‘The Invasion’ Download and Reviews

December 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

“The Invasion” Movie Details

The Invasion tagline: Do not trust anyone. Do not show emotion. Do not fall asleep.
The Invasion - DVD Cover

The Invasion DVD Cover

Actors:
Nicole Kidman Carol Bennell
Daniel Craig Ben Driscoll
Jeremy Northam Tucker Kaufman
Jackson Bond Oliver
Jeffrey Wright Dr. Stephen Galeano
Veronica Cartwright Wendy Lenk
Josef Sommer Dr. Henryk Belicec
Celia Weston Ludmilla Belicec
Roger Rees Yorish
Eric Benjamin Gene
Susan Floyd Pam
Stephanie Berry Carly
Alexis Raben Belicec’s Aide
Adam LeFevre Richard Lenk
Joanna Merlin Joan Kaufman
Directors: Oliver Hirschbiegel
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 out of 26,570 votes

“The Invasion” Movie Review

“The Invasion” Plot Summary

As a Washington psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.

Don’t even bother to find fault with it

I don’t always listen to film critics but when three reasonably reliable ones all give this movie a 2/4, I should take heed. Why did I watch it then? I am a Nicole Kidman fan. Sure enough, Kidman was in every scene, if not every frame. But that was about it

I won’t even bother finding fault with this movie because it is so formulaic that it gives you everything you expect, which isn’t much. If you watch close to 200 movies a year (granted not all of them Hollywood), you have seen them all divorced professional mother with young (ten-ish) son and good-guy boyfriend, mass hysteria in which you just don’t know which one is a sinister ‘them’, just to name the two key elements. There is really nothing seriously wrong about this movie that a woman and her son have become the only people among thousands in the city that are unaffected is something that Hollywood expects you to accept without as much as a blink. Nor is the split-personality change (of the movie, I mean) from a dark, sinister suspense into a chaotic havoc of wild chases anything that you should really criticize because you’ve got to have these things in the movie. By the way, this movie is a sort of a partial remake of ‘Invasion of the body snatches’, if you don’t already know and whether it’s the fourth or the fifth depends on who you talk to

Yes, there are some good, damned good actors in the caliber of Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam and Jeffrey Wright but in this movie they may as well be props. A terrible waste, you say, but these people got to have a paycheck every now and then too. So in the end, there’s just Kidman. This isn’t exactly her bid for another Oscar, but she does a fine job here, limited scope notwithstanding.

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‘Shaft’ Download and Reviews

November 3, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Crime, Thriller

“Shaft” Movie Details

Shaft tagline: Still the man, any questions?
Shaft - DVD Cover

Shaft DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Daniel von Bargen
  • Samuel L. Jackson John Shaft
    Vanessa L. Williams Carmen Vasquez
    Jeffrey Wright Peoples Hernandez
    Christian Bale Walter Wade, Jr.
    Busta Rhymes Rasaan
    Dan Hedaya Jack Roselli
    Toni Collette Diane Palmieri
    Richard Roundtree (Uncle) John Shaft
    Ruben Santiago-Hudson Jimmy Groves
    Josef Sommer Curt Flemming
    Lynne Thigpen Carla Howard
    Philip Bosco Walter Wade, Sr.
    Pat Hingle Hon. Dennis Bradford
    Lee Tergesen Luger
    Lt. Kearney
    Directors: John Singleton IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 out of 31,499 votes

    “Shaft” Movie Review

    “Shaft” Plot Summary

    New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder. add synopsis

    I loved it

    Shaft was a great movie. The acting was great and everything in this movie was done very well. The story was also very interesting. I think that Christian Bale played an okay villain. If he was more scary and more evil, it would be even better. I am not saying that he did not do a good job as a villain, but he could have been scarier. But it was still a good movie. I also think that Peoples should have been more evil. Other than that it was a great movie. I really liked the car chase in the end. Another thing that I really liked about this movie is that John Shaft was driving one of my favorite cars which is a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. If you like police movies than you will really like Shaft.

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