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DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
A Poor Excuse For A Plot, But Good Action, Really Not That Bad
Wow. I never thought In my wildest dreams that I would be standing behind this film, sticking up for it opposed to slandering it with the rest. I actually went to see it for a laugh and so what if there were a half dozen beautiful girls flaunting there stuff right? well the first 10 minutes kinda made me think I was gonna be dead right, but not entirely. Sure it was a very poor excuse for a plot, but the action was really quite good. Before I get into that I need to make a remark, a lot of people have been slandering this movie because of it's story line, fair enough, but if you say that it doesn't make sense, you must be one thick chimpanzee, The story is so linear it hurts, and very, I repeat VERY easy to understand! Back to the movie. The acting was fine, I was especially pleased at Holly's Performance, A perfect role for her I would say, if Anyone's ever seen any of her film clips
Plot: Pro-wrestler Tina (Jaime Pressly), master thief Christie (Holly Valance), and ninja princess Kasumi (Devon Aoki) are competitors in a martial arts tournament with a $10 million prize.
That pretty much sums up the basis of the plot haha but yeah. Good Action, Hot Girls, a worth while watch. Oh and another thing, Sarah Carter who starred in 3 episodes of Smallville plays another butt kickin' Babe, very sexy. It was kind of refreshing be able to watch a movie where the plot wasn't really a problem at all, all you had to do was focus on what was going on, no having to think about how this person knows this person and why they want to kill each other. It was also good to see a 'Girl Power' Flick which wasn't cheesy in the way that Charlie's Angels was, yeah it was cheesy in other ways, but none of that, "come on angels, let's go get 'em" All in all a good watch, I just hope they don't try and do a sequel *sighs* and IF they do, I hope they get a damn script writer!!!!
7 Stars
Æon Flux (2005)
It's Been Aeons Since An Equal
Fantastic! Brilliant! Superb!
An awesome film whose equal I have not seen in a long while, this movie has absolutely everything any Sci-Fi fan could ever dream of and possibly most of the other goods to intrigue non Sci-Fi lovers and pin them to the screen. The action is unbelievably good, it's not overdone in anyway, awesome cinematography in fight scenes and lengthy enough but still to the point. There's love interest, drama, action and elements of comedy... The first half an hour flew by so fast, that's how good it was and from then on I enjoyed every second that they gave me. One of the greatest things about this film is its originality; it was based upon an anime series of the same name and takes several concepts from this series. The originality is a lot of what makes it such a fantastic, must see film. The concept of communicating via the mind to all in the same coven, the defense mechanisms of the imperial garden (including the razor grass), the slivers of metal she leaves behind which can be turned in little explosive balls on command, these are just some of the intriguing things which kept me pinned to the screen. Another great thing is the fact that there is not one Hollywood element to the film... love it! the ending was good, like all good films, it left it open for a sequel and it didn't leave many dead ends like some endings do.... The acting in this film was fantastic, I don't think they could have picked a better actress for the part Charlize goes off in this film and she's sexy too! and Johnny Lee-Miller (Hackers) makes an appearance (not so much appearance as one of the main roles). Now that i'm done raving about how awesome the film was... I'll summarize it
Aeon Flux is set 400 years in the future, when disease has wiped out the majority of the earth's population except for one walled, protected city-state, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. The story centers on Aeon Flux (Theron), the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, led by The Handler (Frances McDormand). When Aeon is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets and things will never be the same again, she rebels against the Monicans to fight for the righteous cause.
An awesome film, I will definitely so it again in the cinemas, definitely in my top 10 movies of all time and probably in the top 5 for Sci-Fi... off the top of my head the film really lacks nothing at all..... so excitable that there still is hope for future Sci-Fi films... Aeon Flux just raised the bar!