Exiled Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen …
Is returning to the British colony …
To meet with alliance leaders to plan an insurrection …
Against the Qing imperial government …
Qing send out officials to assassinate Sun Yat-sen …
But activist gather bodyguards to protect Yat-sen …

Character development was good for the twists to come later …
The choreography was really good … I mean seriously good …
The sets were impressive to say the least …
Did a very good job of recreating Hong Kong in the 1900s …
It a political thriller rather than a martial arts mash up …
But gets bloody and vicious when it needs to be …
Its a good dramatic film and invokes good emotions …
Overall … an awesome movie … highly recommended …
No wonder it won a few awards and got nominated for so many …
In the latest Asian Film Awards …
Laterx …

Hello …
Few days back … on recommendation from some of my friends …
I downloaded and watched a documentary called ‘Home’ …
And I tell you … it was awesome … it totally blew my mind …
Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a beautifully shot panorama …
Planet Earth and the damage done to it by modern humanity …
The film has breathtaking aerial footage from 54 countries …
Showing the pure beauty of our planet with amazing facts …
Glenn Close narrates the journey with very good original music …
We are shown the history of Earth how everything came about …
And how everything is interconnected and balance maintained …
It shows us how we … as the dominant species on this planet …
Has been brutally drilling in to our natural resources …
Without a thought about sustainability or future consequences …
It shows how far the ripples of our industrial decisions go …
It also shows us … towards the end of the film …
That there are cities … regions and nations … that have …
Made some forward thinking investments in to the future …
And how … we too can be responsible towards our only home …
I highly recommend this film to anyone and everyone …
Who has ever had a thought about our planet … our earth …
Watch this documentary … and be blown away …
Laterx …

Hello …
I was in KL a few days back …
I had the chance to watch Transformers 2 on big screen …
I was all excited waiting in line for an hour to get tickets …
But it seems my excitement was short lived …
The moment the movie began … after 20 mins of ads …
It went downhill from that point onwards …
Let me tell you …I really liked the first Transformers movie …
But this Revenge of the Fallen could not have sucked more …
The story with Sam brain sync’d with an alien map …
Too many robots and machines introduced in too little time …
Stuff blowing up for no apparent reason as if it just had to …
About 30 mins into the movie … I was confused …
I didn’t know which was which … or who was fighting who …
Who was good and who was evil … just metal against metal …
Megan Fox was there … she was hot … enough said …
Sam saves the day with the sand in his socks … awesome !!!
The whole movie was like one big explosion …
They say they could stay hidden in plain sight …
They should have stayed that way …
Gonna have to watch this movie a few times to make sense …
If you like Michael Bay and his bad ass movies …
You’ll love this … if not … welcome to the club …
Food for thought … all the cars in the movie was from GM …
And GM went bankrupt long before this movie came out …
Yes … I know I’m gonna get flamed by the fanboys …
Laterx …

Hello …
With several High-Def movies now available for download …
I’ve been try to figure out a way …
To watch these movies on my 37″ Philips TV …
The problem I was facing was with the file formats …
As you may know … most HD movies come as .mkv files …
And most of the Multi Media players sold today …
Do not support this format … not even with latest firmwares …
So the best and easiest way to play these movies on my TV …
Was to connect a computer to my TV and fire up VLC …
However … connecting a computer to my TV …
Just to watch HD movies …was a bit of an overkill for me …
And so the research began … to solve this problem …
My answer came from Western digital … a reputable company …
I’ve been using their products for several years …
And they’ve never failed on me … they’ve earned my trust …
They’ve recently released their Multi Media Player …
It’s called WD TV … and reviews were sprouting up all good …
It was small … good design … sturdy build …
It handles a whole lot of audio and video formats …
The best part was it played .mkv files … at 1080p resolution …
It was available in a few shops in Male’ … I couldn’t wait …
I sold the Abigs divX player from Sarotech …
Ran out and bought WD TV … cheapest was at Formax shop …
Installation was simple … power and HDMI cables only …
Picture quality is good … I mean really very good …
User interface is nice … and the unit is silent in operation …
WD TVs has become very popular now … no surprises there …
And as with all other products that become popular …
WD TVs are being modded for extra functionality …
Check out www.wdtvc.com for more info …
I wish I’ll not regret my decision to by this gadget …
May be I never will .. eh … ???  ;)
Laterx …

Hello …
I watched the Vantage Point few days ago …
The movie had a good ensemble cast…
Dennis Quiad … Forrest Whitaker … Mathew Fox …
So I hate to say this but it was down right lame …
I’ll be the first to admit that the movie had a fresh concept …
It seems to me like the story unfolded in layers …
Each layer of the story being a personal account …
The movie keeps looping back every 25 mins or so …
It shows us the same events but from a different perspective …
The repetition was cool the first time … OK the next …
But when the clock turns back to 11:59 the third time …
It became annoying … almost dizzying towards the end …
It was not a movie I enjoyed … it let me down …
Laterx …

Hello …
Saw Spiderman 3 last night, and I tell you … it rocked …
It was better than the last two Spiderman movies …
The action sequences were utterly spectacular …
I’m gonna share my thoughts about the movie here …

