Freelance - Another One of John Cena's Action Comedy Movie

After my wife and I return from our short holiday trip two nights ago, we decided to see one of the newest movie released in Indonesia yesterday. I was interested in seeing this one as it looked like a fun action comedy that we could enjoy. OK, I'll get right to it then. 

Brief Story Line

Mason Pettits (John Cena - Hidden Strike, Peacemaker TV series etc) was former Special Forces who tried a freelance gig from his old army buddy Sebastian Earle (Christian Slater - We Can Be Heroes, Hard Rain etc) by providing security to journalist Claire Wellington (Alison Brie - The Rental, GLOW TV series etc). 

(MINI SERIES) Bodies - A Fascinating Mystery Drama Series with Some Complex Sci-fi Element

As soon as I read the plot of this upcoming series on Netflix last week, I immediately felt intrigued and wanted to watch it at the earliest. I began to do it on Saturday night and managed to finish on the following day. All right, let us just get right to it.

Brief Story Line

In the year 2023 London, DC Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor - Greatest Days etc) found a naked body with a bullet wound in the left eye and a unique mark on his right wrist at Longharvest Lane. As she investigate the case under the supervision of her boss DCI Jack Barber (Michael Jibson - The Lighthouse etc), they found that it was more than met the eye.

Retribution - Another Remake of the Spanish Hit El Descoconido

After playing in Indonesian cinemas for more than a month, this film that was released while my wife and I were on holiday was still shown in several theaters. I think some people were still interested in seeing this cause there were surprisingly additional theaters showing the movie yesterday. As we happened to be in the mall where its cinema was playing the movie, we spontaneously decided to see it. OK, I'll get on with it then.

Brief Story Line

Matt Turner (Liam Neeson - Memory, Cold Pursuit etc) was a very busy man working for Nanite Capital under his best friend/CEO Anders (Matthew Modine - Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Full Metal Jacket etc). One morning as he was going to work, Matt's wife Heather (Ember Davidtz - Paranoia, Old etc) asked his help to bring their children Zach (Jack Champion - Scream VI etc) and his younger sister Emily (Lilly Aspel - Wonder Woman 1984 etc) to school.

No Hard Feelings - A Sex Comedy Movie that Felt More Like a Drama Comedy Movie with Some Sexual Contents

This was another movie that was released in Indonesia while I was away on holiday. And when I returned, it no longer played in the cinemas. However, two days ago the film was released via online streaming service Catchplay+ with additional price. So I decided to watch it last night. OK now here's my thoughts on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence - Red Sparrow, X-Men: Dark Phoenix   etc) was a thirty two year old single woman who had been living all her life in Montauk city. When she faced financial trouble, Maddie decided to answer an ad placed by wealthy couple Laird (Matthew Broderick - Wonder Park, Wargames etc) and Allison Becker (Laura Benanti - Supergirl TV series, Tick, Tick...Boom! etc) even though it was a weird assignment. Maddie was tasked to date and possibly had sex with Beckers' 19 year old son Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman - A Tourist's Guide to Love etc) who was very socially awkward.

(Mini Series) The Continental - An Entertaining 3 Part Event from the John Wick Universe

I did not realize that this series only consisted of 3 episodes until few days ago and was already completed for more than a week. So after finishing the 3rd season of another series, I immediately gave this a try 2 nights ago and watched the last episode yesterday night. All right, let us get on with the show.

Brief Story Line

Set in the late 1970s, The Continental hotel infamous as sanctuary for assassins was managed by the ruthless Cormac O'Connor (Mel Gibson - Boss Level, Daddy's Home 2 etc) along with his trusted man Charon (Ayomide Adegun). After an incident in the hotel that involved Frankie Scott (Ben Robson - The Boy etc), his younger brother Winston (Colin Woodell - Ambulance, The Purge TV series etc) was called back to New York by Cormac. Although Winston had a strained relationship with Frankie, he was able to locate him who apparently was already married to a Vietnamese woman named Yen (Nhung Kate).

