836.SHOOT 'EM UP(ENGLISH,2007)

    Shoot'em Up: Story of Guns,Goons,Carrot and a Baby!!

  Mr.Smith(Clive Owen) knows to shoot a gun in every f****ng way!!He shots fire even with his fingers.He is even a doctor who could  deliver a baby during gun fights and even cuts the umbilical cord with a gun.He even  triggers a shot while sliding through the oil marks he made by shooting the fuel tank of a car.Mr.Smith is someone who is everyone.'Shoot 'em Up' is a movie about guns.A movie centered around Mr.Smith as someone saying his name as Smith,Mr.Smith.There is neither a second name nor a last name.It all started with Mr.Smith seeing someone trying to kill a pregnant woman.Then there is nothing,except gun fights,gun fights with baby on his hand,gun fight during sex.Count it!!!You won't see anything other than it in Shoot 'em Up.

   The movie is like a Toon or a Video Game and it's all about Mr.Smith.He had a counter-part too in Hertz who could even calculate the complete situation.Yes,Shoot 'em Up is like this.One can narrate a story of the movie,which is not that much impressive.But it's all about the scenes.A higher version of some Sacha Baron flicks with a masked serious presentation.Actually,the movie is like a comics.Anything can happen with exaggeration.Someone can claim it to be a spoof of all the movies ever made.But,a cinematic exact version of comics is what describes the movie better.There are some scenes like jumping off an aircraft and releasing the parachute later,that too during a fight.Some guy with sense might go for the logic in the movie.But he sure is wrong,if he claim to find a logic.But Shoot 'em Up is a perfect entertainer or something more than that.Monica Bellucci as Dona did a 'meat'eous role.Just Belluccian Things!!

Finalizando;Shoot 'Em Up is multifarious movie which can't be just classified in a particular genre.It's a higher version of all the Tarantino movies stuffed together.In my opinion,it's not a must watch.'Coz,if one's logic starts working it could be rated as the worst movie ever.But this movie is something,may be GOD as it can't be expressed by mere alphabets!!


Shoot 'em Up

English,2007
Action

iMHV Ratings:✫✫✫

Director: Michael Davis
Writer: Michael Davis
Stars: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti


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835.TUMHARI SULU(HINDI,2017)

'Tumhari Sulu' :Story of Sulu who fought to reach her dreams!!

  Indian culture is weird,especially with it's traditional concepts on women.Restrictions are imposed for them in a society which is having male domination in every field.It's a disheartening attitude followed by majority of the families over the ages.Though there are instances of contradicting observances,they are too little to go on with the majority.'Tumhari Sulu' is the story of  a woman Sulochana(Vidya Balan) who dreams about a life for her.Though she never falls in the category of a blind-folded feminist who hates everything.

    Sulochana on the other hand,loves to be on the median between the 2 attitudes of the society.She wanted to support her family along with realizing her dreams.She thinks of herself as a champion.Even though,she didn't have a traditional degree,she was not ready to be the so-called-house wife.She always digs deep to find her opportunities.One day,the wonder happened and she became an RJ.Not a mediocre one,but RJ popular with her night show 'Tumhari Sulu'.Now the villain came in the form of family.The restrictions which she was trying to put behind her started attacking her at a later stage.A simple story line,but with a serious note on how most of the traditional Indian families functions with the so called ties of relationships.Manav Kaul as Ashok(husband of Sulu),Neha Dupia as Maria and Vijay Maurya as Pankaj did their roles well.

Finalizando:Watch the movie for the beautiful Vidya Balan as Sulochana.She really scored up in her role as Sulu.The movie was fun at times and without much complexities,it ends on light note,as expected.

Tumhari Sulu

Hindi,2017
Comedy,Drama

iMHV Ratings:✪✪✪

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834.COPYCAT(ENGLISH,1995)

 Copycat:Dr.Helen's confrontation with what she had observed!!

   Dr.Helen Hudson had to encounter a near to death situation after a lecture on criminal psychology.She was an expert in describing the psychological conditions of criminals,especially the serial killers.But her traumas caught herself in a closed apartment without any visitors.But someone was waiting for her.An active serial killer who was keen to satisfy his egos by having a face to face confrontation.

