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Avatar (2009) movie trailer

January 27, 2010 by Yein Jee

Trailer for 3D movie Avatar, officially the all-time highest-grossing film worldwide (over two billion USD), beating the previous record of Titanic. Amazingly both films were directed by the same man, James Cameron…

Haven’t watched the movie yet, perhaps I should catch it while I’m in Seoul for a different kind of cinematic experience. The trailer doesn’t excite me to be honest, it’s all about the 3D hype… without that it’s probably just another average sci-fi action film.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 20th Century, 3D Entertainment, American movies, American pop culture, Giovanni Ribisi, Global pop culture, James Cameron, Michelle Rodriguez, RatPac Dune, Sam Worthington, United States, World records, Zoe Saldana

The Legend of Chun Li movie trailer

January 4, 2009 by Yein Jee

Trailer for American martial arts action movie Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. Kristin Kreuk stars as the title character; and the cast also includes Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Robin Shou, Moon Bloodgood, Josie Ho, Taboo and Michael Clarke Duncan. In cinemas in Malaysia on February 26.

Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, the film follows the earlier life of Chun Li, a character from popular video game series Street Fighter. Most of the stories take place in Bangkok, and a bit in Hong Kong.

The trailer seems fine but there’s nothing much about Street Fighter. What’s the point of making a movie out of a popular video game when they are not using any of the elements? Could be much more interesting if it shows the origin of the iconic costume and features some famous fighting techniques etc.

Updates and thoughts – It’s a poor movie. The action is average, the cast does OK, and Kristin Kreuk looks cool. The plot is horrible though, it’s boring most of the time. And anyone who expected to see a Street Fighter adaptation would be disappointed because there’s hardly any game features in it.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 20th Century, Action movies, Bangkok City, Capcom Games, Kristin Kreuk, Martial Arts, Moon Bloodgood, Street Fighter

Dragonball Evolution movie trailer

December 11, 2008 by Yein Jee

Movie trailer of “Dragonball Evolution”, a Hollywood live adaptation of the popular Japanese anime-manga which is going to premier in March 2009… [via Japanprobe]

From a neutral point of view, the trailer doesn’t look too bad for those who don’t have much clue about the original Dragon Ball… but the DB’s fans are likely to hate this trailer/movie; it just couldn’t reflect the essence of the original work.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 20th Century, Action movies, American showbiz, Chow Yun Fat, Dragon Ball, Eriko Tamura, Fantasy movies, Ingenious Media, Jamie Chung, Japanese anime, Moon Bloodgood, Park Joon-hyung, Randall Duk Kim, RatPac Dune

Live action movie for Cowboy Bebop?

August 10, 2008 by Yein Jee

Hollywood producer Erwin Stoff is working with 20th Century Fox to develop a live-action film adapted from popular Japanese anime Cowboy Bebop.

Japanese anime Cowboy Bebop

I don’t really like the idea of adapting Japanese anime to live action movies… but if it’s becoming a norm then Cowboy Bebop is probably one of the very few animes that could look decent in live-action because of the real-to-life characters.

There are rumours that Keanu Reeves will be involved, but the speculations are probably based on the fact that Stoff is Reeves’ agent.

[Update] Reeves has confirmed his role as Spike Spiegel, the main character.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 20th Century, American showbiz, Japanese anime

Babylon A.D. movie trailer

July 16, 2008 by Yein Jee

Trailer for Babylon A.D., an English language science fiction action movie based on the novel Babylon Babies by French-born Canadian writer Maurice Georges Dantec. Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, the film is a joint production between France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The cast includes Vin Diesel, Melanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong, Jerome Le Banner, Charlotte Rampling and Gerard Depardieu. In cinemas in the US next month.

Official intro by 20th Century Fox… “Vin Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City. The “package” is a mysterious young woman with a secret.”

The woman isn’t that secretive anymore after you watch the video; trailers reveal too much these days. It doesn’t impress me regardless; the actions and techs seem a bit ordinary for a scifi production and the actors look boring. Frankly, a movie is usually poor if the teaser is bad to begin with.

Michelle Yeoh fights again

The only reason I’m considering watching this is because of my fellow countrywoman Michelle Yeoh. She’s starring as a nun who’s also the guardian of Aurora, aka the mysterious woman. Not sure if it’s a good or bad thing but most of her roles are martial art related these days.

Michelle is also starring in another Hollywood film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which is hitting the theatres in the same month. And yes, looks like she’s a kungfu fighter yet again. On second though, it has to be a good thing to get these exposures in Hollywood regardless of the roles.

As part of a successful franchise, The Mummy – also starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li and Maria Bello etc. – will probably fare better than Babylon in the box office. Good luck to both films.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 20th Century, Action movies, European movies, European showbiz, Gerard Depardieu, Mark Strong, Michelle Yeoh, RatPac Dune, Scifi movies, Vin Diesel

Live Free or Die Hard movie trailer

June 22, 2007 by Yein Jee

Trailer for American action thriller Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth instalment in the Die Hard film series. Directed by Len Wiseman, with Bruce Willis reprising his famous role as Detective John McClane, who this time fights against cyber terrorists who hacked into major networks and crippled the country.

Justin Long plays a hacker who helps McClane, and Timothy Olyphant as the leader of the terrorist group. The cast also includes Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. In cinemas next month.

I’m a fan of the film series but not sure about this one. The previous instalment was back in 1995, doubt it’s a good idea to make a new movie after a decade. Will give this a go regardless for nostalgia sake; guess the producers calculated this, banking on the old fans to support the box office.

Update – My two cents after watching this, which is titled Die Head 4.0 outside of North America. It’s an entertaining movie packed with over the top actions, Die Hard fans will like this. I’m a bit disappointed with the villains’ agenda; the final goal doesn’t make sense because with their abilities they can achieve that easily via more direct methods. Nothing much to nitpick otherwise, it’s a decent action film.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: 20th Century, Action movies, American movies, American showbiz, Bruce Willis, Cliff Curtis, Ingenious Media, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, RatPac Dune, Thriller movies

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