Sun Down, Wax Come Alive

[Spoiler Ahead]

If you have watched the first movie “Night at the Museum”, you definitely will know how this wax historical character come to alive at the night. So, this time around, this is a sequel to what happen to the museum after Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) leave the job as a night guard to become a multi corporation business which sell only Larry’s invention. Every night, he will be at the museum to have some chat with his old friends.

“I have come back” said Kah Mun Rah

Until one day, when he come over to the museum to have some chat with his old friends, he soon found out that some of the friends is no longer needed in the museum and shall be sent to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Some of them will be remained in the museum such as Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Rexy the Rex, Easter Island Head, and Akhmenrah (Rami Malek) are not moving to the new home.

The next day, the rest of his friends were being moved out and transfer to the Federal Archives. On the same day, Jedediah (Owen Wilson) give a call to Larry telling him that Dexter the Capuchin has stolen the tablet of Akhmenrah and bring it together to the Archives. What happen there was, Akhmenrah’s brother, Kah Mun Rah ( has come to alive under the curse of the tablet. Larry immediately go to investigate the incident at the Archives.

At the archives, he try to search the entrance to the underground storage. Until he meet a day guard that spell his name on the tag as Brandon but pronounce as Brundun (Jonah Hill). So, after so small debate, Larry able to steal the guard’s ID and move to lower ground. At there, he meet some of the other wax historical character. As he move on, he found the rest of his friends that was surrounded by Kah Mun Rah and his army. He use one of the army’s spears to reach the tablet. And he did obtained back the tablet but the time is over as night rise. So, he had a face off with Kah Mun Rah and he definitely able to con Kah Mun Rah with a Rubix Cube. His first help was come from the Octopus. As Larry run away with the tablet, he get an aid from General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader) but it was a failure when Gen. Custer got hit on the head. Soon, Larry once again was jumped to aid by Amelia Earhart.

From left to right: Kah Mun Rah, Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon and Al Capone

He and Amelia move to above ground trying to get away from the Kah Mun Rah’s army. Then, he discovered that picture on the frame could come alive as well. Until a desperate point, He and Amelia jumped in to a picture that is black and white that they are currently celebrating after winning the war. The army also jumped into the picture. Soon, Nick finally able to reach his dad and bump into a sailor named Joey. Larry accidentally drop his phone in the picture and jumped back out to the real world. While at the same time at the underground, Kah Mun Rah recruited three of the top villain Al Capone, Ivan the Terrible and Napoleon Bonaparte. The three army was send out to search Larry and his tablet while at the same time, Custer was locked up together with the rest of Larry’s friend. Jedediah and Octavius try to escape under the guard of Al Capone’s minnow.

Octavius and Jedediah fighting a shoe.

Two Capuchin (l-r) Able and Dexter

Octavius was able to escape out of the danger but Jedediah got caught and put inside a bird cage. While, Amelia and Larry try to run away from Kah Mun Rah’s army, he was caught by Napoleon. Larry was given a period of one hour to crack the code. So off they go to crack the code. The first people they think to ask was the Thinker. But he was rather stalking a hot chick statue that was in front of him. So, Larry remember that he seen Albert Einstein bobble head. Off they go to the Space Museum. But along the way, they were stop by the Kah Mun Rah’s army as he thought that they are leaving with the tablet. So, they have to bumped to the Abraham Lincoln. With the aid of Abraham Lincoln, they safely get into the Space Museum and search for Albert Einstein.

After crack the code, they fly back to the Museum to rescue Jedediah. With the help of the rest of the member, they finally send the Kah Mun Rah back into the underworld. (Complicated story). So, all the Larry’s friends was sent back to the ex-museum and the ending was Larry sold his company to aid the museum and reveal so-called Animatronics to all the patrons.

Larry and Amelia kissing. By the way, Amelia is a wax.

They thought it was animatronics sucks. But it was freaking real.

So, here is some points I wanted to speak out.

