Archive for action/adventure

‘District 9’: Disturbingly Powerful

Posted in Action, Adventure, At Box Office, Documentary, Drama, Film Genre, Film Rating, Film Release, Film Review, Rated R, Sci-Fi, Thriller with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 2, 2009 by Laura J. Bagby

District9In a battle between “us” vs. “them,” no one thinks what it would be like to walk in the enemy’s shoes. The groups are clearly demarcated and everyone knows exactly what side they are on.

But what if “us” and “them” got suddenly switched? What if the so-called good guys were really the bad guys, and the so-called bad guys were actually not that bad after all? Better yet, what if the hunter becomes the hunted?

These questions and more are part of Neill Blomkamp’s creepy new R-rated sci-fi action/adventure film called District 9. Continue reading

Spy Pigs: The ‘Force’ is With You

Posted in Action, Adventure, Animated, At Box Office, Family Friendly, Film Genre, Film Rating, Film Release, Film Review, PG with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2009 by Laura J. Bagby

GforceThe FBI has a new pet project. And who better to be the next guinea pigs on a government-funded secret ops mission than… well… real, live guinea pigs?

In this first Digital 3-D movie from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a federally funded crew of animal secret agents known as “G-Force,” trained by Ben (Zack Galifianakis) and his assistant, Marcie (Kelli Garner), has just been tasked with stopping power-hungry businessman Leonard Saber (Bill Nighy) from implementing his mission of world domination. The goal of G-Force is to locate and destroy Saber’s computer program called Saber Sense (also known as Clusterstorm) before Saber gets the chance to activate microchips in his worldwide line of household appliances and turn them into sinister killing machines. Continue reading