Mickey Rourke – mad about moviez.in

I strongly believe that sequels of genre movies are best reviewed by people who appreciate the original, and ar not dumbfounded by the existence of a sequel in the first place. This is because every movie has its particular charms, and sequels prefer to dig themselves deeper into the pleasure-niche so as to attract the audience it already attracted, except more strongly. Sometimes it works, and you have Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End, clearly the best movie in the trilogy and also the most hated by critics who didn’t think very highly of the first two. Other times, not so much, and you have The Dark Knight Rises, widely agreed among fans of The Dark Knight to be a horrible waste of potential, whereas every writer I read who didn’t like TDK thought this was significantly better. So, the question is, am I the right reviewer for Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For?Continue reading “Sin City 2 (2014) Movie Review: In Which Joseph Gordon-Levitt Smells too Nice”

Cast: Henry Cavill, Luke Evans, Freida Pinto, Stephen Dorff, Mickey Rourke
Directed by Tarsem Singh

Tarsem Singh has done it once again. The man gets into the visual overdrive mode of his and forgets his primary function as a storyteller. This time there is a better attempt from the director of similar visual glitz fests like THE CELL and THE FALL, but half way through the narration, and all attempts to build up a story goes out of the window. Instead, what we witness is stylized blood sloshing action sequences piled up one after another, with very little beneath the surface.Continue reading “IMMORTALS: Smashed up hopes!”