The movie John Carter is undoubtedly a blockbuster. The lead role is played by Taylor Kitsch. In this film he is shifted from to United State to the planet Mars. After landing there he slowly and steadily gets himself adapted to the local Barsoomian’s society.

Locally the planet is called as Barsoom. Later this society gets into a war with other local society. These two societies are also called as Helium and Zodanga respectively. The ongoing war is overseen by a group of monks called as Therns. The complete conflict and the subsequent events form a flashback once John Carter returns to earth.

The story is inter-woven with twists and unexpected turns. Once Carter lands on Mars, he acquires some typical powers like a superman has on earth. It is exactly reversing superman in which Carter becomes superman as he enters Barsoom and becomes normal human being once he returns earth. The low gravity force prevailing at Barsoom, allows him to jump much greater heights than the locals. There by he becomes SuperBarsoomain. The relatons portrayed between the tribes of Barsoom resembles exactly similar to the relation existed between Confederacy, Native Americans and Unions in the middle of 19th century.

The film also has some flaw points. One of them is that it mainly projects intelligence in a big way and immediately makes it so small to move the story ahead. However the story seems logical almost at all stages of the movie. Cater tries to learn the cultures and other aspects associated with Barsoom. As the story progresses ahead, getting lost happens quiet frequently. For example, Carter finds his body on Barsoom which looks similar to that of his body on earth. This incident is immediately followed by his meeting with the Martian princess. After that these two events do not come up again for almost half an hour. This actually acts as distraction and we go out of the movie in search of those two characters and consequence of their meeting.

As the things progresses in this fashion, understanding the two and half hour story becomes much more complex. Even at the end it seems there is a desperate requirement of ten minutes to tie all the loose ends and bring the story to an end. When the viewer is free of the confusion generally created by the Barsoomians, we can say that the story is not progressing any more and it is only visual effects that are being exhibited. All these visual effects are computer generated and are, undoubtedly, convincing and very expressive. They are not like the blue coloured humans who came from other planets. The Red Martians look almost similar to the normal human beings except their red body colour. This looks more imaginative and makes the movie more attractive.

There is no dearth of action sequences. They come as completely integrated part of the film as they have something or the other to do with the plot. They are really much exciting. The gladiatorial bout that was staged at some point is exempted form this acclaim. The viewer will not find it difficult to follow the action scenes. Andrew Stanton’s expertise in making animated films is clearly showcased in this. He is the expert in making 3D films at Pixar with a clear understanding of what all required.

John Carter is a fabulous fantasy movie made on a planetary theme. This smartly made film completely involves the viewer and keeps them excited at all times. At times it becomes little confusing for the viewers and goes much beyond the reach of their imagination. All this confusion can be attributed to the subplots and some events. You may find some other writers explaining the sub plots also clearly to some extent after streamlining them for the sake of better understanding. It is always better to play in safe mode rather than being too ambitious.

At the end it seems that there is enough scope to create sequels of the movie. Disney can also bring out some more novels from the story line of the movie. The picture made clear presentation of the main character and helped it to establish completely. The environment is also made equally competitive to the main role. At the same time it also brings in the awareness with regard to the upcoming threats in future. Notwithstanding the flaws that popup in the middle of the movie, John Carter is a smart movie and produced very well. In spite of its dreary title it is an interesting movie through out and keeps the viewer excited till end.

John Carter trailer

The comic drama Crazy, Stupid, Love is the making of a great movie. The actors include lively and affable persons, such as Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Julianne Moore.

The screen play is penned by Dan Fogelman (of Cars and Tangled fame). The film is full of moments that alternate between humorous, bright, and distressing. Then why is the movie eventually not up to the mark and satisfying? The reason may be because the movie directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa is messy, jumbled with dissimilar schemes, and moving settings, which makes it less than the sum of the components.

The movie starts with the break-up of Emily (played by Moore) and her husband of twenty-five years Cal (enacted by Carrell). In a crowded restaurant, Emily informs Cal that she wants to divorce him because she is having an affair. As the couple are coping with the death of their love, their thirteen-year old son Robbie (played by Jonah Bobo) is falling in love with Jessica (acted by Analeigh Tipton) who is the seventeen-year old family babysitter. He continues to be adamant even after Jessica walks in while he is doing what a thirteen-year old boy does. However, Robbie’s hopes are doomed because Jessica seems to see only Cal. The results of her fascination with Cal (that he is completely unaware about) remain unknown until much time has passed.

