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Call CSI Because Your Mind Is About To Be Blown

There is a reboot in the works for Mortal Kombat. Before looking at this sneak peek I thought to myself "why are they doing another MK movie?" and then I saw this. Holy cow this is ball shaking awesome, and I think my nipples are hard.

I Totally Get It Now

Hey guys, if you, like me, have almost gone brain dead from watching a Twilight movie that you were forced t sit through by your girlfriend, and cannot for the life of you figure out why she is so obsessed with this mind numbingly boring franchise. This might help.

If You Like Iron Man or Babies, You Need To See This

Is This For Real?

There's just no way a movie can be as awesome as this trailer makes it look. I'm still on Earth right? WOWZA! I am stunned by a trailer.

This Has Nothing To Do With Movies But...

...this is all seven shades of awesome sauce.

My Top 5 Favorite Fight Scenes of All Time

A good fight in a movie is one of my favorite things about watching movies, there's just nothing more fun than watching two people punch each other in the face. A good movie fight can bring a story together, make a bad movie watchable, or just plain blow your mind. So I decided to put a list together of what I think are the best fight scene ever put to film, but instead of just telling you why, I'm also gonna show you with videos of the fights. Hope you enjoy, now lets get to the ass kicking!

5. Keanu Reeves vs. Hugo Weaving in The Matrix

The Matrix movies are an action fans wet dream. These movie had everything from mech vs robot battles to martial arts to car chases to amazing shootouts. Yet out of all of this mind blowing action, my favorite fight scene out of all three movie is still the first fight between Neo and Agent Smith.

THE STORY HERE: After going back to rescue his mentor and friend Morpheus, Neo was located before he could get out of The Matrix and instead of running he chose to fight.

WHY IT'S GREAT: It was just one of those movie moments that the audience has been waiting for and got your heart rate pumping when you realized it was about happen.

4. Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen in Star Wars Ep. 3: Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars is the most popular franchise of all time. The originals are brilliant, the prequels aren't, but that doesn't mean they didn't have some decent action. I mean Yoda with a lightsaber is fanboy heaven, but that's not the scene I chose. The final fight between Obi-Wan and Anakin I think is the only reason George Lucas even started the prequels, because he had this in mind.

THE STORY HERE: Obi-Wan is devastated after realizing that Anakin Skywalker has been fully seduced by the dark-side of the force. He tries to convince Anakin of his wrong doings, but after realizing he can't he has to fight someone he considered a brother.

WHY IT'S GREAT: It's one of those fights where the opponents are so evenly matched that it's really hard to tell whose going to win the fight until it's over. Also because the fight's environment gets smaller as the fight progresses, starting in a hanger and ending on a platform just barely big enough for them to stand on.

3. Tony Jaa vs. Everyone in The Protector

The Protector if you haven't seen it is one of the best/worst action movies I've ever seen. What I mean by that is the action in this movie is hard hitting, creative, and non stop, but the story is so incomprehensible that your head will explode trying to put it all together.

THE STORY HERE: There isn't one, something about a stolen elephant.....yeah.

WHY IT'S GREAT: The is a sort of two part action sequence so I'll give you two reasons. The first part of this fight scene is one continuous shot. Every time I look back at this scene I'm just in awe that they were able to to that all in one take, just amazing. They could have just ended there, but after the one take wonder we get a furious and fast fight that ends with a bang.

2. Michelle Yeoh vs. Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is one of the most beautiful films ever made, and who knew that such a beautiful film could kick so much ass. At it's core Crouching Tiger is an art film, filled with beautiful camera shots, a sweeping epic story, and an amazing score. This movie would have been good without the fight scenes, but adding that element to it made this a excellent and classic film that begs for multiple viewings.

THE STORY HERE: There's a lot going on here, but I'll try my best to narrow it down. Jiao Long (Zhang Ziyi) has stolen a very powerful sword called the Green Destiny Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) believes it should be returned to it's rightful owner. Jiao Long agrees that if she can take it from her, she can have it.

WHY IT'S GREAT: The Green Destiny sword is so powerful that whoever wields it is unstoppable, Yeoh tries many different weapons to take out Ziyi and the fight gets more dramatic with each choice of weapon, also the choreography is just stunning to look at.

1. Jackie Chan vs. Brad Allan in Gorgeous

This is not your usual Jackie Chan movie, it more of a romantic comedy than a action movie, which makes it so ironic that the Jackie Chan movie with the least action has one his best fight scenes.

THE STORY HERE: Honestly I think this fight is an excuse to use Jackie Chan in a fight scene for this film. This is a prearranged fight between the two guys and that's pretty much all you need to know.

WHY IT'S GREAT: This is the type of fight scene that truly showcases what the two actors are capable of, it's one of a kind. It also shows that even though Jackie is getting older he can still keep up with the young guys. Of all the Jackie Chan fights out there, this one is a thing of beauty.

