REVIEW: Transformers: Dark of the Moon AKA Transformers 3

DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL BAY

Its 3^rd part of transformers series directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf as key protagonist with Autobots.

Movie starts with a cybertronian spacecraft ARK crash on moon in 1961 which detected by NASA and some dark secrets behind moon mission of USA in 1969.

In present, Autobot have formed a military alliance with US. During a mission at Chernobyl site Optimus Prime discovers a fuel cell of that crashed ship ARK which activates Shockwave-a decepticon. After this Optimus Prime launches a mission to retrieve the pillars-a technology which can recreate and save Cybertron, from ARK and Sentinal Prime who was traveling on ARK. Optimus brings 5 pillars and Sentinal to earth where he re-activates him with the energy matrix. On the other hand defeated decepticon leader Megatron has plans to retrieve those pillars and create Cybertron with it on earth’s resources.

Sam tries helps Autobots and Govt. with likely plans of decepticons but first Govt. didn’t consider him and this leads to great disturbance on earth.

Movie has stunning action sequences (as expected) and if you go for 3D you can have an extra edge. It has more transformers than earlier and bigger scale specifically the climax part. Michael Bay has created it exceptionally well. (In Hindi edition we have Akshay Kumar voicing over for Optimus Prime.)

No need to say its worth watching. Just go and enjoy it.

RATING: 7 OUT OF 10           

Review: SOURCE CODE (2011). . . .Decoded

Directed By: Duncan Jones

Starring: Jack Gyllenhaal , Vera Farminga , Michelle Monaghan

Source Code is Sci-fi action thriller. Capt. Stevens (Jack) is isolated inside a chamber of a program called Source Code which allows him to take someone’s body in to his life’s last 8 minutes. Capt. Stevens was sent on a mission to find the bomb and bomber which exploded a train headed towards Chicago for that he has been transmitted to someone’s body for eight minutes before the explosion happened. It was suspected that the bomber who has exploded the train has planned another blast by nuclear bomb which can destroy the whole Chicago city. So he has to find the bomber and help the program authority to stop next explosion.

What I really like is of course concept of the movie but the climax; it was quick but superb like if you don’t pay attention, you may totally miss what it wanted to convey. Overall a good sci-fi movie for sci-fi fans (which resembles little bit with Minority Report-that is what I think). It would have been great if the story would have elaborated little bit more but no complain from my side.

Jack Gyllenhaal and Vera Farmingo were superb and so was Michelle Monaghan. Its worth a viewers money.

RATING: 7 OUT OF 10

BLADE RUNNER (1982) HARRISON FORD

Directed by: Ridley Scott

STARRING: HARRISON FORD

                      SEAN YOUNG

Blade runner directed by Ridley Scott is a science fiction action flick. It has 2019 in the backdrop of the story surrounded in LA. It starts with written narration regarding the REPLICANTS- genetically engineered robots which were very much same as humans (quite indistinguishable from humans)- the use of replicants is banned on earth but few of the replicants called NEXUS-6 created by Tyrell corp. have returned to earth. The replicants who denies the ban are haunted down to death by a special squad called Blade Runner.

Things start getting worse when this replicants attack humans and acts fugitive. Later it came to know that these replicants have a life span of 4 yours which they want to increase and for these they need to meet their creator. Harrison ford an old Blade Runner is given task to haunt them down.

Movie has a dark tone. Even the sun can not be seen completely in that time on the earth. The atmosphere is rainy most of the time. It has setup bit differently that those Star Wars movies where things looks cool and high tech, here it looks like humanity has lost the touch and darkness prevails everywhere.

This movie is worth watching because it is the pioneer movie for the all sci-fi mocies of coming age like terminator and lot more. It is a cult classic because of its different looks and narration. The movie is bit slow in the pace but that doesn’t matter. It was before the time movie, were concepts like Artificial intelligence are used. 

I recommend to watch this who likes sci-fi movies.

(HERE IS A PROMO OF THE MOVIE)

INCEPTION : REVIEW ( TWO THUMBS UP FOR NOLAN)

DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY: Christopher Nolan

STARRING: Leonardo DeCaprio
                     Ken Watanabe
                     Marion Cotillard
                     Ellen Page
                     Joseph Gordan-Levitt
                     Tom Hardy
                     Cillian Murphy
                     Tom Berenger
                     Michael Caine

INCEPTION directed by Christopher Nolan is a movie that needs continuous attention of the viewer and not only attention it also gives a viewer challenge to catch the pace of the movie. He has delivered a product which has both attentive storyline and excellent narration with utmost cleverness. He has entertained the viewer and let the viewer web the idea of the happenings in the mind.

Dom Cobb (DeCaprio) is skilled to extract information from a person’s subconscious mind in the state of dream. He creates the imaginary world in the person’s dream with resemblance to reality so that the target caught not get to know that if he is in a dream or reality. This skill has put Cobb in great danger and made him fugitive of his country. But he gets a chance where after completing the last mission he can get back to his country with free from all the charges. But the task is not so simple and has great amount of risks and complications with it. He is accompanied by others in this act as his team members and where there is danger there must be enemies.

Initial part of the movie tries to explain how Cobb and his team do the whole extraction from mind, how the process happens. Mid of the first half to the end, more attention is given to the last task to be done. They explain what and how the dream within the dream stuff works and what may occur if things go wrong and this makes the whole thing tricky.

The imaginary world of dream is a visual treat and the way Nolan has created the world according to the different character’s thinking deserves special mention and applause.

The viewer takes time to catch up the whole stuff as the narration goes on and things gets interesting.

Storyline as said earlier-mind blowing. Characterization and narration is top notch. Performance wise DeCaprio leads the cast and all have done excellent job.

All in all a movie which can become classic. And shows that still good stories are written and executed also very well. Surely recommended but not to all the viewers.

(Bring your brain with you when you watch the movie)

RATING: 8.75 OUT OF 10.