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A Decidedly Average Sequel To A Decidedly Average Film

Advantages: Entertaining
Disadvantages: Not quite as good as the first

...of the Tomb Raider films, Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) is put on a case by M15 to track down Pandora’s Box. If opened it will supposedly release a deadly plague, possibly causing the deaths of millions of people around the world. To find where Pandora’s Box is hidden Lara must get her hands on The Cradle Of Life. Lara must travel all over the globe to find The Cradle Of Life which will act as a map, leading her to Pandora’s Box in order to stop crime ...
...On her quest, Lara enlists former lover Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler) who is currently serving time in prison. She desperately needs his help and expertise to track down The Cradle Of Life however has been given permission to kill him at any given moment if he shows any signs of turning against her on M15. Will the two be able to work together professionally or will an old flame be rekindled? This film is merely a run of the mill sequel to a run ...

Great_reviewer07 09.09.2009 · Read full review
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Mr and Mrs Pitt

Advantages: Exciting scenes
Disadvantages: Weak script

This Doug Liman film, Mr and Mrs Smith, received a lot of press on its release in 2005, thanks to the close relationship between the two lead stars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Mr and Mrs Smith is about a married couple, John (Brad Pitt) and Jane (Angelina Jolie), who are dissatisfied with their unexciting marriage and are attending marriage counselling. However they are both trained assassins, which they keep secret from each other. Things get ...
...Danz (Adam Brody), to kill and end up failing to kill the target in the confusion. Their respective employers decide that they should take the other out as payback for the botched job. What follows is a battle of wills as the couple enter a deadly battle as they try to eliminate the other and in the process learn more about the other. This is an interesting film that is action-packed and has some amazing fight scenes, but I felt let down by the ...

mozzie76 26.10.2009 · Read full review
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Rush Hour 3 Review

Advantages: Funny, good family comedy
Disadvantages: None

...only slightly off the second Rush Hour. Lee and Carter end up going to paris in search of a list of names. When Lee encounters his Brother on 'The other side of the law' this causes massive complications for the partenership when they head off to France to find the Triads. The two run into trouble at a local martial arts school while trying to access Soo Youngs locker and are denied this priveledge by a very big problem and stopping force. This is ...
...would stongly recommend purchasing this movie but also purchasing the box set of the trilogy as all of the Rush Hour Movies are brilliant and are good fun for all of the family. Even if you cant buy this movie rent it because you need to see it! ...

antbaker123 09.08.2009 · Read full review
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Kill Bill Vol. 2 - can it cut it?

Advantages: Amazing music, sharp script
Disadvantages: Last third drags on a bit

Kill Bill Vol. 2 is the concluding installment of the Kill Bill saga. In this one the Bride (Uma Thurman) continues her vengeance against her ex-boss, Bill, and the two remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad; his younger brother Budd, and Bill's latest flame Elle. The first one had more of an eastern feel, this one is more like a western. So it's dusty, dirty and sweaty. Again Tarantino enlists the help of Ennio Morricone, the ...
...legendary. His music is masterful, the lone trumpets in his compositions invoking a sense of isolation and the wild west, which is exactly the tone this film needs. The acting is good again, helped by a sharp script. The action scenes are fewer and far between than the first one but equally as impressive. Again during the fight scenes the music is kept to a minimum (if there is any at all) so you can hear every time the blade swooshes past the camera ...

Walter_Kovacs 19.12.2008 · Read full review
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Not quite 'Heat', but not entirely cold!

Advantages: slick action film, clever in parts
Disadvantages: not so clever in the other parts

Swordfish is a hard action / thriller starring John Travolta as Gabriel Shear and Hugh Jackman as Stanley Jobson. The film depicts the story of Stanley, a top computer hacker who is soon brought under the wing of Gabriel, a violent and ruthless crime lord and not before long he is sucked into a world where he can no longer control the events that are unfolding around him. This film features a strong supporting cast including Don Cheadle as an FBI ...
...plays a simple brained hard man for a change and Sam Shepherd as a US Senator. I really liked this film a few years ago when it came out (2001) but it didn't do too well at cinema, partially because it was one of the terrorist based films that were pulled from screens after 9/11. However, I watched it again the other day and despite it still being pretty entertaining, I found it pretty laughable in some sections. Gabriel played by John Travolta plays ...

jamiebecks 16.06.2009 · Read full review
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