[Sn1F3rt]

Rolled back to 2008, had been saturated with the latest bollywood movies. So I picked up "Jodhaa Akbar" this time.

It's a 2008 bollywood hindi movie that had been a blockbuster at that time. As obvious from the title itself it revolves around the life of Mughal emperor Akbar and his wife Jodhaa bai.

The movie is a good one, portraying real incidents from history without much of exaggeration, except a few places. Overall, a 8.5/10 would be an ideal score from me.

[xdude]

Watched an old movie called Beach Red from 1967. A World war 2 movie about marines landing on an pasifc island. I think it's a pretty good movie for it's time and quite realistic to compaired to Hollywood war movies of today. I guess it's probbly done well finanically too even though there are no records about it's profits. I would give the movie 7/10.

[tbelldesignco]

I just rewatched The Cat Returns last night and I forgot how much I loved that movie and how recent it is for a Studio Ghibli film. I have been on a Ghibli bender since my sister passes, so some of these movies from our childhood has just been a great way to heal and take away the sweet messages from them.

[sagher]

Yesterday night i seen " Avengement" releases in 2019. i wish to see because of scott adkins (boyka) fight style. but the story line is not much inspiring me. all film in single hotel room. Story of two brothers. one of them a gangster.
IMDb Rating : 6.5/10
Genres : Crime, and a little bit action.

[Mashiro]

6th November 2020

La haine (Hate / Hass) / 1995 / France / 8.1 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

What is there to say about this movie? Many of you may know about it already. It's one of the most seen movies and a landmark.

France is a country of many nations. There are however so called Banlieues in some of the biggest cities of France. Now generally a Banlieue is nothing bad. It's just a suburb of a bigger city. However the for the French the word Banlieue has a second and rather negative meaning "banlieues has taken on an additional meaning in French of France, becoming a popular word for low-income housing projects (HLMs) in which many French of foreign descent reside, in what are often called poverty traps." (source). This movie shows such a Banlieue and a group of popular residents among. You get to see a day in their life and the big issues with poverty, racism and police violence.

A quote from the movie that follows you along:

Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: So far so good... so far so good... so far so good. How you fall doesn't matter. It's how you land!

Nowadays Banlieues are in their second meaning are a big problem for France. They have a high poverty rate with a lot of crimes and are the main source for islamic terrorists and attacks in France as well as Belgium. "Explosive powder keg" is another word you could say.

Watch it yourself. Compare it today. Sadly in my opinion the movie while being 25 years old still mirrors the same situation as today in France and in many other countries. So it's worth a watch even though I don't necessarily agree on the 8.1 rating because most of the time you see some young guys travel through the city, talk and do some something just to kill time or boringness.

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7th November 2020

The Pledge / 2001 / USA / 6.8 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

While the cast might have some really great actors and the story seems interesting I think it has not been really well exectued. The movie is roughly 2 hours long and most of the time it feels a bit lacking of actual action (not really like action from a action movie but action as in things happening that strengthen the story or actions that provide new interesting aspects / information).

I didn't really like it therefore. It felt like a old man chasing a ghost in order to solve a child murder case.

Angela's Ashes / 1999 / USA & Ireland / 7.3 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

This movie on the other hand is really great and you should watch it. It is based on a real book. Based on a autobiography by Irish expatriate Frank McCourt.

"Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the I.R.A., and when he does find money, he spends it on drink." - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145653/plotsummary

A well made and executed movie version of a book about a family trying to survive in a very hard time plagued by poverty and prejudice.

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8th November 2020

Blue Ruin / 2013 / USA / 7.1 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

A bit of a movie with a weird vibe but it was good in its own way nontheless.

A Bronx Tale / 1993 / USA / 7.8 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

The Bronx, New York, 1960. 9-year-old Calogero grows up admiring and fascinated by the local mob boss, Sonny. Calogero's father, Lorenzo, wants to have nothing to do with the mob and does his best to keep his son away from Sonny and mob business. However, it may prove a losing battle.

A great classic movie about American mobsters with Robert De Niro. He fits the role of a American mobster (Italian Mafia in US) himself very well. He is playing one in many movies and that very well.

Assassins / 1995 / USA / 6.4 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets.

Stallone and Banderas both in a action assassin styled movie. Can only say it was a very interesting movie .