Definitely, the results of all that is occurring in the movie are not known for a long time. For most part, the movie is meandering without any purpose or goal. The film keeps returning to Cal’s narrative and the supporting cast much as Requa and Ficarra are focused on laying the foundation for the surprising third act, which shows a twist in the tale.

Shattered with his wife’s confessions, Cal is sulking at an all-night bar where he receives the compassion of Jacob (played by Gosling). The sharp dressing sense and outspoken amateur Jacob takes on the task of assisting the not so cool forty-four year old Cal in gathering his life after his wife. He tries to teach Cal the strategy of amazing the women instead of trying to seduce them. These learning quickly show the results when Cal ends up in bed with a mid school teacher Marisa Tomei, which is followed by several unknown women picked up at the bars.

While Cal is enjoying the results of his efforts, he realizes that he still loves Emma who seems to be regretting her decision. Although, the movie tries to tell its audience that when two individuals are true soul mates who will be reunited by the acts of destiny, the scenes between Cal and Emma really do not show the message to be believable. The most appealing part of the movie is the couple’s stories during their high school, which is not the building rock on which marriages are made. The best statement of the entire moving is the start that shows Cal would be happier jumping off a moving car rather than having to listen to his wife’s conversation.

More credibility is seen in the unanticipated bonding between Cal and Hannah who is a law school graduate. She is the only woman in the entire movie who refuses Cal in the early parts of the movie. After her lawyer boyfriend Josh Groban proves to be a jerk, she actually almost runs to Cal and soon in to his bachelor home. However, what begins as a one-nighter slowly becomes a full night of conversation. Hannah initially asks Cal to show her the steps included in the seduction practice, which is followed by viewing the list of Sharper picture buys. Cal’s compliance seems like elegy. Is it possible to redeem the scrofulous cad during a single evening? It is possible if he is Ryan Gosling whose redeemer is Emma Stone.

The enchantment of this sequence is almost sufficient to redeem the review of Crazy, Stupid, Love. However, here comes the biggest twist, which is really a point of debate; however, its absurdity is most definitely not debatable. Soon the movie that has been alternating between insight and sentiments chooses to follow the latter. However, one point missing in its finale is the slow clapping.

Crazy Stupid Love trailer

Underworld awakening featured the reentry of superstar Kate Beckinsale as Selene who portrays the role of charming death merchant in the movie Underworld Awakening, that is the fourth part of the Lykens vs. vampire fiction movie series that acclaimed cult status in movie buffs and this movie is also the first movie of the Underworld series that is made in three dimension.

The foundation of this movie is that werewolves and vampires were demolished by human beings after they came to know about their existence.

Selene is shown to wake up decades later in poised vibrancy to a universe she is strange in and without the love of her life Michael. Selene has been in low temperature freeze confinement at a firm of biotech that is governed by a menacing scientist. The role of scientist is played by Stephen Rea of the movie V FOR VENDETTA.

Selene finds out that Michael is not only gone, save for having a daughter of their own that is now at adolescence stage. The role of her daughter is played by India Eisley, whose birth took place when Selene was in the frozen state. Selene now forced to bury her maternity feelings deep inside her heart even when she delivers death to villains and those humans who were indulged in slaughtering her breed and kind.

It’s not over yet! The movie Underworld Awakening is similar to other movies of this series, meaning that it is a concave and slow type movie, full of dull and old Matrix type action scenes. If that’s more than enough for people, they will most probably admire this latest sequence. However, people should still question themselves why it is enough for them. However, for the general audience or for them who are watching the series for the first time, Underworld Awakening fails to convince people why they should watch the movies of this series.

