At Close Range (1986)

Director: James Foley

Writers: Elliott Lewitt (story), Nicholas Kazan (story)

Stars: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken and Mary Stuart Masterson

My Review:

                At close range is a film based on the real life incidents of a Pennsylvanian crime family which existed in 1960s and 1970s. Aliases were used in the film for real life Characters by Nicholas Kazan and the film was released in the year 1986. Brad Whitewood, Sr. is the leader of a organised crime family consisting of his Brothers and friends. Brad Whitewood, Jr., who was brought up by his mother, with his friends seeks to join the mid-atlantic gang of his estranged father, unaware of his character that he has no concerns for his family . Sean Penn and Christopher Walken played the roles of Brad Whitewood, Jr. and Brad Whitewood, Sr. respectively.

                Nicholas Kazan has beautifully edited the real life incidents into a movie.  The flow of story from scene to scene was excellent. James Foley has directed the film well such that the impact of the movie never leaves from the mind of the viewer.  Sean Penn's performance was at its best at all occasions. At that very young age, Penn was gifted enough to give a riveting performance in this role. Millie Perkins who played the role of Julie, lover of Penn was also good.

                The best scenes of the film comes at the end, one of the most unexpected ends in a real life, where Whitewood, Jr. confronts a situation that no man in this earth would have suffered. The touching climax of the film is the one that makes the film worth remembering even after years of watching the movie. So be a witness to a great performance from one of the best working actors in the industry even before he got recognized in the industry.

My Rating: 7.5/10

Recommendation: Watch it to see one of best real life incidents which is not an Inspirational one...

A Time to Kill (1996)

Director: Joel Schumacher

Writers: John Grisham (novel), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock and Samuel L. Jackson

My Review:

                This film is an adaptation of a novel of the same name written John Grisham in the same name. The major part of the film is court room drama. Carl-Lee Hailey(Samuel L. Jackson) is arrested and tried for the case of brutally shooting and murdering two white american citizens who viciously raped his 10 year old daughter Tonya Hailey. A young rookie lawyer, Jake Brigance(Matthew McConaughey) represents Hailey on the case (Hailey Vs The State) where the defense is led by the D.A Rufus Buckley(Kevin Spacey).

                The film is pure drama well directed by Joel Schumacher. Sandra Bullock plays the role of researcher and assistant for Jake Brigance. The scenes inside the court room were excellent. Although the film is a slow paced drama, the emotional scenes and expressions of the actors were at top-notch. The match up between Mcconaughry and Spacey in the trial were good. Samuel L. Jacson and Sandra Bullock gave riveting performances.

My Rating: 7.2/10

Recommendation: Watch it!!!

Little Manhattan (2005)

Director: Mark Levin

Writer: Jennifer Flackett

Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Charlie Ray and Bradley Whitford

My Review:

                Well Little Manhattan is somewhat different from all the Romantic Comedies. This film is neither a children film nor a Romantic comedy for adults. The story of the film is that two 11-year-olds find love in the big New York City. Gabe is a 11 year old living in Manhattan who meets his lady love Rosemary, his former kindergarten classmate. Gabe's father and mother are undergoing a phase of divorce process due to misunderstanding between them although they were lovers once. Gabe first experiences the delightful sensation of love and pain later. What happens to the love between the two?? is the rest of the film.

                The film is filled with superb comedies which with the excellent screenplay has produced an excellent film. The acting of Josh Hutcherson is just awesome. The chemistry between Hutcherson and Charlie Ray was good. The film has all the elements of love in it and Gabe experiences every outcome from love.

My Rating: 7.4/10

Recommendation: Watch it!!!

Roll Bounce (2005)

Director: Malcolm D. Lee

Writer: Norman Vance Jr.

Stars: Bow Wow, Nick Cannon and Meagan Good

My Review:

                Roll Bounce is a teen/ comedy film. The story happens in 1970's where roller skating gained prominence in America. The lead character of the film is Xavier 'X' Smith who skates just for fun on the road while going to school, work etc. He teams up with his friends to compete for a team roller skating competition at a place known as 'Sweetwater'. The competition is ruled by the player called Sweetness, a talented skater. The movie shapes up into a match up between X and Sweetness.

                Well there were many ridiculous sub-plots in the film that damaged the credibility of the movie. There were many boring scenes involving X and his father, Curtis Smith and others. The acting was good from Bow Wow and decent from McBride. The scenes and stunts near the climax were good.

My Rating: 5.5/10

Recommendation: 50-50!!! Just a feel good movie for time pass... Nothing Exceptional...

