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Vo Sinh Dai Chien (2021)
A lovely movie with a lot of legit martial arts action!
The main actor and actress are very cute but don't let their look fools you, they are all martial artist at their core. The story is a bit choppy but the actions are very smooth with a real life Muay Thai 7 times world champion (Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat) as a coach, no stuntmen are needed in this movies, all the moves are legit be it traditional martial art or modern MMA. The drama is a bit over-exaggerate but that's expected from a Vietnamese movie. The villain is super cool and also a legit fighter, no fancy moves, just straight up violence. I love this movie and have high hope in Vietnamese futures action stars like in this one. The 10 star is to compensate for low rating, this one is a solid 7/10 (8/10 if you like Vietnamese movies)
Twisted Metal (2023)
The best game adaptation ever ever made
Every movie/series based on game sucks, from Mortal Kombat to The Witcher... but not this, this actually build an universe where every driver has a story, a believable one and each has a distinctive character. A post apocalypstic world with nothing but cars and guns. A beautifully built universe for our beloved driver to show their skills. The Clown must be my favourite so far, very charming very scary and very funny, all at once :)) dare i say he can rival the Dark Knight's Joker... fine not at that level yet but has so much potential. Cant wait for the second season to be released. This is the best game adaptation ever ever made. It is a great series even without you playing Twisted Metal as a kid.
The Upside (2017)
I dont hate this movie but this is just a clone, nothing more
I dont hate this movie and both actors are good but this is just another clone, nothing differs from the original. Do you give a "Noke" chinese clone of Nike a 8/10 or give a "Luis Vuuton" clone of LV a 8/10 because it looks like the original? "Les Intouchables" (the original French movie) is just on another level, the emotion, the cultural elements, the french humours... if you have never watched the original then you will think this US version is a good movie but it is not, it is a good clone. Go watch the original first and dont watch this copy until you almost forget the original or else you will feel disgust at clones like this. I have to vote this 1* to avoid copy/clone/remake of every single famous movie in the near future. If you hate "replica/clone/copy" chinese products then you should judge this movie similarly.
The Marvels (2023)
Just watch this with an open mind
I come to the cinema with lots of bad reviews in mind, but once i start to watch the movie and just focus on the screen, forget all previous reviews, then i sincerely enjoy the movie, it is light, funny, action packed. Captain Marvel is "human" in this film, she is not a tough invincible heroine anymore, she is not a feminist anymore, she has weakness, emotion and can be beaten by the villain. Ms. Marvel is fresh, loveable and helps with the mood of the movie, i dont watch the series Ms. Marvel so she is totally new to me but i can still understand everything frim the get go. Rambeau is a so-so one, not strong, not funny, not smart, she is just there to make a team but it's ok. I think if anyone go to the cinema with an open mind, noy comparing this one with anything then they can fully enjoy the movie as it is, a light entertainment for family.
Da pen ti (2020)
This is what The Flash could have been
I watch this after The Flash 2023, this movie funnily enough also has The Flash as one of the character but not the main hero. This is everything a superhero, an action movie and a romance movie should have. It makes you laugh it makes you cry it makes you feel, it has actions and has love. Everyone has their role and everything is just right, not too cheesy, not too dramatic, not too fantasy. An accident from The Flash and The Cube (main villain) caused a lot of kids to becom orphans, one of them is the main hero whose superpower is "never give up", the struggle is real and he had to overcome hard training, many loses with no win, a perfect lost streak to obtain his power :)) Nothing makes sense yet evrything makes sense in the end. The Flash is back and dies, the main hero dies, the villain dies yet we dont feel empty in the end. A perfect super-non-hero movie. Underated 10.
Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan (2003)
A 6/10 and i'm being generous
The 1st one is great, probably the best police film ever made, the 2nd one is really good with a prequel story about Sam and Hau and the triads bloody mess, this 3rd one is lagging sooooo far behind, it can be a great chance if the movie focused on Yeung vs Ming, Yeung was so greatly introduced and on par with Yan in the 1st one but Ming somehow becomes a mad man who cant differentiate reality from illusion. What the heck, Ming was so calm and calculated in every moves go crazy so easily, no way in hell. Why not make an intense chess-game between Ming and Yeung, he is right therw and ready for the match. "Shadow" is cool and can be the last help in the battle but dont make it too easy to win. There is no suspense, no mind blowing or head blowing. The romance with dr. Lee is not fun, the hypnotizing Ming part is lame, too easy again. If Yan is back why not explain how Yan becomes Keung's best friend, Keung protected Yan until his last breath in the 1st movie, focus on explaining that. A big miss opportunity for a great ending. I give this a 6 amd im being generous.