   A series of  murders took place in San Francisco and every time the killer made a mysterious mark on his victims.He was trying to draw his attention from someone.Later,his intentions became clear.An excellent performance from Sigourney Weaver as the agoraphobic psychiatrist made the movie to check the emotional life of not only the killer,but also his counter-part.The investigation lead by   Monahan(Holly hunter) had their own situations too.'Copycat' is a perfect cat and mouse serial killer movie alike The Silence of The Lambs,Se7en etc.The only drawback which one can find between those epic movies might be Peter Foley(William McNamra).Even though he fared well in his role,it can be considered normal comparing to other villains in similar flicks.

Finalizando:'Copycat' can be considered as an under rated serial killer movie.It is an intriguing and intelligent thriller with a strong screenplay.Highly recommendable for fans of the genre!


Copycat
English,1995
|Crime|Thriller|

iMHV Ratings:✪✪✪✫

Director: Jon Amiel
Writers: Ann Biderman, David Madsen
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney

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831.MAAYAVAN(TAMIL,2017)

   The murders happening in the city which had similar gestures, perplexed the Police authorities.Inspector Kumaran (Sundeep Kishan) who himself witnessed one of the 'near-live-murder' had trauma after that ,which got mixed with an accident occurred in his young age.The people who were murdered , Dr.Pramodh;a Scientist,his gym trainer,an actress,her makeup man and the rest to follow were  part of some mysterious web whom the Police needs to sort out to solve the case.

  'Maayavan',a variety murder mystery movie following the way of super-natural,sci-fi movie is an experimental attempt in Tamil cinema.Especially,considering it an Indian regional language movie,there were many chances for it to commit to the compromises.Instead,the emphasis is given to the story structure,which made it a good watch.The first half mainly concentrated on the character formation of Inspector Kumaran,his life and fears without giving any clue on what was happening around.Later,when the mystery was revealed,the story became fast-paced with thrilling sequences.The super-natural,sci-fi elements which formed the major part of the movie had chances to flaw in a big way.But the debutant C V Kumar,with his team was able to make-believe those scenes in a perfect way. Especially,the way in which the 2037 scene at the start which connected the dots towards the climax was worth to watch.The cameo from Jackie Shroff really made the climax a lot powerful than it would have been.

Finalizando: If you love to read odd detective stories and eager to watch one on screen,here you have one to watch!!


Maayavan
 Tamil,2017

iMHV Rating:✪✪✪

Director: C.V. Kumar
Stars: Sundeep Kishan, Lavanya Tripathi, Daniel Balaji

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830.ARAMM(TAMIL,2017)

Aramm (Tamil,2017)

Drama

✪✪✪½

  Aramm ,directed by Gopi Nainar with Nayanthara is about a rescue mission by a Collector to save a kid who accidentally fell and trapped in a bore-well.The movie started off with Nayanthara as   Madhivadhani IAS being interrogated by her superior officer.Right from there,statements were made on the socio-political scenario in India.The politicians who never show any consideration for those who voted for them was seen all over the movie.Her conflicts between those who rule made her to take decision on her career,while the Superior Officer had to take some stern actions on how she worked during the emergency situation,under political influences.

  When Dhanishka,the daughter of Yugendran and Sumathi lived in a Village,where water valued more than anything.The scarcity of water made the Villagers to raise protest against the government.During one hot day,Dhanishka got trapped into a bore-well.The movie focuses on the a developing India,where achievements in Science and Technology makes everyone proud in one side while,there are no necessary devices to do rescue services in such cases.When surplus amount of money is spend on Rocket launching and all,no care is given to these issues.Though the statement looks negative with political considerations from the film maker,attempts were there to explain the situations as a talk-show in  a news channel.The movie then focus on the risky rescue attempts under the supervision of the Collector.They failed at times,never had the villagers believe them.But Madhivadhani was confident abou saving the life Dhanishka. Dramatic incidents lead to the actions towards the climax.

 Finalizando:Aramm describes the 2 faces of social conditions in India and from the climax,one could doubt that a sequel is on the cards.Aramm is a good attempt to show off the inequalities in a society which promises equality for all.Moreover,the movie rather than the initial parts narrated the horror without much compromises that were seen in a normal Tamil movie.After his allegations on a story theft of the Kaththi movieGopi Nainar made a brave attempt to make one in a big canvas.Go for it!!

