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Showing posts with label Action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Action. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

This is a robbery!

This is a movie that I had not heard of until a friend suggested it to me. This is one of the reasons I love Netflix so much is because it lets you stumble upon movies like this. Flypaper tells the story of a bank being robbed by two sets of criminals at the same time. One gang is two redneck brothers who are so stupid you cannot believe they can actually rob this bank. The other is a group of "professional" bank robbers doing the job for someone else. Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd are the main characters who are hostages in this bank hold up. Dempsey's character is a crazy genius who tries to figure out who is robbing the bank. The hostages in the bank have seen the five different guys who are in the bank, but it is revealed they work for some one else and it appears to be an inside job. This movie has several gun fights and a little bit of comedy. The comedy mainly comes from the two brothers who are trying to rob the bank because they are ridiculously dumb. This is a heist movie that slightly turns in to a murder mystery. Although, I do have to say, I did not see the end coming. But you'll have to watch for yourself.

I really enjoyed watching this movie and I would recommend watching it especially if you enjoy heist or action movies with a little bit of comedy.


Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Brad Pitt vs. Zombies



For some reason, our generation is obsessed with zombies and end-of-the-world scenarios. I believe that a large part of this obsession comes from the media and popular culture. In the past decade, zombie movies and TV shows have been coming out left and right. From The Walking Dead to I Am Legend to Warm Bodies, the zombie craze is spreading like wildfire.

World War Z seemed like just another stupid zombie movie to me until I watched it. Just like all the other zombie movies and TV shows, the movie starts off with the world seeming normal and fine until all hell breaks loose one day and zombies are running around eating everyone. Brad Pitt plays the role of Gerry Lane, an ex-United Nations secret agent. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Philadelphia. They get caught in the middle of the chaos and seek refuge in an apartment building where they are rescued and transported by helicopter to an aircraft carrier. Gerry is forced to relive his past and go on a deadly mission to find the source of the disease so they can stop the infection. The rest of the movie is all about his mission and whether or not he saves humanity. 

I really enjoyed World War Z because it had a unique plot compared to the other zombie movies. Throughout the whole movie, I was unsure if Brad Pitt was going to make it out alive and if he was even going to find a cure to the disease. One downfall to the movie was the computer-generated zombies; they were too unrealistic for me (as if zombies were realistic in the first place). Anyways, I recommend this movie on Netflix because it’s a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time. 

Side Note: I strongly believe that Brad Pitt is exactly like his role in real life. He’s a sensitive family man who rocks long hair and scarves, but is also a licensed killer. You go, Brad.