Dark City (1998)

Director: Alex Proyas

Writers: Alex Proyas (story and screenplay)

Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland and Jennifer Connelly

My Review:

    Dark City is one of the most original and imaginative script of the modern era. Alex Proyas wrote and directed this film. He directed 4 more feature films but wrote only this one. As this film came in a period where dramas dominated sci-fi completely in the awards, it was a blockbuster hit but not critically praised.

    The plot of the film is that John Murdoch(Rufus Sewell) struggles with amnesia such that he could not remember even his name and his family. He is sought for many murders by Inspector Bumstead. Then he eventually finds his identity and learns that the the world is run by strangers with telekinetic powers which he also posses. When the strangers learn that a human has their power, Murdoch is sought by them as well. From where did Murdoch come?? What happens to the strangers?? is the rest of the film. Dr. Schreber, played by Kiefer Sutherland is the puppet of the strangers. Jennifer Connelly played the role of Emma Murdoch, wife of John Murdoch.

    The story and screenplay of the film were excellent and the climax of the film was Top-notch. The acting in the film were decent.

My Rating: 7.3/10

Recommendation: Watch it!!

Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Ben Hecht

Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains

My Review:

            The film Notorious released in the year 1946 is one best films of Alfred Hitchcock. Although its not a typical Hitchcock film, the movie was well written and directed. Alfred Hitchcock was one of the legendary directors of Hollywood whose mastery was directing Crime-suspense-drama films. This film starred Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in the leads which was another pl;us point for the film as they were at the peak of their career. Thus the deadly combo of Hitchcock with Grant and Bergman turned out to be a blockbuster. The presence of Claude Rains in the villain role gave a meteoric boost to the success of the film.

            The film was well written by Ben Hecht. The story of the film happens right after the world war II where Cary Grant plays the role of T.R.Devlin, a detective whose assignment is to bring down a group of German Expatiates living in Rio-de-Janerio. The group was suspected to have smuggled huge amounts of raw Uranium. Ingrid Bergman plays the role of Alicia Huberman, a beautiful young woman who is a daughter of a convicted German expatriate. Her father was found to be a German spy and hence he was convicted. Devlin uses Miss Huberman as a spy to bring down the group of German Expatriates led by Alexander Sebastian(Claude Rains).

            The film has a wonderful chemistry between Bergman and Grant. As the film was taken in 1946, the romantic scenes don't go beyond a close-up scene of kissing. But still it was very effectively utilised by Hitchcock. The film has many great scenes which stood as pillars of success for the film.

            As for as the acting considered, Both Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman gave their best. They had their own best scenes in the film. Claude Rains who played the role of the complex character Alexander Sebastian, was the pick of the pick of the actors to have performed at best. Sebastian was a man with  evil intentions and a Heart to love someone. The role was perfectly executed by Rains. Claude Rains was nominated for an Oscar for his performance. Ben Hecht was also nominated for Oscars. So overall, this is one of the best films of that decade, please don't miss it.

My Rating: 8.4/10

Recommendation: Must Watch it and I bet you will become either Hitchcock fan or Claude Rains fan or both.

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part I(2010)

Director: David Yates

Writers: Steve Kloves (screenplay), J.K. Rowling (novel)

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint

My Review:

                The film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" is the seventh film of the Harry Potter series. This is the third Harry Potter film directed by David Yates. David Yates, not the best director in the Big Screen has provided a quality movie to watch this time. The long awaited Dual between Voldemort and Harry Potter is closing in on. No more Albus Dumbledore, but Yates has given the best of the series.

                This film which depicts only one half of the book of the same name, which is the seventh book of the Harry Potter series, hence the adapted screenplay is good. The film was also very dragging, slow and boring at some parts. Overall the film was good to watch. The original score in the film was good.

                The audio and visual effect in the film were really rocking. The face offs between Voldemort and Potter were excellent. As far as the acting goes, Ralph Fiennes as voldemort has delivered to my satisfation. Daniel Radcliffe who started the role of potter as a 13 year old boy has also done well, but my personel feeling is that the 13 year old potter was the best.

                To sum it up, the film could have been more interesting, many dragging unwanted scenes could have been edited and would have been a treat to the viewers. Still its worth the money to watch the movie as the most anticipated stand off between Voldemort and Potter is expected in the forthcoming movie, this is a good perquel to keep all the fans at the toes.

My Rating: 7.2/10

Recommendation: Watch it to get the flow to watch the dramatic finale of the series!!!

