Rescue Dawn

 Released Year: 2006

Directed by Werner Herzog

 

Casted by:

Christian Bale as Dieter Dengler
 Steve Zahn as Duane Martin
 Jeremy Davies as Gene DeBruin

 Story:

Dieter Dengler, a German-born U.S. Navy pilot in squadron VA-145, is shot down in his A-1 Skyraider over Laos in February 1966, while on a combat mission. He survives the crash only to be pursued, and ultimately captured, by the Pathet Lao. Dengler is given the chance for leniency by the Province Governor if he signs a document condemning America, but he refuses. He is tortured and taken to a prison camp. There he meets fellow American military soldiers and pilots, such as Gene DeBruin and Duane W. Martin, some of whom have been captive for years. Dengler begins planning an escape, much to the disbelief of his fellow combatants, who have been downtrodden through physical and psychological torture by the camp guards.

Eventually, all the prisoners agree to escape, only Dengler and Martin follow through with the plan as the others disappear and are not seen again in the film. Dengler and Martin try to reach the Mekong River to cross over into Thailand, but Martin is killed by a mob of angry villagers. Eventually, Dengler is rescued by an American helicopter but sequestered in a hospital due to the secret nature of his mission. He is visited by some of his squadron who covertly take him back to his ship, where he is welcomed as a hero by the crew.

 L² Scored: 8/10

L² Comment: 

This movie is based on the real story during the Vietnam war that time and seriously Christian Bale looks so hot no matter he is meaty or as skinny as a stick~ I actually like the fact that the movie doesn't further explain what happen to the rest of the guys who didn't follow Dengler and Martin at that time. If there's a shot/screen shows what happen, it would be fake then~ cause the real Dieter Dengler won't even know what happened~ a good movie :)

The Dark Knight Rises

Released Year: 2012

Directed by Christopher Nolan

Casted by:
    Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman
    Tom Hardy as Bane
    Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle

Gary Oldman as Commissioner James Gordon
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
    Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate

Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
    Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth

Story:

Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, Gotham City is in a state of peace. Under powers granted by the Dent Act—legislation inspired by the late Harvey Dent—the Gotham City Police Department has nearly eradicated organized crime. Batman has disappeared and Bruce Wayne has become a recluse. Police Commissioner James Gordon feels guilty about the cover-up of Dent's crimes, and writes a resignation speech confessing the truth; however, he decides that the city is not ready to hear it. While searching for a missing congressman, Gordon is captured and his speech taken by Bane. Gordon is shot during his escape and found by patrol officer John Blake. While recuperating, Gordon promotes Blake to detective, with Blake reporting directly to him.

Wayne Enterprises is nearly bankrupt after Bruce invested in board member Miranda Tate's clean energy project, designed to harness fusion power, only to shut it down after discovering the core could be used as a nuclear weapon. Blake—who has deduced Batman's identity—and Gordon encourage Batman to return, but Alfred Pennyworth resigns after a failed attempt to dissuade him. Bane attacks a stock exchange and bankrupts Bruce, using fingerprints cat burglar Selina Kyle stole from Bruce’s safe. Fearing that his business rival, John Daggett—who employed Bane to aid in a hostile takeover—would gain access to the reactor, Bruce asks Tate to take control of Wayne Enterprises. Bane subsequently kills Daggett as he is no longer of use.

Batman asks Selina Kyle to lead him to Bane in exchange for a program that will erase her identity from every database on the planet, allowing her to retire. However, Selina actually leads him to a trap; Bane agreed to let her live if she brought him Batman. During the confrontation between Bane and Batman, Bane reveals he knows Batman's identity, that he leads the League of Shadows following Ra's al Ghul's death, and that he will steal Wayne Enterprises’ weapons. He physically cripples Batman and sends him to a foreign prison where escape is virtually impossible. The inmates relate the story of Ra's al Ghul's child who was born in the prison and the only person to escape; Bruce believes that the child was Bane. Meanwhile, Bane traps most of Gotham's police underground using bombs throughout the city, and cuts Gotham off from the rest of the world. Bane tells the citizens that any attempt to leave the city will result in the detonation of the fusion core, now converted into a bomb. Bane reveals the cover-up of Dent's crimes and releases the prisoners in Blackgate Penitentiary. Bane starts a social revolution among the poor and criminals of Gotham. The wealthy are given show trials presided over by Jonathan Crane, where the "convicted" are killed no matter the sentence.

