Review: The Mechanic

The Mechanic is about Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) being a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets, and Bishop is the best in the business.


But when his mentor and close friend Harry is murdered (by Bishop himself), Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade.


Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. Therefore, he takes a student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born.

But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves. Despite that, Both Arthur and Steve took on assignments. Although Steve was reckless during his missions, Arthur kept his faith and continued cooperating with him.


Soon after, Steve found out that Arthur was the one who murdered his dad when he found a gun, which belonged to his late father, at Arthur's place. Feeling more vengeful, he followed Arthur to the last assignment - which is to kill the man who ordered the death of Harry.

Together, they were unstoppable and finally the man got killed. Towards the end, Steve planned to kill Arthur himself, thought he managed to kill him, went back to Arthur's hideout and died because of a booby trap set by Arthur. On the other hand, Arthur escaped death.


Overall, the movie was fast paced and interesting. The actions are continuous and there are nerve-wrecking situations here and there. Explosions were there and numerous chases occurred.

Suspense and unpredictable scenes were added into the storyline as well, making it more exciting as the audience would be curious to find out what's happening next.

The Mechanic is a typical Jason Statham movie - the character suits him very well, even though it could be too dull and stern - just like many of his similar movies. Meanwhile, Ben Foster's character brings more dynamic and eagerness.

Noobie Rating: 6/10 (Watch it if you're a Jason Statham fan)

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Justin Bieber Shot and Killed on CSI

Famous Justin Bieber has been shot and killed! Oh my God! It's on CSI!


Did you realize a blooper? At 0:10, Justin holds a gun. At 0:12, he has spasm with no gun on both his hands. But at 0:14, the gun reappears before he falls to the ground!


Sweet cute Justin Bieber has turned bad ass!

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Review: 127 Hours

127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.


The movie started of with Aron Ralston (James Franco) preparing and heading out for an adventure without informing anyone on his whereabouts.

At Utah, he met 2 young ladies in the beginning.


Took them for a little adventure and exploration together and they went their separate ways.

At first, it seems that Ralston extremely enjoys the adventure on his own.


That's until when he's on his way back to his truck that an accident happen. While he goes down into a canyon, a boulder crashed down and trapped his right arm.

Over the next five days plus, hence the title 127 Hours, Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage to extricate himself by any means necessary.


With his cheap Swiss Army knife, he tried to release himself - by trying to break the boulder. But it doesn't seem to budge.

During the days and nights being stuck at the canyon, he has various hallucinations and flashbacks - even till the extend of recording himself as though he's on a talk show! Throughout his trapped moments, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family and the two hikers he met before his accident.

After much desperation on escaping, he finally resorted to amputating the trapped arm with the Swiss Army knife. The scenes during the attempt isn't for the faint hearted, even though there isn't much of it. After he finally did it, he scaled a 65 foot wall, hiked over eight miles and he is finally rescued by other adventurers.

Despite the lack of actions and dialogues, the movie conveys a simple message - to never give up. In hardships, there's always challenges and obstacles that we all have to go through, and there's always a way to solving it.

I was thinking, if I was in his position - will I be daring enough to amputate my own arms? I don't think I will - so I'll eventually die there and waste a chance to be featured in a movie!

Noobie Rating: 7/10 (Fantastic and inspiring true story, despite the fact that he loses his arm)

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Thor Official Trailer 2 HD

Thor is about the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin and is forced to live among humans.


Here's another official trailer for the upcoming movie Thor.


This drink, I like it. Another! *smashes mug*

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Review: The Green Hornet (2011)

The Green Hornet is Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son of Los Angeles' most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless life until his father (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire.


In an unlikely friendship with one of his father's employees, Kato (Jay Chou), they see the chance to do something more meaningful: fight crime.


Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his intelligence and skill, Kato builds the ultimate weaponry, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with firepower and horsepower.


Fighting against bad guys and criminals, the Green Hornet and Kato made a name for themselves. And with the help of Britt's new Secretary Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they begin to hunt after the man behind LA's underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). But Chudnofsky has his own plan: to eliminate the Green Hornet once and for all.

Alright, the Green Hornet is not a typical hero-fight-villains movie, it's much more interesting than I thought. There were scenes of both Britt and Kato falling in love with secretary Lenore, Kato with his computer-edited fighting skills, and more explosions and destruction - done by the Green Hornet and Kato!

Seth Rogen being the Green Hornet is definitely suitable, if the character of Britt Reid is meant to be funny and hilarious. I'm not sure of how the original Green Hornet is like, but after all - Seth is a funny man.

