Logan

Alright folks, this is my first post under the name "Piece of Cake"! The revolution is happening...

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                  The movie begins with Logan in the back of a limousine sleeping. There's a banging on the vehicle and he stumbles out, apparently drunk. This is actually the first time we ever see James Logan Howlett drunk. There's three young men that are trying to take off the chrome plating from his tires. He tells them that they're not going to be able to get the chrome plating, so they shoot him. He

gets back up and then they start beating him up, but he just gets to slicing and dicing.

                  This is also the first time (of many) that we see blood flying and skin being ripped open. It's a pretty graphic scene, and afterwards, Logan drives to the hospital and picks up some medication. It's not for him, though. Oh, BTW, there's a dude with a robotic hand just creepily watch Logan pick up the medication. We see that he drives somewhere near the El Paso/Mexico border, where Charles Xavier and Caliban are camping out.

                  Logan walks into the rusted shack that Caliban and he stay in, and Caliban says "It's your turn", handing Logan the medication for Charles. So Logan goes over to a fallen and rusted water tower and gives Charles his medication. There's a slight complication, though. Charles has a seizure that emits powerful brain waves that can paralyze and eventually kill anyone not of a strong mind. Therefore, mutants not like Logan and humans can die pretty easily.

                  These seizures happen because Charles suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. However, that doesn't mean that his powers are completely taken away. He can still reach out with his mind, but it's just more under control so that he doesn't kill everyone. Later on in the film, we learn that the first seizure Charles had killed seven of his students at the X-Mansion. It's known as the Westchester Incident. From then on, Charles's mind has been deemed a Weapon of Mass Destruction by the President of the United States.
                  Still however, Charles is talking about the Statue of Liberty and saying that people are waiting for him. But the Statue of Liberty fight against Magneto was close to thirty years prior to this film. But wait, what I didn't tell you is that as Logan goes around getting money as a Limo driver, he meets a woman at a cemetery who is begging him for help. "Only you can help me," she says.
                  So this comes up later because the man who had the robot arm (Donald Pierce is his name) is looking for that same woman. But he says that she has something that belongs to him. This turns out to be X-23, also called Laura. She is a clone of Wolverine made by a company called Transigen. Laura's only 11 years old, but she's an absolute animal.
                  The gist is that Laura, Logan, and Charles embark on a journey to North Dakota towards a place called "Eden" that is rumored about in X-Men comics. It's supposed to be a safe haven for the remaining mutants in the world, which, as far as we know, is down to four: Logan, Laura, Charles, and Caliban. But that number suddenly increases when we find out that Transigen has not only been working on a Wolverine clone, but they've been working on cloning the other X-Men, and even Magneto, in order to create an army. Isn't that always the case nowadays?
                  And we also find out that all of the other mutants are dead because of, you guessed it, Transigen. The head scientist who oversaw the creation of X-23 was also the one who isolated the X-Gene in mutants. By isolating it, he was able to create a formula that could kill that gene. He implemented it into things like corn syrup, therefore distributing it all over the world and stripping

mutants of their powers. As a result, there hasn't been a mutant birth in over five or six years.
                  I'm not going to tell you what exactly happens, but just know that this is the wildest ride we've ever been on with Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine. It's the most human we've ever seen him, and the most we've ever seen him invested into someone. And he's willing to lay down his life for Laura in the end. It's definitely a tear jerking, funny, brutal, and heartwarming story that you will never forget. Thanks Hugh, it's been one helluva ride.

Bibliography:

"Logan Tribute to Hugh Jackman" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlWUn9I_KQA>

"Logan Movie" <https://c.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-20-at-9.36.11-AM.png>

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"Logan Movie Wallpaper" <http://rcysl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Logan-2017-Wallpapers-Great-Collection.jpg>

"Logan Movie X-23" <http://cdn1.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale_crop_768_433/2017/03/logan_2017_22-h_2017.jpg>

Logan

(NON-SPOILER REVIEW) Y'know, walking out of the theater, I realized that Hugh Jackman has been portraying the character of Wolverine for as long as I've been alive. A character that I grew up with has passed on to a place that  I cannot go. That really hit home for me. And I'm sure it will hit you, too.