How to train your dragon(2010)

Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

 

Writers: Cressida Cowell (novel), William Davies (screenplay)

 

Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler and Christopher Mintz-Plasse

 

My Review:

    This animated film is worth the money and time you spend to watch the film.
    This film is an adaptation of a novel with the same title by Cressida Cowell.
    The plot of the film is that a young viking Hiccup, from the Island of Berk, aspires to join hands with the people of the town to hunt the Dragons. But eventually he befriends a dragon and learns there are more dragons than he ever thought of. And the story goes like this... What happens to the Dragon? Hiccup? The Vikings?
    The movie is very funny and at many scenes you may feel lke ROTFL.
    The animation was at its best in the movie combined with a great screenplay and story has delivered us a perfect BlockBuster.
    Picturization of the characters were good and pace with which the movie moved was very good.
    This would be one of the best films of this genre and it has all the elements of success in it.

My Rating 8.1/10

Recommendation: Be a witness to such great efforts in the field of Animation.

The A-Team(2010)

Director: Joe Carnahan

Writers: Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom

Stars: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley

My Review:

         Joe Carnahan who has directed films like Smokin Aces, Narc and BGBO, is a crime-drama specialist. All his films before this one has been in the genre crime-drama. But this time he has pulled off a stunner by writing a cent percent action story and has directed it. The plot of this film goes like this- The A-Team, a group of four american soldiers with Col. Hannibal Smith(Liam Neeson) as their team leader, are arrested for commited a crime for which they were framed. Can they prove to the world that they were framed? is the rest of the film.
       The thing that I like the most from the film was the creativity from Carahan both in his direction and the screenplay. The film is filled with heated action scenes and cool comedy scenes beautifully. Both Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley were very good at comedies.
       Liam Neeson playing the role of Col.Hannibal Smith was the experienced bloke of the four and has delivered a perfect Col. Smith. The combo of all these made this film a cool one for entertainment. I had very little expectations from this movie, but to my astonishment it surpassed my expectations by a mile.
      So Dont miss the funny comedies of The A-Team and the real Hardcore action film of Carnahan.

My Rating: 7.0/10

Recommendation: Watch it.. just for entertainment...

Unthinkable(2010)

Director: Gregor Jordan

Writer:Peter Woodward

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen

My Review:

         This Thriller from Gregor Jordan is an appeal to the audience  "Should the Human Torture be legalised?". Henry 'H' Humphries(Samuel L. Jackson) is an Black Ops interrogator and an extortionist. Helen Brody(Ann-Moss) is an FBI Agent who works in the Anti-Terrorist Dept. The film starts with a video being sent to the FBI saying that a man named Steven Arthur Younger(A muslim convert from U.S) has kept 3 Nuclear Bombs in the country. Younger, from an Islamic origin is a citizen of USA and an ex-military operative. He is arrested and in order to make him elicit the locations of the bombs from him, H and Agent Brody are appointed and are taken to a High security secret base of U.S military. Now in order to get the information about the bombs, Should H do the Unthinkable? Will Agent Brody stop him from doing so? is the film.

      The film has been beautifully potrayed with the viewers look into the film from eyes of Agent Brody. Gregor Jordan has finally delivered a quality film at the big screen. Samuel L. Jacksom as H has dominated the film and has given a powerpacked performance. Matin sheen(Younger) and Ann-Moss have also delivered to the mark. The screenplay adapted in the film was excellent and the climax was good.

My Rating: 7.5/10

 Recommendation: Watch it...

The Social Network(2010)

Director: David Fincher

Writers: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book)

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake

My Review:

        This film is a Biography of Mark Zuckerberg, creator of the social networking site called Facebook. Zuckerberg who is an undergrad at the Harvard University is a computer genius gets a revolutionary idea to begin a social networking website in 2003. He along with Dustin Moskovitz began this project which after six years has earned him 500 million friends and the title "The youngest Billionaire". As the caption on the poster of this film says "YOU DONT GET 500 MILLION FRIENDS WITHOUT MAKING A FEW ENEMIES, this film focusses on the development of Facebook and the lawsuits filed against Zuckerberg by the Winklevoss brothers and also his friend Moskovitz.

         At Harvard, Zuckerberg is recruited by Winklevoss brothers to develop a social networking websie but  Zuckerberg fails. Facebook which started as a website to socialize Harvard students, was taken to public by Zuckerberg with the help of Sean Parker, Co-founder of Napster. Parker and Zuckerberg moved Facebook to the next level but Moskovitz who did not like the partnership of Parker in Facebook was left behind. Thus he files the suit against Zuckerberg. With the development of Facebook, Winklevoss brothers file a suit against Zuckerberg for Intelectual Property theft. The films potrays what happens to Zuckerberg and Moskovitz.

