070818: Movie Review: Bourne Ultimatum

I love this series, which started with the Bourne Identity. Being a fan of Matt Damon, it was just a matter of time before I watch this final (maybe) installment and it did not disappoint.

Mission Impossible was great with Tom Cruise in action and I really have to say without it, I probably won't be interested in the Bourne Series.

The Bourne series, though, feature a reluctant and more human protagonist as compared to the razmatazz that is the feature of Mission Impossible.

Bourne Ultimatum picked up where Bourne Supremacy left off as Jason Bourne looks for revenge for the murder of his beloved Marie who was sniped in Goa, India. He also wants to take out the chief perpetrator who made him who he is, which ultimately backfired on him.

The movie takes us to a few locations starting with Moscow and on to Paris, London, Madrid, Tangier and finally, New York City, where it all began.

For me, it was the best movie of the year, though it was a close fight with Spider-Man 3 really.

The revelation (ultimatum) shocked me, though to think of it, it wasn't unexpected given Bourne's ability and skills.

The best scene for me was when Bourne and the Moroccan assasin, Desh, had this superb fight sequence that will ranked to me as one of the best fight sequence ever.

The closing scene is a classic with Moby's theme music "Extreme Ways", which kickstarted Bourne Identity, ending (probably) the Bourne series.

I rate this movie 5/5. Definitely, a must watch and now I only need to buy the VCD to round off my (original) Bourne series so I can watch all the movies again in marathon mode!

070812: Movie Review: Rush Hour 3

As Huda had mentioned, we watched Rush Hour 3 @ Cathay Cineleisure. I am sure some might know but I'll inform anyway that you can get 2nd tix at half the price if you are an M1 customer.

I did not really expect from the movie other than to get loads of laugh. I regretted watching it in the end because Huda was laughing the loudest in the almost packed theatre! In fact, I wanted very much to watch the finale to the Bourne series starring Matt Damon.

But seriously, I did not really catch Rush Hour 2 in full, so I thought I will watch it first before watching the latest installment.

As it turned out, it was a recycle of the previous two Rush Hour movies with Chris Tucker providing his usual dose of motormouth quotes and speeches and remarks and..... Jackie Chan provided predictable yet enjoyable stunts with the usual dose of comic action sequence.

There were lots of Tucker motormouthing and the particular scene I liked was when he was sparring a conversation with a Gongfu Master earlier on.

If you are looking for a lot of laughs, and is/are fan/fans of the main protagonists, then this is a movie to watch.

However, if you are watching it for the plot, then be sorely disappointed. The acting from Ambassador Han's daughter, "Su Yuan?", was woeful and there were many times when I felt like rolling my eyes at some of the scenes where the villains had chances to kill the main actors but they absolutely refused to do so.

I will not advise to watch it in the movie and wait for the VCD or DVD instead. If you can spare the cash, though, throw in the dough.