Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Just Another Pandora's Box 越光寶盒

Released Year: 2010
Directed by 劉鎮偉 Jeffrey Lau

Casted by:
鄭中基 Ronald Cheng as 清一色 Qing
孫儷 Betty Sun as 玫瑰仙子 Rose
梁詠琪 Gigi Leung as Princess

Story:
Qing set a trap and accidentally capture the goddess Rose. Rose was carrying a sword which will only be used by the guy who she will be in love with. The sword was pulled open by a god, but Rose mistaken that Qing is the one. both of them running up and down until they met the Cow evil with the pandora's box. Qing used it to escaped and went back to the San Guo Century.

Qing met his dream girl princess at that century, but the Princess was actually Rose who used magic to transform herself. During wars, they fight with the opponent in the ship. Qing later on discovered that the Princess is Rose and went for her rescue when Rose is stucked on the burning ship. Rose requested Qing to admit on his feeling but Qing rejected.

Time change again, they were back to their current time and they were in another fight of the cow evil's wifes. After they settled everything, Qing finally admit his feeling for Rose and they live happily ever after.

L² Scored: -10/10

L² Comment:
The worst movie in the century !!! Time wasting, i don't even know why i'm at the cinema watching this. SUCKS !!! Money wasting, i dont even wanna buy the pirated DVD

Monday, March 29, 2010

Hell's Ground (Zibahkhana)

Released Year: 2007
Directed by Omar Khan

Casted by:
Rooshanie Ejaz as Ayesha
Halder Raza as Simon
Rubya Chaudhry as Roxy
Kunwar Ali Roshan as Vicky
Osman Khalid Butt as OJ
Story:
5 uni-kids decided to do something fun in their boring study life. Roxy is a rich girl who care nothing but herself; Ayesha lies to her mum so sneak out from the house; Simon is from a poor family but insisted to join the fun thought his father didnt like it; OJ is a horror film fans and crazy over drug; Vicky in another hand prepared a small van for their outing.

The gang decided to listen to some stupid rock and roll music but not the radio. They missed out that the rural area's water has been polluted. They stop at a stall and OJ bought some weird fruits. They were warned not to go to the village, but the kids still went along. Simon and Vicky decided to use the short-cut in advance to reach their destination earlier but they were lost. OJ feel his tummy not well after eating that fruit, they stop aside while OJ throw up near a stream. He was then bit by zombie. The group were attacked by the zombies who has been polluted by the water. But they managed to get away.

Dark falls, they managed to find a light in the dark. But it was a woman covering herself in white and do all the crazy killing. Vicky, Roxy & Simon are all killed one by one but finally Ayesha killed the crazy killer. Just when she thought she was safe in the morning time, she met OJ. But OJ has become a zombie too and killed Ayesha.
L² Scored: 2/10

L² Comment:
Zibahkhana means slaughterhouse in Pakistanis. This gore film won the Jury Award for Best Film in Brazil and Texas. Gosh~ i find it very very normal and the story is kinda a mix and match of the zombie series and other serial killer movies. But its not easy for Pakistan to shoot this la~ bravo bravo~

Friday, March 26, 2010

The Uninvited

Released Year: 2009
Directed by Charles Guard & Thomas Guard

Casted by:
Emily Browning as Anna Rydell
Arielle Kebbel as Alex Rydell
Elizabeth Banks as Rachel Summer
David Strathairn as Steven Rydell

Story:
Anna was released from the mental hospital and send back home to stay with her father Steven and stepmother Rachel. Anna was happy to meet her elder sister Alex again. Both of the sister do not prefer Rachel to interrupt in their life after their mother passed away in a fire accident.

Anna met her boyfriend and was told that he knew what's happen during the night of the accident. They make arrangement to meet up at the rock but the boyfriend never turn up. On the next morning, the boyfriend was found dead in the sea. Suspecting Rachel is the murderer, both sister began their own investigation and found out Rachel is not using her real name. They also found out that Rachel kept many drugs with her.

Anna run away from house to report this to the police while Alex try to stop Rachel. But finally the police officer get Rachel with him and Rachel put Anna into sleep and bring her home. When she's on her nearly-unconscious situation, Anna saw Alex came in then things went black-out. When Anna is able to move, she saw blood on the floor. She traced it and saw Alex with a knife. Alex has killed Rachel! She claimed that Rachel tried to attack her and she killed her by defense. At the moment, Steven was back.

Anna try to defend her sister and then Steven told her that Alex has died with the mother during the fire accident. Anna remembered all the thing, she's the one who killed Rachel! Being sad, Steven has to send Anna back to the mental hospital.
L² Scored: 2.5/10

L² Comment:
The original story is from Korea's "Tale of 2 Sisters". But seriously, it has nothing good compare to the original version, i can't feel the horror at all. This is yet another failure of western film trying to imitate asian horror ghost movie. Though the chicks are hot, but they can't bring any sparks for the movie. I wonder how the director can accept this kind of production...

Monday, March 22, 2010

Apocalypto

Released Year: 2006
Directed by Mel Gibson

Casted by:
Rudy Youngblood as Jaguar Paw
Raoul Trjillo as Zero Wolf
Dalia Hernandez as Seven
Gererdo Taracena as Middle Eye
Jonathan Brewer as Blunted
Morris Birdyellowhead as Flint Sky
Story:
Flint Sky was leading his son, Jaguar Paw and others to hunt a tapir in the Mesoamerican jungle at the early 16th century. They managed to hunt the tapir while happily dividing the meat, they encounter a procession of traumatized and fearful refugees. They told that their village has beem ravage and they are asking permission to passed through. Flint Sky saw fear in Jaguar Paw's eyes and advice him not to let the fear deep into him.