Zong shi Ye Wen (2019)
Martial arts wise this guy is 10x better than Donnie
Yu-hang To is champion in many martial arts competition and he is a better martial artist than Donnie by a large margin. He started on the wrong foot with the comedy genre a while ago and his face is comedian because of that. It's hard to come back to serious genre when people see him as a funny guy but he is the real deal. In his other movie "The Legend Is Born: Ip Man" he has a fight scene with grandmaster Ip Chun, the son of the real Ip Man himself. It's one of the best fight scene in any Wingchun movie ever made. People can open their mind a bit and see another aspect of Ip Man in Yu-Hang's movie branch. Enjoy every fight scene of this champion where his whole body movement is shown and not some close-up, slow motion or speed up action like Donnie's movie (Donnie has better plot for sure but he use camera trick to make his action looks more impressive). Watch To's movies like a martial artist, not an actor and you will appreciate them a lot more.
Orígenes secretos (2020)
This is the most original superheroes in years
This has not only an interesting plot but also refers to many well known superheroes movies. The hero was just a normal man before the villain step by step make him the hero, i'm not gonna sploil this masterpiece but i'll say something: this is the way Batman Begins should be ;) I can't understand why people rate this so low, maybe people are just fed with easy to swallow superheroes movies, they forgot what a good movie is? Hot girl, funny fat guy, 6-pack main character, intelligent villain... action and plot twist, this movie has everything a good superheroes movie must have. This deserve a 10 to compensate to all the negative reviews. Watch this and you will enjoy it.
Re:Born (2016)
The best action movie ever made
This 10 star is to balance out the low rating for this gem! This is the best action movie ever made, it's so fast paced and so brutal that you probably need to slow down the action to see what technique the guy used to kill other guys. It's very suprising there is no sequence for this movie, i would watch every sequence/prequel of this twice if they came out. If you think phone booth fight can't be exciting then this will change your mind forever. If every special ops is trained like this guy then no enemy could stand a chance, even in a 1 vs 1000 battle :)) Worth every second watching this !!!
Kung fu (2004)
this is a kungfu legend
Everything is perfect in this movie: comedy, action, drama/romance, special effect and of course kungfu. The kungfu in this masterpiece combine kungfu of the 80s with flying, superhuman style to Bruce Lee realistic style and eveything in between. Watch it, watch it again, you will be happy each time.
Stepen Chow is a god in this movie: producer, director, writer, actor. Everything, everywhere all at once ;)
The Batman (2022)
A solid movie but nowhere near The Dark Knight
Pls don't hype up this movie more than it is, it's a solid movie, the best DC recently, DC should go with the dark and brutal theme like this and not the funny teen Marvel style. The cast are very good except the unessecary black mayor, her acting is poor and emotionless, maybe too young for the role. This movie doesn't follow any other batman style before, it's a detective movie with some actions mixed in, not too much. If you just go watch the movie and don't expect anything then you will have a very good time.
Showgirls (1995)
it's a great show!
This is to balance out the low rate, it's probaly a 7/10, the actress has convincing eyes, she is the show, all dancers did an amazing job, they are gotta practice so hard for all those fast moves !! The story can be better but it was good, not just to show all the girls, there is a real story about show business, the bright side and the dark side. It's a great show!
Chik loh dak gung (2002)
This was one of the masterpieces of its time!
I put the 10/10 to balance out other bad reviews, the movie has everything you expect from an action movie: guns, explosions, katanas, kungfu, bazooka, fast pace actions... and all of those performed by the hottest girls of that time !!! The plot is very very good too, in the 2000s i can't find better plot than this for an action movie ! Even in 2021 i can still say this is one of the best action movie with a good plot and tension. Watch it and you will be wowing a lot !!!
Till Death (2021)
it's a fun movie
I give this a 10* to compensate for all the 1* hates, this movie is a film to watch and relax, not an Oscar winning one for sure but the plot is good, the acting is good, why peiple expect Megan to be a top tier actress, she did ok in this movie, make the audience feel the tension and....she is still hot ;)
Mortal Kombat (2021)
I'm kinda generous here with a 6/10
This movie is a collection of fights as it's a game based but nothing more, no plot, no character development, everything is just there to justify the fight scenes. The fatalities are nice and MK worthy, i give this movie a 6/10 for that !
Uncut Gems (2019)
A geniusly intense movie, not for light hearted viewers
Firstly, it's not an easy movie to watch, long and stressful in every scene, not a comedy at all but it's way worth the time watching. Any negative review is because the reviewers expect a light/Sandler-ly comedy and got punched with this nerve wrecking masterpiece. Normally i can predict a movie's ending after 1/3 - 1/2 of the length. Not with this one, I watch carefully every minute of this movie and can't predict what will come next ! Watch it until the end, you won't regret it. I can say it's one of the best of 2019.