In keeping with our approach to a balanced life with a little fun along the way, we like to remind our staff and clients to make some time to do a few simple things like go to the movies, read a good book or even see a live concert. Here are a few we have reviewed recently.
Rowan Atkinson sure likes biding his time. With 10 years elapsing between Mr. Bean films and 8 since the previous Johnny English movie, one cannot accuse him of being in a rush. Maybe that’s a good way to go as his eye for perfection ensures his work is as best as can be. Unfortunately it appears missing in this sequel to his silly spy spoof as it fails to match the high-mark he set himself in his illustrious TV work.
When MI7 receive word a group of international assassins aim to eliminate a world leader at a conference they call on the infamous Johnny English (Rowan Aktinson). A very strange spy with unusual methods, his ways have successfully nabbed evil doers. With various hi-tech weapons at his disposal and helped by various agents including the lovely Kate (Rosamund Pike), English cuts a swathe through the criminal world whether anyone wants him to or not.
Japanese films can be very fast moving of which 13 Assassins is an example. Based around historical mythology, it details each action scene with fine precision with nearly every sequence almost a work of art in itself. Fans of the genre should find much to enjoy as the script is just as sharp as the blades the noble assassins muster.
During a period of relative peace in feudal Japan Naritsugu, the brother of a powerful Shogun is behaving very badly. Tired of his wicked existence, a high ranking Shogun official decides to hire a samurai, Shinzaemon, to kill him. When Shinzaemon learns of Naritsugu’s horrific deeds, he gathers together 12 other assassins to take him on. Despite confronting a vast army at Naritsugu’s disposal, the deadly team aggressively pursue their prey across every corner of the land.
You’d be forgiven for thinking there’s a writer’s strike in Hollywood for the many remakes it has recently churned out. Fright Night is the latest based on a popular movie released in 1985. Given the current predilection for vampires in various films and TV shows it’s perhaps understandable why this has appeared. It’s hoped we’re witnessing the peak of these remakes though as creative and original ideas are usually more memorable.
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