Living in a happily village, Blunted was unable to make his wife pregnant. Therefore, everyone say he is useless. In the meanwhile, Jaguar Paw's wife, Seven was pregnant. During that night, Jaguar Paw dream of the refugees warn him to run. The next morning, a group of raiders lead by Zero Wolf came and attack the village. Jaguar Paw managed to send Seven and his son to a dry well before someone saw them. He then rushed back to punch off a raider who's trying to kill his father. But Jaguar Paw was defeated by Zero Wolf. The raider who has been punch off by Jaguar Paw is Middle Eye who is a bastard and he slice off Flint Sky's throat in front of Jaguar Paw for revenge. Flint Sky last word for his son is not to fear.

The captives are all brought towards the Maya City and they have gone through high and low until the children cannot cross through the big deep river. They passed through a place and saw a little girl with diseased and she make an omen and said a jaguar will ended these cruel raiders' life. While arriving at the Maya city, guys were color into blue while the woman are sold as slaves in the market. The high priest of Maya is doing the sacrifice ceremony for the god Kukulkan by digging out the heart of the captives and chopped off their head. When Jaguar Paw was about to sacrifice, eclipse came. The Mayan think this is the sign of the satisfied of the god and release the captives.

The raiders then brought all the captives to a field and told them if they managed to run through the place into the corn field, they will be set free. But during the run of the captives, most of them were killed. When its time for Jaguar Paw to run, he managed to run into the field and kill Zero Wolf's son, Cut Rock. Zero Wolf gone wild and together with his raiders, they went to hunt for Jaguar Paw. In the meanwhile, Seven was about to give birth in the well and was having difficulty to climb out of the deep well with her son, Turtles Run.

Jaguar Paw's mind is filled with his wife and son's safety. He run and run till he jump down the waterfall, but the raiders came along too. Jaguar Paw even falled into the quick sand and almost killed himself. He then realized he cannot run forever, he has to find a way to kill those raiders. He then find the poisonous frog, use its poison fluid as darts to kill some of the raiders and hand-to-hand combat and defeated Middle Eyes. In the end, he get Zero Wolf into the Tapir trap and killed him.

While still running off from another 2 raiders, they came to a beach and saw Spanish Ship on the sea and people coming in small boats. When the 2 raiders were stunned, Jaguar Paw when back to the well and save his family. Finally, they saw the ship, Seven was asking whether they should follow the europian but Jaguar Paw said they need a new beginning and went off with his family into the jungle.
L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:
The movie starts with the epigraph of Will Durant: "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within". I believe this is same and applied to modern country too...

Love Mel Gibson movie, think he's good in it. And i feel so lucky i m in the modern era now, can't bear to go through the life in the uncivilized period... hahaha~

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)

Released Year: 2004
Directed by Walter Salles

Casted by:
Gael García Bernal as Ernesto Guevara "Fuser"
Rodrigo De la Serna as Alberto Granado
Mercedes Morán as Chichana
Story:
In 1952, Ernesto "Fuser" was 24 years old while Granado is almost 30 years old. Both of them planned to travel around with Granado's motorcycle from Argentina to Venezuela to celebrate Granado's 30 years old birthday. Fuser was not willing to do so as he still got 1 semester to go before his graduation as a doctor. But Granado persuade him to do something big before he regret, and promise will drop by to Chichana's house during their way.

They happily depart and reach Chichana house. Chichana was Fuser girlfriend, but she was not happy for waiting such a long time to get marry with Fuser. Though she make promise to Fuser that her virginity will leave for him, but finally she gave up their relationship when the 2 friends are on their way in the journey.

During their journey, they met a lot of different people. Such as the 2 exotic chilian sister who seduced them. A mechanic's wife who tried to sleep with Fuser but in the end backstab them by saying Fuser trying to touch her. Fuser was also suffering from his asthma when he get cold from swimming in a river to pick up the duck Granado has shot as their meal.

Until they reach Peru, they offered themselves to help in a illness camp. People at there was very self aware and divided themselves from the patients in 2 different islands. But with Fuser and Granado unselfish attitude, they managed to brought everyone into one when they celebrate Fuser's birthday. The peru people decided to make them a raft to continue their journey to Venezuela because their motorcycle was spoilt.

Fuser felt that he has learned a lot during this journey and rejected Granado's offer to work with him in Venezuela. Fuser took a plane and flew his way back to Argentina. After that, Fuser managed to make revolution and the 2 friends only met after 7 years. But later on Fuser was murdered by his rival and Granado help to continue Fuser's mission.
L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:
A real story of Ernesto in the period before his revolution. Gael Gercia Bernal is definitely hot~ and kinda cute too~ Other than that, the story kinda touching and easy. The only thing is i have to read the subtitle becoz i dont knw spanish :(

Monday, March 15, 2010

Jurassic Park

Released Year: 1993
Directed by Steven Spielberg

Casted by:
Sam Neil as Alan Grant
Laura Dern as Ellie Sattler
Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm
Arianna Richards as Alexis Murphy
Joseph Mazello as Timothy Murphy
Richard Attenborough as John Hammond
Story:
Alan Grant & Ellie Sattler spend all their time digging for dinosaurs' sculpture and bones to understand more about them. But one day, the 2 doctors received an invitation from the famous John Hammond to Costa Rica for a marvelous discover.

