Predators

a motley bunch of mercenaries,murderers and gangster find them self marooned in a strange jungle, slowly  they realize that this is not even there own world but a planet used by the aliens hunting them ,a game reserve and they r the game,after a couple of encounters they meet a strange human who has survived for quite sometime then they start there offensive and take the fight to the creatures,well what can i say i loved the original and there r a few scenes in this movie that r definite nods to that its well enough directed set pieces handled with style ,i also liked the score using the original music Adrien Brody makes a good action hero ,but it,s just never feels as exciting as it should be,better luck next time.

The Collector

Arkin A handyman works on a wealthy couples new family home on the out skirts of Detroit,the owner satisfied with his work gives him a little extra ,returning to his wife he gives her the money but she claims this is not enough to pay the loan sharks she owes,arkin seeks out an ex con he done time with to steal a large gem from the safe in the house,his friend reluctant at first gives him the go ahead once in the house arkin realises he is not alone there is another criminal at large who has turned the house into a giant death trap,now arkin must try to save himself and the family,wow not seen a horror for a while this reminded me of 80,s video nasty really grainy video for the most part dark and forebodingly shot i like the sound design as well as an interesting sound track especially the use of the bau haus track Bela loguis,s dead ,while this film is no Halloween or exorcist ,for blood gore jump scares and down right cringing in horror and simulated pain it offers more bang for your buck than most.

The Killer Inside Me

set in 50,s Texas this film is a tribute to that period ,the clothes, music and lifestyle perfectly framed with some beautiful photography,Casey affleck plays the softly spoken polite sheriff Lou ford who is every ones friend a chance encounter with a beautiful prostitute brings out his dark side although this quickly becomes love tinged with some s&m ,the 2 plot to extort money from one of her clients but Lou has other plans to with darker motives,this film has been controversial because of the violence towards women and i must admit that the scenes with Jessica Alba and affleck did make me turn away this was shocking ,but effective in showing how seriously deranged afflecks sheriff was,generally the whole cast give good performances ,affleck,Alba and Kate Hudson shine through but it was affleck softly spoken psychotic sheriff who steals the show,the film looses some momentum toward the end but never the less i found it very engaging and thought provoking.

The Losers

after being betrayed and left for dead by CIA kingpin max a black ops  team set out to even the score with a mysterious stranger the beautiful Aisha ,played by the easy on the eye Zoe saldana she gets the team back on American soil where they seek out the elusive max through a series of action set pieces, i must say going to see this film knowing it was based on a comic book i expected over the top action and while its not restrained at times it does feel mandatory,however the performances r what lifts the film Jeffery dean Morgans clay has charismatic presence as does Idris Elba Chris Evans supplies comic relief as the quipy tech guy,although i have to say i really enjoyed Jason Patric's sardonic deadpan max very dry and funny,all in good not great action flick good chemistry between the actors a sequel could capitalise on this.

sex and the city 2

oh dear where to begin? well it opens with Carrie and co,s 2 gay friends getting hitched in what can only be described as the most bizarre wedding ceremony from hell presided over by Liza Minnelli, who promptly goes into a song and dance routine looking like a weird living dead robotic version of herself,next the bawdy Samantha gets an all expenses free trip to abu Dubai whilst doing pr for a very rich sheik,this is basically a showcase for the girls to change outfits every five minutes ,there are some shades of the old show Carrie running into Aden,Miranda chucking her job,Charlotte getting the baby blues ,but its not enough the whole middle eastern section was like a "carry on" film very disappointing especially when you think back to the show which was ground breaking and liberating for women ,well written and witty which this film is not, i went with 2 female friends they hated it ! i actually dint mind it so much although it doesn't compare with the old show.

Robin Hood

Robin Hood unites director ridley Scott with favorite leading man Russell crowe ,the story kicks of in France with Richard the lion heart and troops coming back from the crusades doing battle with the french,at this point robin is a gifted archer in the kings army however robin and his friends fall foul of the king when Robin gives him his true opinion of the kings deeds,the are put in shackles briefly but the king is soon killed in battle ,robin and his friends seize the opportunity and escape,on the way back the come across a band of knights charged with returning the crown to England the knights are ambushed but robin and company repel the attackers and retrieve the crown ,a dying knight entrusts robin to return his sword to his father ,they return the crown to old Blighty and robin returns the sword,the father coaxes robin into pretending to be his son and husband to his daughter in law Marion.,its a nice reworking of the robin hood legend but definitely an origin tale as he doesn't really become robin of the hood until the very end,theres also a lot of cloak and dagger stuff with king John a pantomime Esq turn by Oscar Issac and mark strong as a french double agent adept performance all round but Cate blanchett is a wonderful Marion.

iron man 2

iron man2 ,well here it is the first big block buster of the summer,tony,s back picking up from where the last movie left of now the government wants Tony's suit and so does his closest rival Justin hammer played with style by sam Rockwell,also there is disgruntled Russian Anton vanko played by mickey Rourke who,s father part desgined Tony's arc reactor ,at a us senate hearing tony refuses to yield to the government and shames Justin hammer showing his failed attempts to emulate his technology, there follows an explosive set piece battle between stark and vanko at the grand prix in Monaco stark scrapes a victory,hammer see,s the opportunity in vanko breaks him from prison to work for him,well folks that's just the beginning iv read a couple of reviews saying this film was thin on plot i disagree i think it suffers from excessive plot,to many story lines jostling for to little screen time that said its not all bad Sam Rockwell gives a showboat performance, Scarlett johanssen is a kick ass shield agent,tony has a lot of quip,s and good lines maybe to many but i love downey jr,its a shame i had high expectations for this .