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The Yellow Sea directed by Hong-jin Na is a thriller full of blood thirsty and vicious villeins ,and done in a way only our Koreans friends know how to.The films starts with the main character (Jung-woo Ha) who is a taxi driver struggling to return the money he took to send his wife to work in Korea.Now his wife hasn't contacted him in months.He has no money to pay his debt as his wife's not sending him any money.He is gambling ,picking fights and enduring treats.Then he is introduced to a man (Yun-seok Kim) who can solve all his problems in return for a simple job.

The film is filled with trademark Korean type crude fights involving hacking, chopping, slashing and blood splattered on walls and floor.The movie looked in its element while dealing with violence but losses its edge when treading on other fields.Acting is great throughout but sadly its not enough to keep you hooked.The director's previous feature The Chaser kept you immersed in its tension but don't expect the same here.Similar shaky use of camera in The Bourne Ultimatum bothered some but not me.It did bothered me this time around.The overall background score and sound mixing seems choppy too.

The Yellow Sea is not a bad film but its not a good one either.It surely has its moments but promises something it never delivers.It might have been the absence of a moral thread to connect and bind the whole film together.At the end its a film that could have been so good but it's undone by its overlong affair with apathy.Disappointing.

London Boulevard, a crime caper kind of a movie stars Keira Knightley and Colin Farrel in the lead. The films starts with Colin Farrel's character Mitchel getting out of prison after three years.He decides to go straight.He takes a job of protecting this young out of work actress Charlotte that Keira Knightley's playing who is quite unsocial and reclusive in nature and is quite paranoid with the surrounding paparazzi.Charlotte lives with Jordon played by David Thewlis who plays his part exceptionally well.The problems start when Gant who is a big time don becomes interested in Mitchel.You'll get the idea if you have seen Michael Mann's Thief as this film's outline is quite similar but they are totally different films.

Keira has little to do in the movie, though i haven't read the novel this film is based on but I'm sure Keira's character in the novel would have been much more developed than what we see in the film and to make this story work that was essential.The chemistry between the leads has few moments but they are not fully realized and it feels chopped off.Although the film was beautifully scripted but the acting sometimes looked forced and quite unnatural at times.Only David Thewlis catches your eyes every time he's on the screen.Colin Farrel never makes me care about his situation or his dilemma.

London Boulevard doesn't quite finds its foot between its romance and violence and sadly stays quite mediocre throughout.Through last twenty something minutes promise to be fulfilling but they are undone by the ending with what we see and what we don't.Its a nice time spender but you don't get a reward back from it and that's what makes it so disappointing.Its a dart that misses the board.

We Bought A Zoo directed by Cameron Crowe is a true feel good movie.You do not only feel nicely sedated by its sheer loveliness long after it ends, but you actually feel good about all of its characters while its playing unlike some recent films like The Descendants and 50/50 where you constantly feel bad for their leads as they face their tragedies that is why this movie feels so fresh and full of joy. You may shed some tears though this adventure but you just can't stop smiling ear to ear when its playing.

The film stars Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee, having a hard time as his wife died 6 months back.Now a single father of a boy of fourteen Dylan and a girl of seven Rosie(she's so cute that your jaw will hurt watching her). Frustrated with all the sympathy he's still getting Ben sorry!! Benjamin (Ben was his dad) quits his job and then decides to move to a zoo after his son gets expelled.That's when this lovely adventure starts.In order to complete this adventure Benjamin have to find some closure, repair his relationship with his son and above all bring the sun back into his and their live.

I loved the film for its immense and constant likability.A success on all fronts great acting, lovely story, flawless direction, a great background score and a happy adventure. You might ask why he bought a zoo to deal with his problems, well why not!!