Purely Movies Reviews

Quick DVD reviews Rating:3.5/5 Review: "Street Fighter the Legend of Chun Li DVD review" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, it is based on the popular game. Video-game movies seldom have many good reviews. It is just the fans critizing them for not staying close to the games, this one is no different. Luckily, I am not a hard-core gamer, I don't even play video games. This Street Fighter movie is okay. Its fight scenes are the one that stand out in the movie. Other than that, there is hardly anything to speak of. The acting by Chris Klein is horrible. One of the worst acting I ever saw. When he appears, the movie becomes a comedy. What the hell! It is supposed to be serious but when this dude appears with bored over-acting, I started smiling. Overall, it is good if Chris is not in the movie. DVD special features-Rating: 3.5/5 It has some cool features. It features deleted scenes (15 minutes) which are nothing much e...

Rating: 3.7/5 Review: "The Karate Kid 2010 movie review" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all, this is the remake of an old movie, also named as The Karate Kid. I felt that this is predictable yet entertaining. Well, can't expect that much from a movie which is labeled as a kids movie. But the fighting scenes are surprisingly brutal for a kids movie with lots of bone-crushing. Jackie Chan's fans should not expect him doing Kung-Fu throughout the movie, in fact, he only has one fighting scene which is cool though. As this movie is focused on Jaden's character, most of the fighting scenes feature him and his opponent who is a bully. The story: It is predictable and straight-forward with some messages. Jaden's acting is not that bad, he manages on his emotions. At least, he is not as annoying as in When the day stood still. Jackie's acting is standard. Nothing new. James Horner's music is cool...

Rating: 3.8/5 Review: "The A-Team movie review" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It almost like The Losers which was in cinema in May. The A-Team just has a bigger budget and over the top action scenes. I have not seen the original TV series but by looking at the pictures, I can tell the director kept its original look. There is almost no story to speak of just some wacky action scenes. There are basically four major action scenes. The first action scene almost starts immediately when the movie starts which sets the introduction of the four characters. That has a helicopter flying like an airplane. The second action scene has a tank "flying" in the air. Unbelievable. The more unbelievable part when they can escape unhurt. Next third action scene shows a heist scene. Nothing special. Then the final action scene which is the climax is a little disappointing as it is short and not any bigger than the other action s...

Quick DVD reviews Rating: 3.8/5 Review: "Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End DVD review" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The third installment for the Pirates of the Carribean franchise. There is even a forth movie coming. I wouldn't blame them as the movies were big money grabbers. As usual, this contains huge fantasy sets, especially the last battle scene. The pace moves reasonably for a movie with a runtime of almost 3 hours. Han Zimmer's music is epic too. DVD special features-Rating: 2/5 This one disc edition only contains bloopers (5 minutes) which is at least worth to watch and some previews (3 minutes). Other than those, nothing else. All the featurettes are packed into the special edition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rating: 3.4/5 Review: "The lovely bones DVD review" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Jack...

Rating: 3.9/5 Review: "Prince of Persia movie review" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is the first blockbuster movie I have seen in June and it is just the start. Prince of Persia may not have a solid or creative story line but its action scenes alone make the whole movie watchable. It is action-packed filled with special effects and huge sets. The story: After watching this movie, I feel like buying the game from the store...but it is too expensive. The story is nothing much, it is like a rest for the action scenes. The action scenes alone are worth to watch. The particular thing that makes the action interesting to watch is parkour. Characters jump from one point to another while dodging attacks. It is cool. It is the sole reason to watch it on big screen. Some of the action may move quite fast and therefore easier to see on big screen. The runtime is good, the 116 minutes movie run fast. The music is also top-notc...

Quick DVD reviews Rating: 3.1/5 Review: "Alvin and The Chipmunks 2 DVD review" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seeing it widely panned by critic and audience is wow. Don't you know this is meant for kids. When the kids enjoy it, it means this has done its job. For me, it is not too bad. The chipmunks are cute. But the songs are....well, too rocking. I am not saying that the songs are horrible to the ears but they are definitely not as good as the songs in the first movie. Other the songs, everything else is alright. It is alright to watch on DVD and i don't think I would catch it again. DVD special features-Rating: 3.5/5 The special features are not bad. There are many music videos (20 minutes) which I did not hear all of them and would not hear them again. Then come the featurettes on the second disc. They are good in letting me know the chipmunks' past. There is a featurette(9 minutes) on how it has progres...