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Steven Seagal movies are always hit and miss. Some, like Under Siege and Exit Wounds, are fantastic, and others, well not so much. I remember watching Shadow Man, where he downed a helicopter by shooting it with a pistol. It's ridiculous, silly and just so out there, that you just can't help but love it. This time, the mighty Seagal is a GRS operative named Jake Alexander. Him and his team of young recruits go after the most dangerous and notorious criminals with the help of a Hong Kong billionaire. That's the premise, now is it any good?

Well, in short terms: No. It is bad. Like, shockingly bad! I REALLY need to look up the movie on IMDb, before buying it.

Apart from Seagal, Sonia Couling, Byron Gibson, Soraya Torrens, Megan Brown, Jai Day and Edoardo Costa fill out the rest of the main cast,

Edoardo plays Orsini, the crime boss and the main villain in this film. He's actually pretty good in this one. He's a CLASSIC Italian mafia guy: Luxury pads on Malta, wine and pasta. Did I say classic? I meant stereotypical. He's into artwork as well. It just doesn't get more cliché than that!

The thing that the movie DOES get plus points on, is the locations where they film. Hong Kong, Valetta and Manila. Exotic locations, that are extremely good looking on film!

The score of this "masterpiece" is 3-5 out of 10 on IMDb, and I feel like it's too generous. I have seen worse films than this one, but still, General Commander ranks VERY much at the bottom of the barrel.

1.5 out of 10. I never want to see this abomination again, for as long as I live. Even the explosions and the gunfights are lackluster.

Shark movies are always fun. Some are super stupid, like Sharknado, but generally they are extremely entertaining.

Combine a shark movie with the human fighting machine known as Jason Statham, and you have a surprise hit, that aims to chomp (see what I did there?) into the minds and fears of people all over the world.

Statham plays Jonas Taylor, an adventurer and expert sea diver. He experienced, according to him, a 70 foot shark attacking his vessel, forcing him to abandon his mission and half his crew. After being dishonorably discharged, he spent a few years getting over the incident, when he is recruited into rescuing a dive team that has had some sort of problem at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, the deepest known place on Earth. Once Jonas arrives at the vessel, it soon becomes clear, that what attacked this new crew, was the same as the thing that attacked Jonas' crew five years ago - a huge, prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon. The only problem, is that the Megalodon has been extinct for a million years - or has it?

That is the short recap of the story. Of course, lots of things happen, but I will not go into detail, just in case you haven't seen it.

In my first review of the movie, on a blog that I have elsewhere, I wrote that it should have been known as The Meh, but after re-watching it, I have changed my original opinion. It is a fun, no nonsense, adrenaline fueled popcorn movie, whose sole aim is to entertain with some fun shark action. One thing that I miss about the movie: It was rated PG 13 and not R. If it was rated R, I am confident that the movie would have been a LOT more gorier than it was. Of course there is blood in it, but not enough when you consider that it is about the Megalodon.

Acting wise, well there could have been some better performances. But it doesn't take away the fact, that this movie is just plain fun!

Other actors worth mentioning, apart from Jason Statham, is Ruby Rose, Rainn Wilson, Masi Oka, Bingbing Li and Cliff Curtis.

If you haven't seen The Meg yet, and are in the mood for some fun shark action, go see The Meg!

My original The Meg score was 5/10, but after seeing it again, I can safely give this an 8 out of 10!

Earlier today, I went and saw the new Bad Boys film, which I was super excited about. But was it worth it? Was it fantastic, or was it a total stinker?

Let's rewind the clock back 17 years, way back to 2003. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence starred in an undoubtedly gruesome, gory and exciting sequel, to the 1995 film, that started it all. Bad Boys II was absolutely over the top, but I loved it. Now, 17 years later, we would finally get another adventure with Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett.

Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and a midlife crisis), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

The film starts with a bang - and a very fast car. Enter Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett as we know them - bantering and cussing, as only the Bad Boys can. The entire opening sequence is fantastic! Precision driving, one-liners and great music as well.

Besides Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, pretty much every surviving character from Bad Boys II are in the movie. Marcus is still married to Theresa, Reggie is in the military and Syd.. Well, Syd isn't found anywhere. She's mentioned a few times, but she's otherwise missing. A shame, since I loved that character.

This movie has everything you could possibly want from a Bad Boys film: Flashy cars, flashy clothes, explosions, swearing, blood and a fantastic comedy element. I enjoyed myself a lot, which is why I am giving this movie a solid 9 out of 10.

