Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) is back to irritate us in this third installation of the Transformers franchise. Just like in the previous movies, he managed to help the Autobots defeat the Decepticons. And just like before, he is the center of the story instead of the robots. There is one point in the movie that Sam became Spider-Man.

Megan Fox is replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the movie’s eye candy. I got no complaints about her because as Carly, she provided the temporary distraction for the lack of a coherent plot in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. As for Sam and Carly, they don’t have any chemistry even if you left them alone in a lab. And I think the cheesy scene in the end was pointless.

Michael Bay knows one thing best and that is special effects. Transformers: Dark of the Moon has spectacular action sequences and I give kudos to the director for those moments. But everything else can be disregarded.

Optimus Prime: You have made a grave mistake…

I really hope that there’s no Transformers 4 movie in the future. Michael Bay is said to be doing a Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles movie, which I hope that doesn’t push through. Please Michael Bay, listen to the fans and leave our childhood memories untouched.

Little Westworld is ruled by Nicola the Woodcutter (Ron Perlman) and his gang of killers. They bring order to the town through the Red Suits, led by Killer No. 2 (Kevin McKidd). The henchmen use violence to extort from the businesses and citizens.

Their reign of terror in Little Westworld is challenged by the newcomer The Drifter (Josh Harnett). He has his eyes set on The Woodcutter. He meets Yoshi (Gackt), who also wants something from Nicola. The two join forces to go through the gang of killers and to Nikola himself.

Narrator: Long before the dawn of man, strife was already a major component of life. Wherever a creature shared a piece of land with another, it was just a matter of time until a struggle for resources would ensue. Man was no different, showcasing a perverse fascination with violence. Man and civilization brought forth more innovative ways of taking human life than any other function needed for survival. There are more ways of killing a man than there are ways of making bread or making love. While the latter two are quite limited in scale, man has gone beyond imagination with his capacity to destroy life with one push of a button. Between uncontrolled crime in the streets and escalating war on the borders, it was all just a matter of time. From the ashes, a new world was born. The surviving nations finally realized that man’s unstoppable appetite for destruction must be contained. A ban on all firearms was strictly enforced. And just as the sword gave way to the gun, the gun gave way to the sword; leaving the authorities to carry the hope of their nations on the tip of a spear. Little did they know that the self-destructive nature of man could never be stopped. There’s not enough love in this world, not enough money to prevent this ancient circle from coming around again. When the time is ripe, evil will rise; personified in our case with a wood cutter. Nicola is his name, and this is his town, his land. The God-forsaken place where our tale begins. And as many ways as there are of killing a man, there are equally as many ways of telling this old tale of strife.

Harnett and Gackt played their parts well. The same can also be said with the rest of the cast, including Woody Harrelson as The Bartender and Demi Moore as Alexandra. But I bet that the roles didn’t give them much of a challenge. Ron Perlman looks like he was back in the 80s as Vincent in the TV show Beauty and the Beast but instead of Linda Hamilton as beauty, we get Demi Moore.

Bunraku is a good combination of samurai film and spaghetti western set in a pop-up origami book. It is visually stunning. It’s like a moving picture made to entertain the audience. The backdrop is made of drawings, wood and cardboard that looks like a scene straight out of a popup book.

Overall, I like the feel of the movie but it is definitely not for everyone. If you can appreciate a visually stimulating experimental movie with a shallow plot but kickass action, then go ahead and watch it.

Don’t look for an award winning plot from The Expendables. It’s just about a group of elite mercenaries out to fulfill a suicidal mission. It’s that simple and yet I enjoyed it a lot. It is fun to see all the old action heroes in a movie.

Charisma Carpenter is my only eye candy in The Expendable She has been one of my Hollywood crushes since she appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In this movie she plays the girlfriend of Jason Statham’s character who dumps him for someone else.

James Munroe (Eric Roberts): And being wealthy is very good. It allows people to be the real asswipes nature intended them to be.

If you’re a fan of 80’s action flicks like I do, then you should watch The Expendables. The good news is that a sequel is already on the way and it adds Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme into the mix. I hope there’s a part 3 and they could sign up Jackie Chan for it. That would be an epic action movie. Check out The Expendables 2 trailer below:

Miller and Havens met at an airport and it led to a series of misadventures. It is still unclear whether Roy Miller is fighting against bad elements within his agency or he’s the bad egg. This is the question that June Havens and the audience are asking as the movie progressed.