Carlito's Way / 1993 / USA / 7.9 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

In 1975, after having served five years of a 30-year prison sentence, Carlito Brigante is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld. Carlito vows to end his criminal activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin Guajiro to a drug deal held at a bar. Guajiro is betrayed and killed by his suppliers and Carlito is forced to shoot his way out. Later, Carlito takes Guajiro's $30,000 from the botched deal and uses it to buy into a nightclub owned by a gambling addict named Saso with the intention of saving $75,000 to retire to the Caribbean.

All in all a very good movie with Al Pacino in the main role and the beautiful Penelope Ann Miller.

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@sagher

I have also watched Avengement and found it to be very good. At least better than what its rating is.

It tells more than you described. First of all the most of the movie plays in a pub not a hotel room. Secondly the story is about betrayal between brothers and vengeance. The gangster brother uses his mostly innoncent bother to do a dirty job for him. The whole thing is rigged and Scott Adkins role gets into trouble and jail. That one thing however turns him into a muscle man with a lot of aggression and hate. He escapes jail to find his brother and take his revenge on him. In the pub he tells his violent story and finally takes revenge.

Of course for many this movie is just a bunch of gangster and a lot of violence. Well, not for me.

You should watch Brawl in Cell 99.

[Mashiro]

15th November 2020

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance / 2002 / South Korea / 7.6 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

In Seoul, Ryu, a deaf worker has a sister who needs a kidney transplant. He tries to donate his own kidney to his sister, but his blood type is not compatible with hers. When Ryu is fired from Ilshin Electronics, he meets illegal dealers of organs, and the criminals propose that he give them his kidney plus ten millions Won to obtain a kidney suitable for his sister. Ryu accepts the trade, but he does not have money to pay for the surgery. His anarchist revolutionary girlfriend Cha Young-mi convinces him to kidnap Yossun, the daughter of his former employer Park, who owns Ilshin Electronics. However, a tragedy happens, generating revenge and a series of acts of violence.

A really great south Korean movie that you should watch if you like Asian movies. It portraits the great despair of a deaf young man with a sister that is seriously ill, the insane idea to extract money for a solution to the illness and the devils spiral of rage, violence and veangence.

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Battle in Seattle / 2007 / USA / 6.7 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

In late November 1999, masses are descending upon Seattle for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference, the first ever held on American soil. Beyond the several delegates, career protesters are also coming to Seattle, they who believe the non-elected organization only exists to support corporate interests at the expense of the poor, working class and the environment among other things. Before the conference, the lead known protesters vow that their demonstrations will be peaceful, while Seattle Mayor Jim Tobin promises that if that be the case that no arrests will be made and no aggressive action, such as the use of tear gas, will be issued. On day one of the conference, tensions on both sides escalate the confrontation between police and protesters, with many innocent people caught in the crossfire. As such, what was promised ends up not happening during the remainder of the conference, where many on both sides work not for the greater good of their side, but rather for their own personal interests because of their experience on day one. These battles outside the official conference are not the only ones happening in Seattle, as many of the conference delegates, such as Doctors Without Borders and those from some of the poorer nations, try to get across the point of many of the protesters - albeit in a more diplomatic method - while seemingly ignored by those in the upper echelon of the organization.

Police brutality, anarchists, demonstrations that drift into absolute insane orgies of violence? Sweet home Alabma United States.

Watch it once at least.

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City on Fire / 1987 / Hong Kong / 7.1 out of 10 Rating IMDb

Plot

Ko Chow is about to resign from the police force when he is asked to take on one more case. He is to go undercover in a gang that is robbing jewellery stores. He accepts the task and successfully infiltrates the gang. It is a very dangerous mission, not just because the gang might discover his true identity but because many of the police suspect he may well be a criminal.

A classic die hard Hong Kong police action movie with Yun-Fat Chow (Hard Boiled).

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Escape From Pretoria / 2020 / USA / 6.8 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.

A really interesting movie about apartheid days of South Africa. Worth a watch for sure! Take a look.

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Apocalypse Now / 1979 / USA / 8.4 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Who doesn't know about this movie? If you don't you should watch it right now or as soon as possible. It's a real classic.

[Rehan]

Yesterday i had some free time. I have watched the movie Sufna. It's an indian punjabi movie with a love story.The movie has an awesome love story with a lot of comedy.Mostly i don't watch Amy Virk's movies but i watched it because of movie songs. All of the movie songs were very outstanding. While scrolling youtube i found the song " Kuch Bhi Ho Jaye Yaara". After watching this video i decided to watch the movie. It was really very amazing.