The cast performs an automatic job, with leading actor Beckinsale playing the role of ever stoned Selene. She still portrays a great character wearing trench coats and patent leather shooting bullets, however, the GAME OF THRONES’ Mr. Charles Dance is less utilized for a role of vampire leader, anyone who expected that Charles will be the successor to Bill Nighy is surely going to be disappointed. Michael Ealy is commendable in the role of human cop. he’s basically there to clutch and discharge cop cliches. Theo James delivers the dumbest “WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT!” speech without any other substance worth mentioning, meanwhile Rea is plainly seems to be embarrassed to just star cast the film, quite stuck in his villainous role.

Only the daughter India Eisely who portrays as Selene’s mix breed vampire/Lycan daughter pretends to enjoy, playing the role of a vamp in her “HULK OUT” scenes. She on screen character’s relationship with lead role player Selene is artificial, but it demands gravely for a bit of sentimental timbre in the otherwise dumb and lame film. It’s been disappointing that there is not enough strength in Eisley’s character, which is old and dreary for this dolefully underwritten series.

The collision of the man’s comprehensive “ethnic cleansing” as said in the movie of vampires and Lycans is underestimated by the portrayed fact that only these creatures are into existence to slaughter and eat people! Begging your pardon, it’s pretty tough to empathize with the monsters that can eat you in supper. However, people can get to theme what the movie is all about. It is still a tough task to feel too much for the character Selene provided that she is assassinating specifically each of the people that viewers would desire to save if vampires and werewolves would attack. Selene is unquestionably in a shade darker and even more vicious in this movie. However, Selene continues to be emotionally drained as usual.

The action successions, while copious, are anything else but decent. If people have seen Selene swagger or creep in SLOW-MOTION shooting shit probably this is shown a thousand times before and nothing’s new in it. UBER-LYCAN stands as an ingenious attention-grabber. However, the VE or visual effects are damn cheap and crap that overall result derived from them isn’t pretty good nor it is scary or impressive in any way. Obviously, the three dimensional effect is not required and utilized for general effect. Finally these effects succeed in adding more dumbness and darkness to the movie that is already blur and dark.

The movie Underworld Awakening one of the other movies produced by SGF or screen GEMS factory that also is known for making the movie series Resident Evil. The movie is looking very shining from outside as it used to look in the previous movies but from inside it is still the old and lame movie as usual.

Underworld Awakening trailer

There’s nothing exactly left on saying anything about dystopian genre. If you have seen one of those kinds then you have seen all of them. The divide, by Xavier gens is not an exception.

The movie has everything that most people expect that is performances of actors in melodramatic style and you will hardly be able o recognize any of them, blood smattering everywhere, and sexuality to make movie interesting.

The story is plotted around nine strangers, all of them belonging to the city of New York. They meet like refuges in the basement of an apartment at the time of nuclear holocaust. The basement is managed by a person who is a paranoid named Mickey (character played by Michael biehn) and with the objective of lasting for months in the basement he has stocked the place with lots of food stuff and supply of water. The story of the movie runs in these basement rooms.

In spite of all the characters being trapped under a same roof, there is almost zero scope of development of character. There is hardly any communication between the refuges; instead the silence of the characters is mixed with strange behavior of refuges.
The mood of watching the movie falls from here only.

The nihilistic approach of the movie gets exhausting in the second phase of the movie. Above that you will find no source of inspirational dialogues amongst the refuges so that the tension can be eased among them. Everything you will find is miserable, dark and will depress you. It is that sort of movie where you will leave the theater quietly and after reaching home will prefer to watch something lighthearted that can refresh your mood.

Some of the appreciable things are also there in the movie. If you talk about acting it is somewhat decent, and there is lot of visual style.  Biehn, Lauren and many other characters have done a good job in acting however the rest of the cast has not done well at all. It is only the dialogues of the characters that have kept the performance of characters high otherwise all of them are one dimensional.

Therefore there are many of the even worse movies that you can watch, the devil inside is also one of the flops, however many of better movies are also there that you can watch. The divide has some of the qualities to arouse the curiosity in you along with some of the other qualities. Act one and two of the movie is bit interesting, horror is also there, but the rest of the movie you can understand yourself.

The Divide trailer

The movie Haywire is embossed with action and thrill. The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh and script is laid by Lem Dobbs. Haywire is dynamic high powered action film. With the irreducible and general plot constructed.

The story is knitted around an incognito operative betrayed by the agency for which he provides his services, after he was drawn away from his job. The whole film is staged around in finding out who did and why.

