Nelson Potter (the kid from the previous movie) has gone legit, has a partner, has a big house; has a dad in jail. The dad isn't doing that bad though, and I assume his being in jail is a change to give Nelson (Corey Haim) a bigger spotlight and acting room. Everything is going OK until FBI agent Rankin pops up and starts snooping, and then Lily (Cynthia Rothrock) starts robbing banks again (well she probably never stopped) and then... it all goes haywire. I mean it all goes South. I'm saying it all turns to shit. I'm meaning they all go bananas and Rankin goes batshit crazy and they monkey around; once again, it's a good (but personally I thought the first movie was better) movie with all the elements that characterized the first, but this time it's more about the kid than the dad. Good movie.

 rated 3/5: not bad

Fast Getaway is the story of cops and robbers... but mostly robbers. Cynthia Rothrock (B-movie premiere martial artist, decent actor and Karate black belt) plays the bad girl, and the main characters are a duo of father (Ken Lerner) and son (Corey Haim, who btw held a promising career but died suddenly age 37 - and had a song made by an Irish band in his memory). Dad & son are both bank robbers, and though the story has some underlying moral it's mostly comedy, mostly you-can't-touch-us type of action: and they keep getting away, and away, and away again even when you think they'll get caught. And then they caught. But... they get away. There are some crazy car chases and plenty of action. So if you like action, and cars, and eighties movies in general (this is kinda like an eighties movie... even if the title claims otherwise) you'll have a fun time with this. Nothing serious, but a fun watch.

 rated 3/5: not bad

This movie wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In the introducvtory sequence when the hovercraft dropped down from the sky and the machinegun let out some rapid fire with only special effects rising out of the ground (they could've at least added some real dust) I wasn't expecting much... but... it gets better.

In a perfect world this movie could've been awesome, but I feel they could add least have mixed in the special effects with some real effects. After watching a bunch of HK movies (like Hard Boiled the other day) I realize one thing about real effects: they look real. They're not as predictable, they affect the surrounding scenery and they effect the film. A flash of light filmed within the movie has an effect on the camera, but with special effects added afterwards that camera effect is probably the hardest thing to emulate. The flash... fine, but the effect that flash has on film equipment, nearby characters etc, that's a bit more difficult. Bigger budget movies have the special effects integrated in such a way that you barely notice they aren't real, they really do an awesome job at it - even if I prefer the real thing, but for budget movies I wish they'd mix in some cheap tricks to add to the realism instead of trying to go pro. I mean, how about some firecrackers mixed in with hardened flour on the walls that are supposedly 'shot up' (cause in the movie the walls don't even get scratched). That's the kind of elements I'm missing.

As for the movie itself, it reminds me a bit of the nineties Cyborg Cop series, and it's also no doubt set to be released the same year as Robocop for some added attention. The plot's slightly more advanced than the Cyborg Cop movies, the actors slightly better, and... the fights aren't half bad either! The main actors aren't bad. The Android Cop actually does a great job of acting like an Android, and the plot, the seemingly Banlieue-13 inspired scenario with cops and gangs and good and evil and relationship drama; sacrifice - it's all great. It's the filmography that's lacking. It's oftentimes a bit stiff, and the CGI doesn't always cut it. Like I said, The tension builds up though, and towards the end I'm surprised, positively. Good watch.

 rated 2/5: decent

Mix in a little supernatural with a little Western and you get a movie like this.

Wesley Snipe's got some good merits for this type of role with all those Blade movies in his back pocket. The setting's gritty; dusty and filled with deaf and voilence. The plot's one of vengeance, of good and bad, love and hate, you know the type.

It's gritty, slow-paced and features a cast of pretty intense actors. Good stuff.

 rated 3/5: not bad

I wasn't expecting much of this movie. What I was expecting was: yet another black and white (as in one black and one white character) cop movie and one more generic attempt at being as racially fair and appealing to a broad mass of movie viewers as possible - there is a stereotype bound to movies like this for a reason, but it turns out it wasn't really like that.

Sandler didn't win me over till the latter half, but he can actually be a pretty convincing actor when he sets his mind to it. So could the other guy btw, though he did get on my nerves a bit with all his accusations. Parts of the movie were a mess, but what set it aside from most of these movies was that they actually mixed some real action in with the sloppy comedy, like people getting shot in their heads and eyeballs. It was a bit more obscene and violent than I'd expected, and I'm not saying that specifically is an appeal that sets this movie apart from others, but it bodes for surprise and variation, which does. It's a pretty basic action movie otherwise; maybe you'll remember it - maybe you won't. It was worth the watch.

 rated 3/5: not bad

If you ever wondered what brought on that huge financial crisis a few years back - the one where global economy almost toppled over, people lost their jobs and Iceland when bankrupt - you might want to see this. It was an interesting documentary, with plenty of revelations and insights, and above all a moral: there's no need for greed. What surprised me more than all I learned within the film however, was that Matt Damon was the narrator! I think this is the first time I watch a documentary voiced by a famous actor, so that was something else. There's not much to say about this movie: it does its job: it informs, in a varied and seriously entertaining way - I mean it's serious business - I mean it's business, seriously. Good movie.

 rated 4/5: fo shizzle