Films worth a watch.

[Kingy]

Remembered a few more I've watched recently ...

The Equalizer.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455944/

Quote:In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

Denzel does an EdwardWoodward ...
If you remember the TV series then you will know what to expect. This shows how the Equalizer starts. Nothing too much given away about his past so it leaves it wide open for a second film.
It's a decent enough watch. Solid acting, ok plot, unscrew brain and let it happen. 7/10

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A Walk Amongst the Tomb Stones

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365907/

Quote:Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some research and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once. And that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive.

I usually like Neesons film (with the exception of the mind numbingly boring Into the Grey) but this wasn't one of his best. It was ok in a bit of a 'meh' way and let down badly with it's finale. Reasonable watch but felt a bit pedestrian. 5.5/10

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Ride Along

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408253/

Quote:Security guard Ben must prove himself to his girlfriend's brother, top cop James. He rides along James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta.

Watched this with the kids. Def their sense of humour and assume they are the films target audience. I laughed accasionally but it was a bit crap to be honest. 4/10


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22 Jump Street

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294449/

Quote:After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

Shite. 1/10


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Nightcrawler.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718/

Quote:NIGHTCRAWLER is a thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling - where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Rene Russo as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Great acting and fast moving film. One that leaves you very unsatisfied purposely. Don't want to say much more as I don't want to spoil it but it's a very dark, at times voilent film with an anti-hero as lead who you just cannot warm to at all. Horrible man brilliantly acted by Gyllenhaal. 7.5/10

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Dying of the Light.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1274586/

Quote:Veteran CIA agent Evan Lake has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

I've enjoyed quite a few of Cages films on the quiet. He does occasionally make a shocker though. This film falls into that categorie. It's worse than shite. 94 minutes forever lost. 0/10.