The Mechanic

Watched With: Mr Baps Saigon @ Mr Tank @ GV Tampines Mall
Snacks: Mixed Nuts and Coke
Genre: Action

"I'm going to put a price on your head so big, that when you look in the mirror your reflection's gonna want to shoot you in the face."
Fierce or what?

Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a Mechanic.
He is a hit man. The best. And he takes care of the job that no one can or will do.
When his mentor and old friend Harry McKenna (Donald Sutherland) is killed, Arthur takes it upon himself to train and groom Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) to become a hit man just like him.
After all - it was Arthur who killed Harry.

But the pair end up going against head honcho Dean (Tony Goldwyn).
And when all is said and done, the pair will need to make the hardest decisions for themselves.

If you're expecting another 'Transporter'-type film from Jason Statham then I suggest you go watch 'The Transporter'.
He does more talking and less action in this movie.
In fact, from what I read, this remake is pretty much the same thing as the original movie done back in 1972.

Good for awhile I guess. But very predictable.

Final Verdict:

No Strings Attached

Watched With: My Snooqums and Mr & Mrs Porno @ FilmGarde KLP
Snacks: Hotdog Combo
Genre: Romance / Comedy

Adam (Ashton Kutcher) and Emma (Natalie Portman) seemed destined for each other.

Since they were teenagers and well into their working lives, they seem to keep bumping into each other.
But with Adam's work on a TV show and Emma as an intern at the local hospital, their schedules prevent anything from progressing.
So they come up with a plan - sex with no strings attached.

And it works for them.
But as always, someone has to develop feelings and the need to want more.
And in this case, it's Adam. Much to the disdain of Emma.

Oh. And Adam's dad, Alvin (Kevin Kline), is sleeping with his ex-girlfriend.

So can such a torrid arrangement possibly develop into true love?

I was not really sold on the plot.
Seems like something too simple or maybe because it's just plain boring.
In fact there's another movie with an exact plot coming soon (Friends with Benefits starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis).

Not many laughs for me.
Maybe because I know how much of a dumbass both Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman can be but did not show in this movie.

In fact I think the best part of the movie was that the lead character's name was 'Adam'.

Final Verdict:

Just Go With It

Watched With: Mr Baps Saigon @ Cathay EHub (15/02)
Snacks: Skittles
Genre: Comedy / Romance

"Hey man!" *finger goatee*

Danny Maccabe (Adam Sandler) is successful plastic surgeon.
After a bad experience just before his would-be-wedding, he swore off commitment and prefers to just enjoy the single life - by pretending to be in a bad marriage to gain pity.

When he meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), he suddenly feels that he may just be ready to love again but he has to explain to her about his 'marriage'.
So he gets the help of his office manager Katherine (Jennifer Aniston) and her two children to help him charade as his family while the 'divorce' is being finalized.

Things get complicated when the whole lot plus Danny's cousin Eddie (Nick Swardson) go to Hawaii for a weekend to play the whole thing out.
Top it all off by running into Katherine's old college nemesis Devlin Adams (Nicole Kidman) and her husband Ian Maxtone Jones (Dave Matthews) and you're in for a very wild and eye-opening weekend in Hawaii.

I honestly didn't expect this movie to be funny at all.
But it was.
In fact - it was really funny.

Adam Sandler was hilarious. Jennifer Aniston was not so bad either.
In fact most of the gags were actually funny.
Nicole Kidman's cameo was great but Dave Matthews was priceless.
But the usual Sandler gang can be spotted.
But it's a pity Rob Schneider didn't make an appearance.

Oh well. Go watch it anyways.

Final Verdict:

The Rite

Watched With: Mr Porno @ The Cathay (12/02)
Snacks: Wedges, Chachos and Coke
Genre: Drama / Horror

"I cast you OUT!!"

Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) is tired of his mundane life running his family's funeral parlour business with his father Istvan (Rutger Hauer) so he enrols in seminary school to become a priest.

When time comes for him to graduate, he decides that he does not wish to become a priest after all because he is lacking the faith that is required.
He is sent to Italy to attend a course in the Rites of Exorcism. And when the theory does not sit well with him, he is sent to see Father Lucas Trevant (Anthony Hopkins) who performs exorcism on a regular basis.

It is under Father Trevant that Michael realizes that the faith he so badly seeks is within himself.
So it is with reporter Angeline (Alice Braga) that Michael must face the obstacles posed not only by his lack of faith but also by supernatural powers that seek to corrupt the minds of mortal men.

Okay this is not a horror show. This is a drama.
As a horror show this sucks. As a drama it was okay.
Kinda draggy. The usual story of redemption and faith blah blah blah.

Why can't anyone make a proper exorcism movie anymore?

Final Verdict: