THE MECHANIC

Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham) is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when his mentor and close friend Harry (Donald Sutherland) is murdered, Bishop is anything but detached. His next assignment is self-imposed - he wants those responsible dead. His mission grows complicated when Harry's son Steve (Ben Foster) approaches him with the same vengeful goal and a determination to learn Bishop's trade. Bishop has always acted alone but he can't turn his back on Harry's son. A methodical hit man takes an impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. But while in pursuit of their ultimate mark, deceptions threaten to surface and those hired to fix problems become problems themselves.  

Critical

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 52% based on reviews from 124 critics and reports a rating average of 6.5 out of 10. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 49 based on 35 reviews.

Roger Ebert awarded the film two out of a possible four stars and said, "Audiences have been drilled to        accept noise and movement as entertainment. It is done so well one almost forgets to ask why it has been  done at all."

TANGLED

After receiving the healing powers from a magical flower, the baby Princess Rapunzel is kidnapped from the palace in the middle of the night by Mother Gothel. Mother Gothel knows that the flower's magical powers are now growing within the golden hair of Rapunzel, and to stay young, she must lock Rapunzel in her hidden tower. Rapunzel is now a teenager and her hair has grown to a length of 70-feet. The beautiful Rapunzel has been in the tower her entire life, and she is curious of the outside world. One day, the bandit Flynn Ryder scales the tower and is taken captive by Rapunzel. Rapunzel strikes a deal with the charming thief to act as her guide to travel to the place where the floating lights come from that she has seen every year on her birthday. Rapunzel is about to have the most exciting and magnificent journey of her life.

Critical:

• A. O. Scott of The New York Times positively reviewed the film as "the 50th animated feature from Disney, and its look and spirit convey a modified, updated but nonetheless sincere and unmistakable quality of old-fashioned Disneyness."
•  Time film critic Richard Corliss noted that the film "wades into the DreamWorks style of sitcom gags and anachronistic sass" while praising the film for achieving "the complex mix of romance, comedy, adventure and heart that defines the best Disney features."
• Quentin Tarantino named Tangled as one of his top five favorite films of 2010.
• James Berardinelli commented on his review website ReelViews that the film is "entertaining and enjoyable, but not groundbreaking."

SANCTUM

SYNOPSIS
Sanctum's action comes after a team of divers under water, in a expedition to the most beautiful and less accessible of the caves on the Earth. When a tropical storm confines them to the deepest caverns, they will must fight against the fury of the water, the mortal land and the panic because of the sensation of imminent death. The explored expert Frank McGuire has been in caves of South Pacific. He entrusts driving the group where is his 17-age son, Josh, and the expedition financier, Carl Hurley, among others. They all meet with a possessed labyrinth and believe that it's possible that they stay atrapped for ever in there.

James Cameron is the Sanctum's director and two other famous films: Titanic and Avatar.

HEREAFTER

This film tells the story of three people who are obessed with the mortality. George (Matt Damon) is the main character. He is an United States workman and he has an special connection with the great beyond. By the other side of the world, Marie (Cécile de France), a French journalist, is having a bad experience in relation to dead. Meanwhile, Marcus (Frankie McLaren), a student who lives in London, misses the closest person to him. These three people will meet and change their life.

CRITICS

“The mostly mesmerizing but finally flawed film” mostly “plays like a smart and stylish thriller,” writes Michael O'Sullivan in the Washington Post.

“The movie drags, yet it feels like it's missing an hour. It features three characters on three continents who barely interact with one another. And after 130 minutes, it stops without concluding.”, writes Kyle Smith in the New York Post.

The Tourist

The Tourist is a 2010 action/thriller/comedy film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. It is a remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer.

 Summary:

A woman named Elise (Jolie) is being trailed in Paris by French police working with Scotland Yard. At a cafe, she receives a letter from Alexander Pearce, a former lover, with explicit directions to board a train to Venice, Italy, pick out a man who resembles him and make the police believe that this man is Alexander Pearce. A mysterious stranger, not involved with the police, also seems to be watching Elise. Elise burns the letter and boards a train.

She takes a seat beside Frank (Depp), an American tourist reading a spy novel. Frank is instantly attracted to her. The train arrives in Venice, and they take a boat to the Hotel Danieli. At dinner, much to Frank's dismay, Elise admits to having feelings for another man, presumably Alexander Pearce. They share a kiss, witnessed by the men following her.....

Critical:

The Tourist met with mostly negative reviews from critics. The film currently holds a 21% on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes. The site's consensus was: "The scenery and the stars are undeniably beautiful, but they can't make up for The Tourist's slow, muddled plot, or the lack of chemistry between Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.

Positive reviews include the Daily Mail, which calls the film "a glossy, sophisticated, gloriously improbable romp — escapist fun for these austere times".

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