That Demon Within 魔警 (2014)

Wow. Pretty decent movie.

Script is actually solid.

Director Dante Lam does do good stuff.

A big budget (Hong Kong standard) psychological thriller.

I do disagree about how some parts were directed (I would have done the "reveal" differently)

I don't think that Daniel Wu have the acting chop as to handle the lead role...

Even with the two negatives I enjoyed the movie.

They even spend money of properly scoring the movie!!

Again, Hong Kong movies are showing potential again!!!

For that I am glad.

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jul 5 2014, 09:26 AM

55 Days at Peking (1963)

A beautifully transferred and remastered movie from the 1963.

Unfortunately, it is a story about The Boxer Revolution from the P.O.V of the Westerners...

They (Westerners) are the victim of circumstances and their presence in China at the turn of the 20th Century was for the the peace of the world...

This has the same sentiment as the last British Governor in Hong Kong in 1997, while living Hong Kong, made a statement about the Opium Wars, asking to world not to blame the British for producing and supplying Opium, but blame the Chinese Merchants who were selling it...

PURE FANTASY!!!

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jul 6 2014, 10:50 PM

Godzilla ~ Gojira (1954)

What all the fuss about this year's release of the latest and greatest Godzilla, I thought it would be a blast to to visit the original!!

I have to admit, apart from the Kurusawa stuff, Shogun and Kwaitan (1964), I really do not watch that much stuff from Japan.

The only actor I am familiar with is Takashi Shimura who plays Prof. Kyohei Yamane-hakase ((he played Kambei Shimada in Seven Samurai (1954)).

Only nine year after Japan was bombed by two nuclear bombs, Japan made this movie, obviously still fearful about nuclear fallout!!

They fear is epitomized by this mythological creature they call Gojira, who is irradiated and breathe nuclear breath!!

Look, remember this is 1954, LOW budget and special effects = man in a monster rubber suits and miniature buildings, boats and planes.

They even have an eccentric inventor who builds the "ultimate" weapon!!

I actually enjoy this much much more compared to this year's version!!

My Two Sen

Airplane vs Volcano (2014)

A tiny movie company call The Asylum made this movie. It was shot in 5 days with a non existing budget.

You know what is shocking about this movie, Dean Cain and Robin Givens are in it!!

I suppose EVERYBODY has to eat...

Okay this movie is TERRIBLE. Directed by The Kondelik Brothers (James Kondelik & Jon Kondelik).

Why am I emphasizing this?

Remember New Line was a tiny movie company in the 80s!!

They have since made 3 LOTR movies and 3 Hobbit movies with box office receipts in the billions!!

What I do appreciate about this company is that the people in it, genuinely love making movies, and I think that is an important ingredient!!

Give them a few years. Who knows with a little bit of luck and the correct script, maybe they can make something great in the future. Now, looks like they make filler stuff for the SyFy channel...

My Two Sen

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noah 2014... not sure if it is called spiritual or supernatural or...?

as a movie, it is alright with reasonable special effects and good dts audio. russell crowe and emma watson performances not bad, with glimpses of anthony hopkins. 3/5.

Yeah i gave it 3/5 too.

The best about this movie it includes theory of evolution, God , Angel and Prophets. A complete package of understanding for both theist and atheist alike.

Recommend to watch.

Movie Title	Need for Speed (2014)
PQ	7/10
SQ	8.5/10
Story Line	5/10
Comment	As expected, the movie is more focus on car racing rather than story line, there's a lot the racing action scenes with pretty reasonable SQ

Movie Title	Taken (2008)
PQ	7/10
SQ	7/10
Story Line	9/10
Comment	-na-

This post has been edited by kevinlim001: Jul 15 2014, 03:52 PM

sabotage starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is an ok action movie with a watchable storyline

Haha sabotage and need 4 speed still great 4 the bluray collection. Those who like David Ayer works, can try training days with denzel Washington and ethan hawke classic crime realism story at its finest. Hahahaha.

End of Watch - best David Ayer movie yet so far. and i wonder how come he can do this great movie and make a crap show like Sabotage after that.

Sabotage - Best Arnold movie since his post political year but still...

Need 4 Speed - I actually enjoying it. to me Aaron Paul still can't really make it as leading guy. Every time i see him it still reminds me of Yo b**** !

3/5

appleseed alpha is 2014 cg motion capture movie, a prequel to appleseed beginning 2004 and appleseed ex-machina 2007.

a touch better than the previous two. enjoyed it, great cg, not excessive, very good dts audio. based on work of shirow masamune who also wrote ghost-in-the-shell movies and series. 3.5/5.

if you have not watched any appleseed or ghost-in-the-shell movies, try it. appleseed is more towards post-apocalyptic themes while ghost-in-the-shell dwells on futuristic crimes and terror. both franchises are considered excellent works in the syfy cyberpunk subgenre.



This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 18 2014, 11:44 PM

Nice

TQ will watch it..
Still have some more animation movie like Appleseed.... ?????

This post has been edited by Mickey C: Jul 25 2014, 02:29 PM

movies like appleseed... appleseed, 3 movies. if u like the genre, then ghost-in-the-shell is a must, also 3 movies. i actually like gits more. currently there is a 4-part miniseries gits: arise on-going of which 3 have been released. all these are available in 1080p.

then there is final fantasy... but there are only 2 real movies - advent children which i think is among the best japanese animation works, and holloywood's the spirits within.

and... if like shinobi-ninja stuff, try the naruto/shippuuden movies and series!



talking about cg/animation, i didn't find rio2 good. mr peabody and sherman is not bad. 3.5/5. the best one since lego movie - heartwarming, good for family watch.


This post has been edited by AVFAN: Jul 27 2014, 11:23 AM

The Raid 2: Berandal (2014).
Absolutely freaking amazing movie especially for its much lower than Hollywood standards budget. I'm just going to brand Iko Uwais as the Jason Statham of Jakarta.

u watched the first one, the raid: redemption yet?

better fighting scenes with more worthy opponents.

Yeah, I watched it 2 days ago before the part 2 & so not exactly today. Solid stunts and fight choreography. For both movies, whenever a fight comes on, every hit or counterattack made sense and I could feel the energy. My God, the brutality! I love movies like these, any recommendations?