A 2008 Malayalam movie by Major Ravi starring Mohan Lal as Commanding Officier Col. Mahadevan. The film has been shot at Kargil and nearby areas in Kashmir. This has given the film a real militiary outlook. The story is about the Pakistan invasion in kargil during 1999. This is Major Ravi's third film, and this time also he didnt put much effort to move out of his favorite way of story tellling. An officer with a unit under him trying to fight against the enemies. He has got all the negative forces against him including not so friendly officers and seniors and also the journalists are there to give him much trouble.
The action starts when the Pakistan army violates an existing treaty which was signed after one of the previous wars. They captured some of the very important posts of the Indian Army and in the film its clearly mentioned that this action was carried after the direct instructions from the then Pakistan Army Chief Parvez Musharaff. India responds to this by sending a command under Col. Mahadevan who has been promoted from Major rank.
As Col Mahadevan takes control of the situation, there is heavy fighting between the two sides. And in the end, as the history says, Indian Army pushes the intruders back to their own land, and captures some of their land too. The last scenes of the film resembles the pictures we saw on the newspapers as India won the kargil war.
The fight sequences are really good, and puts the malayalam film industry above all other regional film industries in technical aspects. But the director has included a number of sentimental situations, which would've suited the course of the film if done in a more professional manner with some good dialogues and actors. An important thing to mention is that the casting of the actors was done well, but regarding the actress, the casting turned out to be tragic. Also we can see the officers talking to other people (including pakistan officers) in malayalam. Eventhough this was meant to give the audience a better understanding of the situation, it has taken away the between the troops of india and pakistan, there was an area where the soldiers at both the posts of India and Pakistan were friends. They shared their amneties with each other eventhough their countries were on war.
The movie lasts for about 2 hours, and during all the situations other than those showing the warfront, the film is boring. But the technical effort involved in this film is superb and the effort taken by the crew is really appreciable.
My Rating : Good (***)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Thirakkadha (Malayalam - 2008)
A 2008 Malayalam movie starring Prithviraj, Anoop, Priya Mani and Samvritha Sunil in the leading roles. And you can also see poor Nishanth Sagar playing the role of a post throughout the film.
Prithviraj plays the role of an young film director who owns and maintains a cafeteria. Anoop and Priya Mani are also related with the film industry. Anoop plays the role of a superstar, whereas Priya was a leading heroine in the Malayalam film industry who is now nowhere near the limelight.
The story is about Akki(Prithviraj) trying to direct a film based on the love life of Ajay(Anoop) and Malavika(Priya). He gets all the information regarding that relationship from a late director's(Renjith) letters to his wife and his dairy notes. The relationship is like this. Ajay who is the son of a makeup man is working on his first film (Itha oru Manjukalam) in the anti-hero role. The hero is an actor named Sekhar and the heroine is Malavika/Malu. By the end of that film, both of them started a relationship. Things become worse when Malu's mother caught both of them kissing on a park bench in the shooting location on her birthday. After that, her mom never allows her to play the heroine role against Ajay. But later they got married in a register office. After some time (may be months, ie not mentioned), Malu becomes pregnant. But Ajay wants to abort that because he was on the edge of taking his career to higher ends. Eventhough malu was against this idea in the beginning, she later agrees to abort the child for the sake of saving Ajay's career. But later she came to know that during abortion, another surgery was made which made her incapable to become pregnant in the future. This lead them to a split and she become an alcoholist.
After their split, they acted together in another movie after a number of years. At that time, Ajay tries to explain Malu what really happened. But she was not ready to hear. Soon, Malu disappeared from the movie screens and people forgot about her.