The one thing, which makes this movie different, is its introduction of MMA star and its big star cast. The movie is flooded with American Gladiators Gina Carano, personifying as protagonist Mallory Kane, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton and Michael Douglas. In Soderberghs’ Haywire Carano is looking amazingly superb.

The plot of the story is feeble and fringed with little fight scenes and some stunts. If the story of the movie is reinvented with a male actor as its center it would create the same effect as direct-to-video action based casting Steven Seagel or Wesley Snipes. If compared with Jason Stathum movies, his movies are richer in plot and story.

For the movie is centered on female protagonist and since Soderbergh name is fixed with it does that mean Soderberghs’ Haywire comes out safely and with flying colours? Though, Soderbergh has taken an extra effort to centre its story around a female protagonist while other directors in general weave on male protagonist. Nonetheless, he has constructed and molded the movie with action, while the movie being extracted and anticipated just like any Steven Seagel or Van Damme captured from the past.

The other male supporting actors have played their roles in the most accomplished manner and in an idoneous way. Though their role looks dwarf as compare to protagonist role. McGregor with extremely awesome coiffure aptly plays the role of despicable deceiver of Mallory Kane. Bill Paxiton played the role of Mallory’s Father. The performance of this Marine turned into newly casted or framed into role of author was full of amusement and fun. The respective parts played by Banderas and Douglas have brought some solemnity and importance to their cameos. A Michael Angarano role was same as a worn out or fatigued kid in Shia LaBeouf vein.

However, Tatum and Fassbender have enriched the movie with their extraordinary performances. They fulfill their motto by aiding McGregor looking respectable and presentable in the movie, coined with most dramatic scenes. Just contradictory, Carano helps him to look respectable and presentable in the fight scenes.

Soderbergh has cleverly constructed the role of Carano, which she has delivered in the most eloquent manner. Though being the first time in lead role she does not smatter and you are not left with the feeling of superficiality smearing the scenes. This emphatically proves that she has done justice to the role and not a moment of embarrassment is there for her. She has acted forcefully even if you see at a dinner with Tatum and with Fassbender in a hotel suite squabble. Gina Carano in future gets some more emphatic roles and Soderbergh’s persistent efforts as a director for debut action movie is clearly reflected in the movie.

Haywire trailer

Chronicle is all set to hit the cinema halls on 3 February 2012, this superhero movie usually revived many a times to serve the audience. The movie from light transits to campy to dark and then returned from where it began.

While M. Night Shyamalan, dismantled the genre Christopher Nolan constructed and expressed it in artistic form. The trend in the recent past years has shown that it is the movies based on comic books rule the multiplexes during the summer season. However, the movie never received the treatment as of found footage.

The plot of the story reveals the story of three kids whose search begins by examining a secret mystical crater in ground and eventually developing or equipping them with uncanny power. The movie commence with the art of telekinesis. The three boys uses this device for every small act like levitating potato chips, hovering Lego and Baseballs, the soft toys one can cuddle with. Even they attempted to peep through any girls’ skirt.

With the time, the triad improves and polishes their uncanny power and now using it for destroying cars and buildings along with that developed with powers to fly and soar high in sky. The trinity enriched with powers assigns the set of rules. The three holy rules which they were supposed to follow are that they will not their developed superpowers in front of the public, these powers will remain confidential they will not talk and discuss about it, the last highly significant one they will not employ these powers on other human species.

The young teens remain engulfed with feelings of anguish and fierce anger against the domain. Soon, their friendship suffers the consequences welcomed with this superhuman power. The rules once set confronts a violent blow broke and torn al apart into fragments, the things get worse when one of the trios uses these powers for darker goals.

The story has appeared and reached the audience many times and the recent one in the list is X-Men: First Class. However, director Josh Trank, has narrated the story in a most fascinating manner without diluting the originality and novelty.  While Max Landis’ script is not only brilliant in every sense but enriched with many witty twist and turns.

