Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Pacific Rim 3D

Cast
Charlie Hunnam
Rinko Kikuchi
Idris Elba
Charlie Day
Burn Gorman
Clifton Collins Junior
Max Martini
Ron Perlman
Screenwriters
Travis Beacham
Guillermo del Toro
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Running Time
131 minutes

When monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse. [Warner Bros.]

Disappointing especially coming from del Toro. It's fun but the story and characters are too simple.

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

The Act of Killing

Director
Joshua Oppenheimer

A documentary in which former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass-killings in various cinematic genres.

Horrifying.

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

World War Z

Cast
Brad Pitt
Daniella Kertesz
David Morse
Elyes Gabel
Fana Mokoena
James Badge Dale
Ludi Boeken
Matthew Fox
Mireille Enos
Screenwriters
Damon Lindelof
Drew Goddard
J. Michael Straczynski
Matthew Michael Carnahan
Director 
Marc Forster
Running Time
110 minutes

A United Nations employee traverses the world to stop a Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.[Metacritic]

Strange in the way it avoided depicting Zombie fighting close-up and it lacked tension.