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                  Hugh Jackman wields the claws for the last time in the most touching and intense journey that we have seen yet. He is caring for a sick and dying Charles Xavier with Caliban as he himself is slowly dying. The fact that he's constantly getting shot at doesn't help at all. Logan drives a limousine in El Paso, Texas. The year is 2029 and, as stated in the Logan trailers, mutants are gone. And we never really know what happened to them.

                  Through the limo business, he's hoping to leave the US and go to Canada, where it's safe for them. As it is, many people believe that all the mutants are dead. They've most likely heard stories, but since they're not as often seen, they're almost like an urban legend.

                  Donald Pierce comes to Logan asking about a woman by the name of Gabriella. He wants her daughter and will stop at nothing to get Laura (aka X-23). This launches Logan, Laura, and Charles onto a cross country journey on the way to North Dakota. Their challenges never stop however, and Logan and Charles are pushed beyond their limits in Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart's last times in their iconic characters' shoes.

Ratings:

Family Friendliness: 1/10 NOT, I repeat NOT, for anyone below the age of 13. It has extreme blood, gore, and plenty of cursing. I mean, all of it works nicely to bring a more human element to Hugh Jackman's character, but you'll definitely want to fasten your seatbelts for all of the intense sequences of violence.

Story-line: 9.5/10 You will be on the edge of your seat, biting your nails, bawling your eyes out, and laughing along as we see Logan come the closest he's ever been to having a family since X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Story-Action Balance: 8/10 I was very impressed with how there was actually a story to carry Logan from the borderland of El Paso to the edge of North Dakota and even into Canada. At almost every moment where there was blood shed, there was a good reason for it. The gore wasn't thrown in simply to give us a "HELL YEAH" moment when Logan got slicing and dicing, although there were plenty of moments like that. The blood was show how Logan's life has been full of killing, and he's had to live with that for almost 200 years. And really, it's sad when you think about it.

Acting: 8/10 As always, Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart put on stellar performances. I can't think of a better way for them to end their almost two decade long careers as X-Men.

Intensity: 9/10 UNREAL. I almost peed my pants quite honestly.

Re-watch Probability: 9/10 I don't care if I will cry every single time I watch this movie. I'm going to watch it over and over again until I'm sick of it (which is most likely impossible) and I will KEEP WATCHING IT.

Overall: 9/10 The actual ratings would come out to 7, but who cares about math, right? Hugh Jackman gave us all the Wolverine we deserved and I am happy that he played the part so well. You had a good run Hugh. I enjoyed every second of your films and I'm sad to see you lay the claws down. But you laid them down in the best way Logan knew how: with a brutal but victorious fight. I can't wait to see you in future films, and I'll be with ya till the end of the line.

Bibliography:

"Logan Trailer" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Div0iP65aZo>

Hacksaw Ridge

If you love true stories, you're definitely going to love this film. If you like Andrew Garfield, even better. And Mel Gibson redeems himself by directing this film, showing off that yeah, he's messed up, but he's still got the talent to deliver a phenomenal and moving picture. I will have to warn you that there is lots of blood and gore. This movie doesn't hold a whole lot back about the horrors of war.

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                  Desmond Thomas Doss was born and raised a devout Christian. His father fought in The Great War and he came back an entirely different man to Desmond's mother. Desmond has an older brother, Hal, with whom he's very close. They grow up having adventures together, and even fighting each other.

                  On one occasion, Desmond and Hal were fighting when they were about ten and eleven.

Their father (played by Hugo Weaving) allows them to fight, saying that whoever wins will be the one to get beaten for showing violence. The one who gets beat will have been taught their lesson.

                  Hal and Desmond get separated from each other through a series of swings and throws, and Desmond finds a brick on the ground. He picks it up and swings it at Hal's head, causing Hal to be knocked unconscious. Mr. Doss takes Hal in and he and Mrs. Doss make sure he's alright.

