Day: August 7, 2022

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Age of Heroes (2011) Movie Review

Director: Adrian Vitoria

Writer: Ed Scates, Adrian Vitoria (Screenplay)

Starring: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Aksel Hennie, Izabella Miko, James D’Arcy, William Houston, John Dagleish

Plot: The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming’s 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.


Tagline – The Were Britain’s Commando Elite.

Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Age of Heroes starts as World War II rages on, Steinar (Hennie) is recruited to help in the war, with him guiding Jones (Bean) to lead his group of commandos behind enemy lines, where lost soldier Rains (Dyer) will be put through the grinder to make it into the Commando unit.

One the mission the soldiers head to Norway where they will meet with their connection for the final piece of information as they look to win a major battle in the war.

Thoughts on Age of Heroes

Thoughts – Age of Heroes brings us the typical war time story, which will see a small group of soldiers needing to overcome the odds to defeat a group of ruthless Nazi soldiers that will help in the war effort. The military side of the training is everything we have seen before, while the mission itself doesn’t add anything original to the idea. The performances in this film are carried by Sean Bean, who is head and shoulders above most of the rest of the cast, with Danny Dyer struggling to look the part. This doesn’t end up changing an over used style of film, just being on of the more forgettable, without ending up being one of the offensive ones.

Final Thoughts – Age of Heroes is a simple war time action film.

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ABC Film Challenge – Romance – G – The Competition (2018) Movie Review

This is under G because of the Gena character in the film.

Director: Harvey Lowry

Writer: Kelsey Tucker (Screenplay)

Starring: Thora Birch, Chris Klein, Claire Coffee, David Blue, Gabrielle Stone, Jason Tobias, Tiffany Fallon

Plot: The main character (Thora Birch) follows the “PIG Theory” and ends relationships after six months in order to avoid heartache until she meets a man (Chris Klein) who wants to disprove her theory.

Runtime: 1 Hour 43 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: The Competition starts when Calvin’s (Klein) boss Gena (Coffee) challenges him to help her sister Lauren (Birch) shake the pig theory, where relationships should end after 6 months before heartache.

The two do hit it off, while creating a competition between the two, showing that five of Calvin’s friends wouldn’t cheat with temptation around them, if they don’t, Lauren must give up the pig theory blog, if she loses, but if she wins, Calvin has to write a forward for her book.

Thoughts on The Competition

Thoughts – The Competition is a romantic comedy that will show how people have started to follow trends instead of following their hearts when it comes to love. This does put the competition as an early bonding moment in the relationship between the two, rather than holding it back as part of a game, which is could easily have become. It will show that you don’t always know the people you are closest too, with their actions in life either. The story will follow the generic formula, that was always only going to be going one direction, pushing to make Lauren change her mind about love, almost showing her to be the flawed person, without getting to the reason why she believes in this theory. Thora Birch and Chris Klein are both great in the leading roles, getting plenty of laughs along the way and it is great to see the pair back on the big screen.

Final Thoughts – The Competition is a by the book romantic comedy.

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Bullet Train Down (2022) Movie Review

Bullet Train Down – Movie Review

Bullet Train Down

Director: Brian Nowak

Writer: Alex Heerman (Screenplay)

Cast

  • Rashod Freelove
  • Ryan Youngwoong Kim
  • Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan)
  • Xander Bailey
  • Carolina Vargas
  • Lesley Grant

Plot: On its maiden run, the world’s fastest bullet train is rigged with a bomb that will explode if it dips below 200 mph.

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Bullet Train Down starts when genius creator Jack (Bailey) is seeing his first Bullet Train launched in America. As soon as the train sets off, Jack receives a call to demand money or the trigger-happy bomber will set off a bomb. The train can’t drop below 200mph or it will trigger too.

Former bomb disposal military man Kessler (Freelove) is on board and looks to work with Jack to solve the problem. FBI agent Scott Madison (Sizemore) is running an operation from outside. With the train running out of track, the race to dispose of the bomb and escape the train is on.

Verdict on Bullet Train Down

Bullet Train Down is an action thriller that sees a bullet train on its maiden voyage that comes under terror attack by a bomber. You can see a lot of this movie is borrowed from ‘Speed’ rather than the bigger budget ‘Bullet Train’.

The story itself is a simple concept that works well for creating the tension of needing to survive. Where the film can come off short, is lacking motivation for what is going on. There is also too much focus on the passengers who are doing next to nothing apart from waiting in carriages that have been made safe.

Final Thoughts –Bullet Train Down is a simple concept that helps cover up the low budget.