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Somebody in Hollywood is still prepared to hire
Mel Gibson – the fallen star joins Expendables'
newcomers Harrison Ford and Wesley Snipes as a
member of TeamTestosterone for the third film in the
action-star-ensemble franchise. Aussie director Patrick
Hughes (who made the terrific
Red Hill
) is in the
driver's seat this time, and displays a Michael Bay-like
flair for pyrotechnics on a grand scale. The mission
here is to take out an arms dealer in Somalia, who just
happens to be Stallone's old buddy and Expendables'
co-founder (Gibson). But when he gives them the slip, their CIA boss
(Ford) decides they're all "too old for this shit" and assembles a new
crew, which includes Kelsey Grammer and Kellan Lutz. But how can
they compete with over 30 years of action movie experience?
New team. New attitude. New mission.
THE EXPENDABLES 3
Sean Bean goes from playing fantasy noblemen
in
Game of Thrones
and
The Lord of the Rings
to
a white trash crime lord in this Southern revenge
thriller.
Bad Blood
(aka
Wicked Blood
) plays like
a mix of
Homefront
,
Breaking Bad
and
Winter's
Bone
. Whether or not that's a recommendation
depends on your tolerance for low-life hillbilly
characters. Hannah (Abigail Breslin) finds herself
caught between her meth addict uncle Donny (Lew
Temple), her meth dealing Uncle Frank (Bean),
and her older sister's biker boyfriend (James Purefoy). Ultimately,
she must choose between family loyalty and her own survival.
Needless to say, this is a gritty and grungy trip into the backwoods,
albeit in the company of a fine cast.
Thicker than water.
BAD BLOOD
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JB Hi-Fi
www.jbhifi.com.au"There's a magic that happens when you dance,"
says Sean (Ryan Guzman). There sure is, and that
magic has sustained the Step Up franchise through
five films and squillions in global box office. As per
the
All In
sub-title, the latest razzle-dazzle installment
reunites a majority of the series' cast (sans Channing
Tatum) for another energetic session of dance and
romance, with a three-year Vegas contract up for
grabs to the winning team. Having been ditched by
his regular Mob, Sean recruits a new crew in LA, but
will they have what it takes to step up? Once again it's beautiful
people with ripped bodies and all the right moves, gyrating to funky
street beats, this time in a boxing ring and a Thunderdome-like arena
in Caesar's Palace. Get in!
Everybody dance.
STEP UP 5: ALL IN
Two lost souls united through music – if
Once
comes
to mind, that's because
Begin Again
is from the same
writer-director, John Carney. Keira Knightley is a Brit
in New York, whose boyfriend (Maroon 5's Adam
Levine) has dumped her for a fame as a rock star.
Mark Ruffalo is an out of touch music producer who's
been dumped by his record label. When he happens
upon Knightley singing in a bar, a connection is made,
giving both of them the opportunity to, well, begin
again. It might sound corny, but Ruffalo and Knightley
sell it, and the latter even does her own singing (well, we might
add). As he demonstrated with
Once
, Carney has a knack for fusing
the power of music and the power of love in a way that uplifts rather
than nauseates;
Begin Again
is this summer's feel-good movie.
Once upon a time...
BEGIN AGAIN
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