                  Fast forward eight to ten years and Desmond is working on his church wall while the choir is singing. His mother asks him how they sound and he says "Like a choir of angels."

                  "Now don't you lie, Desmond. You know it's a sin to lie, especially in a place like this."

                  "Well I never said a singing choir." (*Note: Desmond Doss is a low-key savage)

                  Outside, an accident occurs, and Desmond goes to look at what's happened. A young man

has been stabbed by a vehicular part while repairing the underbelly of the car and his artery is squirting blood. Desmond takes off his belt and ties it tightly around the man's leg onto his artery. Someone gets a car and they drive to the nearest hospital.

                  Desmond goes in with the injured man, and the doctor that receives the patient commends Desmond's quick thinking and says "You may very well have saved this man's life." As Desmond is letting that sink in, he looks past the doctor and sees a beautiful young woman. He might as well have put on blinders because he simply can't stop looking at her.

                  He enters the room she's working around in, and she asks him if he'd like to give blood. He agrees, looking dream-like at the woman the whole time. He looks to his left and sees a book with her name written on it: Dorothy Schutte. After he gives blood, he leaves a very happy man indeed.

                  Later on at home while the Doss family is eating dinner, Hal walks in in an Army uniform. Mr. and Mrs. Doss do not approve at all, saying that killing is against the Lord's will. Mr. Doss even goes into a story about how one of his best friends died in battle, and he starts crying. "Get outta my sight," he tells Hal.

                  The next morning, Desmond leaves the house looking spiffy-like and goes on down to the

hospital again to find Dorothy working in the same little space he had found her in. When he walks in, Dorothy, with her back turned, asks "Have you ever given blood before?"

                  "Yes ma'am, I have."

                  She turns around and tells him that they can't take his blood twice in a row, to which Desmond replies "Well no, I've come to get my blood back."

                  "That's not how it works."

                  "Well see, I need my blood back because my heart's been beatin' real fast since yesterday, and when I look at you it beats all the faster." I've gotta say that that is probably the best pick-up line I have ever heard. Unreal, I tell you.

                  Desmond and Dorothy go on a date to the movies and afterwards, Desmond unexpectedly kisses her. She pulls away and gives him a slap. Not enough to make him say "Ow" or anything, but a slap is a slap. She asks why  he did that and he innocently says that he thought she might've liked it.

                  "Well I would've liked it if you'd asked." She crosses the street and stops on the other side and turns around. "You comin'?" Desmond takes a step forward and almost gets run over.

                  We skip a few scenes down the line and Desmond has enlisted in the Army and has told Dorothy that he's going to be a field medic. She's pretty mad about that and he asks her to marry him, to which she says yes. He goes into basic training and everything goes well until he refuses to pick up a firearm.

                  The CO's (Commanding Officers) make a huge deal out of it, which, I can understand why. Through a series of happenings and encounters with Generals and Sergeants, Doss is granted his wish of not carrying or even so much as touching a firearm. He simply wants to be a field medic.

He's court martialed, and during the trial, his father comes in with a letter from a high ranking officer in Washington, D.C. saying that Desmond Doss is permitted to not bear arms. He is simply labeled as

a conscientious objector.

                  So he officially enters into World War II. The battle that the movie focuses on is the Battle of Okinawa at Hacksaw Ridge, one of three battles where Desmond Doss served and saved many wounded, never firing a bullet. The first day of the battle, Doss saves a handful of men, all of whom are extremely grateful. The second day, the Japanese take back Hacksaw Ridge.

                  Captain Glover (Sam Worthington) and his men abandon the Ridge, and Doss is about to descend when one of his friends dies before he can save him. There's a naval ship that is firing rounds on the Ridge as cover fire for Glover's company to escape, and Doss asks God what he's going to do. He is just destroyed at the fact that he couldn't save his friend.

