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Week of November 28, 2014
Once you get to the future it’s nothing but the present. First up…
The Giver
The upside to a society without feelings is no one gets upset when you cut them off in traffic.
However, as this sci-fi film points out, no road rage also means there’s no empathy.
Raised in a post-apocalyptic world where emotions are outlawed and occupations are assigned, Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) is selected as the Receiver of Memory.
In order to obtain the recollections of the amnesic populace, Jonas must glean the knowledge from the previous vessel, the Giver (Jeff Bridges).
But the pair’s tutorials are scrutinized by The Chief Elder (Meryl Streep), who suspects Jonas may flee their Utopia for the mysteries beyond its boarders.
Deriving more inspiration from modern dystopian movies than the YA novel it’s based on, The Giver’s weighty tale of repression is not entirely lost but a lot less impactful.
Furthermore, as the Receiver of Memory you have to recall where everyone left their car keys. Yellow Light
The Expendables 3
The upside to hiring elderly mercenaries is you can retrieve your money from them afterwards through a phone scam.
Thankfully, the codgers in this action movie aren’t offering their PINs to strangers.
When a former Expendable (Mel Gibson) resurfaces as an arms dealer, Barney (Sylvester Stallone) recruits a green team (Ronda Rousey, Kellan Lutz, Victor Ortiz) to take him down.
But when they’re taken hostage, Barney must rely on old (Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li) and new (Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas) members to assist in their rescue.
The third installment in the all-star series, number 3 waters down its already bloated roaster with well-known veterans and unknown newcomers.
With older members under-utilized and new members unestablished, this final chapter relies solely on explosions and poorly conceived one-liners to engage.
Incidentally, the biggest difference between old and new action heroes is that today’s are mostly computer-generated. Yellow Light
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
When killing for a woman it’s important to get half of the sex upfront.
Unfortunately, the dupe in this action movie waited until afterwards.
An old flame (Eva Green) convinces a private eye (Josh Brolin) that her affluent husband is abusing her in an attempt to have him murdered for his fortune.
A young gambler (Joseph Gordon Levitt) enters into a backroom poker game involving the Senator (Powers Boothe), the rounder’s estranged father.
A stripper (Jessica Alba) copes with the murder of her friend (Bruce Willis) by teaming up with one of her patrons (Mickey Rourke), and getting revenge on the Senator who killed him.
Interconnecting narratives similar to its predecessor, this prequel/sequel to the groundbreaking original is past due and half filler.
Padded with non-graphic novel narrative and uninteresting characters, A Dame to Kill For is a subdued and clumsy cash grab.
Incidentally, corrupt cities always get the Olympics. Red Light
***Soldier of Future***
Soldier
All future wars will be fought by soldiers dressed as robots because real robots will be too expensive.
That cost is probably why military scientists in this action movie trained human subjects to be unemotional automatons.
As one of the original members of an experiment to turn orphans into cold-blooded soldiers, forty-years later Sgt. Todd (Kurt Russell) is now obsolete.
Replaced by genetically altered recruits, Todd is left for dead on a junk planet.
Adopted by a young couple (Sean Pertwee, Connie Nielsen) and their son, Todd regains the emotions and memories that his conditioned mind suppressed.
Todd then gets to repay the family when his old commander (Jason Isaacs) wants to use their planet for target practice.
Despite numerous attempts at profundity, this mediocre meditation on military genetics never rises above average actioner.
Besides, no celebrity or comedian wants to go to another plant to entertain genetically altered troops.
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