Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort Movie Review

Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort

                                                    

Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort is a horror thriller movie released in 2014. This movie is written by Frank H. Woodward and directed by Valeri Milev. The major characters of Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort are played by Anthony Ilott, Chris Jarvis, Aqueela Zoll, Sadie Katz, Rollo Skinner, Billy Ashworth, Roxanne Pallett, Radoslav Parvanov, Danko Jordanov, and Asen Asenov.

As the name suggests, Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort is the sixth installment of the famous Wrong Turn series. It is the sequel of the Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines, although the plots of these two movies do not connect anywhere except for the 3 killers. In Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort, we see a group of friends fall victim to those killers' families when they come to help one of their friends to inherit his family properties. 

A scene from the movie Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort

Plot:
At the beginning of Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort, we see a couple making love in a jungle. Later on, both of them get killed by those three disfigured psychopath serial killers.

Next we move on the main story. We get introduced to a group of friend. One of them is Danni, who has recently learned that he inherits a resort inside a jungle. So he is taking his girlfriend Toni and some other friends to visit that place. Meanwhile in the resort, we see a brother and a sister working as the manager. Those siblings seem to have some kind of incest relation between them.

Upon reaching the resort, none of the friends, except Danni gets excited. The siblings also get disappointed, as they expected only Danni to visit them. But Danni's friends, especially his girlfriend, are supportive enough to understand his emotions and decides to stay there for a few days. But soon after they arrive, a old lady gets killed in the resort with the help of the brother.

The friends try to adjust with the environment. They find the antique furniture and the big swimming pool exciting. In the meantime, we see the brother is planning for something big with the 3 disfigured killers and orders them to wait. At the same time, two of the friends meet the local sheriff who is looking for the old lady who was killed in the resort. The others passes their times by partying and hovering over the history and the antiques of the resort.

The brother convinces Danni to go to hunting. While Danni kills a wild deer, one killer kills the local sheriff. One of the friends see the killer eating the raw dead deer. We gets scared and runs away and end up injuring Danni and himself in birbwire. After returning to the resort, the sister attends Danni. At one point, she tries to seduce him, but his girlfriend comes and later on, Danni and his girlfriend  have sex.

Next morning, the friends hold a meeting where most of them want to leave the place. But Danni pressures everyone to stay. Then two friends (a couple) plans to steal some old artifacts and leave. They then find a secret room where the sex rituals were held. They start to have sex there but the three killers attack them. They kill the girl there. The boy gets killed later by the sister who first tries to have sex with him.

Danni and his girlfriend have an argument, as the girlfriend wants to leave. She also finds the behavior of the sister with Danny suspicious. At that night, the siblings take Danni to a nearby village where all of the inhabitants are Danni's relatives and all of them are disfigured. The 3 killers are also the residents of this village. One of the friends follow Danni there who gets caught and then killed by the villagers.

They give Danni some drugs. By getting intoxicated by that drug, Danni sees the sister as her girlfriend and finally has sex with her in front of the villagers, which was their main target. The next morning, he returns to the resort where all others are set to leave. Then the friends find the horrific truth behind the resort. The killers attack them, accompanied by the siblings.

Sadie Katz and Chris Jarvis in Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort

Can they escape from there? What happens to the masterplan of the killers and the siblings? Lets watch Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort to know the answers.

My review about the movie Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort:
First of all, I didn't like the movie Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort.

The plot of Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort was not bad. It brought the family legacies and a broader perspective than the other movies of this franchise, which only features killing for no reasons. From that way, its an improvement. But the poor direction and screenplay have ruined it. The same plot could be shown in better way.  Some of the scenes (like trying to seduce an almost dead guy) looked totally unrealistic, even for a horror film. Several times, the sequences didn't match. And as a horror movie, it may fail toally to scare you.

The acting adds another negative point for Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort. Acting of most of the characters were bad. Specially the bad acting of Anthony Ilott as Danni and Sadie Katz as the sister harmed the viewing experience. Among all, the acting of Aqueela Zoll as Danni's girlfriend seemed natural. The other characters didn't seem realistic. The dialogues were okay. The costume designs were good.