                  Almost immediately asking God for guidance, he hears a cry for help. Doss looks in the general direction of the cry and says "Okay." He gets up, puts on his helmet, and heads straight back into the battlefield. He brings the man to the Ridge and using a rope wrapped around the wounded soldier, descends him to where a couple of Glover's company are sitting around.

                  They get the soldier onto a stretcher and onto a buggy when another comes down. When they prep that soldier, another comes down. And they just keep coming. Desmond keeps going back into the field and rescuing the wounded, even if they are Japanese. And he's barely scratched. He almost gets caught by the Japanese, but he's pretty sneaky and is able to move around without being

detected.

                  He goes through two full days of rescuing people, each time after saving one saying "Please Lord, help me get one more." He earns so much respect from Glover and his surviving company after making it safely down from the Ridge. Even the fresh recruits that come in respect him. Everyone knows his name, and everyone wants to have him on the battlefield with them. They feel invincible when he's up there.

                  Desmond makes it back to the camp where everyone is getting ready to take back Hacksaw, and Glover asks Desmond if he'll go back up. Saturday is Desmond's Sabbath, but he understands that he is needed on the Ridge. He accompanies the troop to the base of the Ridge and prays for all of them before the siege begins.
                  They begin climbing the steep mountain side as naval ships are delivering cover for them, and the siege goes very well in terms of domination. They force the Japanese to come out bearing white flags, which, when I was watching it, seemed unusual to me. For those of you that don't know, the Japanese culture has always been one about honor and dignity. As a result, the Japanese have never been known to officially surrender, which is one of the many reasons why the end of World War II was so significant.
                  So the Japanese come out in "surrender", but they pull the pins on about a half dozen grenades and toss them into the waiting American Company. They are all batted away back to the Japanese, and many are blown up and/or shot. Desmond knocks one such grenade back, and it explodes, causing him to fly back. Part of his leg is severely burned, but he's still in one piece. He's evacuated and sent back home.

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Ratings:
Family Friendliness: 2/10 The movie is rated "R", and like I said, there's plenty of blood and gore, and there's a brief sensual scene between Desmond and Dorothy. There's also a fair share of cursing.

Story-line: 9/10 The story of Desmond Doss is a true one. He was the first and only Conscientious Objector during World War II to be awarded the Medal of Honor. His bravery and his courage are truly inspiring.

Acting: 9/10 There was an all-star cast and they all did a phenomenal job portraying their respective characters.

Intensity: 9/10 There's no other way to say that this movie was stressful. It wasn't stressful in terms of suspense, but you're sitting on the edge of your seat hoping that Desmond makes it home. Every close encounter has you holding your breath for him, and every wounded soldier he saves is a victory.

Visuals: 8/10 Everything you saw was stunning. It was horrific, but it was stunning. I think this film gives a very clear and nearly accurate picture of what World War II must have been like. Many young men out there sacrificing their lives for their country is truly a humbling thing to think about. Especially when today most teenagers would never even think of picking up a gun and willingly leaving the comfort of their homes to enter the battlefield.
Overall: 9/10 The low family friendliness score gave this an actual rating of 7.4, but for those that aren't sensitive to intense war films, this is a phenomenal film. It's along the same lines of Saving Private Ryan, American Sniper, and Lone Survivor: not for the faint of heart.


Bibliography:
"Hacksaw Ridge" <http://mauiwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Hacksaw-Ridge-790x445.jpg>
"Hacksaw Ridge Desmond Thomas Doss" <http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/09/06/19/37FA552800000578-3776433-image-a-71_1473186304932.jpg>
"Desmond Thomas Doss" <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/DossDesmondT_USArmy.jpg/220px-DossDesmondT_USArmy.jpg>
"Hacksaw Ridge Sam Worthington" <http://themillimetre.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sam-Worthington-in-Hacksaw-Ridge.jpg>
"Hacksaw Ridge Vince Vaughn" <http://www.hacksawridge.movie/img/gallery/img05.jpg>
"Hacksaw Ridge Trailer" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-1hz1juBI>

PoC's Halloween: I Am Legend

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                  There is a cure for cancer. The answer? Virology. A leading scientist played by Emma Thompson comes out with a huge story where she says that she has cured cancer by genetically altering measles so that it will fight the cancer cells. So far, she has treated 1,009 patients, and all 1,009 are cured. Hooray right?