Jay Chou on the other hand, has good acting skills - however, his English wasn't accurate and sometimes he's just mumbling. If it wasn't because of the subtitles, I wouldn't have understood what he said most of the time. Besides that, he could be expressionless and emotionless at times.


Cameron Diaz is sort of old for a sexy secretary character. No doubt she still has the look and body, but a younger sexier lady would have suited the role better. She could be the Green Hornet's sidekick if she incorporate her Charlie's Angels kickass personality!


Christoph Waltz's Chudnofsky isn't that bad either. But he isn't a super villain, more of a aging gang leader who wants to knock off the Green Hornet but ended up calling himself Bloodnofsky, which represents the colour red, to match the Green Hornet's green colour. Pathetically hilarious.


Overall, the movie is an action comedy. There isn't much explanation to be discovered and the plot is straightforward - 2 men wants to get ride of a villain. The gadgets are cool, but obviously not as cool as 007's.

Noobie Rating: 6/10 (A fun movie to kill time)

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Thor Official Poster and Trailer

The film is about the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans.

This is the official poster of Thor.


A beautiful young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love.

This is the official trailer of Thor.


Here on Earth, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

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Review: Faster

Faster is about Driver (Dwayne Johnson) who served 10 years in prison for a bank robbery.


After that, has only one mission in life - to avenge the murder of his older brother who was killed when they were double-crossed after the heist.


Now a free man with a list of names and addresses, there is nothing that can stop him from killing all of them. However, two people are in the hunt to stop him - first, a veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) who is only days from retiring.


And second, a young hit man (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) who has no relations whatsoever with Driver.


Know what, scenes of Killer's girlfriend, Lily (Maggie Grace) wearing her sexy black lingerie are way over the top compared to the whole movie.


Just look at her. Sexy to the max! Audiences must have wished for more of such scenes.

But on the other hand, she portrays her true side as well - a great marksmen! Actually, it's not clear on what she does - all we know is that she's hot and she is Killer's girlfriend who wants him to stop assassinating for clients.


Overall, the movie was nothing but chasing and shooting. Driver kills the people who were involved in the double-crossed betrayal, and at the same time he's being chased by the cops and a hit man.

Scenes flashing back and forward throughout the movie helps the audience to understand the story line better, and why Driver was greatly insisting on killing the people on his list. If it wasn't because of his older brother's murder, he wouldn't have been so aggressive.

One by one, Driver managed to kill - but he let go one of them, the one who has repented from his wrongdoings and sins from the past.

Eventually, the culprit of Driver and his brother's betrayal is none other than the veteran cop himself. His wife was an informant, which was also the "girlfriend" of Driver's brother back then. Which explains why the greedy veteran cop ambushed them, stole the money away and causing the death of Driver's brother.

In the end, Killer discovered that he was hired by the veteran cop and ends up getting paid only for a dollar even though he didn't kill Driver. However, Driver once again "reincarnated" from his supposedly death and finally killed the cop at last.

The plot is predictable, great act by Dwayne Johnson - the character really suits him. Billy Bob Thornton's character makes the story line more interesting and mysterious while Oliver Jackson-Cohen's role was nothing much but an additional character. Maggie Grace's character is definitely the best!


Noobie Rating: 5/10 (Watch it if you have nothing else to watch)

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X-Men First Class Official Trailer

Here is the official trailer of X-Men: First Class, which is coming out in cinemas soon!


Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends and working together with other Mutants to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.


However, in the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Professor X's X-Men and Magneto's Brotherhood.

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X-Men First Class Teaser Poster

The teaser poster of X-Men: First Class has been released!


Looking very classy - gotta love its x-factor.

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Beastly Official Trailer and Poster

Beastly is a modern-day story on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

This is the official poster of Beastly.


Wealthy and good-looking Kyle Kingson (Alex Pettyfer) was cast with a dark spell by his misfit classmate Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen) into a hideous creature. The only way to reverse it is for him to find someone who can love him for who he is on the inside. Later on sent by his repulsed father to live in Brooklyn, Kyle forges a tenuous friendship with his kindly housekeeper (Lisa Gay Hamilton) and his blind tutor (Neil Patrick Harris).

This is the official trailer of Beastly.


When Kyle met Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens), the two forge a relationship that grows much deeper than anything Kyle has ever experienced before.

Know what, surprisingly Vanessa Hudgens doesn't look like her typical High School Musical character!

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