Bruce spends five months recovering and retraining himself. He escapes from the prison and returns to Gotham, enlisting Selina, Blake, Tate, Gordon and Lucius Fox to aid in liberating Gotham and stopping the bomb. During a confrontation between the police and Bane's forces, Batman subdues Bane. Tate intervenes, coming to Bane's aid and revealing herself to be Ra's al Ghul's daughter Talia. She escaped the prison as a child, returning with her father and the League of Shadows to rescue Bane, the one person who helped her escape. She plans to kill Batman and complete her father's work by destroying Gotham. Gordon disables the bomb's remote detonator, while Selina shoots Bane using the Batpod's cannon before he can execute Batman. Batman tries to force Talia to take the bomb to the fusion chamber where it can be stabilized, but she is injured in the attempt. Before dying, Talia floods the chamber. Gordon deduces Batman's identity as Batman uses an aircraft developed by Fox to haul the bomb beyond the city limits. The bomb detonates over the ocean and presumably kills Batman.

Batman is praised as a hero, while Bruce is assumed killed in the riots. After Bruce's funeral, Blake wants to reveal Batman's identity to the world, but Gordon disagrees. Bruce's estate is divided to cover any debts and the rest is left to Alfred; the manor is left to the city to become an orphanage. Fox discovers that Bruce had repaired the autopilot on the aircraft six months prior, and Gordon finds the Bat-Signal refurbished. Alfred witnesses Bruce and Selina together in Florence, while Blake inherits the Batcave.

 L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment:

A 3 hours movie of Batman is awesome. Though Batman is always not the top of my superhero, but i love his rival. Catwoman, Joker, Penguin, Poison Ivy are all so cool~ Christian Bale as Batman since last movie is convincing... Yeah he's cute, and he got the feel :) Anne Hathaway in another hand shocked me with her voluptuous hot body.; but i dont really like her catwoman's suit, i was hoping to see something like Michelle Pfeifer & Halle Barry style~ And finally Batman's gay friend Robin is here, hopefully he will become Robin in the next movie~ :) 

Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Released Year: 1994
Directed by: Neil Jordan

Casted by:
Brad Pitt as Louis
Tom Cruise as Lestat
Kirsten Dunst as Claudia
Antonio Banderas as Armand
Stephen Rea as Santiago
Christian Bale as Daniel Molloy

Story:

The story began as Daniel the interviewer came across with a good looking young fine man in a dark alley, they both went into a room and have an interview about this man's life.

In the early century, a 24 years old young man Louis just lost his wife and an unborn child. Feeling upset and exhausted, he let himself lost in gambling and sex. He wanted to die so badly so that he can meet his wife and child in heaven, but he was chosen to become a vampire by Lestat.

Beautiful and exotic Lestat turn Louis into his companion by drinking his blood and gave him an immortal life. Feeling sick about drinking human's blood, Louis only feed on animals blood. But the killed of chicken make the black slave suspect on him, after killing one of the servant, Louis decided to burn down his mansion and get away with Lestat.

Both of them then happened to see Claudia who is crying because her mother is dying. Feeling hunger and loving, Louis bit Claudia and turn her into a vampire, Lestat thought of using Claudia to control Louis for staying with him but things do not turn out the way he wanted to. As the 13 years old Claudia started to become mature in her brain but not her physical, she started to hate it and questioned the two elders. She hate being a child forever, and she think this is Lestat's fault for turning them into a vampire. Claudia then make a plan to kill Lestat.

After a several fight, Louis managed to bring Claudia and both of them escape to Paris. In Paris they met a bunch of their kinds. Armand is their leader while Santiago is the 2nd lead. Vampires at there dislike those who killed the same kind, and they find out Claudia is a betrayal of her maker. In another hand, Armand push Louis to give up on Claudia and be his follower. Claudia feel sad and found a woman to become Louis' replacement.

Begging on her knee to transform the woman into a vampire, Louis decided to let Claudia goes and bite the woman. But before the woman fully transform, Santiago brought his army and get them away. Louis was put inside a coffin and sealed in the brick wall while Claudia and the new vampire was closed in an open well. On the sunrise of the next morning, Claudia and the new vampire were burn to ashes.

Hatred filled Louis, he was saved by Armand. But Louis killed all other vampires with fire including Santiago. Refused to become Armand's follower, Louis decided to go back to America. World changed, technologies improved. Louis was glad he can see sunrise again in the theater. Meeting up with Lestat in an old cemetery again, Louis decide to live alone with nobody in his eternal life.

Coming back to Daniel interviewing with Louis, feeling awesome of how vampire is, he wants Louis to transform him into one but was rejected. Louis left and nowhere to be found. When driving back with excitement, Daniel found himself not alone! Lestat was following him and transform him into a vampire.

L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment:

This is actually the first vampire movie i ever watch, maybe 10 years ago :) I really learn alot about vampy in this film. But the relationship between Lestat & Louis, Louis & Armand is kinda gayish :)