The locations used for  Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort looked beautiful, specially the resort. The set design was also good. The lighting, sound effects and the camera works were also okay. Same can be said for the music and sound effects. The special effects were also good, but at some times, the make ups will look unrealistic.

Just like all other films of this series, Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort has several nude scenes and gore scenes. So whoever has a idea of this franchise, knows that this movie is not for children.

So overall, Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort may fail to please you, even you are horror movie fan. People who do not like horror movie may find this one disturbing. With a broader plot like this than the previous films, this movie had the potential to become far better than them, but it failed. I didn't enjoy watching is, so I will not recommend to watch Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort to others.

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Thale Movie Review

Thale

                                             

Thale is a Norwegian supernatural mystery horror movie released in 2012. This movie is written and directed by Aleksander L. Nordaas. The major (and almost all) characters of the movie Thale are played by Silje Reinåmo, Erlend Nervold, Jon Sigve Skard, Morten Andresen and Sunniva Lien. This movie is based on a Scandinavian folklore character named Hulder.

In the movie Thale, we see two friends and colleagues find a mysterious girl in the basement of a house. The mystery keeps on unfolding as they keep on finding strange incidents about her past.

A Scene from the movie Thale

Plot:

In Thale, at first we get introduced to to two friends cum colleagues named Leo and Elvis, whose job is to clean up crime scenes. Elvis is weak-hearted, he gets sick of the crime scenes. But Leo can keep his head cool while cleaning up.

One day they are doing their job of cleaning up in a house in the forest. After working for a while, they find a hidden passage in that house. The passage leads them to a secret chamber which again leads to a room. Elvis is very curious and he follow the secret path, while Leo reminds him several times that they are not allowed to touch anything, they only clean up.

In that secret room, they find canned foods, scientific books, drawings and a cassette player with some cassettes. It is evident that some scientific experiments were done in this room. The condition of the room also suggests that no one has been here for a very long time. Leo informs their other colleagues about the room and they are on the way here.

But before they leave the room, a naked girl emerges from a bathtub which is filled with some white liquid. The girl has some mask and cables attached to her which provides her life supplies. As soon a she wakes up, she removes them. The girl faints then and Elvis takes her out of the bathtub and places her on a table. Leo goes out and when he comes back, finds the girl strangling Elvis. Leo talks the girl to release Elvis and then gives her some clothes.

The girl starts eating canned foods which are already rotten. Leo goes out again to bring some food for the girl. Meanwhile, Elvis plays those cassettes and the girl reacts strangely hearing the voices from the record. Elvis then finds a nicely decorated room hidden inside that room. He follows the girl there. The girl has some special ability with which, she gives Elvis some vision of her past. Now all these time, some strange creatures seem to closing in that cabin.

When Leo comes back, they find a tail preserved in a refrigerator. Now three of them are sitting in the room waiting for other people to come. Then Leo tells Elvis that he has lung cancer. Earlier, the girls also seemed to notice something strange in Elvis's chest.

Suddenly, they hear footsteps nearing in, circling the cabin. The girl gets frightened so they lock the door. Someone tries to enter there by force but Leo and Elvis stop the intruder. Next a gas is released in the room through the keyhole which makes Elvis and Leo unconscious.

Then we see more of what happened to that girl. Elvis and Leo wakes up outside the cabin, blindfolded and tied to a chair. An old man tells them more about the girl. Some soldiers with weapons are inside that room looking for the girl. After telling the story, the old man proceeds to kill Leo.

Can Leo or Elvis be saved? Does to soldiers find the girl? What in their fate? Lets watch Thale to know these answers.

My review about the movie Thale:

First of all, Thale seemed as a average movie with an interesting plot, which has both of some strong and weak sides.

The plot of the movie Thale was good and seemed unique. It is not just an average mystery horror movie you watch regularly. But the problem with the plot is, it goes a little slow. The lack of contents can also contribute to make you feel bored. More contents, storyline, special effects, dialogues and actions could make this movie far better. But even with these drawbacks, Thale felt enough entertaining. The direction and screenplay were also good.