Akki decides to make this as a film and Ajay didnt want Akki to do that story. He tried to play the lead charector, so that he can bring in some changes in the script later, but Akki discards his offer. Later Akki happened to find out Malu. But by that time, she had got Cancer and she looked terrible now after undergoing chaemotherapy. Akki brings her back home and she is on her death bed. At that time, she came to know from the doctor that they had earlier removed an cancer infected organ from her body during the abortion and it was as a result of that surgery that her ability to deliver children was gone. She actually misunderstood that Ajay did it for selfish reasons and now she understood everything. She insists Akki to call Ajay and when he came, she wanted him to take her to the location of their first film location where they first met and their love life started. The film ends with Malu lying in the hands of Ajay telling him that she is afraid to die, on the park bench of Cloud's End, the villa where their first film was shooted.
The film is a good one and the director has picturised the love life between Ajay and Malu in a very beautiful manner. In between, you will be able to see some resemblence with the real life of filmstars like Mohanlal, Mammooty, Kamal Hasan and Sreevidya. And there is enough description about how this superheoism has affected the malayalam film industry. The only part in the film that is not impressive are the songs. They've got really slow songs which can make u feel that time is not moving at all. The climax scene is really touching and take my word, your eyes are gonna be wet in the end if your heart is not so hard. :-)
My Rating : Good (***)
Prithviraj plays the role of an young film director who owns and maintains a cafeteria. Anoop and Priya Mani are also related with the film industry. Anoop plays the role of a superstar, whereas Priya was a leading heroine in the Malayalam film industry who is now nowhere near the limelight.
The story is about Akki(Prithviraj) trying to direct a film based on the love life of Ajay(Anoop) and Malavika(Priya). He gets all the information regarding that relationship from a late director's(Renjith) letters to his wife and his dairy notes. The relationship is like this. Ajay who is the son of a makeup man is working on his first film (Itha oru Manjukalam) in the anti-hero role. The hero is an actor named Sekhar and the heroine is Malavika/Malu. By the end of that film, both of them started a relationship. Things become worse when Malu's mother caught both of them kissing on a park bench in the shooting location on her birthday. After that, her mom never allows her to play the heroine role against Ajay. But later they got married in a register office. After some time (may be months, ie not mentioned), Malu becomes pregnant. But Ajay wants to abort that because he was on the edge of taking his career to higher ends. Eventhough malu was against this idea in the beginning, she later agrees to abort the child for the sake of saving Ajay's career. But later she came to know that during abortion, another surgery was made which made her incapable to become pregnant in the future. This lead them to a split and she become an alcoholist.
After their split, they acted together in another movie after a number of years. At that time, Ajay tries to explain Malu what really happened. But she was not ready to hear. Soon, Malu disappeared from the movie screens and people forgot about her.
Akki decides to make this as a film and Ajay didnt want Akki to do that story. He tried to play the lead charector, so that he can bring in some changes in the script later, but Akki discards his offer. Later Akki happened to find out Malu. But by that time, she had got Cancer and she looked terrible now after undergoing chaemotherapy. Akki brings her back home and she is on her death bed. At that time, she came to know from the doctor that they had earlier removed an cancer infected organ from her body during the abortion and it was as a result of that surgery that her ability to deliver children was gone. She actually misunderstood that Ajay did it for selfish reasons and now she understood everything. She insists Akki to call Ajay and when he came, she wanted him to take her to the location of their first film location where they first met and their love life started. The film ends with Malu lying in the hands of Ajay telling him that she is afraid to die, on the park bench of Cloud's End, the villa where their first film was shooted.
The film is a good one and the director has picturised the love life between Ajay and Malu in a very beautiful manner. In between, you will be able to see some resemblence with the real life of filmstars like Mohanlal, Mammooty, Kamal Hasan and Sreevidya. And there is enough description about how this superheoism has affected the malayalam film industry. The only part in the film that is not impressive are the songs. They've got really slow songs which can make u feel that time is not moving at all. The climax scene is really touching and take my word, your eyes are gonna be wet in the end if your heart is not so hard. :-)
My Rating : Good (***)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Madambi (Malayalam - 2008)
2008 malayalam movie starring mohanlal, kavya madhavan, siddhique and ajmal in the lead roles. mohanlal plays the role of a money lender in a small village in kerala. Siddhique is his rival in the same field. But being the protagonist, mohanlal stays with the local people in many issues which are created by Siddhique and his team. Kavya Madhavan plays the role of a private bank manager in the same village.