During their journey over the exile island, they were joined by Ian Malcolm, a rock-&-roll professor & John's niece Alexis "lex" & the nephew Tim. Tim was Alan's huge fans and followed him around everywhere. Everybody was brought into the lab and shown how the lab produce the extinct dinosaurs. The specialists found the sculpture of the ancient mosquitoes which were stuck in the frozen lava. Inside the mosquitoes, there were blood of dinosaurs. By using those blood, specialists can trace back the DNA and process it with one species of frog from South America. The specialists claimed that all dinos were female by controlling their DNA. But Ian said that the frog species can turn their gene when there's only one sex exist in the pond.

A fat worker was receiving under table money to steal the embryoes of the dinos to sell out for outsider. Despite of his greediness, he shut down all the electrical in the jurassic park. This has cause the tour-cars that the guesses were in stop in front of the reptiles. The t-rex came out and attack them. The cars were smash down the hill with Alan, Tim & Lex inside while Ian was knock unconcious aside. In the meanwhile, John was freak off by the sudden malfunction of the electricity supply. Ellie decided to went for the genator to start the electric and they make it.

While relaxing after the hectic moment, the Murphy's sibblings were happily munching foods in the cafeteria and discover 2 small dinos are in. They quickly sneak into the kitchen for hide and luckily to escaped. The kids later on met up with Ellie & Alan and they went back to solve the puzzle and send everything back to function normal. But the electrical fence has been spoiled by the dinos before and the place is not safe anymore.

Together with John and others doctors, all of them flew away safely from jurassic park with the personal helicopter of John.
L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:
This is the ever 1st movie i watched with my family !!! I was 11yo by that time and we got the movie ticket on the 1st day~ geng leh :) Luckily we do so, coz i remember on the next few days, the cinema won't allow kids under 18yo to enter anymore :P

Well, 1st time when i saw this huge blockbuster in the cinema, i was speechless and held my daddy's hand when i see the dinos. Sis and I screamed like a freak bitch gaga :P It was a good time back then. After 17 years and re-watch, i still feel very excited when it come to the scene of 2 kids in the kitchen trying to hide away from the dinos~ Steven Spielberg never fails us :)

But if you look at the actors, i see familiar face. Samuel L Jackson, he was taking this small roles at that time with a big spec ~ hahaha. I can still remember Sam Neil, but others, i don't find them in any film~

Friday, March 12, 2010

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Released Year: 1997
Directed by Clint Eastwood

Casted by:
Kevin Spacey as Jim Williams
John Cusack as John Kelso
Lady Chablis as Chablis Deveau
Irma P. Hall as Minerva
Jude Law as Billy Hanson
Story:
The movie goes around with Jim Williams' trial at court. John Kelso, a magazine reporter finds himself in Savannah amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature on one of William's famous Christmas parties. He is intrigued by Williams from the start, but his curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim's violent, young and sexy lover, Billy.

Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial. Along the way he encounters the irrepressible Lady Chablis, a drag queen commedienne, Sonny Seiler, lawyer to Williams, whose famous dog UGA is the official mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs, an odd man who keeps flies attached to mini leashes on his lapels and threatens daily to poison the water supply, the Married Ladies Card Club, and Minerva, a spiritualist.

Between being Jim's buddy, cuddling up to a torch singer, meeting every eccentric in Savannah, participating in midnight graveyard rituals and helping solve the mysteries surrounding Billy's murder, Kelso has his hands full. The lawyer does his best to help Jim being not guilty and it works. But at the end of the movie, Jim was hit by a heart attack and was found dead.
L² Scored: 3/10

L² Comment:
Umm~ what should i say? i m always a fans of clint eastwood like changeling and million dollar baby... but i m not quite sure about this old production of his... maybe i m not interested in watching this kind of fim. tats all~

The House Bunny

Released Year: 2008
Directed by Fred Wolf

Casted by:
Anna Faris as Shelley Darlington
Emma Stones as Natalie
Colin Hanks as Oliver
Hugh Hefner as himself
Story:
Shelley is an orphan and she was adopted by Hugh Hefner into the playboy mansion. Hugh treat her very well and even promise to let her become Ms November in the later magazine. But on the next day of her 27th birthday, she woke up and found a note asking her to leave the playboy mansion by Hugh Hefner.

Sadly, knowing she has aged, Shelley moved out without saying goodbye. She then came to the Zeta house. But Zeta house leader's Natalie told her that the house can no longer to be stay if they didn't have 30 housemates registered by the semester. But the strong competitor of Zeta is the Phi Iota Mu which are those pretty girls while all the Zetas are ugly and nerdy.

To have a fund raising to prepare their booth, Natalie suggested a bunch of boring things but Shelley decided to help by doing car wash. Sexy Shelley definitely attract all the college jocks but was ruined by the nerdy zetas girls. In the meantime, Shelley was attracted by this cute guy name Oliver who's helping the old folks house.

As the Zeta's house mother, Shelley transform all the girls into pretty hot chicks and it works to attract guys. But Shelley herself can't able to tackle Oliver with her own way. Oliver misunderstood that Shelley has been dating a few guys together and decided not to date her anymore. Meanwhile, the Zetas girls has become popular in the college and starting to act bitchy like the Phi Iota Mu girls. But later on they discover it is not what they want.

Shelley got a call from Hugh to ask her go back to the playboy mansion after discover another playboy mate back-stab Shelley and forced her to move out of the mansion by signing a fake note to Shelley. Shelley thought about the Zetas girl and decided to stay. But when she reach the Zeta, the girls accused her of transforming them into bitches and shoo her away. With sadness, Shelley leave and took Hugh's offer.