The acting of all the major characters were good in Thale. This movie has a very limited set of characters but the director chose them well. The dialogues were also good. But the whole movie is in Norwegian language, so unless you know that, you will need English subtitles with Thale. The make ups and the costume designs also blended nicely with the movie.

The music and the sound effects were also okay and matched nicely with the theme of Thale. The set design, lighting and camera effects will also seem well balanced. This movie is a low budget film, where most of the film was shot in the director's father's basement. But considering this, the director has done a good job. The camera works on only some shots may make you feel the lack of budget in the movie Thale. The strange creatures looked terrifying but natural, which we don't always see even in some high budget films.

The movie Thale contains some nudity, so it is not appropriate to watch this movie with kids.

So overall, Thale seemed a nice movie with some small drawbacks. I enjoyed watching this film. If you want to watch it to get frightened, you will get disappointed. But if you like mystery movies with folklore characters, I guess you will enjoy Thale. So I'll recommend watching the movie Thale to all mystery or foreign movie lovers.

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No Mercy Movie Review

No Mercy (Korean: Yongseoneun Eupda)

                                                                                                                
No Mercy (Yongseoneun Eupda) is a Korean revange thriller drama movie released in 2010. This movie is written by Hyeong-Joon Kim and Jeong-ho Lee and directed by Hyeong-Joon Kim. The major characters of the movie No Mercy are played by Frank M. Ahearn, Hye-jin Han, Sang-wook Park, Nam Kyung-eub and Ji-ru Sung.

No Mercy tells the story of a professor and medical examiner (coroner) who investigates a case about a girl's death. Just when the police think they have found the killer, the story turns around and the past of the coroner comes into play. The coroner tries everything to prove the killer innocent.

Kyung-gu Sol and Hye-jin Han in a scene of No Mercy

Plot:

The movie No Mercy starts with a photographer finding a dead body by a river. The police come to the scene and find the dismembered body of a girl. Then we get introduced to professor Kang Min-ho who is a very experienced coroner. He was planning to retire and spend his times with his daughter, who is coming back from U.S.A. after finishing her studies. The police request his help in solving this case and he agrees. One of the investigators, Min Seo-young was a former student of him.

At first, the police suspect the dead girl's boyfriend for the murder. They arrest him, but can't find him guilty. Kang runs an autopsy of the dead body. They find the whole body of the victim except one hand . The whole police force look for the missing hand and soon they find it. Detective Min finds some relation with the type of murder and the writing of an environmentalist. Although a colleague of her mocks her abilities, but using the clues and a footprint, they arrest that environmentalist named Lee Seong-ho. They arrest Lee and surprisingly, at the very first questioning, Lee confesses his guilt.

Meanwhile, while Kang is waiting for her daughter's arrival at the airport, he receives an envelop. The envelop has some photos of her daughter, which show she has been kidnapped and held somewhere. He rushes to the police station and face Seong-ho. Seong-ho tells Kang that Kang has to get him out within 3 days and only then they will spare Kang's daughter.

Now, to show Seong-ho as innocent, Kang tempers with the murder weapon. He removes the trace of blood from that and put his dog's blood. He also mislead Min to show Seong-ho as innocent. Next day, Kang meets Seong-ho again and asks him about the real murder weapon, so he can hide it from the police. But Seong-ho doesn't disclose that. He gives Kang some clues about his motives. Kang then beats Seong-ho. He goes to Seong-ho's house to find the weapon and the police also reach there for the same reason. He hides from the police. Later on, from the local police, he gets the address of the man who gave him his daughter's photos.

He goes there and finds some news cuttings. The man also comes there and tries to run away. Finally he beats Kang severely. Later on, he comes back to the police station and faces Seong-ho, who gives him more riddles. Meanwhile, all these raise suspicion in Min's mind and when she proceeds to arrest Kang, Kang tells her the truth.

Then Min tries to find the relation between Kang and Seong-ho and finds one. At the same time, Kang manages to implant some clues which connects the murder of the girl to that girl's boyfriend. But before Min finds the truth, Seong-ho's accomplice hits her and she becomes unconscious. Min wakes up in a hospital and then from a friend, learns the story for which Seong-ho holds a grudge against Kang.

