Purely Movies Reviews

Rating: 3.5/5 Review: "The Three Musketeers 3D movie review" From the director of Resident Evil, you would already expect this to be nonsense but a fun thrill ride. Well, it's almost what I expected. With the experience of shooting Resident Evil: Afterlife, Paul decided to shoot this in 3D. Without doubt, this looks good in 3D and it does have a scope of 3D. But unfortunately, it is not as fun as I thought it would be. Sadly, I would say I enjoyed his last movie, Resident Evil: Afterlife more than his latest movie. The story: After a betrayal, the three musketeers are living normal lifes until a bash young teenager appears in front of them. A mission starts. It is not as action-packed as it is supposed to be. The first action scene starts after the main title. And the second one involving the three musketeers and the teenager begins not long from the first action scene. But then, the action scenes disappear in the middle section. It turns into some sappy romance where the...

Rating: 3.7/5 Review: "The Thing 2011 movie review" This is a rare remake/prequel/sequel where I have watched the original. I was interested in John Carpenter's version when I heard about the story of the prequel. The story intrigued me and therefore I decided to watch John's version before watching the 2011 version. One of the other reasons the prequel attracted me is Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in this. The story: I shall not compare this with John's version as this is meant to be a prequel. The movie starts with a retro Universial Studio logo and then moves on to the plain but stunning ice land. A group of men is finding for something and soon finds the spaceship (that's what they want to find). The title appears. Mary's character is asked to help unravel the mystery of the spaceship and the alien vistor. The story is plain simple but the movie is loaded with thrills and suspense. One notable suspense scene is where Mary's character checks every s...

Rating: 3.5/5 Review: "Thor Blu-Ray review" Nothing much to say as I have already written a review for it since its theaterical release. I do not really feel anything has changed during the second watch. It is still disappointing but I did not feel as disappointed as the first watch. Blu-Ray special features- 3.4/5 There are seven featurettes (41 minutes) which cannot be played as a whole featurette. Standard featurettes include interviews and behind the scenes. The director, actors and actresses discuss the movie. The most disappointing featurette is the music featurette which only runs about 2 minutes. I would like to hear more about the composer's idea of composing the music. The next meat is the deleted scenes (24 minutes) which are useless. I am glad that they are being deleted. They are more like extended scenes and the gags in them will spoil the movie if they are put together with the movie. Marvel one-shot: The consultant (3 minutes) is useless too and I don...

Rating: 3.5/5 Review: "Mysterious Island DVD review" This seems like a low-budget movie from China ($2 million) but it has enough special effects and some decent locations. This is filled with twists and turns although some ideas do not seem plausible, I still had fun guessing what the outcome of the movie will be. Will it be a mysterious killer killing off characters or a ghost haunting the characters or a prank by the media company? This movie though has predictable kills is unpredictable when it comes to the climax; the revealation of the mystery. The story: A group of people are chosen to survive in a mysterious island with a mysterious past. Unfortunately, their mission starts off wrong with the ship capsizing. The group of people has to deal with each other and survive the "haunted" island where people get killed off. It features pretty and hot babes and they are even shown in bikinis. There are even excuses to show them stripping into their bikinis. One scene...

Rating: 3.5/5 Review: "Shark Night movie review" Unfortunately, the timing for the 3D version is horrible as it does not match my time so I have to make do with the 2D version. Maybe it's a warning that I should not waste my money on 3D. Reviews for 3D are mixed; some say bad and some say okay and no one says good. At least, the digital 2D version is sharp and clear and vibrant. Now to the movie review. It is definitely not as bad as what the critics (16% on rotton tomatoes) or the audiences (4.3 on IMDB) say. It is tense at times, it has a couple of sexy girls in bikini, it has a good score and it is funny at times whether intentionally or not. I enjoy this brisk fast paced movie. The story: It is dead simple so I couldn't quite blame the critics for critising on its lack of story. A bunch of teenagers from college goes for a short break at some island. Upon reaching the island, they get excited and it's not long before they strip into bikini or underpants. And i...