But Zetas girls falls into the trap of Phi Iota Mu and did not managed to get even one new members to join their house and they went for Shelley to help. Shelley is willing to help them and become their house mother again. With debate in the school hall, the college management decide to let the house keep on running. Shelley met Oliver again and told him that she likes him and they went dating again.
L² Scored: 5/10

L² Comment:
Well, this is a good relaxing comedy romance movie which i like after a few hectic heavy movies and documentaries. Anna Faris has always been one of my favorite comedian since scary movie series... and i dont know that she actually has great body too~ :)

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A Walking With Dinosaurs Special: Sea Monster

Released Year: 2003
Directed by BBC Television Program

Hosted by:
Nigel Marven as himself

Documentary Story:
Nigel Marven is gonna show us the 7th most dangerous sea of all time during dinosaurs period.

7th:
Name: The Ordovician
When: 450 Million Years Ago
Hazards: Giant Orthocones, Sea Scorpions
*Astraspis (Identified as an armor-plated Fish)
*Megalograptus (Identified as a Sea Scorpion)
*Isotelus (Identified as a Trilobite)
*Cameraceras (Identified as an Orthocone)
*Graptolite (Unidentified)

In the Ordovician, the day is only 21 hours long and there is more carbon dioxide than in the twenty-first century, forcing Nigel to don a medical-looking backpack filled with air tanks with a special oxygen mixture. To attract a Sea scorpion, Nigel finds the corpse of a dead Armoe-plated fish washed up on the beach. Because there is no land life, there are no coastal scavengers to eat what the sea spits out.

Before long, Nigel wades into shallow water and the Armoe-plated fish attracts a large Sea scorpion. The Sea Scorpion devours the Armoe-plated fish, before attacking Nigel's foot, cutting it badly. Later on, Nigel attempts to go after a Orthocone, by removing the eye of a dead Trilobite and replacing it with a small video camera. He then uses the inflatable raft to venture out into the deeper waters, where he throws the trilobite/video camera combo overboard. A Orthocone is quickly attracted to it, and Nigel and the cameraman plunge overboard to film the elusive Orthocone.

On the dive, Nigel wears a chain mail suit, so that any marauding Sea scorpion cannot harm him. The Orthocone is more agile in the sea than Nigel, and as Orthocone attempts to swim away, Nigel grabs onto its shell. When the Orthocone starts to dive down into the depths, Nigel swims away to the surface. When Nigel pilots the boat back to shore, he finds a surprise: there are large numbers of Sea scorpion mating in the shallow waters. Nigel manages to make his way safely through the Sea scorpion, but a few clamber onto the inflatable boat and puncture it.

6th:
Name: The Triassic
Time: 230 Million Years Ago
Hazards: Nothosaurus, Cymbospondylus
*Peteinosaurus (Identified as a Pterosaur)
*Coelophysid (Identified as a Coelophysis)
*Nothosaurus (Identified as a Nothosaur)
*Tanystropheus
*Cymbospondylus

As Nigel walks along the tropical coastlines of Triassic Switzerland, he explains that the reptiles are taking over the surface of the earth from the skies (e.g. Peteinosaurus), to the land (e.g. Coelophysis). But of course, he is here to see the earliest sea reptiles. From the deck of the Ancient Mariner, Nigel and crew watch as a Nothosaurus comes up for air. When he sees one, Nigel dives into the seas, pursuing the elusive sea reptile. Before long, Nigel finds a pair of Nothosaurus. The Nothosaurus circle him, and Nigel has his prod ready to put off any Nothosaurus that comes too close. One of the Nothosaurus prepares to move in closer, and Nigel prods it with the electric prod. The Nothosaurus move off, and Nigel discovers another bizarre sea reptile: a Tanystropheus.

Nigel follows the Tanystropheus, and attempts to get a closer look at it by grabbing onto its tail, impeding its movement. However, the Tanystropheus loses its tail, similar to the modern day leopard gecko. Nigel can hold onto the tail only with difficulty, because it is thrashing around (intended as a predator deterrent). Suddenly the tail is snatched up and then eaten by a Cymbospondylus. The Cymbospondylus begins to circle Nigel with glee, and he explains that its slow movement is designed to deceive prey, and it can move very quickly when it is needed to. After he pokes it with the prod, the Cymbospondylus swims away, and Nigel returns to the relative safety of the Mariner.

5th:
Name: The Devonian
Time: 360 Million Years Ago
Hazards: Dunkleosteus
*Bothriolepis (Identified as a Placoderm)
*Stethacanthus (Identified informally as an "Ironing Board Shark")
*Dunkleosteus

On a preliminary dive, another crew member of the Mariner (Mike) films a huge female Dunkleosteus, swimming around the shallow reefs near the Ancient Mariner. The crew springs into action, and Nigel goes fishing for Placoderm. Nigel places a bet with one of the other crew members that the Dunkleosteus will be able to slice through the Placoderm wrapped in the chain mail suit he used in the Ordovician. When the round shark cage is fully assembled, Nigel descends into it. The smell of the dead Placoderm begins to attract a young Stethacanthus.

Eventually, the monstrous Dunkleosteus is sighted, and the enraged fish repeatedly bashes the cage with it's thick head, and looks as though it's about to rip a hole in the cage... [edit] Episode Two: "Into the Jaws of Death" However, the enraged fish only slightly dents the cage. Eventually, Nigel throws the Bothriolepis out of the cage, and the Dunkleosteus slices through the chainmail and the Bothriolepis.