In the meantime, as Seong-ho is proved innocent by the attempts of Kang. He also gives police the murder weapon, which has been in front of their eyes for the whole time. Seong-ho gets free and the victim's boyfriend is framed for the murder. Kang goes to Seong-ho's home to free his daughter. After knowing everything, Min also heads there, followed by her backups.

But why does Seong-ho want to take the revange on Kang? Who is the real bad person here? Can Kang finally save his daughter? Lets watch No Mercy till the end for these answers.

My Review About the Movie No Mercy:
First of all, No Mercy seemed as an awesome drama thriller.

The plot of No Mercy is brilliant. Although at the end of the movie, it will not leave you with a good feeling, but still the plot will seem brilliant. The twist at the end was not expected throughout the whole movie. The whole movie keeps on changing directions and it felt exciting. The duration of No Mercy is a little over two hours, but you will no feel bored at any moment. The direction is good, so is the screenplay. The director has successfully been able to keep the tension high for the whole two hours in No Mercy. The cinematography were just ok, nothing special.

The acting of all the major characters were good. All of the actors and actresses were good fit for their characters. The dialogues were also good, although nothing extraordinary. But the whole No Mercy is in Korean language, so you will need subtitle to understand them.

No Mercy didn't have much of special effects, as they were not needed. But the costume design and make ups were perfect. The music and the sound effects were pretty good too. The lighting,camera effects and the locations for No Mercy also seem nice.

No Mercy contains some nude scenes and also some gore scenes. Some (but not all) of the gore scenes will seem unnecessary and avoidable. The director could avoid them without harming the plot. So clearly, this movie is not for children.

So, finally, I enjoyed watching No Mercy. The thrill in its plot picks up soon after the movie starts and it will keep you attached for the whole time. The only time this movie may disappoint you can be at the tragic ending. Other than that, it is a nicely balanced movie. I'll recommend watching No Mercy as a must see to all thriller lovers. But if you are a fan of Hollywood movies, I'll also recommend you to watch this, for having a good change of taste.

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Compulsion Movie Review

Compulsion

                                                         

Compulsion is a Canadian independent drama thriller movie released in 2013. This movie is written by Floyd Byars and directed by Egidio Coccimiglio. The movie Compulsion is a remake of the South Korean film named '301, 302', which was directed by Park Chul-soo. The very limited number of major characters of Compulsion are played by Heather Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna.

Compulsion is about a lady who is obsessed with foods. Her level of obsession for food is revealed more after a detective comes to question her about her neighbour, a famous actress who has disappeared.

Heather Graham in Compulsion

Plot: 

The movie Compulsion starts with Amy, who is utterly obsessed with food. She loves preparing foods so much that her whole day is spent for only different phases of cooking. She hates fast foods and believes that foods must be prepared with utter care. She wants to launch her own cooking show and she practices for her speeches of that show herself. In those speeches, she compares different stages of cooking with sex.
 
One day, while Amy was fantasizing (and practising) about her cooking show, a detective comes to her house. He says, he is investing the case of her missing neighbor Saffron, who is a famous actress. Amy doesn't seem very concerned for this fact. After questioning her, the detective goes so Saffron's house where Amy comes. Then by the discussion between Amy and the detective, we learn about her life.

Amy used to live with her boyfriend, who pays for all her obsession. Amy is a perfectionist regarding preparing food. One day they saw their new neighbor Saffron who is not a social person. But soon Amy discovers that she is her favorite movie actress Saffron, who is now famous for writing a column about sex in a magazine. Amy tries to talk with her, but Saffron doesn't seem interested to socialize. Saffron herself is passing a hard time after getting rejected for roles for her age.

One night while dining, Amy's boyfriend expresses his dissatisfaction to life for Amy's obsession for food. Amy tries to comfort him using more food, which makes the situation worse. That nigh, Amy keeps some desserts for Saffron at her doorstep. Next day, Amy finds her boyfriend having fast food with his female colleague. This makes Amy sad and angry. That night, Amy cooks his boyfriend's pet part and feed that to him. Being disgusted, he leaves Amy.

