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When millionaire hedge fund manager James (Will Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order. Desperate, he turns to Darnell (Kevin Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars. But despite James’ one-percenter assumptions, Darnell is a hard-working small business owner who has never received a parking ticket, let alone been to prison. Together, the two men do whatever it takes for James to “get hard” and, in the process, discover how wrong they were about a lot of things – including each other.
You have to go into a movie like this with pretty simple expectations. It's a bunch of simple jokes and will probably run a little bit longer than it should since it's more of a SNL skit than a full length movie. And that's exactly what you get. There were a couple of really good laughs but not nearly enough to warrant the whole story. Plus they did the obligatory storyline putting some heart into it that usually tones down the laughs.
I would still somewhat recommend people checking this out. The two leads are funny and play very well off of each other. Just don't expect the funniest movie of all time and you should be happy with the end product.
An adaptation of Jean-Patrick Manchette's "The Prone Gunman." Sean Penn stars as Jim Terrier, an international operative who is betrayed by the organization he worked for, and must go on the run in a relentless game of cat and mouse across Europe.
This movie was a really good watch. How did this not get a wider a better promoted release? Sean Penn was great in the Liam Nesson Taken-ish role and Javier Bardem is awesome in anything he does. The fight scenes were great and they would go from 0 to 60 so fast. There might have been a little too much dramatic talky talky at times but it was still enjoyable.
I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out. It's a good action movie. Unfortunately it was in and out of theaters pretty fast after minimal advertising.
In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. But now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind.
Neil Bloomkamp is becoming one of my more favorite directors. District 9 was awesome. Elysium was great. I had high expectations for this movie and tried to not get too excited out of fear of it ruining the movie for me. But it still delivered. The story was great and managed put a lot of heart into an action/sci-fi movie and there were a ton of laughs. One could break it down and say this was an updated version of Short Circuit and that is somewhat accurate, but this is nowhere near as kid friendly.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's a fun ride and a well developed story. Only complaint is the level of weirdness with everyone's hair. What is that all about?
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who's been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy's only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. But when Jimmy's estranged son, Mike (Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. With Mike on the run, Jimmy's only penance for his past mistakes may be to keep his son from the same fate Jimmy is certain he'll face himself…at the wrong end of a gun. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy just has one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
Let's call it like it is. This movie is basically Taken 4. Instead of a badass Ex-CIA or whatever he was in Taken, Liam Nesson is a drunken ex-hitman for the mob who will stop at nothing to protect his son. That being said, I liked this movie more than either of the Taken sequels. The cast was great all around, especially Ed Harris. The movie was a little longer than it had to be but it was still an enjoyable enough ride with good badass acting to keep you entertained.
I would recommend people checking this out. It was a good watch - especially if you like these kinds of movies.
Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Matthew Vaughn is so good at making fun action movies. Sure the violence and language tend to push these to being rated R but it's totally worth it. This is a movie made for teenage boys but done well enough that grown ups can appreciate the guilty pleasure that it is. Samuel L Jackson is at his over the top best. Colin Firth is surprisingly badass. The side characters are entertaining as hell. It was just a whole lot of over the top fun.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It was a lot of fun and almost Tarantinoesque with its witty banter and crazy violence.
A brilliant high school student and his friends uncover blueprints for a mysterious device with limitless potential, inadvertently putting lives in danger.
This is another one of those first camera high concept movies. I was excited about this one and all in all it was a decent watch. They did a good job of portraying the time travel with minimal amount of special effects. The characters played very well off each other and the story developed well. The only knocks I could make on this are that it took too long to really get going with the time traveling and that it become a little too centric on a teenager being in love. The movie was much bigger than that all along but shrunk itself down to be focused on that.
I would somewhat recommend this movie. It's a decent watch of a great premise but definitely could have been so much better.
Bianca (Mae Whitman) is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as ‘The DUFF’ (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends (Skyler Samuels & Bianca Santos). Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher (Ken Jeong), she puts aside the potential distraction of her crush, Toby (Nick Eversman), and enlists Wesley (Robbie Amell), a slick but charming jock, to help reinvent herself. To save her senior year from turning into a total disaster, Bianca must find the confidence to overthrow the school’s ruthless label maker Madison (Bella Thorne) and remind everyone that no matter what people look or act like, we are all someone’s DUFF.
This was a pretty cute movie. You know the story and it's been done so many times already but it was still enjoyable based on the lead and mostly her delivery of sarcasm and wit. You know very well how things are going to play out but you still can't help but root for the lead because she really is such a likable character.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's not a must see movie by any means but it is an enjoyable watch.
SpongeBob SquarePants, the world's favorite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet. Based on the series "SpongeBob Squarepants," created by Stephen Hillenburg.I'm not really sure that it is necessary for me to even bother reviewing this movie. Do you or your kids like the SpongeBob cartoon? If yes - then you will enjoy the movie because it's basically just three episodes of the cartoon put together. I've always liked the show and I enjoyed the movie. If you don't or have never watched - I would have no idea why you would be watching this movie.I would definitely recommend fans of the show checking this out. It's not too painful for adults going with their kids and honestly SpongeBob was always one of those things that the adults kind of enjoyed as much as the kids anyway.
Will Smith stars as Nicky, a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame--now an accomplished femme fatale--shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes racecar circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop... and the consummate con man off his game.
This was a pretty good movie. I absolutely loved the first half. It was very well paced. The intensity of the risks taken and the gambling was so well developed. They did a great job of developing the two lead characters and the supporting ones. Gears shifted a little bit about halfway through the movie and that slowed the pacing down a lot but the chemistry between the two leads kept you interested and the movie ultimately did play out well.
I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out. It's a very enjoyable ride even with the gear shift halfway through. Will Smith has still got it.
Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis star in Jupiter Ascending, an original science fiction epic adventure from filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski. Jupiter Jones (Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along—her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.
Let's start with the good about this movie. Visually, it was amazing. The action scenes looked great. There was also pretty good chemistry between Kunis and Tatum. Unfortunately, that was really it. The story was very forced and rushed even though it felt like a long ass movie. The rest of the acting was so grossly over the top as was all costume and set design. I know it's a sci-fi movie but it was still too much. And then there is the worst part of it. This movie had the most annoying score throughout. It was way too dominating and was not reflective of the scenes at all. It made it where walking down the street sounded like it was the grand finale.
I wouldn't recommend people wasting their time checking this out. As great as the action looks there really is nothing else of substance in this at aall.