                          Fast forward three years and Manhattan is overrun with vegetation, deer, and lions gotten out of the zoo. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville is a former US Army Virologist, and the last survivor of "Ground Zero." That's right, the virus started in Manhattan, and spread from there. That means that his Base of Operations is the most heavily infested area with Darkseekers. 
                          Darkseekers aren't like any other monster you've ever seen. They're not even like the Abbys in the T.V. series Wayward Pines. They are their own class of monsters, very similar to Vampires in that they die within seconds of being exposed to UV rays, but different in that they are not as intelligent let alone sophisticated as the vampires you may know from Underworld. They are still pretty scary, though. There's a picture of one to the right. 
                           For the past three years, Neville has been attempting to make a cure from his blood, because he was one of the 1% of the entire population of the planet that actually survived the virus, both airborne and through contact with bodily fluids. His everyday routine is getting up, exercising, going out and doing some raiding of abandoned apartments with his dog Samantha, a gift from his daughter, and going to the docks. 
                            His routine however, becomes quickly interrupted, and by what remains to be seen.
                            As Neville goes to sleep and wakes up to new days, he has dreams of his last moments with his family. Through these small fleeting glimpses, we understand that his family was attempting to escape Manhattan via chopper, but were killed by another chopper that was weighted down by a bunch of people and crashed into Neville's family's chopper.
                            Can Dr. Robert Neville find a cure to the virus that has plagued the entire planet? Can he survive in the world that has been left behind by the "cure for cancer"? Go ahead and find out.

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Ratings:

Family Friendliness- 7/10 Cities This film has some bloodiness, scary images, and intense violence. The Darkseekers aren't exactly scary, but definitely disturbing. 

Story-line- 9/10 Rifles This film has an excellent story-line, and it doesn't take a genius to follow it. However, it does have a very intense feel, and does a nice job of giving moments where you can feel like you are relaxed along with Dr. Neville, although when the action picks up, you can definitely feel the heat.

Thriller Level- 7/10 Darkseekers This isn't exactly scary. I mean, none of the movies I have reviewed are scary. There are definitely moments where you're on the edge of your seat, hoping and praying to God that something doesn't jump out, worried about the dog, and of course, Will Smith. Because hey, who doesn't love Will Smith?

Acting- 9/10 Houses Will Smith does an excellent job portraying a scientist concerned with finding a cure for the virus that has overtaken the world. He wants to turn the monsters back to humans, not just survive. After all, he believes that he is the last one. 

Overall- 8/10 Stars The average for this movie does actually come out to 8, and I'm happy with it. I could actually be gracious and give it a 9, so you can give someone that rating if you ever feel better about this movie than I do.

Bibliography:

"I Am Legend Darkseeker" <http://basementrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/i-am-legend-2007-vampire-monsters-review-special-effects.jpg>

"I Am Legend Doctor Robert Neville" <http://data.whicdn.com/images/60811697/original.jpg>

"I Am Legend Trailer" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewpYq9rgg3w>

PoC's Halloween: Shutter Island

Alright guys, it's October. And you know what that means: scary movies. Now, I'm not one for paranormal films, but I'll definitely do thrillers. So these reviews aren't really gonna be too long, but hopefully you'll check some of them out. First off, "Shutter Island."

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                  Leonardo DiCaprio is Edward Daniels, a Federal Marshal in 1954 on his way to a mental asylum for the criminally insane. He has been assigned a new partner: Chuck Aule. Their case is to find a missing patient. This patient's name is Rachel. She just kind of disappeared from her cell, and no one saw her leave. 

                       Daniels and Chuck go to her cell, and Daniels finds a sheet of paper that reads: "Rule of 4, Who is 67?" Later, Daniels and Chuck read through the files of all of the patients and find that there are 66 patients. So what is being implied is that there is a 67th patient, even though there is no such patient. 

