Shoot ’em Up

 

Shoot ’em Up (2007)

Starring: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci and Paul Giamatti

Director: Michael Davis

 

Shoot ’em Up is exactly what it’s named. It’s a shoot ’em up, and a good on at that. Smith (Clive Owen) is a slightly irritated badass who has a thing for carrots. Who suddenly finds himself saving the life of a pregnant women he’s never met before while gun toting bad guys try to kill her. If you like shoot ’em ups then you’l love this movie.

Rating: 8.5 of 10
Sandra and Max

 

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Mystic River

Mystic River (2003)

Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon

Director: Clint Eastwood

Mystic River is a murder mystery thriller that involves 3 guys who have known each other since they were kids. One a cop (Kevin Bacon), one an ex-criminal (Sean Penn) and the other one rape victim (Tim Robbins). The acting in this movie superb and it is another Clint Eastwood classic. The only downside is that it is a little bit of a dark movie.

Rating: 8 of 10

Max and Sandra

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Lucky Number Slevin

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley and Morgan Freeman

Director: Paul McGuigan

Lucky Number Slevin is a criminal thriller about Slevin (Josh Hartnett) who is in his friend Nick Fisher’s apartment when a couple of The Boss’ (Morgan Freeman) thugs show up at the door and mistakingly think that he’s Nick Fisher. The covers the drama that unfolds between The Boss, Slevin and The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley). Honestly after watching this movie we looked for any fault in it we could find and the only one was that it is pretty bloody. So girls be prepared.

Rating: 9 of 10

Sandra and Max

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Rendition

Rendition (2007)

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard

Director: Gavin Hood

Rendition is a political drama that tells the story of the true policy of its title. Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) is kidnapped by government agents when he gets off a flight before customs at D.C. airport, leaving his pregnant wife (Reese Witherspoon) stuck waiting at the airport. While his wife is trying to figure out where he is, CIA Analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) finds himself suddenly in charge of overseeing the interrogation of renditioned terrorists. This is an intense well binded movie that really shows what goes on behind the scenes in our intelligence community.

Rating: 8.5 of 10

Sandra and Max

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The Interpreter

 

 

The Interpreter (2005)

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn and Catherine Keener

Director: Sydney Pollack

 

The Interpreter is an international drama that is about a translator at the U.N. Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) who hears something that she wasn’t supposed to about an assassination of a foreign leader. And the subsequent investigation by Tobin Keller (Sean Penn) a secret service agent. It is very interesting plot and keeps you guessing till the end.

 

Rating: 8 of 10

 

Sandra and Max

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Lord of War

 

 

Lord of War (2005)

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke and Jared Leto

Director: Andrew Niccol

 

Lord of War is a realistic depiction of a modern day arms dealer about Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) who immersed himself in the gun trade in his 30’s. It shows hand in hand his rise to power and declining morality. As usual Nicolas Cage stays consistent with a good performance. However we expected a different kind of movie, and the ending was surprising for us.

Rating: 7 of 10

 

Max and Sandra

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