Film 359/365, Day 364/365 – National Treasure

Good adventure with plenty of action and suspense.  In my mind this is actually better than the Da Vinci Code purely because it assumes that we can think and allows us to discover the answers with the characters and not just tell us what they are.  Good fun.

Synopsis:  The latest in a long line of treasure hunters attempts to find a treasure so great that the Knights Templar hid it away from the world.  He is not the only one trying to find it so he's going to have to hurry.

Film 324/365, Day 342/365 – Next

Surprisingly good.  I came into this film not really expecting much but am happy to say I was quite pleasantly surprised.  It is a good action film with an interesting science fiction element which is used very well.  This is also yet another film based on a Philip K. Dick story, surprising how many there are out there that don’t go out of their way to tell you that.

Synopsis:  A Las Vegas magician who possesses the gift of foresight, which enables him to see the next two minutes before they happen, is wanted by the FBI to help them terrorists from detonating a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles.  At first he is reluctant but the terrorists also want to get him so that he can’t help the FBI.

Film 67/365, Day 68/365 – Kick Ass

Kick Ass has everything you’d want from an action movie, lots of action, a frequent splattering of comedy, brilliant stunts and a host of characters that you can really believe in.  It is excellent, I cannot recommend it highly enough, basically there is only really one thing to say (and I promised myself I wouldn’t… but here goes anyway), it KICK’S ASS!

Synopsis: Average high school student Dave, who spends most of his time reading comics or discussing them with his friends, one day raises a question.  “Why has no-one become a super hero?”  With that idea fresh in his head Dave orders a wet suit online and sets about becoming a super hero.  It doesn’t go so well from the start but things soon begin to pick up until the local Mob boss doesn’t take too kindly to super heroes messing in his business and sets about destroying them.