Rambo

Starring Sylvester Stallone who also produces, writes and directs this sequel to the Rambo series with a cut straight to the point and come full circle story with lots of gore.

Gore… brought on by lots of bullets, knives and arrows. Then he goes home to Arizona. (shrugging shoulders)

This movie wasn’t that bad actually, for a Sly Stallone production and directorial effort. The speed and execution of the action scenes were pretty well done, very graphic and hard core, but left very little to “feel” for, however; with exception to the ending of John Rambo finally going home.

A solid rent, but not worth more than one viewing.

Burn After Reading

Cohen Brothers go back to comedy (sorta), with this “mespionagerie” (Espionage with menagerie. Yeah, I’m coining words .)

Hmm… it wasn’t very good, surprisingly- being that the Cohen bros did this. The story was bland, the effort to make it funny missed the mark and seemed utterly pointless (somewhat of a trademark of the two anyways).

This one is not a good rent, wait for it on Cable if you have premium access. But, if you’re into the Cohen’s and Brad Pitt… by all means do what you want.

Righteous Kill

Robert Deniro and Al Pacino put on a showing like only elderly could do and try to remain “bad ass”, and missing it by oh so much… with exception to Deniro. He still has a tough guy personality and aura about him. Pacino seemed too old and just out of touch with machismo these days.

This seemed like a “make up” for Deniro to play the part of the good guy from the Heat film they starred in, with him being the bad guy and dying… the ole’ switcharoo.

Predictable plot and twist, and it was a horrible script at that.

Not for purchase or rent. Avoid wasting your money on it. Watch it when it comes out on FX Channel. heh.

Step Brothers

Apatow company, Will Farrell and John C. Reilly bring you this piece of crap without a funny part in the movie… well, there’s one part that is funny dealing with Will’s characters brother visiting and his wife coming on to Reilly’s character… that was the only part in the movie that made me laugh. Then I shut it off shortly after because it was horrible.

Avoid at all costs in any form.

Highway To Hell

Wha? Never heard of this one before?? Hell, it’s not even listed as one of Kristie Swanson’s filmography, so maybe it was horrible to everyone all those years ago.

Satan wants this dude’s GF and he goes to get her, but he has to cruise around Hell to find her, and well, it’s all kinds of silly horror.

A solid watch, due to the silliness and look of the film, but it’s not a rent or buy. Doubt you’ll find it anywhere anyway.

It was on Chiller Network, one of the only reasons I watch that network is for a movie I may want to see and haven’t before (mostly Stephen King stuff), but mostly it’s for the reruns of Millennium.

I highly recommend Millennium if you’ve never seen the series on Fox during the 90s.

Well, that’s it for this 5 movies in a week review post… and 1 recommendation on Chiller Network.

Till next week (Watchmen review coming )

The Wrestler

Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei star in this “behind the scenes” look into the life of a professional wrestler. “The Ram” has his life followed as he goes through hardship and physical disability.

With this film being directed by Darren Aronofsky, you can expect a more unorthodox perspective that is heavy on the film grain. With previous films including Pi and Requiem for a Dream, the expectations were high and it really didn’t fail all in all.

A solid rental, with good acting and a dramatic story telling. Not Aronofsky’s best film to date unless you enjoy this film enough to watch it twice, once should be plenty.

Igor

MGM created this drab computer animated film, and it can easily be set apart from Pixar considering it was pretty much bad. With John Cusack and Jay Leno doing the voice overs, Igor is for the most part unentertaining and can’t be compared to some of the better Computer Generated films available.

It lacks quality and personality, and visually it just isn’t that interesting. A rental maybe, but i’d wait for the television release if it makes it that far.

Fans of “Finding Nemo” and “Kung Fu Panda” should stick with your Pixar roots, MGM really doesn’t deliver on this one.

Pineapple Express

A stoned Seth Rogan witnesses a murder while puffing on a spliff of the rarest strain of pot in the world. Burnout friend joins him in a mindless and idiotic journey running from drug dealers.

It’s been done, and done better, it has it’s moments but approaching this one with a clear head should be avoided. You know that film that just tries too hard to be funny? Yeah, this one goes in that ballpark.

Might be a decent “Party Movie” but nothing that you are really gonna enjoy if you want a good comedy. Rental at best if Half Baked is in your dvd collection.

Paul Blart Mall Cop

You know that film that just tries too hard to be funny? See reference above, this IS that film. Paul Blart is a security officer that takes his job too seriously and is forced into rescuing five hostages once the mall is taken over that all happen to be a part of his everyday life.

It’s not funny, in fact I didn’t laugh once during the entire thing. I think I was more entertained with Zoolander, and that’s saying A LOT. Downright horrible, should not be viewed by anyone. Ever.

If you see it in the video store, redirect your eyes to the “O” section.

Bedtime Stories

Adam Sandler stars in this movie about his life as a hotel handyman trying to run the hotel himself as promised during childhood by the owner. He is called on to babysit his sister’s kids that he hasn’t seen in years for a week, remembering his father’s bedtime stories, he begins to tell tales that become reality.

I for the most part like Adam Sandler, and this one falls in the middle somewhere. It’s not as good as “Happy Gilmore”, but it’s not as bad as “Don’t Mess With The Zohan”. An imaginative film that is probably aimed more towards the younger audience.

Worth a rental, maybe even a purchase at a discounted price. It will entertain you more than most of the recent “Comedies” that have released.