828.ANATOMIE(GERMAN,2000)

Anatomie(German,2000)

Crime,Thriller

✪✪✪

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writers: Peter Engelmann , Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann

   Ever imagined to be on an operation table seeing oneself undergoing a process of dissection of organs.The movie 'Anatomie' started with such a gore scene in which a man tries to save himself from the horror.The first impression with the name and the scene might be of a 'slasher' flick for the viewer.But the movie is far away from it.

 It discusses a much more serious subject,that of ethical and unethical medical practices.When Paula Henning (Franka Potente) got her admission for her higher medical studies in University of Heidelberg,she had high hopes for future as a medical expert.She came from a family of doctors for three generation,being her Grand Dad was a previous Dean in the prestigious institution,while her dad opted to live a normal life of a doctor in a small town due to some 'un'known reasons.

  When she started her classes in Heidelberg,she soon found that it was for the best and Paula,being one was able to stand her nerves in the big league.An illustrious research for the study of Anatomy had setup in Heidelberg and had real-life like structures for the deep study of Anatomy.Meanwhile,she came to know about a guy David,whom she met her on the way to Heidelberg was killed in a suspicious way,though it was a normal death due to his medical conditions according to postmortem records.She felt something fishy.She felt the presence of an illegal society of doctors who had their on definition for ethical practices.

  Ending Note:The movie is not a one that should be categorized into  a third rated one.This one ,for me is a Crime/Thriller with some gore scenes.

826.HE WALKED BY NIGHT(ENGLISH,1948)

He Walked By Night(English,1948)

Crime,Action

✪✪✪½


Directors: Alfred L. Werker (as Alfred Werker), Anthony Mann
Writers: Crane Wilbur (story), Crane Wilbur (screenplay)
Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts


     He did crimes.He killed people who came in between his deeds.Absolutely no records available on that man.Just a name 'Roy Morgan' won't do good to solve a crime at that period.He was brilliant,never had left any trace of him.He killed cops,injured them.He wasn't a bandit.He wasn't fighting for any of his rights.He was a criminal,a cold-blooded criminal and the world knows him just by a name 'Roy Morgan'.The movie was loosely based on the real life crimes of  Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker who was a radio technician in the Police department.

  A man who was questioned by a cop by a cop during his night patrol got shot leading to his death.Then numerous crimes,mostly in the form of burglaries took place.Police set up a special investigation team to catch him.Though,he was near to being caught,Roy had various means to survive himself from the cops.The cant and mouse game went on creating causalities at times.

   'He Walked By Night' is a Neo-Noir movie narrated in a semi-documentary style.A movie which absolutely concentrates on the crimes and the investigation based on it.This movie tries every way to be out of the traditional way of story telling by it's semi-docu style making.One could feel like watching an investigation report or a documentary with the real life characters speaking to the audience.

 There were 2 scenes which  pictured in absolute silence,except for the foot-steps and gun shots.One was during a live shooting between Roy and Cops.Another towards the climax.Those were really classic.A man who had no records on his existence,even none knew about him.Even his photograph made from available sources wasn't enough.Some one might consider him as a person lived him the 16th century.

Last Word:An under rated piece of crime movie.Absolutely,go for it.It is far better than most of the modern-day crime flicks.The movie appeared too real to be a live action breaking news in Television. 

823.TRASH(PORTUGUESE,2014)

Trash(Portuguese,2014)

Adventure,Crime

✪✪✪½ /5

Directors: Stephen Daldry, Christian Duurvoort (co-director)
Writers: Andy Mulligan (based on the novel by), Felipe Braga
Stars: Rickson Tevez, Gabriel Weinstein, Martin Sheen



Andy Mulligan's novel paved way to the Brazil's answer for "The Slumdog Millionaire" in 'Trash'.Alike the Dani Boyle's Academy Award winner SDM,Trash too have  a story developed in the slums of Rio.The poverty,corruption and bad cops are a reason for this movie.Or else,how would 3 young dwellers became a point of interest by the influential politicians?


  The kids Raphael,Cardo and Rat were under Police's radar as soon as they had evidences on a corrupt politician who had been contesting for Mayor position.The wallet found by Raphael was enough for the problems to start chasing 'em.Though they were illiterate,poor kids,they had to keep their helplessness aside and run for their lives.At times,they had to be astute in order to uncover the mysteries too.

