DC Reviews: Hardwired

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Val Kilmer. Cuba Gooding Jr. A Sci-Fi Action Flick based around...uh...evil capitalism. Is it any good? The answer may surprise you.

Non-DTV Movie Night

So, over the last weekends I've actually managed to watch some regular, theater shown movies that are now on DVD. So, I figured I'd take a brief moment and give some opinions on them, trying to not spoil anything.

Predators
~ Adrian Brody playing the gruff sounding tough guy is unique to see but he pulls it off well.
~ Topher Grace and Walter Goggins's characters respectively shared the "Most Annoying Character" role.
~ Have to mention that Danny Trejo is here. He is what he is.
~ Enjoyed the look of the Predators.
~ The movie is really top heavy with it's profanity, the majority seeming to occur within the first 15 minutes.

In all, it's a time filling movie that has no real staying power. Kind of like Predator 2, but without Danny Glover being hardcore.

R.E.D.
~ I will never understand how the whole "stepping out of a moving vehicle while calmly pulling a gun" scene works...but it was cool.
~ John Malkovich is thirty-six different kinds of crazy in this movie. He reminds me of Burt Gummer from Tremors
~ John Malkovich is also the best thing about this movie.
~ Some stuff does fall flat.
~ I felt sorry for the Secret Service guys.

A goofy action comedy that pulls no punches in regards to gunning no-name lackeys down. It was okay at best to me until Malkovich appeared. His performance makes the movie a suggested viewing from me. "I'm getting the pig!"

And finally...

The A-Team
~ Quintin "Rampage" Jackson does a really good job despite being surrounded by much better actors.
~ Crazy action scenes.
~ Didn't really buy the villains...not sure if I was supposed to.
~ I think more people die in this movie than ever did on the actual show.
~ The after-the-credits scenes are fun.
~ I think I'm easy to entertain as long as you have a funny, crazy guy. Murdoch is good here.

If you take the time to think about things going on, you can pick them apart...but why would you? This is a mindlessly fun flick. I enjoyed watching it.


So...yeah...I liked all three. This was fun, huh?

DC Reviews: Circle

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Horror movie about a serial killer with an obsession for numbers escaping and returning home to find a batch of students studying his ;surroundings. Will it turn in a surprisingly good movie or leave me as frustrated as other films?

DC Reviews: Ticking Clock

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Cuba Gooding Jr's latest movie where-in his character makes choices that confuse the viewers, much like how Cuba has made career decisions that confuse his fans.

DC Reviews: Alone in the Dark 2

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Uwe Boll's ridiculed films are getting direct to DVD sequels. Are they any good? No. Not at all.

DC Reviews: Death Race 2

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The action packed straight to DVD release featuring Danny Trejo...and other people. Will it be a thrill ride or explode at the start?

Some Thanks.

Over the past few weeks I've been lucky enough to get some attention to my..."work."

My Disturbingly Cheap reviews are now also being presented at www.MultiMediaMouth.com (although they'll still appear on my blog). MMM is a fun website that I'm happy to be apart of as it grows.

And recently, as in about 5 minutes before I started writing this blog, www.straight2dvdmovies.com wrote a very nice piece about my reviews and I thank them very much. It is (for lack of much more expressive words) neat. Their website is helpful to me as I plan ahead for future releases, research movies released earlier, and wonder about the straight-to-DVD dominance that is Tinker Bell.

I'll try and keep up the good...work. Really? I can call this stuff work, right? Well, maybe I'll keep it off the resume for now...

Thanks again, all.

~DC