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DRIVE ANGRY

USA 2011
Language: Russian and English with English subtitles
Starring Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard
Genre: a very stupid action movie
Where to buy: Yakaboo, Hr 57


http://www.yakaboo.ua/ru/catalog/all/drive-angry-212735

Nicolas Cage finally did it. The Oscar winner and nephew of famous director Francis Ford Coppola, Cage seems to have fallen so low that he’s now starring in B movies.
“Drive Angry” lives up to a definition of a B movie – a low budget commercial picture with a dull screenplay and actors performing very poorly. Naturally,
Cage is the best among them. He is a professional – he learned from Coppola, among others, so at least he looks persuasive in the role of Milton, a vengeful father who escapes from hell to chase after a man who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter. The Devil of course is not pleased with all of this and sends his messenger to nail Milton. Get ready for lots of shooting and dirty talk.
The film is worth seeing in three cases:
1) If you are drunk but not ready to go to sleep. This film would take up an hour and a half you wouldn’t want to remember;
2) You always hated Nicolas Cage and want to make sure he is dead as an actor;
3) You always loved Nicolas Cage and now, when he is dead as an actor and not making much money (B movies don’t pay a lot), you want to support him financially by buying his films.

RED RIDING HOOD

USA 2011
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
Starring Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas and Gary Oldman
Genre: Horror / Fantasy
Where to buy: Yakaboo, Hr 55


http://www.yakaboo.ua/ru/catalog/all/red-riding-hood-212184

Catherine Hardwicke made her name as one of the best directors of American independent movies. Then she switched to mainstream Hollywood and made the extremely popular “Twilight”. Working on “Red Riding Hood,” she combined two styles producing a film, which could be one of the best in the fantasy genre this year.
It tells the story of a werewolf that struck a peace treaty with villagers. But one day he broke the promise and killed a young woman. People called on a famed werewolf hunter, who finds out that the werewolf can turn into any of the villagers during the day.
The film has nice cinematography, and Hardwicke definitely knows how to mystify her works. But this movie will not be as popular as “Twilight” because its werewolves aren’t as attractive as vampires who like teenager girls.

THE ROOMMATE

USA 2011
Directed by Christian Christiansen
Starring Minka Kelly, Leughton Meester
Genre: Thriller
Where to buy: Yakaboo, Hr 57


http://www.yakaboo.ua/ru/catalog/all/the-roommate-212905

This story has already been told a thousand times. College student
Sara (of course, she is a young attractive woman, which makes the film interesting for men no matter how stupid the screenplay is) has a new roommate Rebecca (again, a very attractive young woman).
Soon Sara finds out that Rebecca is somehow obsessed with her (the male audience is going crazy). And so the violence begins as Rebecca is jealous of Sara dating men.
A predictable thriller, this type of movies became popular in the 1990s. Buy it if you want to kill an evening and enjoy young attractive women on screen, because the story itself is not really worth the effort.