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Review - The Beekeeper

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Eloise Parker, a retired school teacher living quiet live with barn tenan bee, Adam Clay. One day, Eloise's got a call from software company that aims to phishing her as a scam that bankrupts her and steals over $2 million from a charity fund school she manages. Depressed with the situation, Eloise  commits to take her  own life. Adam Clay who find out the scene want to vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as "Beekeepers." Features with main character Jason Statham/Adam Clay and the antagonist  Josh Hutcherson/Derek Danforth. The  film directed by David Ayer and written by Kurt Wimmer with runtime 105 minutes. Distributed  under the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) label  The plot is thin and predictable, but the film makes up for it with some well-choreographed and brutal fight scenes while having some amusing and not-so-amusing bee-related humor. Statham is in his e...

Review - Aquaman The Last Kingdom

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Aquaman living his peace life with family. While under the ground Black Manta seek his revenge on for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend the Atlantis Kingdom, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother Orm. They must protect the kingdom at all costs.   The second installment and would be the last film Aquaman, still directed by James Wan. Features with  main character  Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry/Aquaman and the antagonist Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Randall Park, Dolph Lundgren, Temuera Morrison, Martin Short, and Nicole Kidman also star in supporting roles. Warner bros taken responsibility as distributor with  $205,000,000 (estimated) budget. The film has runtime 124 minutes merged with one post credit scene at the end of the film. The film's has rich mythology and history of Atlantis, also with dynamic relationship between Arthur and Orm in broth...

Review - The Marvels

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Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel)  reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. However, unintended consequences see her shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with two other superheroes to form the Marvels at the same time. Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel) and  Monica Rambeau are the superheroes who got the impact. Could they solve this problem while also facing the villain ? Directed by Nia DaCosta merging with casts Brie Larson  as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms Marvel, Teyonah Parris  as  Monica Rambeau, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and the Villain casts Zawe Ashton as Dar-Benn.  Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures as distributor studio and Marvel Studios as production company with budget  $220,000,000 (estimated)  with 105 minutes runtime unti...

Review - Expend4bles

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The Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table.  They were sent by CIA representatives to Libya in order to prevent mercenary Suarto Rahmat from stealing nuclear warheads for a mysterious terrorist named Ocelot. Elaborate with  new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning.  Directed by Scott Waugh merging with old casts  Jason Statham as Lee Christmas, Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross,  Dolph Lundgren as Gunner Jensen and  Randy Couture as Toll Road. Allied with newcomers Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Easy Day, Megan Fox as Gina, Tony Jaa as Decha, Iko Uwais as Suarto Rahmat, Jacob Scipio as Galan & Andy García as Marsh. Lionsgate as distributor studion with budget production  $100,000,000 (estimated) with 143 minutes runtime untill credit finish. First thought after I went out from th...

Review - The Equalizer 3

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Robert McCall finds solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Now living in Southern Italy, he soon discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall becomes their protector by taking on the mafia. Features Denzel Washington back as the main character, collaborate with various  newcomer from previous film.  Dakota Fanning as Emma Collins, Eugenio Mastrandrea as Gio Bonucci, David Denman as Frank Conroy, Sonia Ben Ammar as Chiara Bonucci, Remo Girone as Enzo Arisio, Gaia Scodellaro as Aminah, and Andrea Scarduzio as Vincent Quaranta. It has runtime 109 minutes with approximately budget production  $70,000,000 (estimated).  The Equalizer 3 is provided us slow pace within 40 minutes at the beginning. I was expecting a good tension, thrilled and some adrenaline elaborate as Robbert McCall I've known but unfortunately It did not provide at all.  I'm being truthful, it was actionless start and lost concep...

Review - Blue Beetle

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An alien scarab formed beetle chooses college graduate Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host.  Not just an ordinary beetle, this blue glittering beetle, now known as the Blue Beetle, has a mysterious ability.  bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle. Dominated and leads by various Latino stars  Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle, Milagro Reyes as Belissa Escobedo, Adriana Barraza as Nana Damián, Alcázar as Alberto Reyes, George Lopez as Rudy Reyes, Raoul Max Trujillo as Conrad Carapax / Indestructible Man & Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord with approximate budget $125 Million. This film featured runtime 127 minutes, consists with 2 credit scenes till the end of the film.  Blue Beetle plays like a blending of pretty much every other superhero origin story we've seen before. Jaime’s turning into a superhero whose body i...

Review - Oppenheimer

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Lieutenant  Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appointed physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years gathering knowledges and brilliant scientist in purposes to developing and designing the atomic bomb  During World War II. The film featured by famous actor/actress,  Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer, Emily Bunt as Katherine Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr as Lewis Strauss, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence, Casey Affleck as Boris Pash, Rami Malek as David Hill, Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr, Dylan Arnold as Frank Oppenheimer, Gustaf Skarsgård as Hans Bethe & Tom Conti as Albert Einstein.  This is clearly Murphy's exposition. His performance is genuine and authentic, devoid of any theatricality that might cheapen the experience. He deserved this spot  where he is right now. His best work ever. I can't imagine a single out every ...