  The cat and mouse game between the kids and the authorities is the main theme of the film.Except the 2 known names in Rooney Mara and Martin Sheen,lots of unknown actors were part of this Brazilian-British project.There were scenes at times where brutal force had been applied on 'em.But the stubbornness in them was enough to be called them as the so called heroes of the movie.

Last note:Watch this adventure -action movie for energetic perfo from the youngsters who had their heart in the hands to make it a good flick.

819.MOM(HINDI,2017)

Mom (Hindi,2017)

Crime,Thriller

3.5/5



Director: Ravi Udyawar
Writer: Girish Kohli
Stars: Sridevi, Akshaye Khanna, Adnan Siddiqui


Nirbhaya is just not a name in India.It stands for the pain and the failure of duties and cruelness towards the women. Nirbhaya never wanted sympathy from her society,but just a simple sense of humanity.The rape cases are still happening ,without an end.Mom is a movie which remembers us that 'Nirbhayas' still exists as 'prey' within our constitution.

  The loop holes in the law proved to make things worse for Arya (Sajal Ali),a school girl in her teens who was brutally raped by a gang consisting of her classmate.Her step-mom Devki Sabarwal(Sreedevi) was never ready to stop her fight.She had her own ways.It was not about justice,but way to attain it.She also want to prove some thing to Arya,who calls her Ma'am even at home.

    Devki ,with the help of DK (Nawasudeen),a private detective targeted the culprits in unique ways.She never thought about modern laws of justice and made sure that the culprits got their comeuppances.Mean while,Francis (Akshay Khanna) ,who previously handled Arya's case sniffs some thing with the callous deeds around him.

  There is no mystery element in the movie,but its surely a thriller which callsfor a debate upon the whole scenario.The tribal laws of justice ,according to many needs to be implied on such incidents.At least,the affected has a sense of disapproval  towards the modern laws.

 Debutant Ravi Udayawar,treated a sensitive subject sensibly,without taking off its signifance for the movie part and executed it brilliantly.Though,the appearance of Nawasudeen as DK appeared to be ersatz,he fared well in the role. Akshay Khanna also did well as the investigation officer.ARRs music added to the core feeling of the movie.Totally,the movie as a revenge-thriller is a good watch for its viewers or can be described 'Toppissime'

818.HITMAN's BODYGUARD(ENGLISH,2017)

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Hitman's Bodyguard

English,2017

Action,Comedy

3/5


Director: Patrick Hughes
Writer: Tom O'Connor
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman


The Hitman's Bodyguard' has got everything.From the 'car''toon'ish gun fights,revenge,full packed action,Ryan Rynolds and Samuel L Jackson.Both the actors are in a mood to make it large with both foul-mouthed talks and fun-filled sequences!!

"This guy single-handedly ruined the word mother f***er!!  That explains the total spirit of the movie in a single dialogue!!


  The story is simple and plain as a pikestaff.A hitman, Kincaid (Samuel LJ) is on a run to Hague to give his testimony against an European dictator warlord Dukhovich (Gary Oldman) ,notorious for his genocidal murders.Though ,the Interpol provided everything for Kincaid to reach the Hague,a mysterious 'mole' inside the operations failed their ideas.Then,Michael Bryce (Ryan),'once-a-celebrated' body guard to take him to Hague within a short time span.

 The good thing comes then.Both Kincaid and Michael were long time rivals as both had different job roles in their field of operation.One was trying to protect his clients while the other consistantly tried to kill them.Apart from this,their rivalry had a mysterious part to find out from the movie itself.

 Salma Hayek plays as Kincaid's sexy- heart-throb.The way they fell in love was both naughty and stylish with a petty fight in a bar.Amelia (Elodie Young) is another important character who worked as an Interpol official.She played a pivotal role in bringing the "rivals" together.Were they be able to work together?Watch the rest of this adventurous,action, comedy

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  Overall,the movie is an unlimited package of entertainment.Those who have time to watch movies and spend some time  without any other effort rather than have a small smile in scenes between,this movie suits you!!Watch it for the boisterous Samuel LJ and Ryan...