[sagher]

Yesterday Night i watched a animated movie " 108 Demon Kings" also known as "108 Rois Demons" Story of a Prince and 108 demons. 2nd century china story of a empire which terrorized with demons and a prince & family save the empire.
truly amazing dramatic story with action and fight.

IMDb Rating : 5.8/10
available also in Hindi/Urdu and Korean Languages.

[Mashiro]

21st November 2020

City of Men / 2007 / Brazil / 7.2 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

In the slum in Morro da Sinuca, a couple of days before turning eighteen year-old, Laranjinha tells his best friend and also orphan Acerola that he misses his unknown father. Acerola decides to help his needy friend to find his father and they discover that he is in prison convicted for killing a man during a robbery and near to be released on parole. Meanwhile, Acerola's wife and babysitter Cris is invited to work in São Paulo and she sees the chance to raise money to buy a house of her own; she tells Acerola that he must take care of their son Clayton alone for one year. When the owner of the hill and Laranjinha's cousin Madrugadão is betrayed by his right-hand Nefasto, he is expelled from the slum and Laranjinha and Acerola have also to leave the hill. While Madrugadão plots a plan to invade and recover the hill with the support of the gang of the drug lord from Morro do Careca, Acerola and Laranjinha unravel the past of their fathers.

A great movie that reminds of a lot of movies like City of God and Jerusalema. Worth a watch (especially if you watched the two previously mentioned movies).


22nd November 2020

Blood Ties / 2013 / USA / 6.5 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

New York, 1974. Fifty-year-old Chris (Clive Owen) has just been released on good behavior after several years in prison following a gangland murder. Reluctantly waiting for him outside the gates is his younger brother, Frank (Billy Crudup), a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, Leon (James Caan), who raised them alone, seems to favor Chris despite all his troubles. Yet blood ties are the ones that bind, and Frank, hoping that his brother has changed, is willing to give him a chance - he shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife, Monica (Marion Cotillard). But Chris' inevitable descent back into a life of crime proves to be the last in a long line of betrayals, and after his brother's latest transgressions, Frank banishes him from his life. But it's already too late, as the brothers' destiny is bound together, forever.

It was a good movie to watch once. Story seemed interesting and Clive Owen has a lead role in it. While the movie ratings of most Clive Owen movies aren't that high the movies usually pack a lot of action and interesting gangster/crime stories and such.

An American Crime / 2007 / USA / 7.3 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965, the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens, the two daughters of traveling carnival workers are left for an extended stay at the Indianapolis home of single mother Gertrude Baniszewski and her six children. Times are tough, and Gertrude's financial needs cause her to make this arrangement before realizing how the burden will push her unstable nature to a breaking point. What transpires in the next three months is both riveting and horrific.

A really interesting crime drama based on a real life biography. Insane. Watch it. Sweety Ellen Page is in the movie .

Brooklyn's Finest / 2009 / USA / 6.7 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

In Brooklyn, amid drug deals, violence, casual racism, poverty, housing projects, and corrupt cops, we follow three officers: Tango, African-American, working undercover, believing he's earned a promotion to a desk job but told he has to set up the bust of an ex-con who saved his life; Sal, who'll commit murder to get cash; and, Eddie, the precinct's oldest beat cop, a week to go before retirement, assigned to mentor an earnest rookie. Can this end well for any of the three?

Story and cast seemed very interesting. So I decided to watch it and it was kinda good. More of the classic movie instead of the newest action / comedy / crime mixture movies. I prefer the classic stuff.

Cinderella Man / 2005 / USA / 8.0 out of 10 Rating on IMDb

Plot

During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), a.k.a. the Cinderella Man, was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up, and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him - his family - was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, James J. Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor, and an incredible dose of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fuelled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer (Craig Bierko), renowned for having killed two men in the ring.

A great story that is based on a real biography of a man from the times of the great depression. It's also about boxing like other great movies (Rocky, Creed and etc).

[Rehan]

I have just watched the movie " Jihne Mera Dil Luteya ".It is an indian punjabi movie of Diljet Dosanjh and Gippy grewal.Both of the actors are really very awesome. This movie has an interesting comedy love story. There are two heros, those who love a same girl. There is an very great adventure in the movie. The second thing i loved the movie is Diljit Dosanjh and Gippy grewal. Both of these are very funny actors. The main thing of the movie i loved is the song " Fukre "