Ajmal is mohanlal's brother who is very unhappy in the way his brother treats him. Siddhique later succeeds in bringin Ajmal to his side, fighting against Mohanlal. They plots against Lal many times, but he gets out of them with ease. At a certain stage, Lal doesnt even get the support from his mother who thinks Lal is just behind money and gives no importance at all to relationships. But by the end, with the help of some flash back related to his father, Lal changes his mother's attitude towards him. And with the help of a court he brings his brother back to his side.
The story line seems just a normal Mohanlal type, that we have been watching for the last few years. But there is something in the film that makes you feel comfortable to stay watching it. And if you are a Mohanlal fan, then you are gonna love the film. Unlike other films, a difference with this one is that it doesn't end with an action sequence. There are no unwanted dialogues and superhero image, and the film is taken in a nice manner. Kavya has done a good job in this film, but Ajmal is not that impressive. And to get the smiley effect they have got Suraj Venjaramood, who now is a common face in malayalam films.
My Rating : Good (***)
Ajmal is mohanlal's brother who is very unhappy in the way his brother treats him. Siddhique later succeeds in bringin Ajmal to his side, fighting against Mohanlal. They plots against Lal many times, but he gets out of them with ease. At a certain stage, Lal doesnt even get the support from his mother who thinks Lal is just behind money and gives no importance at all to relationships. But by the end, with the help of some flash back related to his father, Lal changes his mother's attitude towards him. And with the help of a court he brings his brother back to his side.
The story line seems just a normal Mohanlal type, that we have been watching for the last few years. But there is something in the film that makes you feel comfortable to stay watching it. And if you are a Mohanlal fan, then you are gonna love the film. Unlike other films, a difference with this one is that it doesn't end with an action sequence. There are no unwanted dialogues and superhero image, and the film is taken in a nice manner. Kavya has done a good job in this film, but Ajmal is not that impressive. And to get the smiley effect they have got Suraj Venjaramood, who now is a common face in malayalam films.
My Rating : Good (***)
Friday, August 15, 2008
Veruthe Oru Bharya (Malayalam - 2008)
2008 malayalam movie starring Jayaram and Gopika in the lead roles. Its supposed to be a come back in Jayaram's career. And its the last film by Gopika before her marriage.The film is about the life of a middle class family. Jayaram plays the role of the husband who is a government employee. Gopika is his wife who does all the work at home. They have a daughter Anjana (Niveditha) who is studying in the school.
As the story moves forward, Gopika becomes a person who is very unhappy with the way her husband treats her. She feels like she has been locked to the house. Also she is very unhappy in the lack of interest shown by her husband in her parents. To her surprise, Jayaram takes them for a trip with the others in his office, but he drinks a lot on the way and makes an issue at Tamil Nadu which prompts the ladies in the group to wind up the trip. Things get worse when Jayaram gave less importance to a call from Gopika's home. Because of that, they were not able to reach Gopika's house before her mother dies of illness.
This hurts Gopika a lot and she decides to start a strike by not doing the so called duties of a wife at home. This makes jayaram restless and he beats Gopika. She leaves his home and stays at her house with her father and brother. Now its Jayaram's duty to take care of their daughter and all the other matters at home. Soon he become over protective because of some unfortunate events and loses his mental stability. But Gopkia reaches home with some others from Jayaram's office just in time to see the kid suffering with severe fever and Jayaram under mental illness. They tries to get the girl out of his custody, but Jayaram feels like they are somebody else trying to hurt his child, and on trying to save her, accidentally hits the girl with an iron rod on her head. Then he loses his conciousness. Fortunately, the child is saved and Jayaram was brought under mental treatment. Later with the help of the doctor they decide to return to their old life and the film ends in a postivie way.