K loved it too, which was a relief, since this was the first Bad Boys she has ever watched. At some point, K and I are gonna watch the first two on Netflix.

...I've always been all about rock, blues, jazz, etc. And a little Opera---VERY little. Always could rarely watch musicals, let alone most dance. Forget Ballet. Recently, going through the enormous DVD collection at public libraries. Second time around. Had done so skipping almost all of it, except for history, shoot-em-ups, and the like. Still rarely find anything funny about comedies. But today watched An American in Paris. Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, et al, to Gershwin tunes. Corny vintage complicated, but redemptive, love stories. Paris scenes. Glad I did so. Never stop learning about what we think we already really know. Hubris.

I have always wanted to see Midway, ever since I saw the trailer for it, so I reached out to K to hear, if she wanted to go see it tomorrow. "How about we do it today? I will arrive in Copenhagen at 5.15 pm". I checked the time for when the movie began, and it said 6 pm, so I texted her back, saying "Let's do it". So off I went to meet up with K, and watch the film.

The movie stars Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Mandy More, Luke Kleintank, Dennis Quaid, Tadanobu Asano, Aaron Eckhart and Nick Jonas, and it follows the supposedly true tale, about what lead up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the aftermath of the attack.

Directed by Roland Emmerich, this 100 million dollar explosion is VERY entertaining. From the acting to the story to the effects, this movie just delivers. It's easily one of the best movies I have seen this year, and I have seen a lot.

At one point, during a huge action scene, K looked at me with the biggest smile on her face, and her eyes just lit up with excitement and awe, over what she witnessed. And I agreed with her, because it was just plain badass.

As you would expect, in a big budget war film, there are a LOT of explosions. Like.. A metric asstonne of explosions. They are all done beautifully, and I love just how loud and bombastic it is.

On the journey home, we both agreed, that this movie was extremely well made, and we both wanted to watch it again. We felt the same way when we watched Terminator: Dark Fate. We wanted to watch that again instantly.

So all in all, this movie deserves a 9 out of 10. It's really exciting, full of explosions and noise, and it's just pure entertainment and fun to watch!

We have only had the very first week of the public impeachment proceedings and already the testimony has been powerful with very reliable esteemed witnesses.
We are now just beginning the second week of testimonies and now those with first hand knowledge of the (so called) president's misconduct will testify.

Here's the schedule for this week;



And we are barely past a week of the impeachment inquiry, which will likely go on for months.
Trump is ALREADY burnt toast. By the time this is done, he will be charcoal ashes.

I won't miss you dirty Don. But, I don't want to miss a thing.

I finally managed to watch Joker yesterday, and it left me severely disappointed.

The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a failed stand up comedian in Gotham City, who assumes the alter ego Joker, after a series of unfortunate events.

Other actors include Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, and Marc Maron.

I was told that this movie was AMAZING, and that I would love it. But after almost 2 hours of runtime, I found myself thinking "This is terrible."

95% of the film is talking, and not much is happening. There are a few scenes of mayhem, but they are generally not very exciting. Even the bloody scenes left me unimpressed.

Joaquin Phoenix, however, is extremely good in the movie. His portrayal of Arthur Fleck will surely net him an academy award for best actor in a leading role, since he owns this movie.

If you are walking into this movie expecting something like Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight, you'll be extremely disappointed. If you expect a movie that is haunting, brutal and down right disturbing, look somewhere else.

It's a short review, but I don't really have anything positive to say about the movie, other than Joaquin Phoenix.

As much as it pains me, I'm giving this movie a 1/10. It could have been SO much better!

Where do our thoughts come from...?


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I mentioned in my previous blog, that I would see if I could find this movie, and watch it. Well, find it I did, and let me tell you - I did watch that. And I loved it!

In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the "Oslo Graben" which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in Oslo.

The main cast is the same from the first movie, although this time, the family is torn, due to Kristians wife divorcing him. Kristian lives in the now rebuilt Geiranger. He gets word that a friend of his was killed in an accident in an Oslo tunnel, so Kristian sets off to Oslo, to search for answers.

This movie is exciting, to say the least! Yet again, the VFX is stellar, and it's always impressive seeing a massive 35 story building fall down! They up the terror and the gore in this one, which is a welcome sight. A little blood didn't hurt anyone!

The Quake is better than The Wave, and my rating this time goes to - wait for it - 10 out of 10! (I think that's my first 10/10 this year)

This movie has it all: Thrills, destruction and top notch effects! Highly recommended if you want to watch some thrilling destruction!