STREET KINGS
Tom Ludlum (Keanu Reeves) is an LAPD vice cop working on high profile cases. An ex-partner disapproves of his outside-the-rule book operations. According to his captain (Forrest Whitaker), he is being investigated by the police chief (Hugh Laurie) and his ex-partner was snitching on him. This angers Ludlum and stakes out his ex-partner to exact revenge. He to witnesses his ex-partner's death instead. Ludlum searches out for the killers with the help of a young police detective (Chris Evans) and unravels tales of frame-ups, corruption, and abuse of power within the police department along the way. He now questions himself on his allegiance to their little group or to just being a good cop.
The movie has LA Confidential written all over it because one of the screen writers happens to be James Elroy. This modern version of corruption and crime is filled with action, surprises, and some predictable twists. Keanu Reeves is very good playing roles of troubled characters. In this one, he is also a grieving alcoholic widower. Hugh Laurie matches his House MD character quips and one-liners against the formiddable Forrest Whitaker. And Laurie still wins by funny. One of the better films to be shown, I watched this movie twice as it is that good.
IRON MAN
Tony Stark is an heir to an arms-manufacturing company. Aside from this, he is also a genius. When his old man passed away, he took the helm and went on to conquer the world, in terms of celebrity and infamy. One routine arms demonstration changes all that. Tony was kidnapped by Afghan terrorists and was forced to make the same new weapon he was selling to the military. In the cave, Tony invents a suit of impregnable armor and armed it enough for him to escape. Back at home, he fine-tune his invention and uses it in clandestine activities to save the world from the weapons that he created.
The latest super hero to be adapted into a movie, Marvel must be raking huge sums of moola not just for comic books these days. Unlike some adaptations, this actually a very good one. Robert Downy Jr. plays Tony Stark excellently. Though his character is such a lothario at most times, he can be as lovable as well (ask Pepper Potts, in eternal servitude of Mr. Stark's). There are parts in the movie that can be a bit dragging at times specially at the beginning. But it catches up. The soundtrack is pretty interesting. Hard rocking tunes can be heard all throughout the movie, specially Black Sabbath's - Iron Man. This movie is not to be missed, eventhough you are the type who hates the hype.
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS
Joy (Cameron Diaz) just got dumped in front of her friends in a surprise party she threw for her fiancee. Jack (Ashton Kutcher) was fired by his own father. Solution? Vegas of course! Joy drags her bar tender bff Tipper (Lake Bell) for a weekend of fun, while Jack tags his lawyer/friend Hater (Cowdry) for endless partying and debauchery in the desert. Fate intervenes. Jack and Hater met Joy and Tipper when they were accidentally assigned in the same hotel room. To remedy the situation, the group gets penthouse suites and VIP access to all the clubs. They partied and drank hard the night away. When Jack and Joy wake up the next day - they were MARRIED to to each other. As they were having a "marital spat" on the slots, Jack wins 3 million with Joy's quarter.
The battle for the big bucks begins.
The judge instructs them to live together as a married couple and attend marriage counselling for six months. After door/toilet seat-removings, staged girl parties, alleged physical abuse antics, and just racing to the marriage counselor to prevent contempt of court, Jack and Joy discover that there is more to their marriage than just one accidental "I DO" in Vegas.
The movie is hilarious. This movie does not require your neurons to work, but it will tickle them. It's a romance-comedy for this generation's of Vegas culture. Watch this if you're feeling down, as the hilarity of the movie will lift your mood up.
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