Rebecca Hutman vs. Amelia Earhart

So, what happen to the ex-lover of Larry Daley? We thought it was suppose to be Larry Daley new lover after broke up with his wife. So, now he fall for a wax instead? I didn’t see any kissing scene between the two (Larry and Rebecca) but I see twice or more for the Amelia and Larry.

Less action scene from the Napoleon, Ivan and Al Capone.

All I could see from the movie was only their minnows to attack. And why wouldn’t Kah Mun Rah recruit Darth Vader. It would be more nicer. Although, Kah Mun Rah said that he is asthma fellow. Then, we might be seeing Jedi in action as well. Never mind, it’s too late now.

Darth Vader and Oscar the Grouch cameo

Will there be any third sequel to it?

Well, since the movie is so funny, how could you let the fun stop now? Hope there would be third sequel. And hope this time around, Larry finally have his own family which have a wife. So, who’s going to be the villain then? Maybe a betrayal story. That might be nice as well.

Alright, that’s all from me today.

Ciao

[Review] Sniper

Warning: There might be spoiler ahead

Dante Lam has bring back the former Hong Kong singer, Edison Chen back to the filming world and to boost back and win back the love from the audience and as well to raise Edison Chen confident after the sexual scandal that was spread throughout the Internet last year. I have no idea why to bring him back to the Hong Kong. He has become Hong Kong most hated guy and he was suppose to return to the States and should never return. But in anyway, he did return and this time around, he is the main character of this storyline together with the two other fellow cast - Richie Ren and Huang Xiaoming.

This movie revolves around the Sniper Squad and the best in the team. Hartman (Richie Ren) and Lincoln (Huang Xiaoming) are the two best sniper and shooter in the squad. They were always in the fight to show who’s the best among the squad in the Shooting Competition. Lincoln was named as the best shooter because of his precision and accuracy are very high and no one shoot further away than he did. The best that he could achieve was the record of the entire competition, 500m shooting. Hartman come out short from this where he could only did his best at 400m. Meanwhile, OJ (Edison Chen) was the newest shooter to join in the squad. He was allowed to join this squad because he is fully with confidence and his accuracy was nearly the same heights with Lincoln.

Lincoln who is ready to stop the truck to save the criminal

So, why did Lincoln turn back on his ex-squad member and especially Hartman? During one scenario, where three criminals was threaten to kill the Banker’s son if the money and car to leave from the place has not arrive on time. Lincoln and Shane (Bowie Lam) was in a group while Hartman was with another guy. Both Shane and the unknown guy was the spotter where they see any chance for the sniper to take a shot at the criminals. During once scene, where the criminals decided to pluck out the trigger, Lincoln see there is a chance to take a shot. He shot out without any command from his supervisor and it doesn’t not hit the criminal but instead hitting the Banker’s son.

The criminal (right) with his brother was the one Lincoln wanted to avenge

Later, Lincoln was put on an investigation on that shot. He insisted that he saw there is an opening but the rest of the squad denied that they see a chance was there. Lincoln was then sentences to jail for four years for killing not on purpose. Four years later, Lincoln was released from the jail and the only thing that is in his mind was to kill the criminal and pay his revenge on Hartman. Lincoln was helping in far from the sight to save the criminal. The main purpose out of it was very simple, to kill him with his accuracy this time around.

Salute to the fall of the comrades - Shane, Hartman’s best friend. 

The criminal was later shot to death by Lincoln. It was later a battle between the top two shooter in the squad. Lincoln against Hartman. Hartman was ordered by his Chief to settle and catch Lincoln and preventing him from bombing a car. In a garage that is full of disposable car, Lincoln is hiding somewhere to prevent himself from being seen by the squad. Then, he begin to shoot all his comrades, and left OJ, Hartman and another comrade. Hartman spotted Lincoln and both shoot at the same time. Both was injured but Hartman takes more than Lincoln did. So down to two. The other comrade rush for Lincoln but then he was shot at the leg. He was injured as well. And this means an one-on-one contest between the OJ and Lincoln.