Then Amy tries to befriend Saffron. She cooks food for Saffron regularly and takes them to her house. But Saffron doesn't eat those even when Amy resists. One day, Amy finds all the foods the cooked for Saffron in a bin. Amy gets angry and makes Saffron eat some of them. Then Saffron tells Amy for her eating disorders. Then both of them become friends.

They start to spend times together and and Saffron starts to eat foods which Amy cooks specially for her. Then in one of her auditions, Saffron faces the man who molested her in her childhood. Saffron runs away from there and breaks down when she comes home. Amy consoles her and then they have sex.

But what happens to Saffron after that? Where has she disappeared? Can the detective solve the case? Lets watch the movie for these answers.

Heather Graham and Kevin Dillon in Compulsion

My review about the movie Compulsion:

First of all, I didn't like the movie Compulsion much.

The plot of Compulsion is very straightforward. Although it has a twist at the end, but throughout the whole movie, the plot went straight and slow. Some more characters or some more interactions between these same characters could make this movie better. At several times, the movie seemed boring. So the screenplay didn't seem very interesting. The direction was just okay, nothing extraordinary.

The acting of all the characters in Compulsion were good, but again, nothing extraordinary. The acting of the leading character Heather Graham didn't impress me much, as sometimes it felt like she was overacting. We have seen better acting from her in other movies. But the acting of Carrie-Anne Moss were impressive. The dialogues were good in Compulsion.

The editing, music and sound effects of Compulsion were also good. Same goes for lighting and camera effects. But I didn't like the costume designs, as several costumes (specially for Heather Graham) were used repeatedly. In a movie like this, it could use better variations. The set design also looked boring for the same reason, lack of variations. At different places, the set design could be better.

Although Compulsion doesn't contain any direct nudity, but for the context of this movie, it is not suitable for kids. But from the same context, this one could have a good use of some nudity.

So overall, I didn't enjoy watching Compulsion. This movie had the opportunity to do far better, but the director couldn't use them. Even the charm of Heather Graham may not make it up for you. I won't recommend watching Compulsion to thriller or drama lovers. 

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Ending explanation of the movie Compulsion:

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The very last fading scene before the credits, the shape of the food and the reaction of the detective – all these suggest that, somehow Amy has killed Saffron and has fed part of her to the detective. 

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Fertile Ground Movie Review

Fertile Ground 
                                                                 

Fertile Ground is a horror thriller movie released in 2011. This movie is written by Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch and directed by Adam Gierasch. The main characters of the the movie Fertile Ground are played by Leisha Hailey, Gale Harold, Jami Bassman, Stephanie Brown, Chelcie Ross, and JoNell Kennedy. 

Fertile Ground tells the story of a couple, where the wife experiences paranormal visions after she gets pregnant. Then she finds that some ghosts are trying to kill the baby and her by possessing her husband.

A Scene from the movie Fertile Ground

Plot: 
At the beginning of Fertile Ground, we see the family of Emily and Nate, a happily married couple. Nate is an artist and Emily is a fashion designer. Emily has got pregnant recently and they are having a party with friends at their home. Suddenly Emily starts bleeding in the bathroom. Later on, she has a miscarriage and the doctors tell her that she cannot conceive a child again.

Next, to give a fresh start to themselves, Emily and Kate leaves the city. They buy a house in the country, which was once owned by Nate's ancestors. Both of them are happy to move there, but from the first day, Emily starts sensing something unusual. At the basement, they find an old trunk, where they find a diary, some photos and some other things owned by Nate's forefather. That person's marriage date was same as Nate and Emily's.

Soon they discover a human skeleton hidden in their sewerage line. The police tells them not to worry, because it was very old. But Emily stays suspicious and from a local historian, she learns the horrid history of the house. There has been a lot of murders and suspicious deaths in their house previously. As Nate leaves for a business trip, Emily stays alone at that night and again faces unusual experiences. At one point, she faints.

