 23. September 2009, No Comments

Mongol

The early life of Genghis Khan. This picture boasted beautiful scenery and costumes that gave a sense of the nomadic lifestyle of that era.

But the story, however close to the truth, was a little dull. Much of the time we see Temudjin got captured, escaped, ran, captured again, and so on and so forth. It [...]

Filed under: Action and Drama by delrondu - 23. September 2009, No Comments

Haeundae

What’s typical about the story was its style like many other Korean movies, the first half was filled with humour before the drama and disaster set in. What’s typical was like many other Hollywood disaster movies, the story first focus on a few group of people and their individual stories first, before going into the [...]

Filed under: Action and Drama by delrondu - 23. September 2009, No Comments

The Taking Of Pelham 123

There’s a certain style, a swagger if you will, that is only Denzel Washington and John Travolta, but after so many years they have become their own style and you can be certain you will see that style in their movies. This can be a bad thing. No matter what role they play, they bring [...]

Filed under: Action and Thriller by delrondu - 14. September 2009, No Comments

G. I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

In a summer where most blockbuster movies were all glamorously flashy with pretentiously convoluted storylines like Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, G. I. Joe distanced itself slightly from the pack by being honest.

This was an action movie through and through. Audiences going for it expected it to entertain hard with action, [...]

Filed under: Action and Fantasy by delrondu - 1. September 2009, No Comments