So in here goes the standard spoiler alert bit …

Good points …
- The cast was good except for Kirsten Dunst …
- The story was ok … but a little crammed …
- The fight scenes were great … obviously …
- Gwen Stacy is like really hot … damn … !!!
- The CGI was kewl … especially Sandman …
- Venom was like great … very badass …
- Spiderman has finally mastered his abilities …
- The dark Spiderman was the best … liked him …

Bad points …
- I just don’t like Kirsten Dunst in this movie …
- Peter and MJ just don’t look good together anymore …
- MJ’s character is weak … always damsel in distress …
- More villains than one movie can properly handle …
- Sandman was very peripheral to the movie …
- Venom didn’t get enough screen time …

All in all it was a good movie … really enjoyed it …
Wish I could see it in IMAX … that would’ve been nice …

Laterx …

3- Evan Almighty – The last time we saw Evan Baxter, he was being tormented by rival Bruce Nolan onscreen, live from their Buffalo TV station. But as time passed Evan has made up with Bruce, he’s gone onto better things. Newly elected as a congressman in pursuit of a greater calling. But that calling isn’t serving in politics, but being summoned by the Almighty himself, who has handed Evan the task of building a new ark, much as Noah did before.

4- The Fantasic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer – After the death of Dr.Doom the Fantastic Four feels life is back to normal for the team. And Reed Richards and Sue Storm get married. Little do they know that a new enemy the Silver Surfer takes charge to destroy the earth and it’s up to the fantastic four to stop him. As they also deal with the return of Dr. Doom.

5- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. The trailer wasn’t much, but am hoping the movie will be better.

6- Ocean’s Thirteen – Danny Ocean circles up the boys for a third a heist, after casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino) double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff. How can one not anticipate this movie. The cast alone blows my mind.

7- Live Free or Die Hard – When a criminal plot is in place to take down the entire computer and technological structure that supports the economy of the United States (and the world), it’s up to a decidedly “old school” hero, police detective John McClane, to take down the conspiracy, aided by a young hacker. John McClane is back.

8- Grindhouse – A homage to exploitation B-movie thrillers that combines two feature-length segments into one double-bill designed to replicate the grind house theatergoing experience of the 70s and 80s. In “Death Proof,” a psycho named Stuntman Mike stalks and kills beautiful women with his car. In “Planet Terror,” a small-town sheriffs’ department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called “sickos.” A gun-legged woman named Cherry and her martial arts-wielding partner take on the zombie army. The two films will be fused together by fake movie trailers. Whew!!!

9- Transformers – Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance. I’ve been waiting for this movie since I was a kid. Dunno why no body ever thought of doing a version of this movie a bit earlier. Here it is now, and if it is anything like the trailer, it will blow our collective minds away. Autobots … transform.

10- Rush Hour 3 – While in Paris, Lee and Carter inadvertently get mixed up with the Chinese Triad crew. Am hoping there will be a lot of Paris, hot ladies, A lot of talking and immensely entertaining martial arts sequences. Tucker and Chan has proved to be good together. They could have thrown Owen Wilson in as well. Hehe …

So … have I missed out on anything good to come … ?
Let me know if you guys think of any good movies this year …
Wish you guys a good movie experience …
Laterx …

Watched Ghostrider movie several days ago …
Just couldn’t wait but tell you … it sucked …
Okay … I admit I was never a Ghostrider comic fan …
But I always admired how kewl he was … when on fire …
How could I not … come on … the guy is on fire …
His skull is on fire … he rides a bike which is literally on fire …
How can you get more bad-ass than that … eh ?
When I first watched the trailer … I was awed out …
Good narration and good 3D … kewl stunts … and all …
Nicholas Cage as Ghostrider … a good thing … right … ?
Wrong … all wrong … dead wrong …
Story sucked like no other …the villains were half-assed …
Its almost a joke how Ghostrider gets rid of ‘em …
All what the movie has going for it are …
Nicholas Cage’s acting … and the hot babe Eva Mendes …
And the good CGI … fire looks like fire … thats kewl …
A movie made for a quick buck … trash to the max …
Laterx …

Hello …
Watched 300 last night … it was incredibly good …
If you have been living in Mars for a while …
Let me tell you a little about this movie …
300 is about the Battle of Thermopylae …
Where in 480 BC a force of only 300 Spartan soldiers …
Lead by King Leonidas held off an invading Persian army …
Numbering in the hundreds of thousands … for three days …
The movie is based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller …
The same guy who did Sin City …
The guy who is going to do the next Batman movie …
I normally don’t like war movies …
But this movie had all the necessary elements like …
Strategy … bravery … sacrifice … brutality …
Honor … loyalty … betrayal … yes …the dagger …
This movie just blew me away … on so many levels …
The acting was good and engaging …
The battles were ferocious and violent splendor …
The cinematography was superb …
The lighting … the composition …the high contrast …
The camera movements … the slow motion … all good …
Every frame was like a Photoshop masterpiece …
Ready to be printed and hung on a wall …
A stunning kewl movie which will takes you back …
To ancient Greece … and explicitly demonstrate …
The strength and perseverance … of Spartan Army …
One of the must see movies of the year …
There is no excuse for missing this movie …

PS ::
The title of the post is a line …
By the King Leonidas … before his final battle …