San Andreas

San Andreas

The west coast of the United States is decimated by a large magnitude earthquake in San Andreas.  Ray (Dwayne Johnson) is a rescue-chopper pilot, who is in the middle of a divorce with his wife Emma (Carla Gugino) and tries to maintain a close relationship with his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is about to head…

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Continuing more or less where the previous film let off, G.I. Joe: Retaliation finds the G.I. Joe team betrayed by U.S. government, which has been taken over by Cobra.  The surviving Joes, including Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki), Flint (D.J. Cotrona), and Snake Eyes (Ray Park), set off to stop the world domination…

Faster

Faster

After a series of dramas, comedies, and family films, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson returns to action films and the results are so-so.  Faster is a very gritty revenge film that essentially has Johnson going Terminator on the people who killed his brother and left him for dead a decade previous.  It was an incredibly formulaic…

RED

RED

The selling point of this film, based on a graphic novel, is the age of the lead actors, who all play retired spies forced back into action. Everything in the film is appropriately tongue-in-cheek, however the film does turn out to be a fairly decent action film in its own right.  While you would expect…

Adam

Adam

Adam is a film about a man with Asperger’s syndrome that develops a relationship with his neighbour. This film features a personal subject for me, since I was diagnosed with Asperger’s last year. As a result, while I was watching the film I kept comparing the character of Adam to my own experieces and found…

Race to Witch Mountain

Race to Witch Mountain

When a film has the Disney label, you know that it is meant for families, so even though this film is more action-packed than the original Escape to Witch Mountain, it is still a fun family film. There isn’t really much else that I can say about the film. So, I will just end by…

Get Smart

Get Smart

When I was a kid, I remember watching (and liking) reruns of the Get Smart TV show. However, I don’t remember that much other than the basics, such as the shoe phone (I would probably say most of my memories of Don Adams was as the voice of Inspector Gadget). I would say that my…