Later, the couple learns that Emily has got pregnant again. But Nate keeps on staying busy at his studios with his arts for the nearby exhibition and ignores Emily. He also becomes more rude to her day by day. At a party in their house, Nate's agent falls from the upstairs through the window and later on, dies.

Things get worse day by day. Emily keeps on having her paranormal visions and Nate keeps on getting more and more rude to her. Emily tries to leave the house but can't. At one point, she finds that the date of their wedding, moving in to the house, getting the news of being pregnant are identical to the dates of the same events of Nate's ancestor's. She finds the links between the deaths in the house and in all of the cases, the husbands have killed their wives.

Emily believes, the house has possessed Nate and marching the dates, she predicts the day when Nate is going to kill her. But is it what the ghosts want? Can Emily save the baby and herself? Let's watch the movie to get these answers. 

My review about the movie Fertile Ground:

First of all, Fertile Ground seemed just like an average horror movie.

The plot of Fertile Ground is very common. We have seen a lot of horror movies with the haunted houses, like The Amityville Haunting, so the idea seemed overused. So this movie won't provide you something new. Other than that, everything else is good. Even with a plot like this, Fertile Ground has its moments. The movie goes scary from time to time and keeps the suspense up. The ending may not be predictable for everyone. The direction and screenplay were not bad, like the cinematography. Several times this movie felt a little boring, but those boring moments sometimes helped to build the suspension up later on.

Another problem with the plot of Fertile Ground is, although it does give an open ending like Asylum Blackout , but still it does not give explanations to everything that happened. So, you may have some questions unanswered after the movie ends, which may feel like plot holes. For example, we saw Nate drawing something but refuses to show them to Emily. But at the end, we saw only blank canvases. The ending had a good chance to explain all the things, but it didn't.

The acting of the leading characters are good in this movie. Same goes for make ups, dialogues, costumes and set designs. Fertile Ground has used almost no special effects, but the way it is made, you will not miss them. The lighting and sound effects are also good, but I think the sound editing could be better. Several times the music seemed too loud. Combining all these, Fertile Ground succeeds in its main aim as a horror movie, to create a scary environment.

For some nude scenes and some violent scenes, Fertile Ground is not appropriate for children.

So, finally, this movie seemed as a missed opportunity. Fertile Ground had the potentials, but for not taking advantages of them, it stays far from the movie it could be. But still, if you like scary movies, you should definitely give Fertile Ground a try. Even if the plot fails to impress you, you may still like the scary moments. 

Ending explanation of the movie Fertile Ground:

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At the end, it shows in the ultrasonography that Emily was not pregnant. So it suggest that, everything she experienced was in her mind. May be there was nothing wrong with the house, the histories and Nate's behavior, but Emily got paranoid and then killed her friend and Nate. Another possible explanation is, the history of the house was real. Learning them has put a psychological pressure on Emily. And as she had a sad history with her pregnancy, she made up stuffs herself, including the pregnancy. But non of them doesn't give a clear explanation about Nate's behavior. We don't know that if he was really becoming rude or if that was also the imagination of Emily.

The fact that Emily was mentally unsound is finally shown by the ending scene of Fertile Ground when she ended up in a padded cell and was holding an imaginary child in her hands. 

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Edge of Tomorrow Movie Review

Edge of Tomorrow

                                                                    

Edge of Tomorrow is a science fiction action thriller movie released in June, 2014. This movie is written by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth and directed by Doug Liman. The screenplay of this movie is adopted from the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. The major characters of Edge of Tomorrow are played by Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton and Brendan Gleeson. Edge of Tomorrow is Tom Cruise's next movie after Oblivion, which was also a science fiction.

Edge of Tomorrow tells the story of future, when the planet Earth is attacked by some aliens. An untrained army officer is put in the front line of the war against those aliens, who finds himself stuck in a time loop where the time goes back and starts from the previous day every time he is killed. This special gift is the last hope for human to defeat the aliens.

Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt at a scene of Edge of Tomorrow

Plot:

At the beginning of Edge of Tomorrow, we see that some aliens have invaded the earth and human are fighting them in Europe. Major Cage is an U.S. Army's public relation officer who has no training or experience of combat. He is called by an army general in Europe and ordered to to cover a fight from the front line.

