THE TORTURED(2010)

Genre: Crime/Horror

Story based on a Serial killer who mainly targets adolescents. He tortures the kids and finally gives them a death. Similar case happens with a young Couple whose kid was kidnapped and later found to be dead with the killer being caught. Couple’s plea of getting the killer a sentence to life imprisonment goes unheard which makes them to handle the situation in their own hands. As the Movie name says TORTURED, it actually is a shame to be called that. With Mediocre torture shown, director has played with the audience’s time and money to watch this disgusting movie. The killer gets kidnapped by the couple and torture until he is dead. With Shoddy direction and a failed climax is what you can expect from this movie. A SAW series ending is what the director wanted to show, but he is gone off limits to show his central characters the DUMBEST people on the planet. If you yourself want to get tortured, then watch this movie. It’s a perfect example of “WHY NOT TO WATCH TORTURE MOVIES?” I am going 1 out of 5. 0.5 For average torture and the rest for a steamy bedroom sex scene. Strictly Not Watchable.

Rating: 1/5- POOR

THE TOWN (2010)

Genre: Crime/Action

The TOWN is a second Directorial movie by Ben Affleck. It deals with high end Bank robbery where no DNA traces are left and security tapes are destroyed. Starring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner are the two main focuses for this movie. Setup in Charlestown in Boston where there are more bank robbers and thief than any other state shows one such Bank Robbery by Doug and Jem . Bank Robbery is a crime , but kidnapping someone is a grave crime. With heavy loaded guns and fully equipped our boys go to loot the bank with no BANG BANG inside the bank. They take a lady who is a employee of the bank as hostage and leave her unharmed. Unfortunately , the lady is from Charlestown and that makes Jem paranoid. So Doug tries to find out if everything is fine. But things go different way , as Doug starts liking the lady. THE TOWN has couple of Gun Battle scenes which will keep you hooked up , but some Love Drama scenes just doesn’t fit in. There is FBI radar on Doug and his fellow Bank Robbery Crew members. But left undeterred they go ahead with another plan. THE TOWN would have been a great film , but there was some X factor missing which didn’t fully acquire the attention. Its Good, but its not the BEST. Its got good number of Action scenes, Suspense and Thriller. Its quite a Engaging watch. You will definitely not be disappointed . Give a Shot to watch this ACTION, SUSPENSE THRILLER movie.

Rating: 3/5- GOOD

BAND BAAJA BARAAT(2010)

Genre : Romance/ Comedy

Band Baaja Baaraat is a Yash Raj banner movie and directed by debutant Maneesh Sharma who has given a thoughtful script. Set up in bylanes of Delhi , BBB is a lovely delight to watch with your family and friends. Debut Actor Bitto Sharma played by Ranveer Singh is spot on for the role who is a graduate student from a university and wants to partner a business with Anushka Sharma as Shruthi Kakkar so that he is kept away from sugarcane field which is awaiting him in his village. Bitto is dumb but street smart and sets up up a business of Wedding planner named Shaadi Mubarak. The dialogs in the movie makes the difference in the movie.

The first part of the movie shows as how Bitto and Shruthi try to setup their wedding planning business along with other people and how they make a successful Jodi for their job. But things get down in second half when shruti breaks the rule which she made as “ Never fall in love with the person whom you do business”. Their bond breaks and they start bickering and end up splitting from their business. Too much time is wasted in how they deal with their life and they become a Jodi once again in the last 15 mins of the movie.Look out for the dumb reason where SRK could not dance for a wedding function and Bitto and Shruthi give them a pumping performance better than SRK. At the end, I would say BBB is a smart , romantic comedy movie which is entertaining in all grounds. Watch for it..

Rating: 3/5- GOOD

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

Genre: Crime/ Thriller

Law Abiding Citizen is one of those movies which show us nowadays the system tries to manipulate the things to ease the tension on them. Gerrard Butler plays Clyde whose wife was raped and murdered and the culprit is set free with no punishment. Clyde takes things in his own hands to change the system and targets all those people related with his case along with the culprit. Jamie Foxx who is Clyde’s Attorney plays a diplomatic role to give less punishment to the culprit and evades the heat off. But Clyde plans to take things into his own hands and starts a series of killings related to his case along with attorney and judge. Clyde is smart and a perfect executioner. He kills people sitting in solitary. It keeps you puzzled, how he does it.

