Insadong Scandal is a tale of deceit and black-market art deals. Bae (Uhm Jung-hwa) is an art dealer, who hired the art restoration expert Lee (Kim Rae-won) to do his magic on what she thought was a newly discovered painting from the Joseon Dynasty.
Right from the start you’ll have the feeling that Lee is up to no good and you’ll anticipate every move he and his gang will do next. Insadong Scandal does feel a little bit like Ocean’s Eleven and The Thomas Crown Affair but that should not stop you from watching this movie.
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Jason Statham is back to play the title role in Transporter 3. This installation is the weakest link of the franchise. The humor found in the first two movies was missing in this one. Plus I found the pace to be too slow. But action movie buffs would still enjoy it and here are the reasons why.
The action scenes were done nicely. Jason Statham is this generation’s Steven Siegal. His moves are fluid and I have to admit, it was entertaining. The Transporter surely knows how to kick ass. There were car chases but they are not as good as in the first Transporter movie. One scene I liked was when the Transporter rode a bike through a sweat shop to chase a car. The Transporter on a bike is probably the only fresh idea that is found in this movie.
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Posted by rebzombie in Spoilt Reel, tags: Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Evans, Common, Crime, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Jay Mohr, Keanu Reeves, Street Kings, The Game
They say Keanu Reeves doesn’t have range but Street Kings proves that he’s not just Ted Logan of Bill & Ted Excellent Adventures. Excellent! I don’t know why his performance is hated by the movie critics. Maybe they need to open their eyes and see the excellent performance meted out by Keanu and the rest of the casts.
Also in this fast paced cop movie are Forest Whitaker, Chris Evans, Cedric the Entertainer, Hugh Laurie, and Jay Mohr. Rappers The Game and Common played two hoodlums in Street Kings. Like Reeves, everyone made this movie believable.
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With Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas onboard, you might think that Thick as Thieves might be a blockbuster. I’m surprised that its US release date is much later than most parts of the world. I was a little bit disappointed with this one that I have to wait for two days after watching it to write this one.
They played two thieves that have the perfect plan for a heist. Just like any heist movies, things can go wrong.
In the case of Thick as Thieves, there were things that are visually wrong. There were scenes taken in New York and in a blink of the eye they’re in Europe. Its editing made my mind twitch. The lighting made it look like a low budget movie.
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