Only God Forgives (2013)

Mysterious, Cool and Sexy for Gosling

Stars   :  Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringram

Score  :  6.5 / 10

 

Julian (Ryan Gosling) is a U.S. citizen who fled to Thailand, after killing his father. Julian and his brother, Billy (Tom Burke), manages a Muay Thai Club in Bangkok which is a guise of drug smuggling in Thailand. Billy has a bad tempered, he had killed a young slut. A policeman, named Chang (Vithaya Pansringarm) came to the location and took the girl's father, Choi Yan Lee. Chang gave Choi a permission to punish Billy and left them alone in the motel room. They got into a fight that killed Billy. As punishment for Choi who has let her daughter involved prostitution, Chang cut off Choi's hand.

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127 Hours (2010)

When A Man is Between Life or Death

Stars   :  James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn

Score  :  7.0 / 10

 

127 Hours tells of the true story of an American climber, Aron Ralston (James Franco). Aron had an accident when climbing in Blue John Canyon and had to survive for 127 hours (5 days and 7 hours). April, 25th, 2013, on night friday, Aron driving his car to Canyonlands National Parks to climb Blue John Canyon located in southwestern Canyonlands. He did not tell anyone about his climbing plans, including his family. The next day, Aron continue the trip by bicycle to reach the Blue John Canyon area. On his way, he met Kristi (Kate Mara) and Megan (Amber Tamblyn) who seemed lost and was looking for Dome area. 

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INSIDIOUS 2 (2013)

More Complex and Better than its Prequel, Insidious 1

Stars   :  Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey

Score  :  7.1 / 10

 

At this time, I am fond of horror movies. I do not know why, but after watching The Conjuring, I want to add the frequency of watching horror movies. Although The Conjuring that directed by James Wan is not included in the list of favorites on this blog, but the spooky scenes and a surprising one in the film was able to make me unable to sleep one night because imagined the scene. Now, James Wan re-work on horror track, with Insidious 2, which is a sequel of Insidious 1. Because I've been watching Insidious 1, of course I would not miss this film, I also wonder if James Wan will repeat the success of The Conjuring. 

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The Departed (2006)

Hollywood Version of Infernal Affairs (HK) 

Stars   :  Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg

Score  :  7.8 / 10

 

This is my first time I watched The Departed and the main reason is Leonardo DiCaprio. I am a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio. But without my realized, I have watched this movie before, but its Hong Kong version, titled Infernal Affairs. Infernal Affairs was released in 2002 and of course I have forgotten the story, because it was very long. I only remember the main story and the two big names in the film, Andy Lau and Tony Leung. Infernal Affairs also has a prequel, Infernal Affairs II and a sequel, Infernal Affairs III. On this review I will share The Departed. The story is about two people who have different backgrounds but have the same ideals to become a cop. 

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Tangled (2010)

Another Version of Rapunzel by Walt Disney, Simple and Sweet
Stars   :  Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana

Score  :  7.5 / 10

 

The story begins with a drop of sunlight that fell into the earth and grew up into a golden flower over the hillside. The golden flower was believed to heal wounds and diseases. After a few centuries passed, a kingdom stood and headed by the king and the queen who really loved by the people. This time, the queen was pregnant, but she got incurable disease. The troops and the people look for the golden flower to heal the queen. In the meanwhile over the centuries an old woman named Gothel hides and takes the advantage of the golden flower. She sings a spell so its flower will shine and Gothel's face becomes rejuvenated.

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