         The film has been nominated for 8 oscars this year.Mark Zuckerberg role was played by Jesse Eisenberg, who acted in films like Beyond all boundaries, Zombieland etc, has given a stand out performance. His performance as Zuckerberg has earned him the OSCAR Nomination and Globes Nomination. David Fincher who has directed famous films like Fight Club, The Game, Se7en has also won the OSCAR nomination for Best Director(a favourite to win the award) and has won the Globes for The Social Network.

My Rating: 8.6/10 

Recommendation: Must Watch!!

2011 Golden Globes

Best Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER

The Social Network (2010)

Other Nominees:

Black Swan (2010)

The Fighter (2010)

Inception (2010)

The King's Speech (2010)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

WINNER

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Other Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Burlesque (2010/I)

Red (2010/I)

The Tourist (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER

Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)

Other Nominees:

Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)

James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)

Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine (2010)

Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter (2010)

Winter's Bone(2010)

Director: Debra Granik

Writers: Debra Granik (screenplay), Anne Rosellini (screenplay)

Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes and Garret Dillahunt

My Review:

The basic plot of the film is the struggle of a 17 year old ozark mountain girl, Ree Dolly(Jennifer Lawrence) in saving her family from being homeless. Her father, a known Drug Trader who has gone AWOL from his family a few weeks ago. The situation goes south when Local sheriff meets Ree to inform her that her house has been kept as a collateral for her dad's bail. The house would be taken from her family if her father doesn't show up for his trial or the proof of his death is provided before it. Thus Ree sets off a journey to find her father but her uncle Teardrop(John Hawkes) asks her to step off it as the path would be very dangerous. Ree gets into many troubles in order to save her family. Does she find her father?? Was she able to save her family?? is the rest of the show.The film is slow paced, dragging thriller drama and Jennifer Lawrence has surpassed expectations by a mile. The last few minutes of the film is speechless. She gave a riveting performance along with a good performance from john Hawkes. The film is very good to watch with the family as it has the tender elements like leading the famil at a very young age, bondage between the brothers and sisters, Concerns for brother's daughter etc. The film is Great, the story and screenplay were awesome and acting was the best. She is good competitor for Natalie Portman to win OSCAR although portman has the edge. For me this would remain one of the best performances in the lead by an actress for many years. I am now a Jennifer Lawrence fan.

My Rating: 8.6/10

Recommendation: Must watch it. Enjoy the film with your family.

Animal Kingdom(2010)

Director:David Michôd

Writer: David Michôd (screenplay)

Stars: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce and Joel Edgerton

Plot:

Tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

My Review:

This is a crime-drama centered around Josh Cody(James Frecheville) who after the loss of his mother, has to live with his mother's family whom he had not seen for many years. His uncles who are well known Armed Robbers are being surveilled by the cops. How drastically does the life of a young boy changes due to his relatives is beautifully explained in this film. Det. Leckie(Guy Pierce) who is a veteran in solving armed robbery is brought into the case who targets the weaklink in the Animal Kingdom to capture the Lions. What happens to Josh?? What happens to his uncles?? is the film. Frecheville has given an extra-ordinary performance though he is a novice in Hollywood. I also liked the roles of Leckie and Barry. The film moves very slowly and has a good climax in the end. The screenplay was good for such a well written plot.

My Rating: 8.7/10 Recommendation: Must Watch it to understand how a single unforseen event could change your life completely.

Academy Award Nominees(OSCARS)

Best Picture

• “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
• “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
• “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
• “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
• “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
• “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
• “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

• Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
• Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
• Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
• Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
• James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
• John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
• Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
• Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Unstoppable(2010)

Director:

Tony Scott

Writer:

Mark Bomback

Stars:

Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson

Plot:
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

My Review:
Tony Scott is back with a fast paced action film after the failure of The Taking of Pelham 123. The plot is very fast with an unmanned train steaming into the city with braking system offline and it carries very toxic, inflammable materials in it. What do the Veteran Engineer(Denzel Washington) and the novice Conductor(Chris Pine) do to avert a catastrophe. Can they stop the freight train?? The suspense is kept till the end and the plot keeps us alive every second. As far as the performances go, both Chris pine and Denzel Washington have given decent performances for the roles they were provided with. Rosario Dawson would be my pick for the best performer of the film. The screenplay was good. Overall a good film for an action/thriller with not much importance given to acting.