The film has got a lot of relevance in the current social life in kerala. It shows about the bad elements in the society that can affect the peaceful atmosphere of a family. If you are looking for entertainment, then i cant offer you that in this film. But if you want something to think, like something related to family life, then you should watch this movie. And the film is considered as a good re-entry for Jayaram in the Malayalam Film industry.
My Ratings : Good (***)
As the story moves forward, Gopika becomes a person who is very unhappy with the way her husband treats her. She feels like she has been locked to the house. Also she is very unhappy in the lack of interest shown by her husband in her parents. To her surprise, Jayaram takes them for a trip with the others in his office, but he drinks a lot on the way and makes an issue at Tamil Nadu which prompts the ladies in the group to wind up the trip. Things get worse when Jayaram gave less importance to a call from Gopika's home. Because of that, they were not able to reach Gopika's house before her mother dies of illness.
This hurts Gopika a lot and she decides to start a strike by not doing the so called duties of a wife at home. This makes jayaram restless and he beats Gopika. She leaves his home and stays at her house with her father and brother. Now its Jayaram's duty to take care of their daughter and all the other matters at home. Soon he become over protective because of some unfortunate events and loses his mental stability. But Gopkia reaches home with some others from Jayaram's office just in time to see the kid suffering with severe fever and Jayaram under mental illness. They tries to get the girl out of his custody, but Jayaram feels like they are somebody else trying to hurt his child, and on trying to save her, accidentally hits the girl with an iron rod on her head. Then he loses his conciousness. Fortunately, the child is saved and Jayaram was brought under mental treatment. Later with the help of the doctor they decide to return to their old life and the film ends in a postivie way.
The film has got a lot of relevance in the current social life in kerala. It shows about the bad elements in the society that can affect the peaceful atmosphere of a family. If you are looking for entertainment, then i cant offer you that in this film. But if you want something to think, like something related to family life, then you should watch this movie. And the film is considered as a good re-entry for Jayaram in the Malayalam Film industry.
My Ratings : Good (***)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (English - 2008)
A 2008 english movie. Third in the famous mummy series, and the story happens 14 years after the second part. but take my word, not as impressive as the previous two. Brendan Fraser plays the role of Rick O'Connell, Jet Li as Emperor Han, Maria Bello as Evelyn (not the same cast as in the previous films) and Luke Ford as Alex O'Connell. Those who have watched the second part might not have forgotten about Alex O'Connell, a smart little kid. He is now grown up and follows his dads way, but i'm sure he lost his charm.
Alex decides to follow the path shown by his dad and succeeds in bringing out the dragon emperor's tomb from under the desert. At this time, the British Government assigns O'Connell Senior who is now enjoying a retirement life, for a mission in China. The mission was to return to the Chinese government the Eye of Shangri-La which originally belonged to China, but was kept in the British Museum. O'Connell reaches the Chinese museum with his wife Evelyn where the dragon emperor was brought in by his son. They didn knew that this egg is capable of resurrecting the dragon emperor who is now under a curse. The dragon emperor got the curse from a witch Zi Yuan while he was trying to become immortal, and got converted to statues. General Yang was a general in the Chinese army and he believes that only the dragon emperor can save this world. With the help of the chief of the Chinese museum, the general captures the Eye brought in by O'Connell and resurrects the Dragon Emperor. And the fight starts. Rest is almost same as that of the previous films. And in guest appearence are three yetis (monkey/bear like creatures that are believed to be existing in the Himalayas) which came in time to save O'Connell's team from the dragon emperor and his general during a fight in the Himalayas. The last fight of the film is between the army of the dragon emperor and the mummies of the people who were killed by him. Meanwhile the emperor has attained immortality from the pool of Shangri La in the Himalayas. But by sacrificing the immortality of herself and her daughter Lin, Zi Yuan makes him mortal again.
the witch is later killed by the emperor, but she somehow manages to get a knife which is the only way to kill the king. Followed by this there is a fight between the O'Connells on one side and the emperor on the other, and in the end the emperor is killed by the O'Connells.
