Peer: Transformers: Dark Moon [2011]

15-157mins-Action/Adventure/sci-fi-d. 29 June 2011

Our summer of sequels continue transformers returns to the big screen with their third appearance. After the rather disappointing Transformers: Revenge of Fallen, I must say that my hope was not particularly high for this one.

Dark Moon is set several years after the second film where Sam (Shia LaBeouf) is struggling to get a job and return his life to normal and yet this has still not stopped him from solved the most attractive girl in the city-Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley). At the same time discover the Autobots to a Cybertronian spacecraft crash landed on the Moon during the 1960 's and race against the Decepticons to reach first and protect the secrets it holds. The two angle overlaps and voilà plot is born.

As always, Visual impress and is best in the franchise to date, but I eventually ask myself, what separates this from the previous two, and it led me to this answer-not so much of a difference at all. The Bay has upped the ante somewhat with respect to the amount of CGI he has side paging feature in the film, so expect more fighting, more action and whole lot more slowmo. While many will think much more action, I see it as a part of the problem, however. There are only so many times that I might be impressed by a vehicle turn to something else, in slow motion before it becomes repetitive and I felt I had reached my limit in this film.

Except for the first 10 minutes, which dealt with the space race of the 1960 's, it took a while for the movie to get started. For the last hour or so, however, I enjoy what the film had to offer when it took on a Black Hawk Down kind of persona during the battle scenes in the city.

Several questions I had: 157 minutes the film tends to pull more places and led to a somewhat hasty final scene, which should not have been; element comedy was greatly reduced, despite a cameo from Ken Jeong aka Mr Chow from The hangover; the new love interest impress not with her acting skills at all and was more than likely brought just as the token eye candy viewers, which she succeeded in; and most importantly, the plot had more holes in it than a Swiss cheese, being used as target practice at a shooting range. And it is an understatement. There have also been zero continuity between the trilogy of films so far that do not go well with me.

I was more impressed than I trøde, I would be, but as I said, the expectation had been lowered due to the extremely poor second film. I need to be careful here, because I think the impressive graphics has partially blinded me for the rest of the cracks that appear in the film. I can say is if you enjoyed the first film or as good visual then you will enjoy this one and if you do not have or want an involved and interesting plot that evolves and characters as the movie progresses then you get there here.

Rating: B-

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Movie review: Unknown (2011)

The last time they took his daughter-this time they are searching for his identity. While not an actual sequel to 2008 's popular movie "Taken" follows "unknown", a similar pattern of action and excitement centered around a grizzled fighter trying to stay one step ahead of ruthless villains. Tensions remain consistent and spatte ring of action sequences impresses, yet unknown can not maintain the same level of excitement as its predecessor is due largely in part to a plot that begins to waver with every new reveal. It is certainly not predictable, but rather tired stolen identity and memory loss angle is not nearly as satisfying as the path for rescue and revenge. Liam Neeson proves once again, however, to see him kick ass doesn't get old.

Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) and his wife Elizabeth (January Jones) arrives in Berlin a biotechnology Summit will feature several high-profile world leaders and scientists. When Dr. Harris realizes he left his briefcase at the airport and attempt to return to it, is his taxi was involved in a car accident, leaving him in a coma. Martin taught at awakening four days later that another man has assumed his identity and that his wife no longer recognizes him. Battling with his fractured memories and surmounting the evidence pointing to his own insanity, begins Harris an exhaustive search for answers that lead him to the cab driver that saved his life (Diane Kruger), a former German intelligence service agent (Bruno Ganz) and those who would try to silence him forever.

The movie opens with a few bizarre random similarities to the incredibly obscure 1991 Tom Berenger movie "Shattered", but then tricks full time in a tight, nerve-wracking mystery which takes identity theft to a whole new level. Doppelgangers, paranoia, overlooked details, memory loss, general confusion and Hitchcockian switched identity dilemmas culminate in a grand conspiracy theory, which is as exciting as it is unlikely. Harris must not only deal with cops, doctors and business relations that do not believe him, but also live in a foreign country with a language barrier, no friends, no place to go and General insulation-plus a pair of assassins. This is an extremely engaging prerequisite of a thriller.

Each character is interesting and is nothing as it seems. The source of infection-fighting destructive car chases (unfortunately topped with CG vehicles) and knife-with murderers, complete the formula for a Liam Neeson actioner, along with the still more generic elements in nightclub locales, suspicious security guards and an attractive woman becomes unwittingly involved in death and mayhem but still expresses uncommon bravery. With some more movies like this will be a regular Neeson action hero.

The Setup is so sensible achieved that even scenes consist of nothing more than the two older men quiet, casual communications manages the thrilling and unpredictable. Unfortunately, it is a difficult Act to follow, so consistency is beginning to falter against the conclusion; legends, videnbegær and motives are revealed as forced, to prevent its enduring power. There is simply no good way to end the unknown without being overly neat and tidy-or at least scriptwriters Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell was unable to come up with a simultaneous adaptation novel "Out of My Head" by Didier van Cauwelaert, a story that desperately wanted to be a movie.

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