[K1ngEljay.com Movie Review] Colombiana
In a perfect world, Colombiana would be the surprise movie of the year…but this isn’t a perfect world. Check my (Eljay’s) review of Colombiana here.
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Sep 5
[K1ngEljay.com Movie Review] “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Oh, well look who decided to lend a hand for the movie review? Ms. Akiki drops a rare post off as she and Eljay tag-teams the review for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” [10 & 10] style. Check out the humorous drop.
30 Minutes Or Less (Movie Review)
Check out the movie review for the new comedy, “30 Minutes or Less.”
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (Movie Review)
Transformers 3 still stands out as the best in the series for multiple reasons. Here’s why.
Jun 8
“Kung Fu Panda 2″ (Movie Review)
And...we're back. Check the new review for "Kung Fu Panda 2" below. It's good.
- Written By: K1ng Eljay
- Genre: Comedy/Animated Kung-Fu Awesomeness
- Rating: PG for sequences of martial arts action and mild violence…due to the martial arts action (Look, it’s animated wildlife and Kung-Fu; your kids will be fine)
You can judge me if you like, but I was more excited to see Kung Fu Panda 2 than I was to see Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 (still haven’t seen it) and Thor (at times, still wish I didn’t see it), so I didn’t hesitate to make plans to see it solo. Nevertheless, a friend and I went to see it and in-between joking on little kids in the seats around us, we watched a worthy sequel to the original released a while back. Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, and more return as the voice-talent behind the characters we grew to love, and thankfully the story and the humor returns as well.
The Good:
First and foremost, the movie picks up in spirit after the end of the original. Po the Panda’s well aware of his Kung-Fu awesomeness and he and his team, The Furious Five, combine forces to protect the citizens (read: animals) of China. During one of the random rescue missions that play out similar to the ones on the Spider-Man 2 video game for PS2, Po sees something that makes him question where he came from and what happened to his birth parents.
Because…I’m hoping we all knew the Goose REALLY wasn’t his father. If not… uh, spoiler alert. My bad. Read more
The Hangover: Part II (Movie Review)
The Wolfpack returns. Check out the movie review from Eljay for The Hangover: Part II.
- Written By: K1ng Eljay
- Genre: Comedy
- Rating: R for pervasive language, brief violent images, drug use, and strong sexual content which ranges from strippers to (heavily edited for spoiler’s sake).
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Three friends decide to have a fun night enjoying themselves, but the next morning they wake up disheveled, dazed, and confused as to what happened in the previous hours. If you’re familiar with the now-infamous Hangover formula you know what to expect in this movie, but somehow the sequel makes that familiar journey worth traveling again, thanks to some slick writing.
The Good:
If you liked the first Hangover, you will thoroughly enjoy this one. All of the main characters return for round two in Thailand, and all of them are still the same exact characters you remembered in the first Hangover; Stu’s still a worrywart, Phil’s still the sensible wild guy (that makes sense, I promise), and Alan is…
Well… Yeah. Read more
Priest (Movie Review)
"Priest" has hit theaters, and it should've just stayed in the graphic comics. Check the review below.
- Written By: K1ng Eljay
- Genre: Action/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller
- Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, disturbing images, cheap scares, overdone teeth effects on vampires, and brief strong language (an F-bomb).
As you may or may not know, I love action movies, and there’s a couple of them that are stylishly done that I really like. I’ve been on the search for an epic Sci-Fi styled movie for a good minute and from the previews it seemed as if Priest might’ve been the answer I was hoping for. Even during the introduction to the movie (which consisted of a mission going wrong, a kidnapping and a cleverly animated retelling of the scenario-setting war between Man and Vampires that had ravaged the human parts of Earth into a Tron reject), it seemed as if the movie was setting up an incredible narrative.
Then, reality hit as cheap scare attempt after cheap scare attempt played throughout the movie, and I realized that yet another movie had a golden opportunity to be epic, but the opportunity was misplayed. Read more
May 12
Thor (Movie Review)
Thor stormed into theaters recently, and for the most part, does a solid job. Check the review below.
- Written By: K1ng Eljay
- Genre: Action/Drama/Fantasy
- Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action, violence, and a moment where Natalie Portman jumps into Chris Hemsworth’s mouth.
I had no excitement whatsoever to see Thor. There were several elements of the movie that made me disinterested. Besides the fact that he’s the most boring god of Thunder ever imagined (trumped by Raiden of Mortal Kombat and the guys from Big Trouble in Little China) and the CGI and action scenes in the previews seemed extremely unimpressive (because a drop kick in the rain is just a golden idea…really), overall Thor was never one of my favorite characters in the Marvel universe. I didn’t (and occasionally still don’t) see the appeal of making a god of Thunder that carries a hammer…
Regardless of my personal opinions of the movie, Marvel has catered their movies into something as consistent as an Ichiro Suzuki; each movie since the much-needed Spider-Man 3 ending (because they weren’t that good) have been good, solid hits with the occasional home-run (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk). Considering the history of the movies that have been a part of the new “Avengers” back-story, I owed it to myself to see the movie in theaters, along with its customary end-of-the-movie extra scene after credits. Read more
Fast Five (Movie Review)
Fast Five roared to a huge box-office weekend. Was it worth the hype? In short, yes. Check the review below.
- Written By: K1ng Eljay
- Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
- Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, sexual content, and language.
The original The Fast and the Furious debuted in 2001 and starred Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. The movie was great, but suffered considerably with the following releases of 2 Fast 2Furious in 2003 (which seemed like a movie thrown together with big names) and the third iteration I refuse to acknowledge exists that released and relied on the star power of Bow Wow in 2006. However, the series got a great reboot to quality with the fourth release, Fast & Furious, which had one of the best storylines in the movie and a bit of emotional tragedy due to a character dying. Fast Five has brought a little bit of all of the movies together for one last hoorah (or…not), and does it pretty well.
The Good:
Whatever you liked about the previous entries of the Fast/Furious franchise will be here. Ironically, there’s only one real racing scene (could’ve been two, but the movie was over 2 hours as is), but since the stakes are higher it makes more sense story-wise for them to drift away from that aspect. Starting directly from the end of the 4th movie, Dom (Diesel), Brian (Walker), and Mia (Jordana Brewster) are now all wanted fugitives for their act of breaking out Dom en route to his maximum-security prison. As they’re on the run, they stumble across a quick job that’s supposed to be easy, but instead ends up getting them entangled in some serious drama with the “boss” of Rio and the FBI. The Rock stars as the head of the Elite Task Force assigned to catch them. Read more
Apr 21
Hanna (Movie Review)
"Hanna" was another movie I was interested to see, but the best thing about the movie that stuck with me was the 5 Guys burger I snuck into the theater. Check the review about the movie that everyone else seems to be so high on.
- Written By: K1ng Eljay
- Genre: Thriller/Mystery/Action
- Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action, sexual material, and language.
It always throws me off when movies are marketed one way, and they’re presented in a different light. In the case with Hanna, it’s marketed in every commercial I’ve seen as an action movie. As the movie plays, you realize the action isn’t as prevalent as you’d hope; the thriller aspect of the movie is there from the beginning, however. That’s not a good or a bad thing, but it’s definitely something notable. With that being said, this movie stars Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, and Saoirse Ronan as Hanna, a girl raised by her dad with the abilities of someone twice her age.
Another note: there’s several nuggets about this movie present. I try not to write in spoilers (and I didn’t; after this review, the awkward twist and the ending is still intact), but this review contains more movie information than others I’ve done. Now, on to the review… Read more