The story played skillfully to grip the sympathy of the audience. The difference between the protagonist and antagonist was widely obscured and the hooked the audience by constructing a captivating conclusion, leaving them emotionally and visually contented.
However, if the found footage perspective taken into consideration it appears that the director has not treated it well. Chronicle subjects to some minor problems where its characters, often compelled to express and fathom the proceedings, as giving it an artificial presentation of scenes rather than living those scenes.

An imaginary obstruction created between the heroes and the world outside them.  But you will be left amazed to see that they have continued with the proceedings instead of focusing when there is apt need for providing aid to a friend or downing tools would be the need of the hour.

DeHaan, a superhero Andrew usually occupied with troubles. The second half of the  Chronicle story is enthralling as the heroes have successfully maneuvered the problems, as one of the hero learned the technique of levitating the camera, in turn equipping him with the ability to lead his own life and so the final few scenes of the film.

Due to the shaky-cam notion conceived, that cast is expected to either sell their fanciful ideas or make an array of clips not well knitted on You Tube. However, to relieve the audience the Chronicle is at its best when it comes to its acting aspect. The trios have given a commendable performance.

Another character Michael B. Jordan performed as Steve in the movie, is represented as a highly brilliant and extraordinary flourishing president, whose life becomes more delighting and fascinating when he achieve those uncanny powers.

Alex Russell is appealing and charismatic Matt, unskillful, pseudo-intellectual always rambling or preaching philosophy. But owns a noble and a virtuous heart and a mischievous sense of humor adding spice to it.Dane DeHaan who resembles Leonardo DiCaprio played the role of personified as Andrew. A child, leading a troubled life full of difficulties and experience a sudden change on attaining these powers. These powers not only bring pearls of happiness and joy into his life but also fame before his life confronts any misfortune or omen.

They have played their role in the most natural way paralleled with witty script, it makes you feel that you are not just watching movie but you extend your moral support to these trios. The chronicle is a movie not about superpowers but also revealing the meaning of friendship.

The chronicle is not just a usual comic adaptation, but found footage has added special texture to it. The movie advocates, the superb talent of Josh Trank.

Chronicle trailer

Real steel was released in October, 2011. It was a sci-fi film based on robot wrestling. It is future set story where robo boxing is a popular sport. It is a 127 min run time movie.

Real steel was directed by famous Hollywood director and producer Shawn Levy and Dan Gilroy has himself written its story. Basically, it is based on the short story “steel” written in 1956. Movie starred Hugh jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is the main character of the movie. Movie also shows a close relation between father and son. Movie starts in the year 2020. That time human boxers were replaced by the robot boxers.

Charlie is a famous boxer and he owns a robot. But he lost the robot in a bet. Charlie’s girl friend was dead and they have a child named Max. His sister in law wants to adopt Max which he provides them in exchange of $100,000. But they want Charlie to keep Max for 3 months with him. Max goes with him and they meet Bailey. Bailey is childhood friend of Charlie and she owns a boxing gym. With her help Charlie bought a second hand robot named “Noisy Boy”. Since the robot is new for him so he is not aware of the commands. Instead of that he goes to the boxing ring and he looses too.

Then both of them go to the junkyard in order to steal some scraps that they could use to build a new robot. During stealing Max falls on the ledge. While falling he stuck into an old robot. Whose name was ATOM, since it was old generation Robot. But still he takes him out from the junkyard. Charlie didn’t want to take him to restore but because of the stiff nature of Max he agree to take him. Since it was the robot of old generation but still he can sense the shadow motion of the human standing in front of him. Both took him to the illegal arena and he wins some money for Charlie. Later max upgrades the ATOM for voice commands.

After testing ATOM in different arena they finally go to the WRB. Then they start boxing in the arena and finally they challenge the most advanced robot. That robot was undefeated from last 10 years. So they bet to stand in front of him for three rounds. And how did they do it that was the most interesting part of the entire movie. This movie is full of action. It is basically made on the idea to Rock and shock the audience. This film is showing a deep emotional relation between a father and a son.

Hugh Jackman and Goyo give you a very good feel of father and son. Goyo has done excellent work in this film. He has done full justice with his character. They have wonderful chemistry on the screen and the use of humour is perfect to bind the audience with their seats. The robot fight scenes are excellently performed. It looks real on the screen.