(TV SERIES) HALO Season 1 - An Interesting Adaptation of the Popular Video Game With Great Visual Effects and Some Amazing Action Sequence

I mentioned in one of my previous posts that there was a series that I watched during my trip last month on the inflight entertainment of Emirates airline. As the series was not available in Indonesia via any of the legal streaming services, I decided to give it a try while I had the chance. I began watching it during my departure flight but since the time was not sufficient, I had to continue on my way flight home. Anyway, let's get right at it.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the 26th century where there was a war between humans and the alien race called Covenant. Dr. Catherine Halsey (Natascha McElhone - The Truman Show, Californication TV series etc) together with Admiral Parangosky (Shabana Azmi - City of Joy, What's Love Got to do With it? etc) and Captain Keyes (Danny Sapani - Harlots TV series etc) developed a Super Soldiers program referred to as Spartan to fight against the Covenant. These Spartans were led by Master Chief John-117 (Pablo Schreiber - Skyscraper, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi etc) and consisted of Kai-125 (Kate Kennedy), Riz-028 (Natasha Culzac) and Vannak-134 (Bentley Kalu) as the Silver Team. 

Jigen Daisuke - A Stylish Action Movie Based on Character from the Famous Lupin the 3rd Manga Series

This new movie on Prime Video was released two days ago but as I already decided to watch another film on different streaming platform, I only watched it yesterday. I was interested as this looked like one of those nice action genre. Anyway I'll get straight to it now.

Brief Story Line

Daisuke Jigen (Tetsuji Tamayama - Ajin: Demi Human, Samurai Gourmet TV series etc) was the legendary gunman who had been going around the world for years. But when he felt his gun no longer had the best aim, Daisuke was told to search for the rumored best Gunmaker in the world located in small town in Japan. However, Daisuke's plan went awry when he finally met with Yaguchi (Mitsuko Kusabue - Miyamoto Musashi etc) who instead of repairing his gun, requested him to help a young girl named Oto (Kotoka Maki - Burn the House Down TV series etc).

The Conference - An Interesting Swedish Horror Slasher Movie

Looking through the various streaming services yesterday, I came across this new movie on Netflix which did not seem to be highlighted. But as the premise sounded interesting, I decided to give this a try. Now I'll get to it then.

Brief Story Line

A group of employees went for a conference in a rather remote place to discuss on their project to build a mall and also for team building. They consisted of their supervisor Ingela (Maria Sid), project leader Jonas (Adam Lundgren - Chernobyl mini series etc), Lina (Katia Winter - Blood & Treasures TV series etc) who just returned after having breakdown, Amir (Amed Bozan), Nadja (Bahar Pars) and few others. 

Saw X - The Most Critically Well Received Saw Movie in the Series

I was actually not too looking forward seeing this movie in the cinema. But after noticing it was well received by critics and audiences, I thought I should give it a try. And since the movie was playing in the theater very near our home, I had no difficulty in going at it last night. Due to its horror nature, I saw this by myself as my wife is no fan of such genre. OK, let's dive into it.

Brief Story Line

John Kramer aka Jigsaw (Tobin Bell - 12 Feet Deep, The Quick and the Dead etc) decided to go to Mexico for a special treatment for his cancer. He met with Doctor Cecilia Pederson (Synnøve Macody Lund - Ragnarok TV series etc) who worked together with other people like, nurse Valentina (Paulette Hernandez) and brain surgeon Mateo (Octavio Hinojosa). He also met with another cancer patient Parker (Steven Brand - The Scorpion King, Teen Wolf TV series etc) who claimed to have had success in his treatment.  

To Catch a Killer - A Dark and Rather Heavy Crime Drama Movie

While going home from my trip around two weeks ago, I watched few movies (and series) on the inflight entertainment of Emirates airline. This was one of them which I just noticed was in the Coming Soon section of Indonesian's cinema chain and reminded me that I have not written about it. All right, I will get to it now.

Brief Story Line

When a mass shooting happened on New Year's eve, police officer Eleanor (Shailene Woodley - Adrift, Snowden etc) was one of the first to arrive at the scene where she showed some quick thinking, though the suspect was never caught. Due to the severity of the case, the experienced FBI Agent Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn - Secret Invasion Mini Series, Spies in Disguise etc) was assigned to lead a task force. He then asked Eleanor to join even though she did not have any proper background and another experienced detective Jack Mackenzie (Jovan Adepo - Babylon, The Leftovers TV series etc).

Totally Killer - A Fun Combo of Slasher and Time Travel

Last night I watched this movie that was released on Prime Video 2 days before as I was really interested in the premise. It was the slasher horror genre that was more of my thing as compared to the supernatural horror. Anyway, why don't I just get to it?

Brief Story Line

Jamie Hughes (Kiernan Shipka - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina TV series etc) was a teenager who just wanted to have fun on Halloween night with her best friend Amelia (Kelcey Mawema - To All the Boys movies etc), but her parents Pam (Julie Bowen - Hubie Halloween, Boston Legal TV series etc) and Blake (Lochlyn Munro - Peacemaker TV series, White Chicks etc) were very protective of her. This was due to the killing spree during Halloween back in 1987 where the killer was never caught.