                        Daniels then interrogates all of the patients and with each one of them, asks if they know an Andrew Laeddis. Most of them deny it, or cringe and cower at the name. So while Daniels is looking for Rachel and Laeddis, he begins having migraines. He also has nightmares, and they repeat every night, almost all of them the exact same. 

                        But in the end... nothing is as it seemed.

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Andrew Laeddis...?

Ratings:

Family Friendliness- 4/10 Any child under 13, this kid is a big NO. There are a lot of disturbing images with blood. Also, there's a few creepy guys like the one above.

Story-line- 9/10 This plot is phenomenal. It absolutely messes with your head, and if you've seen Inception, you know how much that screws with you. This movie is Inception level and will leave you absolutely mind-blown at the end. You have been warned.

Thriller Level- 7/10 It's not exactly the kind of movie to give you jump scares, but it's definitely terrifying. I am no fan of anything paranormal, so I am very prone to being freaked out, and this movie makes the list. This would definitely go above "The Sixth Sense" (review on sidebar).

Overall- 8/10 The actual rating would have come out to be a 7, but this movie was just so good. I mean, I was not for a moment bored, I was constantly thinking, and Leonardo DiCaprio delivered a phenomenal performance. Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley were also primary characters, which definitely boosts the rating because they both did amazing. Overall, I highly recommend this movie to anyone not wanting to go see the new Ouija: Origin of Evil, but would like to stay in the Halloween and freaky spirit.

Bibliography:

"Shutter Island Wallpaper"<http://www.thewallpapers.org/1810/movies/shutter-island>

"Shutter Island Andrew Laeddis" <http://media.hollywood.com/images/l/shutter_island_character.jpg>

Jason Bourne

It's been awhile I'll admit since I blogged, but I've seen three movies worth reviewing, so those will be put up over the next three days. Sorry for the inactivity, but you will still see me around here and there whenever there's a good movie to talk about. So without further-a-do, Jason Bourne!

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Jason Bourne has been living off of the grid for a number of years after the events of The Bourne Ultimatum. He's been going around fighting for money, knocking them out with only one or

two punches. Nicky Parsons has also been off the grid trying to expose the CIA’s secret operations. She goes to a warehouse and hacks into the CIA’s mainframe and pulls out files on all of their operations from Treadstone to Black Rock, a new op that, we find later on, will spy on everyone in the USA through an app.

When Nicky downloads the files, Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander), a computer analyst, puts a malware on the files so that once they're opened, the CIA can track where the files are. So Nicky gets the files and then goes to find Bourne in Germany during a protest. All the while, the CIA follows Nicky and they are trying to get the files back.

They send an agent there to go take her out, but the they soon find out that Bourne is involved. Heather Lee is the head of the operation to get Parsons and hopefully bring Bourne in or to kill him. Tommy Lee Jones was the one to give Heather the operation and wants Bourne dead. So there's a whole skirmish where Bourne takes out the Alpha Squad that was sent in and is trying to avoid Bravo.

Nicky and Bourne split up so they can meet up somewhere else. The agent sent in to take out Nicky arrives and is about to run Nicky over but Bourne comes in on a cop’s motorcycle. They book it and the agent receives instructions from Lee to go to a building, assume a sniper position and take out Nicky. He assumes the position and while he's waiting for the shot, Nicky tells Bourne there's more to Treadstone that involves his father.

Just as she says that, she gets shot and Bourne and Nicky fly off the bike. The sniper however does not move out. He stays behind waiting for Bourne, which Lee picks up as the two having history. Bourne doesn't show in time so the sniper finishes Nicky off just as she throws the drive containing the CIA files to Bourne. Then he leaves. Bourne grabs the drive and goes to a hacker who opens the files.

As soon as the files are opened, Lee tracks Bourne down as he's reading the files. Should I say what they're about? Well, all I'll say is that they reveal more about Bourne's origins. Lee accesses

a phone nearby and uses the phone to wipe the drive, then she calls Bourne. She wants to bring him in. Tommy Lee Jones doesn't.