My Rating: 7.2/10

Recommendations: Watch it if you just like the plot or a Denzel fan. Dont have high from either Denzel or Scott...

The Town(2010)

Director:

Ben Affleck

Writers:

Peter Craig (screenplay), Ben Affleck (screenplay)

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm

Plot:
As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.

My Review:
The long time thirst for a quality bank heist film has been quenched. Ben Affleck has given his best after a long journey of flops.The film is a balanced slow paced action/thriller movie. The story happens at charlestown which has the highest number of bank heists and robberies in the country.DOUG MCRAY(Ben Afleck) is a part of a heist gang. The intelligent MCRAY falls for woman(Rebecca Hall) who is the manager of the bank that he heisted before. He hides his identity to her and her's to his crew. Then comes the FBI Agent Frawley(John Hamm), a Heist cracker who looks into d case of Mcray's heists. The cat-mouse chase between Hamm and Affleck adds flavour to the film and the last 30 minutes of the film is where the film reaches its best. Ben Affeleck has given a good performance along with Hamm and Hall. The screenplay and the direction was awesome.

My Rating: 8.2/10

Recommendations: Must Watch it!!!

Black Swan(2010)

Director:

Darren Aronofsky

Writers:

Mark Heyman (screenplay), Andres Heinz (screenplay)

Stars:

Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel

Plotline:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile the Black Swan, daughter of an evil magician.

My Review:
The film is a slow paced thriller with great BGM and costume design.The film is a classic visual masterpiece with a great performance in the lead role.The major plot of the film is Nina Sayers's(Natalie Portman) struggle to claim primo ballerina in a play called BLACK SWAN. Nina is an experienced ballet dancer who is a first choice dancer to acquire the Lead for the play of BLACK SWAN as the veteran dancer who performed so far has retired. Nina is motivated by her mother who is also ballet dancer but her career was a failure and she wants her daughter to achieve everything that she had failed to achieve in her life. A primo Ballerina in BLACK SWAN has two roles to perform, a WHITE SWAN with innocence and love, and a BLACK SWAN which is a sign of cunning, craftiness and sensuality. Nina's berth for the queen is challenged when a new dancer LILY(Mila Kunis) enters the academy. Nina is the greatest for the role of WHITE SWAN but struggles in the role of BLACK SWAN to achieve perfection. But Nina finds Lily to be a better opponent for role of BLACK SWAN. What happens to Nina?? Does she perform the lead?? Whom does she confront?? is the tale. This film is the masterpiece of Darren Arnofsky and Natalie portman. Well written plot by Heyman and wonderfully directed by Arnofsky and masterfully executed by Portman. Portman deserves OSCAR, GLOBES and BAFTA for her role. She has won the Globes and Nominated for BAFTA and OSCAR nominees is yet to come and I am very confident that she will lift that little golden statuete.

My Rating: 9.0/10

Recommendation: A must watch film for everyone who admires the beauty of Hollywood and Ballet.

127 hours (2011)

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

Danny Boyle (screenplay), Simon Beaufoy (screenplay)

Stars:

James Franco, Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara

Plot Line:

A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

My Review:
It was basically a one man show. James Franco's performance as ARON RALSTON just blended with my heart. The film focusses on the journey of ROLSTON across the Grand Canyon where he gets trapped under a boulder and struggles to get out of it. Well the film is very short(90 min) and hence there weren't much room for acting but Franco did justice to the Role given in fact I felt impressed by his performances. The film was let down by some poor background music except "If I Rise" from ARR.

My Rating: 8.1/10

Recommendation: Must watch but must be able to absolve some Bloody Gore scenes..

The Fighter(2010)

Director:

David O. Russell

Writers:

Scott Silver (screenplay), Paul Tamasy (screenplay)

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams

Plot Synopsis
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.


My Review
The movie is a classic Boxing film which focusses on the ups n downs in the life of a Boxing Legend MICKIE WARD(Mark Wahlberg). The major plus point to the film was the extraordinary performance of Christian Bale as DICKIE EKLUND, bro of WARD. Excellent acting was let down a bit in the departments of Direction. The Boxing shots gave an artificial look but still the brilliant acting from Bale and Amy adams covered it up. Bale and Amy Adams have given commanding performances that may lead atleast one of em to fetch an Oscar for their performance.

My Rating: 9/10

Recommendation: Must Watch Film