The Equalizer 3 - The Supposedly Final Installment of the Kind Hearted Vigilante Story

As one of the movies that my wife and I had not seen while we were on holiday last month, we were not sure if we would be able to see while it was still in the cinema. But amazingly there was one studio still playing this movie in Jakarta. Yesterday after we had our lunch, both of us decided to see the film. OK, let us get to it then.

Brief Story Line

After one of his "operation" in Sicily, Italy, former DIA agent Robert McCall (Denzel Washington - Flight, The Taking of Pelham 123 etc) was brought to a small town of Altamonte by local police Gio Bonucci (Eugenio Mastrandrea - From Scratch TV series etc) where he was treated by Doctor Enzo (Remo Girone - Live by Night etc) for his wounds. While taking the time to heal himself, McCall grew fond of the town and became quite close with the people. Unfortunately his peaceful time was interrupted with the mafia led by brothers Vincent (Andrea Scarduzio) and Marco (Andrea Dodero) who had plans for Altamonte and started terrorizing them. 

(2023) Ballerina - A Dark Thriller Movie with too Few Stylish Action Scenes

Like my usual activity on Friday night after coming back from work, I would browse through new released movies on Netflix and came across this seemingly interesting one. Well without further ado, I will get straight to it.

Brief Story Line

Ok-ju (Jeon Jong-seo - Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area, Nothing Serious etc) was an ex bodyguard who was very close friend with Min-hee (Park Yu-rim - Miraculous Brothers TV series etc). After receiving a personal message from Min-hee, Ok-ju went on a vendetta mission to fulfill her request. Through a bit of investigation, she found out the person responsible for Min-hee's misery was Choi (Kim Ji-hoon - Love to Hate You TV series etc).

Reptile - An Ordinary Mystery Drama Movie

Last weekend, I got the chance to watch this movie that was just released on Netflix. I did not have any knowledge of it before but when I was looking for something new on that streaming service, I came across this one which seemed intriguing enough. All right then, let us get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Detective Tom Nichols (Benicio del Toro - No Sudden Move, 21 Grams etc) had just moved to town with his wife Judy (Alicia Silverstone - Clueless, Batman & Robin etc) and working under Judy's uncle, Captain Robert Allen (Eric Bogosian - Uncut Gems, Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV series etc). He was later caught up in a murder case which involved a Real Estate agent Will Grady (Justin Timberlake - Trolls: World Tour, The Social Network etc).

The Creator - Interesting Premise with Amazing Visual Effects Action-Drama Movie of Human versus AI

My wife and I were trying to catch up the movies that we have not seen during our holiday trip a month before. But we decided to see this one first even if it was just released recently as it was available in all cinema chains. So after a small gathering of my wife's family, we both went to the cinema not very far from the restaurant and were just in time to buy the next earliest show. OK, I'll start on it now.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the future where Artificial Intelligence (AI) that was created to help humans had instead done major destruction to the U.S and was ultimately prohibited. However, a country called New Asia was trying to maintain the AI which led to an operation by the U.S government in that region. They sent a team of soldiers led by Colonel Howell (Allison Janney - Lou, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children etc) with Sergeant Joshua Taylor (John David Washington - Amsterdam, Malcolm & Marie etc) as their guide to search for Nirmata, the alleged creator for next high level AI weapon and destroy it.

A Haunting in Venice - A Well Done Adaptation of Agatha Christie's Novel with a Bit of "Supernatural" Element

Since my wife and I are fans of Agatha Christie's novels, we wanted to see this latest adaptation of her book. As it was released more than 2 weeks ago, it was a bit challenging to look for the studio showing the movie. We ended up seeing this one in the place not far from our home where to our surprise, there were still plenty of people in the cinema. OK, let's get right to it.

Brief Story Line

Set in 1947 in Venice, Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) had decided to retire from solving cases and had a personal bodyguard named Vitale (Riccardo Scamarcio - John Wick: Chapter 2, The Ruthless etc). But when Poirot's old friend the famous novelist Ariadne Oliver (Tina Fey - Only Murders in the Building TV series, Sisters etc) convinced him to attend a séance, he could not resist it. So on Halloween night, the three of them went to the house of former opera singer Rowena (Kelly Reilly - 10x10, Flight etc) where it would be held.