Spying a male Dunkleosteus, the female turns cannibal and kills him. She then regurgitates the indigestible parts of her meal (the armor plating and the chainmail). As Nigel departs for the surface, he explains that the placoderms as a whole have a grim future ahead of them. In another twenty million years, the entire Class of Placoderms will disappear, much to the other Devonian fish's relief.

4th:
Name: The Eocene
Time: 36 Million Years Ago
Hazards: Basilosaurus
*Arsinoitherium
*Dorudon
*Basilosaurus

While walking in the mangrove swamps of Giza, Nigel comes across some mysterious footprints and a mound of fresh dung. Following the footprints, Nigel comes across an Arsinotherium migrating overland. Nigel takes a calculated risk and offers the huge fruit-eater an apple, but apparently this upsets the Arsinotherium and it charges at Nigel. Only by making a break into the thicker forests does Nigel escape from the mammal.

Nigel watches from the forest as the Arsinotherium plunges into the water, and follows it. In the water, Nigel watches as a trio of Dorudon pass by, but there is no sign of the Basilosaurus. The Ancient Mariner sails offshore, where the crew try a tactic to attract whales that has been used with mixed success: record a Basilosaurus call and play it back via a huge speaker that is lowered from the boat. After playing it for a while, an enraged Basilosaurus rams into the boat before diving again. Wasting no time, Nigel suits up and dives. However, the whale could attack from any direction, so Nigel stays close to the hull of the Mariner, using the boat like a shield to ward off the Basilosaurus.

The Basilosaurus is evidently distressed by the calls, and attacks and disables the speaker (which is explained as a territorial response). As the Ancient Mariner sails off forward through time, Nigel explains that the tropical Eocene is a world on the brink of great climatic change. As the Oligocene dawns, Basilosaurus, Arsinotherium, and Dorudon will all vanish, victims of the climatic shifts that ended the Eocene, changing the warm sea into a cold ocean.

3rd:
Name: The Pliocene
Time: 4 Million Years Ago
Hazards: Megalodon
*Odobenocetops
*Megalodon
*Cetotherium (Identified as a Whale)

After several minutes of heated debate, the crew of the Mariner come to an agreement. Before diving in offshore waters with the adult Megalodon, Nigel will dive in the coastal waters, with the juveniles. Before very long, Nigel finds a small whale (an Odobenocetops) foraging for oysters in the mud, and it is being hunted by an adolescent Megalodon shark. Only by taking cover in the thick underwater foliage does Nigel manage to escape the huge shark. On the next dive (with the adults), Nigel uses the round shark cage that he previously used in the Devonian era against Dunkleosteus.

This time, Nigel hopes to fire a small video camera into the dorsal fin of the shark from the relative safety of the cage. However, Nigel panics, and never fires the camera. Later, he tries again, this time from the surface of the Mariner. The shark is drawn to the boat via liberal amounts of chum. The shark grabs the chum but Nigel is nowhere to be seen. [edit] Episode Three: "To Hell... And Back?" Nigel has been knocked off the boat by the shark and swims back, he managed to land a hit with the shark-camera.

In a few days, they find the camera floating in the sea, and when they load it into the on-board television, they watch the Megalodon in question attack a whale the same size as it. When the crew of the Ancient Mariner head backwards in time, Nigel says that as the Ice Age begins, the whales that Megalodon preyed on migrated to colder waters, where Megalodon could not follow. Megalodon is doomed to extinction, by hunger.

2nd:
Name: The Jurassic
Time: 155 Million Years Ago
Hazards: Liopleurodon
*Leedsichthys
*Metriorhynchus
*Hybodus
*Liopleurodon

Set around England, which was then largely underwater. This is the second most dangerous sea. Hazards include Liopleurodon, the largest carnivorous animal of all time. Nigel spies a school of migrating Leedsichthys. One weaker one is lagging behind the school, and a native Metriorhynchus and a foreign Hybodus shark launch a joint attack.

Using radar, Nigel discovers that a huge Liopleurodon is heading toward the dying individual. Nigel equips his and the cameraman's diving suit with a chemical system that will spray a cloud of deterrent at the huge pliosaur should they get too close. The crew use huge waterproof lights when they descend to the corpse of the Leedsichthys, because it is night. A pair of Liopleurodon are feasting on the carcass, and Nigel starts to move closer toward them. When one turns its head towards him, Nigel panics and ejects the chemical, which works on the huge predator.

1st:
Name: The Cretaceous/Hell's Aquarium
Time: 75 Million Years Ago
Hazards: Xiphactinus, Elasmosaurus, Sharks, Giant Mosasaurs
*Hesperornis (Identified as a swimming penguin-like bird)
*Squalicorax (Identified as a Shark)
*Xiphactinus
*Halisaurus (Identified as a Mosasaur)
*Tyrannosaurus
*Pteranodon
* Elasmosaurus (Identified as a Plesiosaur)
*Archelon
*Tylosaurus (Identified as a Giant Mosasaur; much larger than Halisaurus)

Nigel is now entering his final sea mission in "Hell's Aquarium" as he calls it. On the land there's T. Rex, but even the most famous land predator of time all can't compare to what's in the water. After viewing a colony of Hesperornis on the coastline, Nigel and another member of the Mariner pause for a second to view a huge underwater bloodbath.

As far as Nigel (using a periscope) can figure out, an elderly Hesperornis was killed, and the resulting carnage has attracted many sea animals, such as Squalicorax, Xiphactinus and Halisaurus. Nigel explains that this sea is far too dangerous to go diving in; huge carnivores like Xiphactinus and Tylosaurus are far too dangerous. Instead, the crew of the Ancient Mariner have rigged an ROV to dive for them, while they watch from the safety of the boat. Sending it down, the crew finds a small pod of Elasmosaurus riding their wake like 21st century dolphins. They might seem graceful, but a huge pod of long-necked, jagged-toothed meat eaters, hungry or not, isn't a good sign, so it's time to keep going before it gets ugly.

