The Dark Knight [2008]

Overview

User Rating:8.9/10

Director:Christopher Nolan

Writers (WGA):Jonathan Nolan (screenplay) and Christopher Nolan (screenplay)

Release Date:18 July 2008 (India)

Genre:Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:Why So Serious?

Plot

Batman raises the stakes in his bourgeois war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes.

With just one year having passed after taking out Ra's Al Ghul's plan to have Gotham eliminated and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA the Scarecrow, and after the city was nearly plundered with his toxins, Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego the Batman, continue the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has now emerged into the streets. The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman morality makes him as dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to Batman to stop the mysterious Joker at all costs, knowing that both of them are in an opposite line. One has no method at all and seeks to see the world plunge into the fire he has yet to light. One represents the symbol of hope and uses his own shadow to bring the peace and order he has yet to accomplish doing.

Cast

Christian Bale ... Bruce Wayne / Batman

Heath Ledger ... Joker

Aaron Eckhart ... Harvey Dent

Michael Caine ... Alfred

Maggie Gyllenhaal ... Rachel

Gary Oldman ... Gordon

Morgan Freeman ... Lucius Fox

Monique Gabriela Curnen ... Det. Anna Ramirez

Ron Dean ... Det. Michael Wuertz

Cillian Murphy ... Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow

Chin Han ... Lau

Nestor Carbonell ... Mayor Anthony Garcia

Eric Roberts ... Salvatore Maroni

Ritchie Coster ... The Chechen

Anthony Michael Hall ... Mike Engel

Sherlock Holmes [2009]

Overview

User Rating:7.5/10

Director:Guy Ritchie

Writers (WGA):Michael Robert Johnson (screenplay) and Anthony Peckham (screenplay)

Release Date:8 January 2010 (India)

Genre:Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:Nothing Escapes Him

Plot

After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler.

In London, Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson captures the follower of black magic and serial killer Lord Blackwood that has already killed five women when he is near to kill his sixth victim. Blackwood is sentenced to be strung up and Dr. Watson attests his death. However, Blackwood mysteriously returns from the afterlife and Inspector Lestrade summons Sherlock Holmes to help the Scotland Yard in the investigation. Meanwhile Dr. Watson intends to get married of the gorgeous Mary Morstan while Sherlock is visited by his former lover Irene Adler that has a secret agenda.

Cast

Robert Downey Jr. ... Sherlock Holmes

Jude Law ... Dr. John Watson

Rachel McAdams ... Irene Adler

Mark Strong ... Lord Blackwood

Eddie Marsan ... Inspector Lestrade

Robert Maillet ... Dredger

Geraldine James ... Mrs. Hudson

Kelly Reilly ... Mary Morstan

William Houston ... Constable Clark

Hans Matheson ... Lord Coward

James Fox ... Sir Thomas Rotheram

William Hope ... Ambassador Standish

Clive Russell ... Captain Tanner

Oran Gurel ... Reordan

David Garrick ... McMurdo

From Paris with Love [2010]

Overview

User Rating:6.4/10

Director:Pierre Morel

Writers (WGA):Adi Hasak (screenplay)

Luc Besson (story)

Release Date:5 February 2010 (USA)

Genre:Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:Two agents. One city. No merci.

Plot

In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.

Cast

John Travolta ... Charlie Wax

Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... James Reece

Kasia Smutniak ... Caroline

Richard Durden ... Ambassador Bennington

Yin Bing ... M. Wong

Amber Rose Revah ... Nichole

Eric Godon ... Foreign Minister

François Bredon ... The Thug

Chems Dahmani ... Rashid (as Chems Eddine Dahmani)

Sami Darr ... The Pimp

Julien Hagnery ... Chinese Punk

Mostéfa Stiti ... Dir Yasin

Rebecca Dayan ... Foreign Minister's Aide

Michaël Vander-Meiren ... Airport Security Official

Didier Constant ... Customs Official

The Losers [2010]

Overview

User Rating:6.6/10

Director:Sylvain White

Writers (WGA):Peter Berg (screenplay) and James Vanderbilt (screenplay)

Release Date:23 April 2010 (USA)

Genre:Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:Anyone Else Would Be Dead By Now.

Plot

A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar -find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

Cast

Jeffrey Dean Morgan ... Clay

Zoe Saldana ... Aisha

Chris Evans ... Jensen

Idris Elba ... Roque

Columbus Short ... Pooch

Óscar Jaenada ... Cougar

Jason Patric ... Max

Holt McCallany ... Wade

Peter Macdissi ... Vikram

Peter Francis James ... Fadhil

Tanee McCall ... Jolene

Mark Ginther ... Goliath Guard

Daniel Kalal ... Goliath Guard

Colin Follenweider ... Goliath Guard

Garrett Warren ... Goliath Guard

Rampage [2009]

Overview

User Rating:6.2/10

Director:Uwe Boll

Writer:Uwe Boll (written by)

Release Date:29 April 2010 (Germany)

Genre:Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot

A man with a thirst for revenge builds a full body armor from Kevlar and goes on a killing spree.

Cast

Brendan Fletcher ... Bill

Shaun Sipos ... Evan

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Lynda Boyd ... Bill's mom

Robert Clarke ... Evan's father

Matt Frewer ... Bill's dad

Katey Grace ... Bank Teller

Brent Hodge ... Bingo Hall Server

Katharine Isabelle

Michael Paré ... Sheriff Melvoy

Malcolm Stewart ... Bank Manager

Pale Christian Thomas ... Gelato Server

Kick-Ass [2010]

Overview

User Rating:8.3/10

Director:Matthew Vaughn

Writers:Jane Goldman (screenplay) & Matthew Vaughn (screenplay)

Release Date:16 April 2010 (USA)

Genre:Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline: I can't read your mind. But I can kick your ass.

Plot

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training. Written by Daniel J. Leary

Dave Livewski is a regular high school student who loves comic books. One day he is inspired by all these comic books to become Kick-Ass, a superhero with no powers. Later, he is joined by Red Mist, Hit Girl and her father Big Daddy and they form a vigilante team, fighting drug dealers and vandals.

Cast

Aaron Johnson ... Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass

Garrett M. Brown ... Mr. Lizewski
Clark Duke ... Marty

Evan Peters ... Todd

Deborah Twiss ... Mrs. Zane

Lyndsy Fonseca ... Katie Deauxma

Sophie Wu ... Erika Cho

Elizabeth McGovern ... Mrs. Lizewski

Christopher Mintz-Plasse ... Chris D'Amico / Red Mist

Stu 'Large' Riley ... Huge Goon

Johnny Hopkins ... 1st Gang Kid

Ohene Cornelius ... 2nd Gang Kid

Mark Strong ... Frank D'Amico

Michael Rispoli ... Big Joe

Corey Johnson ... Sporty Goon