The film is not as interesting as the previous versions. You will feel really bored in most of the first half. The second half starts with a strong fight sequence, but doesnt last long. It was in this fight sequence that they brought in a trio of Yeti's to help the O'Connells and its effects are worth
mentioning. There is also a good amount of comedy, mainly by Jonathan(John Hannah) which contributed a lot in not making the film utter boring. And for those who are going to watch the movie to see more from Brenden Fraser, i've got bad news. He is not there for long, and his son is given equal importance. Also Mrs. O'Connell is casted by a different actress and it didn work out well as in the previous movies, thats what i think. I dont recommend you to go to the theatre and watch the movie. Try some other methods. :-)
My Ratings : Yawn (**)
Alex decides to follow the path shown by his dad and succeeds in bringing out the dragon emperor's tomb from under the desert. At this time, the British Government assigns O'Connell Senior who is now enjoying a retirement life, for a mission in China. The mission was to return to the Chinese government the Eye of Shangri-La which originally belonged to China, but was kept in the British Museum. O'Connell reaches the Chinese museum with his wife Evelyn where the dragon emperor was brought in by his son. They didn knew that this egg is capable of resurrecting the dragon emperor who is now under a curse. The dragon emperor got the curse from a witch Zi Yuan while he was trying to become immortal, and got converted to statues. General Yang was a general in the Chinese army and he believes that only the dragon emperor can save this world. With the help of the chief of the Chinese museum, the general captures the Eye brought in by O'Connell and resurrects the Dragon Emperor. And the fight starts. Rest is almost same as that of the previous films. And in guest appearence are three yetis (monkey/bear like creatures that are believed to be existing in the Himalayas) which came in time to save O'Connell's team from the dragon emperor and his general during a fight in the Himalayas. The last fight of the film is between the army of the dragon emperor and the mummies of the people who were killed by him. Meanwhile the emperor has attained immortality from the pool of Shangri La in the Himalayas. But by sacrificing the immortality of herself and her daughter Lin, Zi Yuan makes him mortal again.
the witch is later killed by the emperor, but she somehow manages to get a knife which is the only way to kill the king. Followed by this there is a fight between the O'Connells on one side and the emperor on the other, and in the end the emperor is killed by the O'Connells.
The film is not as interesting as the previous versions. You will feel really bored in most of the first half. The second half starts with a strong fight sequence, but doesnt last long. It was in this fight sequence that they brought in a trio of Yeti's to help the O'Connells and its effects are worth
mentioning. There is also a good amount of comedy, mainly by Jonathan(John Hannah) which contributed a lot in not making the film utter boring. And for those who are going to watch the movie to see more from Brenden Fraser, i've got bad news. He is not there for long, and his son is given equal importance. Also Mrs. O'Connell is casted by a different actress and it didn work out well as in the previous movies, thats what i think. I dont recommend you to go to the theatre and watch the movie. Try some other methods. :-)
My Ratings : Yawn (**)
The Pursuit of Happyness (English - 2006)
A 2006 english movie based on the life story of the famous american entrepuener and philanthropist, Christopher Gardner. Will Smith plays the role of Chris gardner. This is a real story, very inspiring and i recommend u to watch this movie as early as possible.
The film tells how chris gardener struggled in his life to attain the position that he is in at present. While the film progresses we can find gardener facing some situations that are really tough and we will be very anxious to know how he is gonna tackle with them. Also Smith's son is playing the role of Gardener's son. He didn have money to pay his parking bills.Hence he was arrested and put in jail for one night. He didn have money to pay the house rend. So he was thrown out from his room and he and his son slept for some days in places where they can find safety. They once locked themselves in a public toilet in the railway station in the night. But he financially recovers after some months of very hard working and strong determination.