In the morning, after managing to domesticate a Pteranodon, Nigel discovers that they have hit a dead Archelon, which was mauled by some other predator before being hit by the boat. Having done the same thing with present-day leatherback turtles, Nigel forgoes his personal safety to track down an Archelon and ride it. He and the cameraman ride off in the small inflatable raft that they had used previously in the Ordovician.

Before long, Nigel finds his quarry, and dives, grabbing onto the huge turtle's shell before noticing the imminent danger: a Xiphactinus circling the Archelon. Nigel quickly makes his escape back up to the raft, but disaster strikes. A family pod of Tylosaurus attack the raft, completely overturning it, plunging the crew into the sea. Fortunately for Nigel, the Tylosaurus seem more interested in the boat than the humans, and they quickly escape back to the Mariner. During the credits, the radar onboard picks up a colossal mob of adult Elasmosaurus moving in from all sides, preparing to attack the ship....
L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:
What can i say? I was breathless. Really learn a lot of dinosaurs... marine dino is so much more interesting than those on ground, dont u think so?

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Nanking

Released Year: 2007
Directed by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman

Document Story:
Nanking is a 2007 documentary film about the 1937 Nanking Massacre committed by the Japanese army in the former capital city Nanjing, China. The film draws on letters and diaries from the era as well as archive footage and interviews with surviving victims and perpetrators of the massacre. Contemporary actors play the roles of the Western missionaries, professors, and businessmen who formed the Nanking Safety Zone to protect the city's civilians from Japanese forces.

Particular attention is paid to John Rabe, a German businessman who organized the Nanking Safety Zone, Robert O. Wilson, a surgeon who remained in Nanking to care for legions of victims, and Minnie Vautrin, a missionary educator who rendered aid to thousands of Nanking's women. In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanking and killed over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese, one of human history's worst atrocities. In order to protect Chinese civilians, a small group of European and American expatriates, Western missionaries, professors, and businessmen banded together to save 250,000, risking their own lives.

The film describes the Nanking Massacre by reading from letters and diaries which shows the activities of John Rabe, a German businessman, Robert O. Wilson ,the only surgeon remaining to care for legions of victims, and Minnie Vautrin, an educator who passionately defends the lives and honor of Nanking's women during the war time. The film includes survivors who tell their own stories, the archival footage of the events, and the testimonies of Japanese soldiers who participated in the rampage.
L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:
I really love this documentary film, thanks to Tagnan for this DVD. I have learn what has happened on Nanking. The documentary story was taken from wikipedia as i'm not able to write it. See this gentleman pic above? His story touch me the most.

His mother carry his younger brother when they run away from the Japanese army attack. But the mother was stab and slashed by the army and gain a lot of wounds. The little brother is crying because of hunger. The mother risk her life and still breastfeed the baby brother with all the wound around until she die.

This is really a good documentary dvd :)

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The Way We Are 天水圍的日與夜

Released Year: 2008
Directed by 許鞍華 Ann Hui

Casted by:
鲍起静 Paw Hew Ching as 媽媽 Mother
梁進龍 Leung Chun Long as 張家安 An
陈丽云 Chen Lai Wun as 婆婆 GrannyStory:
An and his mother live in Tin Shui Wai, the mother is working as the fruit seller of a supermarket while An is a form 5 student who is waiting for his result to go for form 6. Then the mother met granny who is a lonely old woman who stay in their same block. The granny also work in the supermarket as the vegetable seller.

The granny is very self defend and not willing to open herself to others. The mother then help her a few time and the granny become her friend later on. An's grandmother went hospitalize and An went visit her. The grandmother told An to be a good boy because his mother has been working her whole life as hard as she can but all her earning was used to support An's 2 uncle for study. An feel his mother is so grateful.

One fine day the mother accompany the granny went to visit her grandson but came back with disappointment. From that onwards they 2 woman become true friend and they stay happily together as neighbors.
L² Scored: 4/10

L² Comment:
Hmm~ the story line is a bit plain actually. You can say that it just tell out the living of 2 woman in the original life from Hong Kong. I can't feel the peak point of this film hence i just feel a bit boring though. Maybe i have put a very high expectation in this because this film has help the 2 ATV actresses won the best actress and best supporting actress in a few HK film Awards.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Little Big Soldier 大兵小將

Released Year: 2010
Directed by 丁晟 Ding Sheng

Casted by:
成龙 Jackie Chan as 梁國士兵 Leong Army
王力宏 LeeHom Wang as 衛國將軍 Wei General
劉承俊 Steve Yoo as 文公子 Prince Wen
林鵬 Lin Peng as 歌姬 Lady

Story:
City Wei is going to attack City Leong soon, during their war there, The Wei General was betrayed by his own brother, Prince Wen. Wei General lost his gang of armies and was caught by a Leong's small army. During their way to City Leong, they met the Lady who sing and drug them. She got their horse and money away.

The small army continue to bring the general on their journey, they get to know each others. But in the meanwhile, Prince Wen came along to hunt the General down so that he can become the emperor in city Wei. But Prince Wen and his sidekicks met the barbarian and get involved into a fight with them.

