Month: June 2012

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Movie Review: Prometheus (2012)

Prometheus
Prometheus

My Rating: 

Wait for the DVD

This evening I saw the movie Prometheus at AMC Theater, Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong. One of the movies from my Must See Movies list, and the following is my movie review.

This Ridley Scott movie is a prequel to the Alien franchise. Although the first Alien is the only movie in the series that Scott directed. For fans of the Alien franchise they may find this movie has many unanswered questions.

After the first quarter of the movie the audience will recognize the aliens from the previous Alien franchise. Similar to the other movies in the franchise there is also a heroine, in this movie it is Elizabeth Shaw, played by Noomi Rapace. Rapace may be familiar to many of you as she gain critical acclaim with her role as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its subsequent sequels.

Rating Legend:

Must watch before you die
Must watch before you die
Wait for the DVD
Wait for the DVD
Buy from iTunes Store
Buy from iTunes Store
Rent it on iTunes
Rent it on iTunes
Waste your time elsewhere
Waste your time elsewhere
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Movie Review: Taken 2

Taken 2

My Rating:

Rent it on iTunes

This evening I saw the movie Taken 2 at AMC Theater, Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong. One of the movies from my Must See Movies list, and the following is my movie review.

Like most sequels that have difficulties living up to the standards and expectations of their respective original episode. The sequel to Taken is no exception. All the suspense and originality from the original are gone and surprisingly the writers did not attempt to introduce anything new.

The movie feels more like a Bourne sequel than Taken. Fortunately that is the saving grace of this movie and earned an extra penguin in my rating.

Although, I did not want to give it a single penguin rating, this is definitely a miss if you have to pay to view this movie.

Rating Legend:

Must watch before you die Must watch before you die

Wait for the DVD Wait for the DVD

Buy from iTunes Store Buy from iTunes Store

Rent it on iTunes Rent it on iTunes

Waste your time elsewhere Waste your time elsewhere