Purely Movies Reviews

Rating: 4/5 Review: "Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie review" Captain America: The Winter Soldier is one of Marvel Phase 2 movie which includes Thor: The Dark World and Iron Man 3. This is the best entry in Phase 2 so far. It delivers thrills, action and heart. The story: I wouldn't exactly call the story original. It follows like a spy/conspiracy movie. But sharing the detail will also mean spoiler. As a spy genre, it brings few things to the table but other than that, it is pretty straight-forward. As a Marvel movie, it is refreshing as Marvel is famous for showing super-powered action scenes. There are plenty of action in this but it is portrayed in a thrilling and hard-hitting action. It is also one of the more action-packed movie from Marvel. One of the most thrilling and best action scene in the movie is The Winter Soldier attacking Captain America on a highway. Clearly, the directors want to steer away from the CGI Marvel is used to. Acting wise ...

Rating: 3.7/5 Review: "300: Rise of an empire movie review" After the big hit Zack Snyder's 300 made in 2007, it took a long time for another movie to be released. Fast forward to 2014 where the anticipated but somehow a bit unnecessary sequel is released. However it is not actually entirely a sequel as it is happening during and after the event of 300. It is also a prequel as the opening scene features Xerxes on becoming who he is. 300: Rise of an empire is as entertaining as what 300 sets out to be; bloody action-packed entertainment. The story: This is a prequel and sequel. The movie opens with Xerxes becoming the powerful king. And then the most of movie takes place during the event of 300. The movie even adds in scenes from 300 to make the whole story flows. The stylised slo-mo action scenes are still retained however the blood spatter seems worse. The CGI blood spatter looks low-budget. There are more action this time round and interestingly most of them t...