The general has been escape a few time but in the end, he decided to follow the army back to City Leong because he know that Prince Wen is betraying their brotherhood. But the two of them were captured by the barbarian. Prince Wen decided to safe him in the end but this pissed off the barbarian and they began to fight. During the fight, Prince Wen kill the barbarian princess. This really make the barbarian angry and they killed all the Prince Wen sidekick.

In the end, Prince Wen sacrifice himself to save the general and ask the general to become the emperor for Wei. But the small army still captured the injured general and brought him to Leong. But before they reach, the army make an agreement with the general to free the Leong from war if the general become the emperor.

The general promise and was set back to his own city. But Leong was taken by Qin City. The small army was killed and died. In the real history, the general become the emperor of Wei and agree to surrender to Qin emperor to prevent from war.

L² Scored: 7.5/10

L² Comment:
Google from wiki, i realized that the original cast is supposed to be Daniel Wu. but later on Jackie Chan noticed that he has been filming 2 movies with Daniel before so he was going to look for some new faces in his film. His wife actually suggested their son Jaycee but was quickly turn down by Jackie. Then only LeeHom came into the picture.

I think this is quite an interesting movie, not much about fancy story line. But the part which touch me a lot is when Jackie realize his own country has been defeated. You can see the sadness and disappointment from his eyes. Bravo Jackie, i never know he can do this... i mean... he's not really those emotion-kind-of-actor right? Beside all his kunfu-martial thingy.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Messenger 风声

Released Year: 2009
Directed by 陈国富 Chen Kuo-Fu & 高群书 Gao Qin-Shu

Casted by:
周迅 Zhou Xun as 顾晓梦 Meng
黄晓明 Huang Xiao-Ming as 武田 Tanaka
李冰冰 Li Bing Bing as 李宁玉 Yuk
张涵予 Zhang Han-Yu as 吴志国 Guo
苏有朋 Alec Su as 白小年 Nian
Story:
During world war II, at Nanking, 5 person is working for the Japanese Government. The messenger Meng; the translator Yuk; army leader Guo; assistant gabenor Nian & army contacted Kim. Not long later all 5 of them are invited by the Japanese Lieutenant Tanaka to a mansion.

5 of them were suspected to be a spy for the anti-japan-group. To investigate who's the spy, 5 of them back-stab each other. Nian was the first to be tortured to admit that he is a spy based on his wordings are found the same from the spy list. Nian was tortured to death. Tanaka later on found out that the spy usually contact with an old man. Tanaka purposely invite the gang to a lunch and the old man appear to collect the information.

Tanaka forced to bring Kim out for investigate, but he get freak out and killed himself with a pistol. Yuk was the second one to drag out, but when she thought she will be tortured like previously by striping off naked, but she was inform to stay in her room.

Tanaka and gang left Meng and Guo in the room. They got the radio on and heard that Meng accused Guo of being the spy and putting a code on a cigarette. Guo trying to strangled Meng but Tanaka they all stop him. But Meng later on announce to Yuk that she's the spy and Guo was released in hospital. Meng later on was tortured to told out the person behind by rubbing her vagina on a rope. Suddenly an attack from Meng to bite off Guo's ear, and Meng was shot to death.

Tanaka's mission failed and he was slice on his throat when he was send back to Japan, and the person who killed him is Guo. Guo went back to find Yuk after the war, and he told her that actually he's the person who behind the spy and the spy is really Meng. Both of them know each other and try to find out a way to send the message out to their group and finally Guo managed to do it when he's in the hospital.
L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment:
The movie is damn good, never a part which is boring. Alec Su good performing although not a huge appearance. Li Bing Bing is surprisingly good in her acting and this brought her the best actress in a lot of awards.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Woohoo ! 大日子

Released Year: 2010
Directed by 青元 Qing Yuan

Casted by:
林德荣 Jack Lim as 阿炳 Peng
杨佳贤 Jason Yeoh as 阿发 Fatt
陳誌康 Royce Tan as Rain
颜江翰 Gan Jiang Han as Alan
邱文博 Bernard Hiew as Bobby
曾洁钰 Chek Keat Yoke as 連容 Rong
萧慧敏 Siow Hui Mei as 連心 Mindy
萧斐弘 Siow Ho Phew as 連八記 Pakcik
卓慧勤 Vivian Tok as 水嫂 Mrs Sui
顏薇恩 Gan Mei Yan as 阿蓮 Lian
黃一飛 Ng Hock Chye as 阿水 Sui
Story:
Peng lost his job due to the economy downturn. He was look down by Lian and her mother. To prove that he still afford to send his parents to Japan, the whole family sneak out and took fake photos. But the lie was quickly burst out when Lian discovered it.

Rain in another hand forced to close down his saloon while Fatt decided to went back to Penang to learn hokkien mee cooking method to please his girlfriend Mindy. Peng and Rain discovered that Rong is hiring people who born in tiger year to join the woohoo team. By riding a motorbike, they were forced to trick Fatt into driving them there. 3 of them went there and began their life in woohoo with Bobby and Alan under the teach of Pakcik.

Eventually, the newspaper report the excellent performance of Woohoo. Peng & Rain request Rong to pay their salary, but it turn out Rong is lying and she could not afford to pay for the salaries. Peng & Rain drag Fatt out together with them but later on they return to help to expand the chinese cultural. The woohoo team went well and everything goes good for everyone.L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:
A production of MyFm radio and Astro Media of Malaysia. DJs and Tv Host show off their hidden talent in this movie, a 2 thumbs up for the story line. Especially to Vivian Tok & Gan Mei Yan, good performance i should say... hopefully there'll be more movie from the Malaysian chinese crew.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Hangover

Released Year: 2009
Directed by Todd Philips

Casted by:
Bradley Cooper as Phil Wenneck
Ed Helms as Stu Price
Zach Galifianakis as Alan Garner
Justin Bartha as Doug Billings
Heather Graham as Jade

Story:
Doug is going to marry Tracy in 2 days time, of course his buddy, Phil, Stu & Alan is going to throw him a bachelor party in Las Vegas. Four of them drove the Mercedes that Tracy's father lend them to. They got their way there and manage to get into the most expensive villa in Caesar Palace Hotel. While they are toasting on top of the hotel, silly Alan drug everyone of them.

