Becky and I went to see the new movie Parker at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO this week.  The Fandango website at Parker describes the movie as follows…

“Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don’t steal from people who can’t afford it and don’t hurt people who don’t deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead. Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to Palm Beach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who’s short on cash, but big on looks, smarts and ambition. Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean...”

The Review: Parker is a new flick starring Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez that reminded me quite a bit of that movie Payback that Mel Gibson did back in 1999.  Mel’s character was called Porter and he was left for dead after being whacked by his partner and and Jason’s character is left for dead as well by his criminal buddies and his name is Parker.  They both had a woman involved and both characters were about having their own rules when it came to their criminal activity.

It turns out that the writer behind this movie also did Payback, which is why I thought it was so much like that movie.  The movie is action packed and Jason is a butt kicker in this film for sure.  The movie has plenty of twists and turns.  It’s not a great movie, but it is a really fun as an action film.   Parker is pretty well done for the most part, since the character actually takes a beating and doesn’t have super hero qualities.  If you like action movies, you should like this one.  Jennifer Lopez character was done well too.

Becky and I both liked it and thought it was fun to watch.  Our friend Mark went with us and he liked it too.  It is rated R and if you are in the mood for an action movie, this is a fun flick for the money.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Broken City at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO last week.  The Fandango website at Broken City describes the movie as follows…

“n a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) seeks redemption – and revenge – after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor (Russell Crowe). Billy’s relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force – and the mayor’s worst nightmare...”

The Review: Broken City is a new movie with Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, and Catherine Zeta-Jones about a New York City Mayor who is controlling the city like a gangster.  Enter a police officer who has been relieved of his duty, working as private investigator and ends up becoming a tool for the power hungry Mayor.

There are quite a few twists in this movie, but for the most part they are predictable.  The acting is good, but the story is not great.  It’s a pretty far fetched movie and most of the confrontation between the characters is more hype than substance.  The movie is interesting at times, but it’s boring most of the time and moved a little too slow for me.  I definitely had higher expectations.

Becky liked it more than I did and I think she thought it was worth the price of admission.  I didn’t like it as much and thought it was a rental.  We went with our friends and they liked it more than I did as well.  I would recommend skipping this one and waiting for the rental to watch it.

John – ** Rental
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Gangster Squad at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO last week.  The Fandango website at Gangster Squad describes the movie as follows…

“Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his way—every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart. “Gangster Squad” is a colorful retelling of events surrounding the LAPD’s efforts to take back their nascent city from one of the most dangerous mafia bosses of all time...”

The Review: Gangster Squad is based on a true story about a mob boss, who was taking over Los Angeles in the late 1940’s.  It is a really violent movie and shows how ruthless the thugs were during the Mafia crime waves.  Sean Penn does a really good job playing the crazy mob boss Mickey Cohen and he was an evil, self-indulgent individual in this film and in real life.

This movie has an all-star cast and the acting is good, the story is fascinating and it’s Directed much like the film that was set in the 1940’s as well, “LA Confidential”.  If you liked that movie, you will probably like this one too.  It is very violent, so be aware of that, but it’s a gangster film and that’s expected.  If anything, it will show you that the “good ol’ days” were not really any better than today with gang violence and evil people trying to take over portions of society and often succeeding.

The Gangster Squad is a group of cops who were commissioned by their boss to fight violence without putting on the badge, but by working as undercover cops.  They were allowed to be as ruthless as the gangsters themselves and that issue comes up in the film that they are not any better than the gangsters themselves.  The critics hated this movie, but the fans seem to like it and I have to agree with the fans on this one.  Becky and I both liked it and thought it was well done.

We both thought that it was worth the price of admission.  We’re giving it a Worth The Trip.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Django Unchained at the AMC theaters in Castle Rock, CO a few weeks ago.  I have held off on writing a review because I had mixed emotions about this one.  The Fandango website at Django Unchained describes the movie as follows…

“Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South’s most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago...”

The Review: Django Unchained is the latest film by Quentin Tarantino starring Jamie Fox, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio about a slave turned bounty hunter just before the Civil War in the South.  It’s a brutal movie about the Wild West, the Wild South and the wickedness of men toward their fellow man during the evil period of slavery in America.  It’s very disturbing and not your “feel good” movie by any stretch.

Django is an extremely violent film and it’s a stark contrast to Lincoln that also showed the brutality of war and slavery, but Lincoln was actually done in good taste.   This movie is really disturbing.  I totally get that there were slave owners who were wicked individuals, but I had a hard time being “entertained” by this movie.  Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in this film and was believable as a man who was more of a beast than human.  It reminded me of like something you would see in a movie like SAW or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (which they just released again?), where you watch demonic men tormenting their fellow man for pleasure.  There are scenes in this film of men being torn apart by dogs by their property owner and being forced to fight to the death with one another and their eyes gouged out and skulls being smashed in with a hammer.  I’m sorry, but that’s not entertainment to me.  It’s extremely sick and twisted and could have been done better I thought.

This movie is getting rave reviews and Becky liked it much more than I did.  She thought it was Worth The Trip and I just thought it was too disturbing.  It’s definitely a movie I would never watch a second time nor did I like it very much the first time.  It tried to have a “feel good” ending, but I don’t know how you could “feel good” after watching this movie.  I will give credit where it’s due and say that the acting in this movie is incredible by everyone involved.  It’s Quentin Tarantino though, who’s claim to fame is graphic violence and there is plenty of that in this movie.  I don’t think there was anyone who wasn’t a killer in this film, except for the slaves in chains.

I’m going to give this movie a rating of Rental, but you may like it or you may want to skip it.  It’s one of those films that is all over the place depending on who’s seeing it, so you have been forewarned.

John – ** Rental
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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