Since the film takes place in future but characters of the film gives you feel of the present one. It was the year’s cheesiest movie, which will give you the total feel of Hollywood that we expect from them. Climate of the movie is awesome. I felt its climax is better than “the fighter”. In the fight you know that who is gonna win but the real talent is the way you win the fight. Danny Elfman has given a given a wonderful background score in the movie. Cinematography is awesome which you gonna love it. Every character of the film has done full justice with their role and that makes the movie worth watching. It is also nominated for the Academy Award for best visual effects at the 84th Academy awards. So finally coming to the end, this movie is full of entertainment and must watch.

Real Steel trailer

The success ratio on the films based on paranormal activities is many times very high and a heavy amount of profit has also been seen. Looking to the advantages of these kinds of movies there are also some of the spoilers who follow the league in making these movies.

The devil inside is one of the example of the movies that is based on the paranormal theme and has failed badly. For the director William Brent Bell, movie might have been good if more effort had been put on the ending instead of relying on footage trends.

You could have easily got the plot of the movie if you have watched trailers of the movie. The story runs around character of Isabella Rossi acted by Fernanda Andrade and Michael who is a documentarian, role played by Ionut Grama. Michael has come from America in a psychiatric hospital of Rome. He has come so far to meet Isabella’s mother, the character played by Suzan Crowley.

She has been accused for murder of three people at the time of her exorcism. Isabella and Michael team up with two priests David and Ben who work secretly in many unauthorized cases of demon possession. All four of them, together try to investigate the mystery of Isabella’s mother, and also they try to combat their own demons at the same time.

On the whole the premise of the movie arouses the curiosity. For such a movie the backdrop of Italian seems to be good. The theme of exorcisms being unsanctioned is a good twist of the movie. Some of the interesting characters are also there in the movie which could have taken the story to a new level. However neither the story nor the characters have reached to an exciting conclusion.

The story of the movie is not good at all, and above that the acting and writing of movie is also totally messed up. The too serious tone and the background music in the movie have made it even more atrocious. The dialogues have also ruined some of the good acting. The R rated language also seemed to be unnecessary and it is proved in the scene when demons makes taunting on the two priests and Isabella. It seemed as if a fourteen year old school boy is making all these taunts he learned.

Another point of notice in the movie is that some of the quieter conversational scenes have seemed as if they are the climax of the movie. The movie could have been good if the mockumentary style had been avoided. If the traditional style had been kept then may be the film would have been more decent. The good shots are also missing in the movie. It was not a tough task to get some of the good shots of the city and location. The location has not been properly utilized. Instead there is unnecessary close up of some people’s faces along with shoddy lights.

The Devil Inside trailer

Red Tails is about a team of American African pilots who was attending training program in Tuskegee during the Second World War. They are facing isolation while they are kept mainly on the field during the war. Red Tails is the first film of Lucas films production since the “radio land murders”, which was released in 1994. The film stars Cuba Gooding jr., Terrence Howard, Nate parker, Tristan wilds and many others. As per the plot the group of pilots was sent to combat in Italy. After reaching there, they recognised that they will never take on fighter to fighter action. Because of it, the pilots of the group have to face the military bureaucracy under the supervision of Major Emanuel Stance and Col. A.J. Bullard. In this group, there are two friends who are pilots as well as roommates well. Their names are Joe lightening and Marty easy Julian. Easy obeys the rules and never takes risk in his life nor in the sky.

Whereas the Lightening flies by the seat of his pants, attacks the enemy battleship along with doing romance with an Italian girl in the countryside. Lightening firstly meets the girl via eye contact from the sky while he was in the fighter plane and her name was Sofia (Daniela Ruah). He got totally infatuated with her and begun a relationship with her. Meanwhile some circumstances occur and they fight with German fighters and they score their first battle over the enemy along with destroying their airfield. During this Ray Gun got injured during the battle and lost his vision. After this Bullard was approached by USAAF bomber command who is impressed with Tuskegee Airman’s and asks him to use his fighters as bomber escorts. They accept the condition and their first escorts’ mission become successful without the loss of a single bomber. Easy is shocked at the unit’ losses and blame himself for it and got involved in alcoholism. Lightening got worried about his friend and in this the story goes with ups and downs.