The McGuffin in Knight and Day is a device called Zephyr, which is a perpetual energy battery. Everyone is after it. The movie plays out just as I predicted it to be and in the end, nobody got the Zephyr. It exploded killing the real rogue agent John Fitzgerald (Peter Sarsgaard).

Roy Miller (Tom Cruise): I’ve been trained to dismantle a bomb in the pitch black with nothing but a safety pin and a Junior Mint, I think I can get you in and out of some clothes without… looking. I’m not saying that’s what I did.

How you’ll enjoy Knight and Day will depend on how you feel about Tom Cruise the actor as well as Cameron Diaz. I personally don’t care about Cruise’s religion but when it comes to action movies, he’s one of the best in the industry. In this vehicle, he gets to show his funny side.

June Havens (Cameron Diaz): Roy, I’ve been trained to rebuild a 6 speed transmission with nothing but a pair of pliers and a crescent wrench. I think I can get you into a pair of shorts without looking. I’m not saying that’s what I did.

Cameron Diaz is easy to the eye but I find her trying hard to be cute in some parts of Knight and Day. I guess the script called for her to be like that but it was a bit annoying. But I have to give her credit for doing her own stunts in the movie.

Knight and Day is an entertaining action ride from start to finish. It is a little campy and predictable but still enjoyable. It is a good feel-good movie.

Game of Death is poorly written and the dialogues were atrocious. I don’t know how much they paid Wesley Snipes to star in this movie. Well I guess he needed the dough to take care of his tax problems. Zoe Bell might be the best stunt woman in the business but she should leave the acting to the real actresses.

Instead of nonstop action, Game of Death featured long, tedious dialogue scenes in between. I don’t know why the director made it flow that way but it showed how bad the actors and their lines are. It could be better if there was less of the talk and more of action. I wasn’t even aware that I was watching a flashback until the very end.

My advice to Wesley Snipes is to quit making movies already. He must have LBM because he churns out crap one after another. I recommend Game of Death to my enemies so that it could bore them to death.

Yeon Jin might look like the typical high school girl but she can knock you out in less than a minute. She’s a fierce heroine that girls can look up to. Han Groo deserves all the praises she got for her debut role. I hope her future roles would be as good as this one. Her character reminds me of Buffy but instead of vampires, she’s out to slay her mother’s killers.

The villains in Killer K look like your typical white collar executives who can’t do harm to anyone. But don’t let their looks deceive you. They are deadly criminals who are willing to kill people who stand in their way.

The mastermind is Chairman Kwon Do Hwan (Jun Gook Hwan). His company is involved in stem cell research. But in order to continue on the research, he had to do a lot of illegal things on the side. His right-hand man, or in this case woman, is Manager Min Ji Young (Park Hyo Joo). She’s in charge of all his dirty works.

I highly recommend this drama, although it’s not suitable minors because of some nudity and violence. The blood and gore is as real as it can get. This is also the first time I saw breast exposure in a Korean drama. If you’re looking for something different then this is the one you’re looking for.

The action sequences were believable except for the final battle between Yeon Jin and her mentor Min Ji Young. It was sniper versus sniper and yet when they were already in front of each other, both of them miss what for them were point blank shots. And as the cliché goes, the bad guy’s aim goes bad and gets hit by the good guy.

But overall, Killer K is a refreshing surprise. It is well-written and each episode is interesting. Too bad it’s too short with only three episodes. It’s better to treat it like watching a movie trilogy instead of a TV series. This is a must-see Korean drama series.

The movie is straight forward and the viewer should not expect any character developments from it. Gothic & Lolita Psycho is just that and nothing more. The plot is thin and illogical. I tried hard to just enjoy the action and gore but the stupidity killed the fun for me.

Gothic & Lolita Psycho is a non-stop action flick from start to finish. I wonder how much fake blood was used because it flowed continuously all through the movie. Limbs are severed backed by silly sound effects. Between the action sequences are some indications of a plot.