So there you have its, there are lot of fight scenes out there, but these are my 5 favorite fight scenes of all time. What are some of your fav fight scenes? Let me know at twitter.com/antoinnej or facebook.com/antoinnej

Amazing Fan Made Lightsaber Duel

Most of the time fan made lightsaber duels are pretty awful, but I think this was a really good effort at a decent lightsaber fight. I really wish they used costumes, but the choreography is very solid and unexpected. Nice job guys.

Iron Man 2

Most of the time, no wait, ALL of the time a sequel is just an excuse for Hollywood to cash in on the success of a great film. They're usually not bad, but sometimes a sequel can ruin a good thing. Yet sometimes, on rare occasions they get it right. There are those rare sequels that don't try to top or outdo the last one, don't sacrifice character development or story for explosions, and don't try to be bigger for the sake of being bigger. Examples of this are The Dark Knight, Halloween 2 (1981), Aliens, The Godfather Part 2, Spiderman 2, Lethal Weapon 2, Terminator 2, and now Iron Man 2 can stand alongside these great films as one of the greatest sequels ever made. So now let me explain why. At the end of Iron Man, Tony Stark confessed to the world that he is Iron Man and the movie picks up right where we were left off. The government claims that the Iron Man suit is an extremely dangerous WMD and needs to be turned over to the military. Of course Tony Stark is unwilling to hand it over saying the is suit is not a weapon and that he "is" Iron Man and that there is no threat to anyone. Stark also mentions that no one is close to being able to imitate the technology used to build anything that can compete with his suit. Little did he know that waiting in the works was Ivan Vanko who blames the Stark family for his fathers misfortunes and wants to destroy the Stark legacy. He is just as smart as Tony and he wants blood. While Tony is once again doing on of his billionaire playboy stunts by taking over his companies stock car in a race Ivan comes onto the track and shows the world that there is someone out there who can take Iron Man. After seeing this Tony Stark's business rival Justin Hammer played by the ever talented Sam Rockwell breaks Ivan out of jail and enlists him to help embarrass Stark even further. There is a lot of other conflict in the story that I wont give away here, but let me explain why I mentioned earlier that I think this is one of the greatest sequels ever. The best example I can think of to make my point is the second Transformers movie. Transformers was a fun and interesting modern take on a classic cartoon, but the sequel forgot that with all the explosions it was supposed to tell a story as well, so instead we got a movie so bad that all the robot action was pointless and the whole thing was just stupid. Whereas the filmmakers for Iron Man 2 realized that the reason why people love the first one so much wasn't because of the action, but because of the story it told, and the great characters that came along with it, and instead of making a bigger movie, they made a movie that reminded us why we fell in love with Tony Stark and the gang in the first place. The characters in Iron Man 2 all have their own growth that they have to go through and we learn more about them in the process. So instead of giving the audience more eye candy and over the top action, we get everything we loved about Iron Man in the first place. Everything that made the first one great is present in the sequel without overshadowing the first one so much so that you cant revisit it. I think that's what makes a good sequel, and just like when they introduced us to Iron Man, they got it right.

4 out of 5

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The Losers

So...The Losers. I had a lot of fun watching The Losers despite the fact that it's kind of a bad movie. The story is one we've seen a million times, a team of special ops soldiers get betrayed by someone during their mission and while they are believed to be dead they regroup and try to devise a plan for revenge, then out of nowhere a person who can or cant be trusted offers help but with their own motives. It's pretty much the same old song and dance. Yet, for some reason even though this film was completely predictable and had that "been there before" feeling, I still enjoyed it. I think the credit goes to the characters in the film. All the characters were pretty cliche but the actors playing them gave these paint by numbers characters charm. Hot off Avatar the unbelievably sexy Zoe Saldana played a pretty badass, ball-busting, bazooka toting chick, and then there was Chris Evans who is to me always fun to watch (he made those atrocious Fantastic Four movies somewhat tolerable) who played a geeky guy who is aware yet somehow at the same time completely unaware of his total geekiness and he was just hilarious. Dean Morgan and Idris Elba were the two kinda head guys of the group, the ones who put the plans together, and their buddy on screen chemistry was fantastic. Newcomer Oscar Jaenada (at least I think he's a newcomer, I'd never seen him before) played the really cool guy who said few words but had a strong presence, and last but certainly not least Jason Patric (who was great in this movie) played exactly the type of villain a movie like this needs, a wisecracking know it all with a plan for destruction. So I guess if it isn't obvious by now, I didn't enjoy the movie so much as I did the characters and performances being as they're the only thing I really remember about this movie, I mean The Losers is a decent action flick, but it's really nothing you haven't seen before. Not worth the ticket price, but give it a rental when it comes out on dvd because The Losers is a bad movie that is a whole lot of fun to watch.

3 out of 5

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