Next morning, Stu discover that he has lost a tooth and a receipt of USD800; Alan found a tiger in the hotel's toilet while Doug is missing. Nevertheless, there's a mattress hanging on top of the hotel. When they are about to leave, they heard a baby crying in the wardrobe and Alan insists to carry him along. Phil then discover he got a hospital wrist band and they track down the hospital and went for some information. But to their surprise, the valet brings them a police car instead of the Mercedes.

Arrival in the hospital, doctor explain that they have estacy in their blood and they were send from a wedding. They went to the chapel and the father told them Stu was actually marry to a girl name Jade last night. They got Jade address and zoom to find her with Stu in a surprise. Jade was happy to see them and claims that the baby was hers. Stu even more surprise when he saw her wearing his grandmother's ring which he is going to use to propose to his girlfriend.

The guys is on their way back to Caesar Palace when 2 police officers arrest them for stealing the police car. To make a deal, 3 of them offered to become the testing-tools in a school for the police to demonstrate. But luckily the police found their un-damage Mercedez and they are about to drive away. They heard banging sound from the car booth and discover an Asian man, Leslie Chow inside naked. Leslie attacked them and ran away. When they return to their hotel, they saw Mike Tyson in their room. It seems like the tiger in the bathroom belongs to Tyson and he wants the guys to send it back to his mansion.

Dangerously, the guys managed to get the tiger back to Mike Tyson's mansion and saw the cctv of what happened that night. They then resume their search for Doug. Gangster appeared and it is the Leslie Chow's gang. He claimed that he has kidnap Doug because the guys stole his USD80,000 accidentally. Alan use his card-counting tactics to win the money and exchange for Doug. After that they only realized is another Doug that Leslie has caught. Feeling depress, Phil called Tracy 5 hours before the wedding and told her that they lost Doug.

But Stu finally figured out that he might know where Doug is and stop Phil from telling the truth. In the end, they found Doug on the rooftop, full of sunburn. They quickly drive him back for the wedding while ordering the tux with speed delivery service. When they finally reach, wedding gone well. Stu's girlfriend accused Stu for lying and Stu angrily shot her back of her affair with a waiter and ask for a break off.

Alan then found a camera and all 4 of them look back on the photos and managed to figure out the whole things that happened on the night before.
L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:
A very interesting and funny film. Love the way how the story is actually presented. From a tiny clue lead from one to another and the whole story is chained up. Heard that they are going to film The Hangover 2, but don't really think its a good idea. If the sequel is not good, then it might spoilt the impression of the first one. You know, some movies are better leave in one

Monday, March 1, 2010

Epic Movie

Released Year: 2007
Directed by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer

Casted by:
Kal Penn as Edward
Adam Campbell as Peter
Faun A. Chambers as Susan
Jayma Mays as Lucy
Jennifer Coolidge as The White Bitch
Story:
4 orphans have their own fate to be arrange as brothers and sisters and will take a ride on a weird adventures. Lucy was running and fell down after she tricked on a corpse. By solving the puzzle of the Da Vinci Code, she managed to find the gold ticket to attend the Willy Chocolate factory. Edward at the Mexican monastery and was beaten by a kid. But when he was on the way of smack out from there, he managed to got a ticket of Willy too! Susan on a plane but was attacked by huge numbers of snake, Samuel L Jackson threw her out from the plane and she got crash on top of Paris Hilton with the Willy ticket. Peter was from the mutant school, always bullied by others. After he got banged by Wolverine, he managed to get a Willy ticket from a locker.

As the 4 orphans reach Willy Wonka Chocolate factory, they were tortured like hell. Lucy and then accidentally went into a wardrobe which lead her into another world"Gnarnia". She met the half human-goat which call her the queen. Edward in another hand went through the wardrobe too but he met the White Bitch instead. The White Bitch use her big boobs to seduce Edward and gain his trust on her side. The White Bitch was actually plan to control the Gnarnia and so she send Edward to jail when he doesn't trust her anymore.

The other three were worried and they went to look for Oslo the lion who finally use chinese kungfu to save Edward out in trade that the other 3 have sex with him. But after saving Edward, Oslo was killed by The White Bitch. When the 4 orphans went back to Gnarnia, they were worried that they can't fight against thewhite bitch. But a lot of people include the mutants are willing to join force for help. So everyone has a good party, even Peter has to sleep with Mystique, his dream girl.

Time came for the war, the 4 orphans are losing. But Peter managed to find a remote on a floor, he pause everyone so that they can defeat their opponents one by one. They decided to let the white bitch to live and send her for trial but she was accidentally killed by Captain Jack on a running huge wooden wheel. And so everyone was happy staying in the Gnarnia till they grow old and they suddenly found the wardrobe again when they are peeing.

By going back to the wardrobe, they are back to the real world and they are young again. They even see Sascha Baron wearing his disgusting swimsuit and showing off his butt.
L² Scored: 3/10

L² Comment:
Really quite facinating that the story line can be twisted like that especially all these huge movie block buster are chained into such a silly movie...