Oh it's that time of the week again. New movies coming out. What's good? What's not so good? Let's look at the trailers.
1) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: The story of a creepy house with monsters in the basement that are unleashed by a curious little girl. But nobody believes her when she tries to warn everyone.
The Good: It looks like a very scary movie with a strong emphasis on decor and hopefully less on the cheap boo scares.
The Bad: Nothing really new story wise.
Final Thoughts: Should be pretty good. Only see it if you like horror movies of course. The initial buzz about it is mixed. I say give it a shot.
2) Columbiana: Little girl turned assassin after witnessing her parents murder is out for revenge.
The Good: Zoe Saldana is an amazing actress. While being in very popular, but not necessarily good, movies she usually is the one stealing the spotlight. It's good to see her now featured in a leading role.
The Bad: This has been done to death. In the trailer it keeps repeating, "remember who you are." and I keep remembering The Bourne Identity and Salt. Zoe Saldana while a good actress is not a good action star. Expect her to be sexy and fight in extreme shaky close up where you can't see anything.
Final Thoughts: It's a character driven action movie much like The Bourne Identity and Salt like I said but while Matt Damon learned some basic fighting techniques before doing the movie, Angelina did not and it showed during the action scenes. Don't expect great performances from the supporting cast either. Bottom line is that it reminds me way too much of Salt; and I hated Salt.
3) The Debt: While not technically coming out on the 26th it does fall in between releases so I will add it here. It's about three retired Mossad agents who had a mission thirty years ago that has come back to haunt them.
The Good: Certainly more intellectually stimulating than other movies coming out this week. It's a action and suspence movie with a mystery twist.
The Bad: What's not to like?
Final Thoughts: This will probably be the best movie this week. It's bound to appeal to a broader audience than Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and with Helen Mirran as the lead actress I'm sure a good time will be had by all.
See you at the movies.
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