A Runaway HIT-Man...

A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 (Olyphant) is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. hired by a group known as "The Agency" to kill targets for cash.

I had no idea what this movie was about before going to see the advance screening last Monday. I was given the premiere tickets for this movie last Wednesday by a co-worker of mine working in the Promo dept and out of curiosity I searched for it online and found out what it was about courtesty of IMDB.

I've seen Timothy Olyphant in Live Free or Die Hard and formed a somewhat crush on him. He was charismatic in his role as the baddie for that movie. But I had my doubts when I read that he was headlining this movie that was actually based on a popular RPG game.

I don't know that background story of the game nor have I seen the game played (and after watching this action-packed movie I am more intrigued to play the blasted game!), so I went in not expecting anything.

And good thing I did that.

I don't know about the game's avid fans, but I think the way this movie was presented was...well, it was delivered good. It didn't miss out all the necessary action required for a movie of such calibre -- especially if it was based off a pretty R-rated video game. Although I was left questioning some of the unanswered circumstances in the movie (like why he became a target instead of the one hired to target someone else and what was the place he was taken to when he was a boy), it was still a worthwhile hour and a half ride.

Oh, and did I tell you that if you ain't got no tolerance for uber violence to watch out 'coz this movie's oozing with...uhm...well, violence. -LoL-

Georgia Rules...Mr. Fix It... :::snores:::

Don't get me wrong. This movie was packed with awesome three-generation of fine actresses, and even though the story line was interesting, the way it was delivered was just...uhm...hmmm...how do I describe it????

It was just lacking, you know?

I'm a Garry Marshall fan, but I'm used to watching movies he's done that were along the Pretty Woman caliber, ya know what I'm saying?

It was sweet. It was charming. It was funny. It was...well, okay, there was drama inserted in Pretty Woman as well as The Princess Diary movies, but those movies were just moving at a steady pace -- I didn't get to the point where I just want one scene to end so quickly because I was already bored with it!

I am not completely thrashing this movie. There were quite a few and memorable lines that I wish I'd be able to use in the very near future, but honestly, I felt like the movie was three hours long!!!! (it was only two hours, I believe, or not even).

Aaaahhhh Angel...er, Seeley Booth...err, David Boreanaz...

HE is one hunka-piece--a-meat that I wouldn't mind watching for three hours or more! But sadly, this (IMO) straight-t0-DVD movie of his was a bore. -pouts-

The plot was interesting. Typical, yes, but interesting nevertheless as far as I was concerned. And while browsing Blockbuster last night I was in the mood for some chick flick, ya know? And Mr. Fix It sounded like a good romantic-comedy movie.

* W * R * O * N * G * ! * ! * ! * ! *

I've only seen like the first 5 minutes of it and I already reached for the STOP button and put in a different DVD in the player.

It was that cheesy watching the first few minutes. It was ridiculous how the director showed exactly what kinda Casanova David's character was, and how he pines to race his old race car clunker and yadi yadi yada.

I'd settle for Georgia Rules any time over Mr. Fix It!

a Perfect BOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEEE

I am a fan of Bruce Willis when he did his Die Hard movies. And I am a Halle Berry fan when she did the X-Men movies and when she appeared in Swordfish opposite Hugh Jackman and John Travolta.

But seeing them together in this movie...OK, I have to admit there was this one scene with Bruce Willis in it; he went in to this office where Halle's character was busy setting up stuff and he was dressed down in jeans and a casual top and...man, did he ever look hot in that scene! -LoL- Not bad for a man pushing 50, eh? Or he is in his fifties already?!

Anyway, other than that "highlight" of the movie, IMO, the rest of it was just a DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG. I swear it was so slow-paced no wonder it tanked at the box office! And according to one of the peeps I watched it with, if it hadn't been for the big names tacked on as stars of this poor excuse for a psycho-thriller movie, it wouldn't have been picked up and shown in theaters! It was that bad. I mean, half the time I spent it lost and confused as to what the hell was happening, but when it all finally made sense to me...well, let's just say that it was a waste of my two hours.

Good thing I saw it for free. No, wait, my sis-in-law ordered it on PPV. -LoL- But paying $5+tax as opposed to $13 at the theater, it was aight.

Spice It Up!

Oh wow...I'm a fan of Aishwarya Rai ever since I saw her opposite Martin Henderson in Bride & Prejudice. And when I found out that she had another movie starring opposite another fave actor of mine, I wanted to get my hands on it.

The Mistress of Spices was released in 2005 and starred Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott. Now I don't know if this movie was released in theaters or if it was an indie movie that was released in selected theaters only, BUT it took me 2 years before I finally watched it!

The movie was kinda draggy, I admit, but regardless of how draggy it was, I couldn't seem to pry myself away from the TV screen (I rented the movie at Blockbuster as soon as I saw it available!).

Now I know it's a fantasy-like story, but somehow I couldn't help myself from relating to the lead character, Tilo (played by Rai). She was a woman who grew up following tradition, and bound by the same tradition that kept her from experiencing life outside what she was shown. Of course there were rules, sacrilegious rules that once broken, certain doom awaits.

The movie's lesson behind the whole thing was well understood by yours truly. In the end I couldn't help but smile and believe that I can have the best of both worlds. Tilo wanted her spices and Doug (played by McDermott), but before she could live her fairy tale romance with the man of her life, she must be put through a test before handing her the end result.

30 Days of...

OK, I am no fan of those horror/suspense/gore-filled movies, but since I got a free movie pass for the premiere this evening and it starred Josh Hartnett, I figured I'd give it a try.

Well, all I can say is 30 Days of Night is one movie that I ain't going to waste paying thirteen bucks for! As soon as the opening scene unfold something in my gut told me this would be one of 'em movies where it would be slow paced and just...well, okay, so I am into vampires, but jeezums! The vampires I had in mind are the likes of Angel, Spike, and Louis -- I didn't want anybody looking like the Master from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!!!!

I have to admit that out of those hottie heartthrobs that emerged in the early 2000s, Josh Hartnett was one of 'em fine actors who can do comedy, drama and action and...hey, he's got good facial expressions! Except I didn't like him much in Hollywood Homicide 'coz I don't think he was given any justice there when he took on the role as one of the two cops in that movie.

Anyway, I digress.

The movie, overall, was quite predictable. Some scenes already spoke volumes on who was going to die next, but it was prolongued to another scene. And the sacrifice Evan made was...well, really, it was their only way out of that mess. But the final 'battle' scene between Eben and the head of the vampire coven that took over a northern small town in Alaska was...well, the ending was very anti-climactic!

Now the ending scene leaves audience (at least I was) wondering what Stella, Eben's strange wife, would do after the events of the night before the first sun rise in 30 days.

Suffice to say, this was a complete waste of two hours and thirty-five minutes of my life. BUT (and my sis and two other companion who went with me to watch the movie) agreed that this movie at least had a steady plot line; it had a STORY unlike the other scare-the-pants-off-you gorefest movies shown recently.