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Wanted
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 Wanted (2008)
Genre:
Action | Adventure
Cast:
James McAvoy
Morgan Freeman
Angelina Jolie
Terence Stamp
Director:
Timur Bekmambetov
Wanted is based on a comic book miniseries created by Mark Millar. This action movie is directed by a Russian director, Timur Bekmambetov. Starring Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, and Terence Stamp.
Summary:
The storyline follows Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), a cube-dwelling, frustrated office worker with a dull and depressing life. Until he crossed path with a hot female assasin named Fox (Angelina Jolie) and introduces him to The Fraternity, a secret guild of the best assassins being led by the enigmatic Sloan (Morgan Freeman).
As a new member of The Fraternity, he must undergo a series of physical tests and discover his special skills - which is similar to his father. Thru this, he could take revenge on his father's death who's once a member of the secret guild. It's his destiny to be part of The Fraternity but there some secrets that he must uncover about the guild
in order to find out his own destiny.
"Working a niche somewhere between the black comedy of Fight Club and the ultrafashionable mayhem of The Matrix, Wanted is an experience that's hard to defend as a whole but mesmerizing in a highway-accident rubbernecking kind of way."
-from RottenTomatoes
Movie Trivia:- James McAvoy undergo trainings to improve his physique for preparation for his role as Wes.
- James McAvoy suffered an injured knee and a twisted ankle during shooting.
- According to Angelina Jolie, she based her role in Wanted on Clint Eastwood.
Source: Internet Movie Database
Labels: Angelina Jolie, Genre: Action | Adventure, Wanted |
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Aira @ 10:56 AM
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The Dark Knight
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Friday
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The Dark Knight (2008)
Movie Information
Genre:
Action | Adventure
Main Cast:
Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Heath Ledger
Aaron Eckhart
Gary Oldman
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Morgan Freeman
Director:
Christopher Nolan
About the movie:
The Dark Knight, which is part of Christopher Nolan's Batman film series is follow-up to the action-hit Batman Begins (2005). Christian Bale reprises the role of the caped crusader - Batman.
The film focuses on Batman's fight against a new villain, a psychopathic criminal named Joker (Heath Ledger), who is the mastermind of numerous organized crimes in Gotham City.
With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to eliminate and dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. Their partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Movie Trivia:
- The Dark Knight is the first Batman movie without "Batman" in the title.
- Matt Damon was the first choice of Christopher Nolan to play the role of Harvey Dent but he turned it down.
- Other actors that were considered to have a part in the film are Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, John Lucas and Ryan Phillippe.
Labels: Genre: Action | Adventure, The Dark Knight |
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Aira @ 1:05 AM
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Iron Man
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Saturday
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Genre:
Action Adventure
Main Cast:
Robert Downey Jr.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Jeff Bridges
Terrence Howard
Director:
Jon Favreau
About the movie:
Iron Man is an action-adventure movie based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Robert Downey Jr. played the lead role as Tony Stark - a billionaire industrialist who designs and manufactures weapons and becomes the technologically advanced superhero, Iron Man.
Tony Stark lived a good life having the everything man has dreamt of - money, fortune and gorgeous women. But during a business trip to Afganistan to demonstrate Stark Industries' new weapon, his convoy was attacked and captured by a terrorist group. As he awakened, Stark discovers an electromagnet attached to his chest, powered by a car battery and designed to keep the shrapnel from piercing his heart and killing him. He was tortured by the group and forced to build a Jericho missile for them - which is his most powerful weapon. With the help of a captor named Yinsen (Shaun Toub), they created a special iron suit instead that can withstand almost anything shot at it and it is loaded with an arsenal of weapons to destroy the terrorist camp and its inhabitants. With this amazing weapon he had built, suddenly his destiny shifts into something he didn't expected it to be.
Movie Trivia:
- Nicolas Cage and Tom Cruise were interested in playing Iron Man.
- Quentin Tarantino, Joss Whedon, and Nick Cassavetes were approached to direct the film.
- Robert Downey Jr. spent five days a week in weight and martial arts training to get into shape as a preparation for his role as Iron Man.
- It's the first film released in 2008 to pass the $300 million mark at the domestic box office.
Labels: Genre: Action | Adventure, Iron Man movie |
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Aira @ 1:12 AM
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