Lincoln was shoot to death after being distracted by Hartman, shot taken by OJ

Hartman decided to risk his life and distract Lincoln so that OJ could take the shot. Finally both Hartman and Lincoln was dead along side would be Shane who was killed earlier after being kidnapped by Lincoln and was shoot to death. That’s the end of the story.

Edison Chen has not many scene in the movie and the main target of this film was only on the two top sniper. Along with that, Edison Chen still not really acceptable just yet but the Hongkies after his sexual scandal was exposed. Meanwhile, Richie Ren still need to improve on his Cantonese language because as you see him conversing, his Mandarin slang was still there. Overall, the movie was above average only. Why? I was hoping this Sniper would be about racing against time like Die Hard 3 – Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson or even like 12 Rounds. Since the movie is about Lincoln’s revenge and hatred towards Hartman, why not have him running around trying to threaten him with his daughter?

Well, I think Dante Lam has his mind of it’s own. Wonder what story will I be covering next time around. :)

Rockin’ Out

Evans + Cooper

[Review] X-Men Origins: Wolverine

 

The movie was seriously AWESOME and more ACTION and HUMOUR inside. Here is the plot based on what I have seen in the theater today.

James Howlett/Logan heard a gunfire during a dispute at his father’s estate, and went on to investigate. His father was lying on the floor there. Young James later become fierce and suddenly there are claw coming out from his hand. He run to the man that he think who kill his father and stab him with his claw. Young Howlett later found out that the man that he just stab with his claw was his biological dad. He couldn’t accept the truth. He escape the estate and run through the forest. His half brother, Victor Creed chase him in the forest and later, they sworn to look out for each other’s back.

As time goes by, they are now adult and become soldier for the country. They were sentences to death by firing squad after decapitating a senior officer, but they were immune to shot. This brings Colonel William Stryker attention to assemble a special force, Team X. This team consists of Logan, Victor Creed, Wade Wilson/Deadpool, John Wraith, David North/Zero, Fred Dukes/Blob and Chris Bradley/Bolt. The team had their first mission in Lagos, Nigeria where Stryker believe they have Adamantium. Each and everyone of them show off their skill as being ordered by Stryker.

  The first one to begin is Agent Zero. He is the one with the ability of accuracy and shooting. Next was, Dukes. He stop the tank from firing missile with his hand. After that, Bolt proves that he can run electricity with his mind and move up the elevator. Wade was the next to perform his skill with his katana sword. He reflect all the firing bullet shot by the bad guys. Lastly was Wraith. He can teleport to the boss before the boss could do anything about it. After knowing that the Adamantium was located in a small village three days from their current location. They move on to the small village. The people telling that the stone was from the sky. Stryker told the squad to eliminate everyone there. Wolverine refuses and leave the squad.

Six year later, he was at Canada with his love interest Kayla. (btw, she is a mutant as well). They live there very peaceful and lovely. Meanwhile, at Springfield, Ohio, Bolt who leave the team and work as a normal human in a circus and trying to earn money by challenging people to switch off the light. After that, Victor found him and kill him. Back in the live of lovely and peaceful for Logan, Stryker and Zero come and find Logan and ask him to rejoin the group and take down the one that murder both Wade and Bradley. He refuse and turn down the offer. One of these day, Victor seek out Kayla and murder Wolverine’s love interest (she did not die until the very end of the movie). Wolverine found her dead body and sworn to revenge for her. He seek out Victor and they fought against each other and result was Victor walk away with victory.

The next day, he was at the hospital and he meet up with Stryker once again and hope that Logan join them. Stryker offer a special weapon for Logan. Logan accept the offer and undergo the reformation. Adamantium was the power that been use to insert into Logan’s brain and made him a full-metal. This project has a name that call as Weapon X. One joke about this: Why X? and Stryker answer with X as in represent 10 in Roman numerical. I was like WTF? Next thing was he know that he is being cheated and run away from this laboratory naked!!! (Hugh Jackman naked for this film and Malaysia never cut it? WTF) and run to a farm and meet two good people.