In the last scene, Christopher Gardener appears himself in the film as a person walking past Will Smith and his son. Smith then looks back at that person too. According to me, this is the best scene in this film. You wont identify Gardener that easily, and i got the information from Wikipedia.
And i strongly recommend u to watch this movie.
Chris Gardener is a $65million business man in US (as per 2006).
My Rating : Must Watch (****)
The film tells how chris gardener struggled in his life to attain the position that he is in at present. While the film progresses we can find gardener facing some situations that are really tough and we will be very anxious to know how he is gonna tackle with them. Also Smith's son is playing the role of Gardener's son. He didn have money to pay his parking bills.Hence he was arrested and put in jail for one night. He didn have money to pay the house rend. So he was thrown out from his room and he and his son slept for some days in places where they can find safety. They once locked themselves in a public toilet in the railway station in the night. But he financially recovers after some months of very hard working and strong determination.
In the last scene, Christopher Gardener appears himself in the film as a person walking past Will Smith and his son. Smith then looks back at that person too. According to me, this is the best scene in this film. You wont identify Gardener that easily, and i got the information from Wikipedia.
And i strongly recommend u to watch this movie.
Chris Gardener is a $65million business man in US (as per 2006).
My Rating : Must Watch (****)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Kingdom (English - 2007)
A 2006 english movie based on the experiences of an FBI team in Saudi Arabia while they were investigating on a terrorist attack that hit an American base in Saudi causing heavy casuality. The american government and the fbi were not interested in sending more americans to Saudi, but the team somehow manages to get permission and reaches there. Unfortunately for them, the attitude of the local security officials and the american embassy officials in saudi were not supportive. And they were not allowed to collect evidences and carry an investigation of their own in that foriegn country. Later the fbi team leader manages to get a permission from the saudi prince and tracks down the terrorist gang and its leader. By that time, the team got into a better relationship with the local security forces and they started planning the operations together.
After tracking the location of the terrorist group, the american forces launches a commando operation which resulted in the death of some gang members who were not the top ones. and most of them were less than 18 years too. so this forced the authorities to pack up the team and while they were on their way back to the airport, the terrorist group attacked them with a car bomb. but the team manages to escape somehow from the attack, but the terrorists captures one of the team members and took him for execution (the terrorists usual way of executing infront of a video camera to broadcast it later). the next 20 minutes shows the heavy fight between the two sides.it resulted in the death of a lot of terrorists and their leader. also a local security official, who by then had become a good friend of the team was killed. later after consoling his family, the team returns to america.
The last scene of the most interesting scene, thats what i felt. It shows the resemblance in the dialogues delivered by the hero and villain in two different situations. Aat first it was the hero's consoling his colleague after the attack at The Kingdom Of Saudi. Then it was the dialogue of the terrorist leader to his granddaughter while dying. Both said "Dont worry, we will kill them".
My Rating : Good (***)
After tracking the location of the terrorist group, the american forces launches a commando operation which resulted in the death of some gang members who were not the top ones. and most of them were less than 18 years too. so this forced the authorities to pack up the team and while they were on their way back to the airport, the terrorist group attacked them with a car bomb. but the team manages to escape somehow from the attack, but the terrorists captures one of the team members and took him for execution (the terrorists usual way of executing infront of a video camera to broadcast it later). the next 20 minutes shows the heavy fight between the two sides.it resulted in the death of a lot of terrorists and their leader. also a local security official, who by then had become a good friend of the team was killed. later after consoling his family, the team returns to america.
The last scene of the most interesting scene, thats what i felt. It shows the resemblance in the dialogues delivered by the hero and villain in two different situations. Aat first it was the hero's consoling his colleague after the attack at The Kingdom Of Saudi. Then it was the dialogue of the terrorist leader to his granddaughter while dying. Both said "Dont worry, we will kill them".
