Film 321/365, Day 340/365 – Get Smart

Very silly and very funny.  Steve Carell is simply excellent as Maxwell Smart and whilst this is a very silly film it is also very funny.  There are plenty of gags and slapstick humour all the way through.  The story is quite good without being brilliant.  Dwayne Johnson and Anne Hathaway are also good.

Synopsis:  Maxwell Smart dreams of only one thing, becoming a secret agent but he is not going to get his break because he is the best analyst the secret services have ever had.  That is until someone breaks into the headquarters and all of the agents are suspected of being a double agent so Maxwell is made up to agent status to find out who did it.

Film 298/365, Day 325/365 – How to Rob a Bank

Clever and understated.  This is a good example of how to make a good low budget film, focus on the story and the delivery.  Too many get carried away with special effects and going over the top.  The script at times was a little too much but for the most part kept the film ticking along nicely.

Synopsis:  During a bank robbery Jinx ran for cover and got himself locked in the vault.  Now he’s in the vault and wants to get out whilst the bank robbers are outside of the vault and want to get in.  So a desperate set of negotiating takes place between the robbers, the cops and Jinx, but they can’t all get what they want!

Film 152/365, Day 162/365 – The Expendables

Lots and lots of action.  Other than that however there isn’t too much to The Expendables and unfortunately that is why it won’t be remembered as one of the great action films.  The script was pretty awful and acting just as bad; the action was good but not brilliant.  I expected more if I’m honest.

Synopsis:  They are an expert military team available to hire.  They have no government affiliation.  They answer to nobody.  Ultimately however they are expendable.  Now they have been hired by the CIA to remove a former operative who has taken over an island and is running it as a base for his drugs operation.