Law Abiding Citizen is a movie which will keep you in suspense as what happens next. It’s packed with Suspense and thriller. He has a mantra of making the system understand to not set the offenders free. Foxx and Butler make a good pair onscreen when it comes to their determination to show down each other. It’s a perfect one time watch.

Rating: 3/5- Good

Zwartboek(2006) (Dutch)

Genre: Drama/Thriller

Zwartboek is one of those type of movies which you might have seen where Nazi group tries to eliminate the Jews. Zwartboek is a usual drama with equal amounts of crime, thriller and suspense which will hold you back at your seats. Rachel , a Jew whose house is been bombed by German Troops and has trouble hiding. Soon a crew of people along with her parents gets murdered leaving her alone to be alive. She somehow gets sucked into Nazi Resistance group. She starts working under the leadership of Kuipers. Kuipers son gets caught while smuggling weapons. Kuipers asks Rachel to seduce the General inorder to set Kuipers son free. Things start tangling in many different Manner. Situations arise in such a way that Rachel herself finds in a fix among with her Resistance group. Zwartboek aka Black Book is a movie which is about trust, love and betrayal. Rachel being the Protagonist of the movie has given her 100% to her role. Look out for the scene where she herself tries to color her hair to disguise herself as a German. Though 2 hr 30 mins might be a long watch. But it’s a movie which you will not regret. Nicely Done.

Rating: 3/5- Good.

She's Out of My League(2010)

Genre: Comedy

The Movie is for all those people who think they are always average in life. But the Truth what I specifically believe is , everyone is good at something and its upto the person to make him feel better. Kirk is an average guy who works in a International Airport along with his friends. Kirk usually a down to earth guy but very low on self esteem and always considers inferior to his friends and other people around meets a gorgeous looking girl named Molly played by Alice Eve. He Considers her a Hard 10 , in comparision to him who is just a 5. He doesn’t have the thinking of Molly falling for him due to his friends who always judge him by his skiny look and his actions which is not quite manly. Also, his parents who are not supportive enough encourage him and increase his morale in life. Molly on the other hand is just looking for a simple guy to carry on a relationship. This movie is not a great watch , but some of the scenes are very hilarious. It’s a Popcorn flick. You can afford to miss this one if you are not looking for a light comedy flick.

Rating: 2/5- FAIR

The Social Network (2010)

Genre: Drama/ Biography

Directed by David Fincher “The Social Network” is a movie on founders of Current Ranking No.1 Social networking website Facebook. Aaron Sorkin the Writer of the film has adapted this movie from The Accidental Billionaires, a Nonfiction book. Jesse Eisenberg starred as Mark Zuckerberg in the movie is a nerd who has been dumped by his girlfriend, which made him to create Facebook. Zuckerberg found Facebook sitting at his Dorm room in 2004 and today is the youngest billionaire at the age of 26. Zuckerberg was shot to fame not just because of the Social networking site but also by 2 Lawsuit by 2 fellow Harvard University Twin brothers for stealing their idea of Social networking website. Another one coming from his Co-founder & CFO of Facebook Eduardo Saverin for not giving him the fair Share of Credit and share of profits.

The Social Network proves worthy in many aspects when it comes to complete movie, as its solid storyline, screenplay and edge of the seat music which thrills you down as the movie goes on. It has its own pace which grips you at every moment. Saverin played by Andrew Garfield has given a solid performance and also Justin Timberlake as Founder of Napster who befriends Zuckerberg. Jesse portrays flattering yet convincing way to show Zuckerberg as arrogant at times and another moment is nervous and innocent. Though Real Zuckerberg tells this movie is a Fiction. It’s pretty unconvincing at times. The Biggest Irony shown in the movie is the Creator of a Social Networking site Facebook has connected 500 Million people has trouble making one good friend. This film has one of the best one liners I have ever come across. Watch out for the scene when Zuckerberg is in middle of Advocates and his Response to the twin brothers. There are many scenes which will get into your nerves. So probably a Second Watch is quite natural.

Finally, The Social Network is a Compelling story about Trust and Betrayal. David Fincher Direction and Aaron Sorkin Screenplay have made Social Network a Crisp Dramatic Movie which I would recommend everyone to watch. It’s worth every penny. I give 4 out of 5 for THE SOCIAL NETWORK and looking forward to more Fincher and Sorkin Movies.

Rating: 4/5- VERY GOOD.