My Rating : Good (***)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The Bourne Ultimatum (English - 2007)
Released on: 21 September 2007
Directed By: Paul Greengrass
Starring : Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn,Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez
Trailer - [hey...dont worry if u c a mobile phone ok...the trailer will show up soon...]
Jason Bourne(Matt Damon) is again on the move...
the ultimate jason bourne...
full of chases and plots and action...
bourne ultimatum is the third among the bourne series, following bourne identity and bourne supremacy.
this extreme action thriller has got its backbone from Robert Ludlum's identically titled books, and pls note, the film has got nothing to do with the book except the base line.
you will find it very hard to find some relationship with the incidents in the film and the book.
so no need to apply the harry potter tactics, ie book first film next, in this case.
so, about the story line, jason bourne is behind the killers of his girlfriend (which happens in the beginning of the second film, the bourne supremacy).
the story works around the CIA and its dirty alliances. you will also find that the cia agent Pam Landy (Joan Allen) who tried her level best to catch him in the bourne supremacy stands with him in this film, which inturn will help her to bring the unholy practices of the cia infront of the law.
the story proceeds with stunning action sequences and cia covert operations, and jason tackles all the attempts of the great brains of the cia and thier ultra perfect assassins with great expertise.
the cia is trying to cover up some of their previous activities and unfortunately for them, jason bourne is trying to uncover those operations.
the film has got some sequences which are similiar to the scenes in the previous films, identity and supremacy.
the film lasts for almost 1 hour 50 min and take my word, you are gonna enjoy each seconds of this film.
My Rating : Must Watch (****)
PS : Try to see the other two in the series also.
Directed By: Paul Greengrass
Starring : Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn,Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez
Trailer - [hey...dont worry if u c a mobile phone ok...the trailer will show up soon...]
Jason Bourne(Matt Damon) is again on the move...
the ultimate jason bourne...
full of chases and plots and action...
bourne ultimatum is the third among the bourne series, following bourne identity and bourne supremacy.
this extreme action thriller has got its backbone from Robert Ludlum's identically titled books, and pls note, the film has got nothing to do with the book except the base line.
you will find it very hard to find some relationship with the incidents in the film and the book.
so no need to apply the harry potter tactics, ie book first film next, in this case.
so, about the story line, jason bourne is behind the killers of his girlfriend (which happens in the beginning of the second film, the bourne supremacy).
the story works around the CIA and its dirty alliances. you will also find that the cia agent Pam Landy (Joan Allen) who tried her level best to catch him in the bourne supremacy stands with him in this film, which inturn will help her to bring the unholy practices of the cia infront of the law.
the story proceeds with stunning action sequences and cia covert operations, and jason tackles all the attempts of the great brains of the cia and thier ultra perfect assassins with great expertise.
the cia is trying to cover up some of their previous activities and unfortunately for them, jason bourne is trying to uncover those operations.
the film has got some sequences which are similiar to the scenes in the previous films, identity and supremacy.
the film lasts for almost 1 hour 50 min and take my word, you are gonna enjoy each seconds of this film.
My Rating : Must Watch (****)
PS : Try to see the other two in the series also.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Vantage Point (English - 2008)
Released on: 22nd February 2008
Directed By: Pete Travis
Starring : Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker,William Hurt, Édgar Ramírez, Eduardo Noriega
Trailer - [hey...dont worry if u c a mobile phone ok...the trailer will show up soon...]
the film is about the abduction of the american president Ashton (William Hurt) at sweden by a terrorist group and his body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) saving him.
the american president is at Spain for some peace talks and treaty stuff with the country.
the conflict is mainly between the presidents two body guards Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) who works for the terrorist group.
the us president needs to go for a public appearance with a spanish mayor.
a terrorist group plans to abduct him.
us intelligence gets the information.
they too goes for a replacement and the original president is taken back to the hotel (very smart).
