RUN ALL NIGHT REVIEW

"Run All Night," stars Liam Nesson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, and Common. And it's not the film you think it is. Imagine if "Road to Perdition," and "The Godfather," had a sequel. It would be this. I wasn't initially too excited about it, but I had a bad experience watching "Chappie," and I needed to cleanse myself of the colossal disappointment and see Liam Neeson kick a little butt. Here's the story.

Run All Night is about how an hit man and mobster named Jimmy Conolon( Neeson) has to protect his son Michael ( Kinniman.) Conolon is forced to run all night with Michael due to killing his best friend Sean Maguire's son(Maguire is played by Ed Harris) Maguire is so angry he swears to kill Neesons son, and thus, they go on the run.

First let me say, this film is so much fun! The acting by the leads is terrific, and the action moves a long at a good pace. The problem is there might be too many stories to keep straight. There are cameos that don't work, and the addition of Common doesn't do anything for it. He is playing a caricature of an African American hit man, and it doesn't really work.  But other then that, it was very entertaining and fun.

THE VERDICT
Run All Night may be generic at times, but its got a great story and good action. I give Run All Night a B+.

INSURGENT REVIEW

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN... THE BEST/ WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR IS HERE! "Insurgent,"  is so bad, it's good. I went with my friend Devin and I gotta say the best part was the empty theater.  We put on our Mystery Science Theater 3000 hats and were able to comment and talk through most of it. It made us realize how bad it was and how good it was in being bad. And the story... oh lord it was a whole pile of crazy. Here we go.

Now I haven't seen the first movie, but thats because it looked like to me a typical  teen age crap film.  As I understand it Divergeent tells the tale of Tris who must choose a faction to live in. Because she could be placed in many factions, she is considered a Divergent. She goes through many trials and fights many people. Because in post apocalyptic Chicago nothing is as it seems. Insurgent takes place right after Divergent. And while loads of critics said it was ok, I decided to skip it. But Insurgent made me think I should try out the story and see what it was like.

Insurgent is far as I can tell is basically about how Tris (Shalene Woodley) and her friends must stop the evil Janine(Played by Kate Winslet.) from destroying all the factions. And... thats basically it. Because there is no real drama in it, all the dialogue sounds really cheesy. Woodley and Miles Teller do their best to make the lines sound real, but they are fighting against the tide. Winslet, and Ray Stevenson as Marcus comepletely over act, and are wasted. Stevenson, so good in, "King Arthur," and the HBO series "Rome," is lost in an implausible story and Winslet is trying hard to get her Meryl Streep on, but she just can't be this bad. Theo James is ok, but its' clear he's just eye candy for the theater goers. The absolute worst actors in it are Jai Courtenay and Ansel Elgort, who are wooden in some scenes, and over the top in others. Like no one gave them any direction at all.
Elgort looks bored. Really Bored.

However, there were some things that were ok. The cinematopgraphy and action scenes were pretty good. And so for that, I can say i was entertained. But really as I said, only in that, "So bad its good," kind of way.

THE VERDICT
Detergent, ohh I mean "Insurgent," is badly entertaining. But because I have to rate it like I would rate other films,  "Insurgent," gets a D+.

FURIOUS SEVEN REVIEW

After the tragic loss of one of my favorite actors Paul Walker, the team behind the Fast and the Furious franchise had to scramble to change the ending of the latest movie. Along with Walker,
Furious 7 stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Ludachris, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez,  Jordana Brewster, Kurt Russell, Natalie Ethamuel, Djimon Hounsou, Lucas Black, Elsa Pataky, and Tony Jaa. I was very excited for this movie, and I was not let down. Here's the story.

Furious 7 takes place 1 week after the events of Fast and the Furious 6. Deckard Shaw ( Statham) the older brother of Furious 6's baddie played by Luke Evans, wants revenge on Dominic Torrento (Diesel) and his team, because they dared to try and take out his brother. After the assasination of the much loved Han in Furious 6, ( played by Sung Kang) Shaw targets Dom in a very personal way.  Dom wants to protect his team, but wants to find Shaw, because as he likes to say, " You don't mess with Family."  When Mr. Nobody, a government agent played by Kurt Russell, brings Dom and the team in on an operation that will retrieve a computer device that will find Shaw where ever he is, Dom agrees and the teams get moving.

The movie is terrific, but its not remotely plausable in many many ways. But I didn't care. It breaks the laws of Physics unapologetically.
Other than that, the action, sound, cinematography, and editing is great. Its a very entertaining action movie that anyone could love. The actors and director know what they are doing. And in the spirit of that, they pay tribute to Walker in an incredibly fitting and moving way. I know I was not the only one who teared up in the end.

THE VERDICT

Furious Seven may have plot holes, but its action and story kept me entertained the whole way through and it has a great tribute to Paul Walker at the end.  I give Furious 7 an A-.