813.WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY?a.k.a 7 SISTERS(ENGLISH,2017)

What Happened To Monday? a.k.a 7 Sisters

English,2017

Action,Crime

3/5

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Max Botkin, Kerry Williamson
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe

"What happened to Monday" a.k.a "7 Sisters" is yet another Netflix movie released recently.The theme of the movie seems a much 'cliched' one ,particularly discussing the dystopian worlds,as often mentioned in most of the Hollywood flicks.The story follows the same straight pattern of 'world about to be destroyed-saviour-dramatic format.The trenchant factor which makes the movie worth watching is the provocative thought that lies towards the end of the movie.

   The mammoth population increase compelled the authorities to take stern decisions for the survival of humanity.Mostly,due to genetic disorders the new births were more in pairs.The alarming rise in population lead to a new law.Couples are allowed to give birth to single kid and when there are more kids,the officials will take them and preserve in a cryogenic environment.The process was to give them a proper life when the poverty and scarcity of food comes under control.

  Meanwhile,a mother gave birth to septuplets and soon after the delivery she was dead leaving them with her dad Terrence Settmann (Willem Dafoe).According to the law ,he could keep one and leave the rest to  cryogenic preservation.But he had his own ideas.He decided to take care of  'em secretly in his apartment.He re-modified his place,gave the girls name denoting the days of a week as Sunday to Saturday.He taught them how to save themselves from the authorities,provided  education and even made a schedule for them to go out to the world outside.Each of 'em can go out according to the week-day which represented their name.

  It's 30 years after the birth of the septuplets.Upbraid on the cryogenic preservation existed among the citizens.Mean while,a sense of umbrage among the grown up septuplets,provided their grand dad is no more to keep 'em calm.They have an identity by the name Karen Settmann and the "identical-looking' ladies live their life for a day every week.It's a crucial time in their life with career and on a Monday, the Monday girl Karen Settmann never came back.This changed the whole scenario.Then comes the question.What happened to Monday?

   Then the movie's mystery part is slowly revealed through the turpitude attitude of authorities,the emotions,the alter ego and defiant nature of the Karen Settmanns.The trite already created confusion and the surreptitious nature of cryogenic preservation slowly builds up it's own cast around everyone.

Noomi Rapace did justice to her alter ego portrait of characters.At the end,when the mysteries are revealed raising up a question in the minds of viewers.This action-packed movie maintains an identity for itself with theme,resulting from the mysterious surroundings it covered.I still think that there is more room for movies narrating the dystopian worlds in the future too,provided with better execution. The movie ends on a note "Who was right and who was wrong?Actually ,is there an alternative way to face this problem effectively??"

814.LOGAN LUCKY(ENGLISH,2017)

Logan Lucky 

English,2017

3.5/5

|Thriller|Comedy|

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Rebecca Blunt

Stars: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig


How will some one plan for a perfect heist??Irreproachable planning,Quintessential resources and Sui generis forbearance.Kindly wait before raising a question on these factors. Coz, The Logan Brothers and their team had relied on these components to tell their own version of a burglarize.

  Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) lost his job recently due to his legs,which were injured during an accident.To make things even worse,he came to know that his separated wife is moving to another place with his kid and her 'new-husband' .Jimmy got angry and went to his brother Clyde (Adam Driver),who was a war veteran with an amputated hand.He started planning for a robbery with a team involving their sister,Mellie (Riley),Joe Bang(Daniel Craig) ,a convict expertise in safe cracking of locks and his 2 brothers.Their catch,a high profile city around NASCAR circuit.Not the usual bank or locker robbery!!

'Logan Lucky' is a full fledged entertainer in every aspect.A revamped Channing Tatum appeared completely different from his action lad/handsome guy looks.Jimmy Logan will be in the list of his important roles of his career.Steve Soderbergh ,after coming back from an unexpected break presented another well executed heist movie after the smash hits 'Oceans Eleven' ,the sequels and the likes of 'Out of Sight' and others.Ocean's 7 -Eleven may be a reference that you would find in 'Logan Lucky'.Here,the movie at first raises doubts on the various actions by the characters.But,he embedded the story line right from the opening sequence like jig-saw puzzle.

'Logan Lucky' is a fine example of a heist movie perfectly blended with all the equations as represented in the first paragraph along with the extravaganza of a movie in the genre!!