Film 187/365, Day 198/365 – Push

Packed full of action and suspense Push is a gritty roller coaster ride of a film.  It was also filmed using a number of different styles throughout which compliment the mood of the film.  Push is one of those films where everything comes together at the end and I love a well thought out ending.  Brilliant.

Synopsis: Nick is a mover, a simple term for someone who can move objects with their mind.  He is visited by a young girl, a watcher, who can see the future who tells him that they have to find a suitcase and a girl before a shadowy organisation does or they are going to die. Can they stop the events from unfolding?

Film 134/365, Day 145/365 – Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life

Hello Lara!  Angelina is back for her second film as busty video game hero Lara Croft.  It is pretty much the same sort of thing as the first film, lots of action and over the top stunts with some mystical treasure hunting thrown in.  And if you liked the first film then there is now reason you won’t like the second.  As good as the first one.

Synopsis:  Lara Croft is back and this time she is searching for Pandora’s Box believed to hold all of the evils in the world and It’s going to be a race against an evil weapons manufacturer, who specializes in biological weapons and seeks to use it for his own evil purpose.  Can Lara find Pandora’s Box in time?

Film 91/365, Day 96/365 – Constantine

A dark and mysterious thriller, Constantine actually has a very good story and uses some fantastic special effects.  Keanu Reeves is actually very good as John Constantine although the best character is Satan played by Peter Stormare who sadly doesn’t appear until the end but is well worth the wait.  Definitely worth watching.

Synopsis: Constantine is damned, damned for the life he took, his own.  Technically dead for several minutes he now spends his time trying to make amends by using his gifts to stop demons from crossing into the human world.  When Detective Angela Dodson comes to Constantine for his help even he can’t quite imagine the extent of the situation.

Film 43/365, Day 46/365 – The Island

Lincoln Six Echo lives in a seemingly perfect facility long after an unexplained event has made the earth uninhabitable. Randomly members of the facility are selected to move to the island, the last habitable place outside of the facility. Every aspect of their lives are monitored and analyzed by Dr Merrick and his team. Lincoln strangely finds himself uneasy with the whole situation, his concerns are reinforced when he discovers a moth that has flown in from the outside. Along with his friend, Jordan Two Delta, they escape and discover that nothing is quite as they expected.

The Island is a futuristic thriller directed by Michael Bay, the man behind Armageddon and Transformers, so you can expect plenty of over the top action sequences. The Island is an enjoyable film with some exhilarating action sequences, some less believable than others. It seems to be influenced by a number of other science fiction films, from Logan’s Run to THX 1138, but then that’s nothing new either. Well worth watching if you enjoy your science fiction.