This Film is based on war but it is less dependent on the subject of war. It is basically aimed on the pre teen crowd and on this section they have worked a lot. Besides having such good actors in the film Lucas has done slightly injustice to them. They are the leaders of the pilots on the ground but they are hardly extensive in the movie. So they are incapable to save the movie in spite of their professional sheen. It has flying sequences and thank god that these are in plenty. These are decently performed and sometimes these are exciting also. But these didn’t give us the feeling of World War 2. It totally looks high-tech as per new era. This feeling comes in our mind when they are fighting with the Germans.

The main problem with them is real touch for which Hollywood is known. Since, Lucas is making this film after 13 years, so everyone was expecting that he will give the film a real touch. But, it shows that he has forgotten how to make a film. This film deserves a better treatment. Because it is a story about the real hero’s whom we see in our life. Since, this project was a dream for Lucas, so we hope that he will comeback with great touch in prequel and sequel of this film. Terence Blanchard has given a very pretty background score. But he also was not able to save the film. Film has worth fact based story but it suffers with one dimensional character, old dialogues. For this film i would say go buy some popcorn, lean back and enjoy the movie.

Red Tails

Tomas Alfredson the director from Sweden and having recently directed the successful movie Let the Right One in, tries his luck with John le Carre’s complicated world. The movie centers around a plot that is complete with several stars depicting conspiracy and treachery.
In the world of MI6 (aka the Circus), bedlam is the supreme force. The movie is about a mission that involves meeting a Russian general who is a traitor to part information related to a mole within the higher ranks of London’s intelligence that goes completely awry. Control (played by John Hurt) who is the head at MI6 and his right aide Smiley (acted by Gary Oldman) redeem this mistake with the loss of their jobs.

However, the mole continues to remain, which results in Smiley surreptitiously recalled from his retirement to identify the traitor. The suspects potential include all the top people at the MI6. These include Control’s heir Tinker Percy Alleline (played by Toby Jones), Poorman Toby Esterhase (acted by David Dencik), the Soldier Roy Bland (played by Ciaran Hinds), the smooth and sharp Tailor Bill Haydon (enacted by Colin Firth), and Beggarman Smiley.

Working with his young charge Peter Guillam (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and information given by the scoundrel agent Ricki Tarr (enacted by Tom Hardy), Beggarman Smiley is slowly able to unravel the network characterized by deception and treachery. However, he has to work in the shadows to ensure that the Russians do not get any hint of his actions.

An equally famous novel along with an excellent variation of an existing format as seen in the BBC drama whose leader is Alec Guinness, several queries arise related to Tomas Alfredson, the script writers Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, along with the pool of British actors. However, all the queries are satisfactorily satisfied.

The corner stone of the movie is laid in the director’s visual effects that transport the audience to the cold and nervous world of the 1970s spying. The delicately blended touches of the era with the ingenuity of the camera, the director makes us believe that spies exist while continuously prompting the audience to see and question every occurrence. Nothing is left without detail, which compels the viewers to pay attention to every scene and receive the attention.

The transition from the novel to a movie is excellently managed. Although, it is tough to envision the reduction, which is a challenge in itself, the evidence is seen in the two hundred and ninety minutes runtime of this BBC series.

However, Straughan and O’Connor are able to display all the twists in the story while capturing the core of the majority of the characters in the two-hour movie.

Although, the audience may feel reeled by the constant twist and turn in the protected sentences, the meaningful glances, and the faint disclosures, it is exactly how a spy thriller must appear. The movie does not have any car pursuing scenes nor are free runners included to increase the flow of adrenaline. The film is an excellent blend of exquisite story-telling.

Among the actors, Gary Oldman answers all questions related to him by giving his best performance until now. Accustomed to thumping the table and playing bigger than life roles, Oldman easily gets within the character of Smiley with this plain appearance and sharp and intelligent mindset. Being inside the character, he delivers a superb performance, which should definitely bring him a nomination for the Oscar.

Other characters played by Colin Firth are excellent with smart dialogues and Tom Hardy who is the frenzied force playing the scoundrel spy Ricki Tarr.

The Swedish director puts together a tale, style, and intensity that can be trusted only after watching it.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trailer