  After that, he was been invited to a dinner with the people. The next morning, the old man asking him to try to ride the chopper. Then, come in the old lady with some cookie. Before  she could continue with the cookie, she was shoot to death straight to the heart. The old man as well die in a single shoot. Zero pull the trigger and hit the two innocent life. Logan run away with the chopper and kill Zero along the way. Next thing, Logan meet up with Wraith and Blob at Wraith training ground. Logan know about the island that filled up with young mutants. Blob tell Logan about one of the man who escape from the island. Guess who? GAMBIT.

During meet up with Gambit, Logan fought Victor again but this time, Logan win. After that, Logan and Gambit travel under the plane that Gambit won to the island. Logan arrive at the island and found Stryker finishing the Weapon XI/Deadpool/Wade Wilson. After that, he once again fought with Victor and this time he knocked him out. By the way, Kayla was here again telling the truth that she is a mutant. Together with Kayla, they released all the young mutants which include Kayla niece and Cyclops, young Storm, Quiksilver, Toad and the rest. 

Stryker unleashed Deadpool and face Wolverine. Kayla bring the rest to another exit. Deadpool later being killed with his head being chopped off by Logan. He later saved Kayla who was injured. Suddenly, a gunshot that contain Adamantium bullet and shot right at Logan’s head. This made him lost his memory. The young mutant follow Charles Xavier and leave to the Academy. Kayla die and Logan don’t remember a single thing. So sad :( Wait. What happen to Stryker. Oh well, before  Kayla die, she hypnotize Stryker and ask him to walk until his leg bleed. He was caught later by some soldier regarding to the General’s death.

Here is my review about this show. This show was one of the awesome action pack besides Watchmen. The action inside the movie was quite thrilling and moreover, this movie is how Wolverine end up joining the X-Men? So what happen to the others? The young mutant joined up with Prof. Xavier at the Academy. Meanwhile, Wolverine should be joining the Academy very soon. So, is Deadpool really dead? Based on what I have seen and read about Deadpool, he was a Weapon XI, just like Logan, he got the power to heal himself. But after decapitated him, wonder how he going to glue his head back to his body? We going to miss the comedian act of Wade Wilson who keep on non-stop talking craps that seriously piss Logan off his head.

According to a source, the movie has three different ending but is the source reliable? Based on the ending that I saw in the cinema, it was about Logan lost his memories and Kayla dead. I can’t find a single point to end the movie. Should they end the movie in different ending, here is my guess.

1. Logan was carry Kayla and about to leave to a peaceful place. Stryker sneak from behind and open fire the adamantium bullet. Logan miss all the six shot from the revolver. Logan put Kayla down and knock-out Stryker. But, from the prequel and the second sequel, both are acted by different people. From what I have seen in both movie. Stryker in the film look much more older with white hair compare to X-Men 2. So, how would the ideal Stryker looks like? Is the hair grey or black? Is he wearing any spectacles? No idea about it. Here is the comic-version of William Stryker.
2. The another ending would be Kayla and Logan live peaceful and Stryker will never forget about it. But too bad, this ending will never happen. Why? If you watch the movie or animation, he seriously do not remember anything about the past. Why? He forgot every about his past. So, if he wasn’t being shot in the head, then how come he could forget about the past?

Sorry for my illogical thinking skill. Wonder how would be the ending? I was curious to know about the other ending. Well, hope the other ending would be much better than this. Seriously, want to separate the lovebirds? So cruel. If I were the director, Stryker is so-gone case. But he is one of the main villain for Wolverine. Damn. Sacrifice the lover instead. 

Other than that, I love Gambit so much. His skill was admired by most of the people around me. Well, the action was interesting and the comedian, Wade Wilson impress me the most. The jokes of Stryker about Weapon X give me the laugh the most. Therefore, I must say that this movie is worth to watch it. For the month of May, this was suppose to be the Top 3. What you waiting for? Go reserve a ticket now and watch it tomorrow with your friends. Not recommended for couple.

EVAN rating X-Men Origins: Wolverine: A :) 

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