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Friday, December 27, 2013

Saturday Movies: 2 Guns (2013)

Denzel Washington and Mark Walberg starring in a movie together was enough to peek my interest to want to check this out. Washington seems like such a serious actor, and Walberg varies by the movie. The combo make for a good movie, and while this movie may lack in some areas, over all it provides a strong idea, and a lot of good action. You also have cameos popping up every which way to keep you interested, and twist that will at least make you laugh sometimes. This is also a lot better than directors, Baltasar Kormakur's other work Contraband as he seems to have eliminated the television show shots.

Summary: Bobby, a DEA agent, and Stig, a naval officer, are both working the same cast without knowing the other is apart of a greater system they are working for, and they both think each other are criminals. They need to rob a bank after a messed up drug cartel to convict a mob boss. The bank they rob provides way more money than the mob boss was to have stowed in the bank though causing them to wonder who they have stolen from. The person they have stolen from is on their trail to get his money back, and he wasn't the mob boss they were targeting.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Wednesday Movie Night: Contraband (2012)

Contraband is a movie from Baltasar Kormakur that has a good story, but feels a bit disjointed to the point it's difficult to recall. It has some good acting, but it feels like everyone got together for a television movie instead of something you would see in theaters. There are some nice shots though and colors, but their is something about the movie that disrupts the flow and keeps it from ever becoming a movie that captures you with characters and plot development.

Summary: Chris needs to protect his brother in law, but in order to do so he has to return a life he thought he left behind to legitimately provide for his family. The drug dealer his brother in law is involved with though, Briggs. Chris gives Briggs an offer to pay him, but if he doesn't pull through his life and family are endangered. Now Chris is setting out to return with counterfeit money that arrives in the country as contraband. When Briggs gets impatient though and begins landing threats on his family, he asks his friend, Sebastian to look after them and protect them.

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