the duplicate president got shot by a remotely controlled sniper (good tactics, must c).
a bomb explodes under the stage jus after the president was taken to the hospital.
the terrorists who had already identified that the double is brought in carries out a commando operation (assassin:Édgar Ramírez) at the hotel and takes the original after killing all the guards (ultra smart rt???).
to get the feel, its better u watch it on screen...
the theme, we all have heard a lot of times rt???
bt something is there that makes the film different...
its not a lengthy one...jus 1hour 30 min...
n the incidents last only for 20-25 min...
but we are given six different perspectives...
the story is told and retold from various angles which includes those of a media channel, the President's body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid), Enrique (Eduardo Noriega) who is a spanish police officer in charge of the Mayor's security ,Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) a person who takes the video of the incidents in his personnel camera , the original american president and the terrorist group.
though the film is full of firing and explosion and action sequences, it also has a touching relationship the person had with a little girl who couldn't find her mom after the bomb explosion.
a must watch sequence is Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) chasing Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) in the busy streets of spain just after the assassination attempt.
and the film ends with the president being taken in a copter to a safe place from the middle of the road...
the public is unaware of all these plots...they are later informed through media that the assassin has been shot dead and the president is safe...
and i'm sure u r gonna enjoy it...
forgot to mention...there is a situation where all the secret service advisors tell the american president to launch a missile on some target in response to the assassination attempt and the president, to my surprise, decides not to do it and to take a peaceful but strong action which is not so common under current circumstances!!!
good film...can be considered as a must watch if u r sort of an action, thriller, suspense fan...
enjoy...
My Rating : Good (***)
Directed By: Pete Travis
Starring : Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker,William Hurt, Édgar Ramírez, Eduardo Noriega
Trailer - [hey...dont worry if u c a mobile phone ok...the trailer will show up soon...]
the film is about the abduction of the american president Ashton (William Hurt) at sweden by a terrorist group and his body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) saving him.
the american president is at Spain for some peace talks and treaty stuff with the country.
the conflict is mainly between the presidents two body guards Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) who works for the terrorist group.
the us president needs to go for a public appearance with a spanish mayor.
a terrorist group plans to abduct him.
us intelligence gets the information.
they too goes for a replacement and the original president is taken back to the hotel (very smart).
the duplicate president got shot by a remotely controlled sniper (good tactics, must c).
a bomb explodes under the stage jus after the president was taken to the hospital.
the terrorists who had already identified that the double is brought in carries out a commando operation (assassin:Édgar Ramírez) at the hotel and takes the original after killing all the guards (ultra smart rt???).
to get the feel, its better u watch it on screen...
the theme, we all have heard a lot of times rt???
bt something is there that makes the film different...
its not a lengthy one...jus 1hour 30 min...
n the incidents last only for 20-25 min...
but we are given six different perspectives...
the story is told and retold from various angles which includes those of a media channel, the President's body guard Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid), Enrique (Eduardo Noriega) who is a spanish police officer in charge of the Mayor's security ,Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) a person who takes the video of the incidents in his personnel camera , the original american president and the terrorist group.
though the film is full of firing and explosion and action sequences, it also has a touching relationship the person had with a little girl who couldn't find her mom after the bomb explosion.
a must watch sequence is Thomas Barnes(Dennis Quaid) chasing Kent Taylor(Matthew Fox) in the busy streets of spain just after the assassination attempt.
and the film ends with the president being taken in a copter to a safe place from the middle of the road...
the public is unaware of all these plots...they are later informed through media that the assassin has been shot dead and the president is safe...
and i'm sure u r gonna enjoy it...
forgot to mention...there is a situation where all the secret service advisors tell the american president to launch a missile on some target in response to the assassination attempt and the president, to my surprise, decides not to do it and to take a peaceful but strong action which is not so common under current circumstances!!!
good film...can be considered as a must watch if u r sort of an action, thriller, suspense fan...
enjoy...
My Rating : Good (***)
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