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Robin Hood (Theatrical Trailer)

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Step aside Kevin Costner and go back to your Water Dwelling… The Sherwood forest belongs to Russell Crowe now. This movie looks good.

Official Plot Synopsis: Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by generations as Robin Hood, whose exploits have endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination of those who share his spirit of adventure and righteousness. In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.

3:10 to Yuma (DVD)

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three_ten_to_yuma3:10 to Yuma was an excellent modern western film. With Russell Crowe and Christian Bale at the helm, the film never had a dull moment. Both actors put on superb performances and played their roles with conviction.

As for the rest of the movie, the action was well choreographed, the gun battles were intense, and the dialogue was interesting. What kept me from giving this film a five star rating however, was definitely the realism or lack thereof. I’m a huge fan of cinema and I always try to stay objective and just enjoy the MOVIE, but some of the scenes made me want to cringe and scream “impossible!”.

This wasn’t Rambo, or some other action hero film so I expected more bullets to connect with their targets. Watching characters run across the screen with hundreds of screaming bullets passing right by them without any injury made me want to choke the director. Particularly the scenes toward the ending of the movie. Ah, and as for the ending…. I personally didn’t care for it and I wasn’t surprised at all to find that others felt the same way I did.

Although this movie did have its flaws, its still definitely worth your time. Overall, I really enjoyed the movie and was quite entertained. Despite the lack of realism throughout the film, the cast and the storyline will keep you engaged until the very end.

Synopsis:

Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sake of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery lead by famed outlaw Ben Wade. No sooner or later, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans quest for taking Wade to the station is not only for saving for his land but an inner battle that he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes from Indians, pursuits by Wade’s vengeful gang and Wade’s own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all more intense.

American Gangster (Theaters)

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american_gangster_ver3When you have a film produced by Ridley Scott combined with two Academy Award winning actors, its only natural to assume that the film’s success would be guaranteed.

American Gangster certainly did not disappoint me. Although it would be unreasonable to compare this film to classics such as The Godfather or Scarface, I thought it was well executed film, and that both Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe put on Oscar winning type performances.

There were some flaws in the film and parts that could have been omitted to make the movie a bit shorter (the custody battle was one example), but overall the pace of the film was good as was its character development. Personally, I thought it lacked some intensity and action, but I’m guessing that more action would mean less realism, which ultimately may have taken away from the film’s accuracy of the life of Frank Lucas.

Synopsis:

Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas, the quiet driver to one of the inner city’s leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city’s mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.

Richie Roberts is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.