Understanding the danger of this job, Cage refuses to take the order. When he is pressured, he threatens the general indirectly. As a result, Cage gets arrested and then knocked down. He wakes up at the Heathrow airport, where the human troops are assembled to make the attack on aliens tomorrow. In the meantime, Cage is plotted as a deserter private and is forced to join a group who will fight the aliens with the help of some robotic attachments.

In the battlefield, Cage finds that the aliens were informed about their attack and the people keeps being slaughtered. The aliens has tricked the humans to use their final force and the humans are surely going to lose the war. After killing a special alien, Cage also gets killed. Then the strange thing happens, Cage find himself waking up again at the Heathrow airport. Then the same thing keeps happening again and again, he getting killed in the battlefield and waking up again at the same place. He tries to tell others about it, but nobody believes.

One time at the battle, Cage finds a war hero named Rita. She tells him to find her when he wakes up again. Cage does so and tells her about it. Rita believes her because the same thing has happened to her also but she has lost it. With the help of a friend, they find that Cage's ability has made him the key to locate the alien brain and to kill them. So she train Cage to survive at the battlefield and after a huge number of trials, finally Kate and Cage heads to find the alien's brain. But no matter what they do, they both cannot reach there. Cage reaches there alone and finds that the aliens are misleading them.

So they now must change their approach. They try to retrieve a machine from that army general. But they get caught before they return. With the machine, they locate the alien brain in Paris. But due to blood loss and insertion, Cage loses his power to turn back time. So Cage and Kate have only one chance left to kill the aliens before the aliens wipe out human race from earth on the battle next day.

My reviews about the movie Edge of Tomorrow:

First of all, Edge of Tomorrow seemed as a thrilling and fantastic movie.

The plot of Edge of Tomorrow is intriguing and innovative. It is good enough to keep you thrilled and attached to the movie from the beginning to the end. The plot regularly keep on changing the direction, so whenever you will feel that you have figured out what is going to happen next, the plot will take a turn somewhere else. But its true that sometimes seeing the same thing over and over again for the time loop may feel boring, but that feeling should not last for more than a few minutes. The ending of Edge of Tomorrow is also pretty predictable. We expected a better ending. The cinematography of this movie will seem like a pure beauty, like the movie Oblivion.

The direction of Edge of Tomorrow was fantastic, but the screenplay didn't seem completely flawless. We'll get back to that in a short while.

The casting of this movie was also brilliant. Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt seemed as the best fits for their characters and both of them has acted awesomely well in Edge of Tomorrow. No wonder Tom Cruise is one of the kings of science fictions for all the beautiful movies he has given us. The acting of the other characters were also good. Same goes for the dialogues.

The music, sound effects and the special effects will also seem brilliant in Edge of Tomorrow. The aliens looked stunning and the special effects of their fighting seemed beautiful. I wish this movie had more screen time with them. The locations, set designs, lighting, costumes and the make-ups were also perfect.

Several times in Edge of Tomorrow, it may seem like it has some plottholes or discontinuity, but most of them will be solved soon. But one of the missing parts is, after taking something from the joint force army general and then having an accident, how Kate escaped unharmed and could free Cage so easily. Same confusion stays if you think, after escaping once and then attending some crime, how they could again enter the army base to reach to their team. And the ending was dramatically too good for a movie like this, where everything fitted perfectly. So the only (a little) weak part of Edge of Tomorrow was its screenplay.

Edge of Tomorrow has no nude scenes and the gore scenes are avoided nicely, so its safe to watch this movie with kids.

So, finally, I greatly enjoyed watching Edge of Tomorrow. Even with the small flaws at the plot, it should feel like a great piece of work. I will definitely recommend this movie to all movie lovers, especially the science fiction fans. Edge of Tomorrow is a must see for you.

How did you like it? Do you agree with my points? Share your views in the comments. And don't forget to leave your ratings.