So he takes the phone from Lee and keeps Bourne occupied while a police force is inbound. Lee texts the phone telling Bourne to get out. She does some research on Bourne and finds out that she could use his feeling of missing a part of himself after leaving Treadstone to bring him in. She asks Tommy Lee Jones to head an operation to get Bourne cornered. He agrees but calls the agent that killed Nicky and makes his own operation with him. As Nick Fury would call it, Jones compartmentalizes. The day of Lee’s op, the agent kills Lee’s Alpha and Bravo Teams and goes to kill Bourne.

There's a lot more that happens afterwards, and I've told enough. It's worth watching trust me. There's plenty of action, punching, explosions, and a lot of cool CIA Agent stuff that only Bourne can pull off because he's a freaking boss. I think they should have him say "I'm Bourne," because he's just as badass as Batman, if not more so.

Ratings:

Story-line- 8/10 Stars The story isn't very important, but it does carry the movie so that it doesn't seem like it's just another Michael Bay film where everything blows up. It's also interesting to see how this one kind of ties off the other four Bourne films, and gives more insight into who Jason is and why he joined.

Family Friendliness- 7/10 Agents More for your 13 year olds and up, there is a lot of blood and fighting and violence. A lot of things go BOOM but it's really cool to see.

Story-Action Balance- 8/10 Pistols There is a nice balance of where the story is continued and how the action comes into play because of the story. There really isn't a place where you'll lose where the story left off, so you'll be able to keep up.

Overall- 8/10 Agencies This is a phenomenal movie, and I loved seeing Matt Damon coming back to reprise his role as the agent that could kick James Bond's butt anytime anywhere. They should make a movie about that, I'd love to see Bourne kick Bond in the face. Sorry 007 lovers.

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Sicario

                  Alright, before I begin my review, I will say right now that this film is gory. It's rated "R" for a pretty good reason. I would suggest your child being 14+ and that they would have seen some pretty bloody movies before with a lotta cussing. I mean, if you're okay with that, we can move on.

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                  Emily Blunt plays the role of Kate Macy, an FBI Agent. She is stationed in Arizona, and finds a house that has corpses stored in its walls. This is where it's established that this is gonna be a pretty bloody movie. The body count adds up to 42 dead. These people were killed by a Mexican Cartel that has somehow gotten access into the U.S.

                   There has been increased Cartel activity going on for the past several months, and the U.S. government is looking into it. Matt Graver (Josh Brolin, Everest)is the government military official that is looking into it, and he wants Kate to join him in his war against the Mexican drug lords. Kate is in, because she wants to get at the man who killed those 42 people and stored them into the house walls.

                   But she has no idea what she is getting herself into. She thinks that these military operatives are going to go "by the book" per say, but these guys know the loopholes, and even push the boundaries a little bit. Matt is being led by Alejandro (Benicio del Toro, The Usual Suspects), who also wants to get at a Mexican drug lord. 

                   The team goes back and forth across the US-Mexico border to draw out the big target they want, Fausto Alarcon. They use Manuel Diaz, a smaller drug lord, to draw out Fausto. Eventually, the big idea for Alejandro is that he gets to kill Fausto, because Fausto killed his family. 

                   This is ultimately why the movie is called Sicario, or, Hitman. Alejandro is the Hitman, and he has been for the entire movie. 

Ratings: 

Family Friendliness- 4/10 Houses: This is not the ideal family movie, let's just put it like that. There is plenty of swearing to go around, and a whole ton of blood flying too.

Story-line- 9.5/10 Agents: This was really a phenomenal movie. I absolutely loved it, and it left me on the edge of my seat the entire time. If you like action and mystery with intense action, this film is for you.

Re-watch Probability- High aka 9/10: I can tell you right now, I am eager to see this movie again. It was just so well done, and it left me mind-blown kinda like Christopher Nolan's Inception. I am looking forward to owning it on DVD.

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