Fans of the genre would enjoy Gothic & Lolita Psycho but everyone else should stay away from it. I’m not going to lie. I watched it in the hopes that Rina Akiyama would show some skin but she didn’t shed off her gothic Lolita garb at all. It is disappointing indeed.

Hyu Joon was pursued by both the North and the South and betrayed by his best friend Jin Sa Woo (Jung Joon Ho). But at least he got the lovely Choi Seung Hee (Kim Tae Hee). The crew managed to compress 20 episodes into two hours. Plus they added some details that were not shown in the series. Maybe I was right all along when I said that they could have removed most of the flashbacks in the series.’

It turned out that the North Korean femme fatale Kim Seon Hwa (Kim So Yun) shot her commander Park Chul Young (Kim Seung Woo). They didn’t state whether he survives or not. But one thing’s certain though, Hyu Joon is really dead. Iris the Movie didn’t have an alternate ending but it exposed who the shooter is – Seon Hwa.

Fans can relive the series by watching Iris the Movie. It is also a must watch for those who would start with Athena: Goddess of War but haven’t seen Iris. At least you’ll have a backgrounder on the story. As a standalone, it is a good action movie. I don’t have any complaints about it, especially since Kim Tae Hee is part of it.

Right off the bat, officers Hwang and Jeong clashed with each other when the former stole the latter’s first arrest. The rivalry became more personal as both vie for the title Officer of the Year. Both have different reasons for wanting the award. Hwang wants it so that he could get a promotion while Jeong needs the prize money that comes with the award to provide a better future for bride-to-be.

Then a serial rape case happened near both precincts and the police commissioner made it a priority to find out who is behind the series of crimes in the area. A joint task force was made between Mapo and Seodaemun but instead of helping each other, the rival precincts tried their best to hinder each other. The rapist managed to commit another crime even when two police precincts were after him. Hwang and Jeong tried their best to find the criminal and bag the title Officer of the Year.

The Apprehenders started out as fun action comedy. It could be compared to the Police Academy movies that I enjoyed as a kid. Park Joong Hoon and Lee Sun Gyun delivered strong performances. The supporting casts also contributed to make the movie entertaining. Among the extras, the most memorable one was Doctor Ko (Im Won Hee). He was a crazy person who frequented the police station to confess to crimes he didn’t do.

But towards the end, it turned serious as the two main characters chase down the serial rapist. The mood established in the first half of the movie was gone and replaced with a somber one. Even though it felt like I watched two movies, I still consider The Apprehenders as one of the good Korean movies I’ve seen this year. It could have been better if the director ditched the serious tone and decided to make it a straight-up action comedy until the end.

Ninja Assassin is all about ninjas killing each other or more accurately, Raizo annihilating everyone on his path. It has lots of blood and a high body count. It is the most bad ass ninja movie I’ve seen so far. I lost count of how much body parts were dismembered in this movie.

The fight scenes in Ninja Assassin were well choreographed. I got no complaints with this department. It has everything you want to see in a ninja movie. It had swords, stars, and lots of action. I’m so glad that Director James McTeigue didn’t mess up the attempt of making a modern ninja movie. He knew what his target audience wanted and he delivered.

Although the storyline is as predictable as any movie of the genre, you wouldn’t be watching it for it. On the contrary, you’ll watch it for the fights and carnage. It’s like a hack-and-slash video game made into a movie.

Tattoo Master: The irizumi does not hide the skin. The tattoo reveals the nature of the man and illuminates the four noble professions in the Book Of Five Rings: the warrior, the artist, the merchant, and the farmer. If there is a conflict between the needle and the skin, between the mark and the man, then perhaps the path you have chosen is not the path for which you’re suited.

The ninjas in Ninja Assassin were as real as they can get and yet they maintained their mysterious aura. I remembered watching documentaries about ninjas when I was young and was mystified about them. This is the reason why I love watching ninja movies.

Although ninjas originated from Japan, the director opted to use a Korean actor to play the lead role. Even the young versions of Raizo were played by Koreans. Young Raizo was played by Yoon Sung Woong and the teenage Raizo by Lee Joon of MBLAQ. Lee Joon’s lovely but he can kick your ass.

Ninja Assassin is a good reimagining of an old genre. It is a nonstop action from start to finish. Don’t let the plot spoil the fun. Just sit back and enjoy the bloody ride.