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2 Guns Movie Review

2 Guns

                                           

2 Guns is an American comedy action thriller movie released in 2013. This movie is written by Blake Masters and directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is based on a graphic novel series of the same name published by Boom! Studios. The major characters of the movie 2 Guns are played by Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Robert John Burke and Greg Sproles.

The movie 2 Guns is about an undercover cop and an undercover Navy SEAL agent, who get betrayed by their own teammates after robbing a huge amount of money from a bank, which they believed, would help their own agencies. Soon they find their lives at risk for their acts.

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in a scene of 2 Guns

Plot:      

At the beginning of 2 Guns, we see two men, Trench and Stigman, sets a diner on fire. Then we see, few weeks ago, both of them visits a Mexican drug lord named Papi Greco. Trench tries to get some cocaine from  Papi in exchange of some fake passports, but Papi keeps it due.

When they enter U.S.A. after that, they are questioned at the border by the police. Then it is revealed that Trench is an undercover cop. Later, with his girlfriend, he plans to rob $ 3M from a bank where Papi is depositing, to gain evidence for Papi’s work. They also plan to frame Stigman for the robbing.

At the same time, we learn that, Stigman is an undercover U.S. Navy SEAL agent. His boss also tells him to rob the same money and frame Trench for the robbing. They plan to use the money for their undercover operations.

So, not knowing each other’s true identity, Trench and Stigman robs the bank. But while they are robbing, they get amazed to find $ 43M, instead of $ 3M which was confirmed by their own teams. At the end of the heist, none of their teams comes to the scene as planned. They take all the money to somewhere where Stigman shoots and injures Trench and learns his identity as a cop.

Stigman brings the money to his boss and then his boss tries to kill him. Stigman learns that the money will be taken to a navy base and then he escapes. Then we see a CIA agent is torturing the bank manager to know about the stolen money.

Trench goes to Stigman’s apartment to investigate about him, where he comes in the contact of a navy SEAL assassination team sent by Stigman’s boss to kill Stigman. Trench escapes alive with the help of Stigman. He then goes to his boss’s house, where he finds his boss is killed by that CIA agent. That CIA agent then frames Trench for the robbing and the killing and tells him that he will clear Trench out of these if he returns the money.

Trench and Stigman teams up again. They kidnap Papi to learn about the money and take him to Trench’s girlfriend’s home. From Papi, they learn that the money they robber are the illegal money of CIA. Navy assassins attack there also and then Papi gets free. With the help of his men, Papi then brings Trench, his girlfriend and Stigman back to Mexico. On the next day, he gives Trench and Stigman 24 hours time to bring that money back , otherwise Trench’s girlfriend will die.

Trench and Stigman then plans to go to the navy base to bring the money and to inform the seniors about Stigman’s boss’s works. But can they do it? Do the seniors believe them? Can they save Trench’s girlfriend?  Lets watch the movie to know the answers.

My review about the movie 2 Guns:

First of all, I liked 2 Guns.

The plot of 2 Guns was enjoyable. Although the plot didn’t feel completely solid, and you may feel something missing in the plot, but still, you should enjoy it. Its true that the director could include some more interesting events in the plot to make it feel solid, but it seemed good nonetheless. The direction and the screenplay were also beautiful. They are good enough to keep you trilled, attached and entertained for the whole movie till the end.

The casting of 2 Guns seemed perfect and all the artists has played their parts very well. The characters of Danzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg were completely different but they mixed togather beautifully. You won’t be able to complain about any of the other characters too. The dialogues were hillarious and entertaining. The mixture of comedy and thrill has also played out nicely, like the Bad Boys movies.

The music and sound effects of 2 Guns also felt good. The lighting, camera works, costumes and the locations were good too. In the movie, you will see a limited use of special effects, but all of them will seem perfectly matched.

A nude scene and some killing scenes make 2 Guns not appropriate for children.

So, overall, 2 Guns seemed as a good movie. It had a little weak point at its plot, but perfection at every other thing has made it enjoyable. Hopefully, you will have a great time passes by watching 2 Guns. I’ll definitely recommend watching 2 Guns to all movie fans.

But you know, you don’t have to agree with my views. What do you think about this movie? Share your views about 2 Guns with us at the comments.

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