Friday, August 26, 2016

Mechanic Resurrection

Arthur Bishop is forced to return to the life of a 'mechanic' (read:assassin) due to a fateful turn of events and is forced to commit high profile assassinations. Well this is a Jason Statham movie with lots of action packed into an hour and a half so you neither get to delve into the nuances of the plot nor critique the movie. So grab a coffee, watch the movie, go home - shakalaka boom boom!

Sunday, August 21, 2016

War Dogs

The story of two guys from Florida who try and exploit the government procurement program for arms. They start off with small contracts until they land up with a 300 mil $ deal to supply ammo to Afghan rebels which lands them in all sorts of trouble. Recreation of a true life event, this is a must watch with Jonah Hill at his hilarious best with good support acting from Miles Teller. 

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Suicide Squad

A group of metahumans are corralled together by an intelligence officer to protect the world from destruction by an evil force that has awaken. The plot reminds us of an Avenger movie, but on steroids. That being a dampener, I would still recommend you watch this movie once, just for Margot Robbie's performance as Harley Quinn. It is near to impossible to surpass Jared Leto's performance in a psychotic role, but she did it and she did it sharing screen space with him! 

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Rustom

The story of a naval officer who comes back from a sortie and finds that his wife is having an affair with his friend and influential businessman and then proceeds to shoot the businessman dead. Is the plot limited to the adultery or is there something murkier going on behind the scenes. Go find out by booking tickets for this movie. Adapted from the Nanavati case which shocked the nation with the verdict as also resulting in discontinuation of the jury system in India, this one is a good watch. Though the court room proceedings border on the comical, Akki seems to extend his string of successes from Special 26 and Baby with this movie. 

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Jason Bourne

Bourne is forced to come out of his self imposed exile and on the radar of the CIA after his acquaintance Nicky Parson stumbles upon something revelatory in his past in the Agency archives. Though Matt Damon is at his best as the ruthless Bourne and Tommy Lee plays the Agency Director who tries to rope in the agent for fear of him exposing their black ops as he did earlier, the plot actually fails to surprise as it reminds us of the storyline of Bourne Ultimatum. So if you want a piece of the Bourne action go buy the tickets, else catch it on Netflix or so.