Film #54: Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's like a bad porn film. It's stupidly funny and hilarious to look at.

The monster thing is the funniest thing I have seen in a while.

40%

Film #53: My Left Foot (1989)

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker

This film came free with the Daily Mail, which is crap, and my dad said that the film was good so got it.

Its a sad and happy film about the life of Christy Brown, an Irish man who suffered from Cerebral Palsy. He is unable to move any part of his body except for his left foot and while everyone thinks that he is stupid, he proves them wrong by spelling out "mother" in chalk on the floor with his left foot. He then paints pictures and writes poems until one day when he meets a doctor who teaches him how to speak and puts his paintings in a gallery.

Day-Lewis plays an excellent part and it's only right that he got all those awards for it.

Everyone should see this film to see how good it is.

97%

Film #52: The Bourne Identity (2002)

Directed by: Doug Liman

Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper

Is it just me or whenever you hear the name Matt Damon, you suddenly think of the Team America version where he says "Matt Damon!" slowly and in a retarded voice?

Anyway, this film is about Jason Bourne (except he doesn't know if he's Jason Bourne), a man who has lost his memory and must get it back to find out who he is. He has some kind of cat reflex and fighting skills and eventually finds out that he is an assassin who is being hunted down and must escape to find answers.

It can become slightly confusing (what action film isn't these days?) but is still understandable enough to be entertaining (unlike the Matrix).

The action is awesome and the acting isn't bad either.

I'll see if I can watch the others soon.

90%

Film #51: Big Nothing (2006)

Directed by: Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Starring: David Schwimmer, Simon Pegg, Alicia Eve

I accidentally put this on one night; I was ill and slept through the day-time and when I woke up, I put the TV on and left it on the same channel as it was before. This film was on and I just started watching it. It's about Charlie (Schwimmer), an ex-teacher, who can't provide for his family. He is approached by an old school friend, Gus (Pegg), one day who has a proposition for him; blackmail the reverend, who has been going on illegal porn sites, and get money out of him. Charlie agrees to the plan and when Josie (Eve), a one-night-stand of Gus', turns up, the plan goes ahead. Unfortunately, it doesn't go as planned and it results in multiple deaths.

It has some funny parts (especially seeing as Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer are in it) and is quite entertaining.

80%

Film #50: New Police Story (2004)

Directed by: Benny Chan

Starring: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu

After a few days of not watching films due to homework and things, I finally watched this. Its about Chan Kwok Wing (Chan), a policeman, who tries to stop some bank robbers but his team are killed and he blames himself. In the present day, Chan is a drunkard who tries to stop a mugging but is too drunk and is robbed himself. He then awakens, finding his new 'partner' PC 1667, Frank Cheng (Tse). Frank helps Chan sober up and face his demons then go out to find the robbers.

This film is action-packed and has some extremely cool parts in it. I love Jackie Chan, he's one of my heroes, and this film puts him in his natural state; in China, speaking Chinese and fighting bad guys.

I've never seen any of the previous Police Stories but seeing how good this one is, I'll check them out.

90%

Film #49: The Incredibles (2004)

Directed by: Brad Bird

Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Brad Bird, Samuel L. Jackson

I love this film! What's not to like? It's got super-heroes, comedy, romance, family issues, and Samuel L. Jackson!

This is one of Pixar's best, next to Toy Story and Finding Nemo. It follows Mr Incredible (Nelson) in his prime when he saves a man from comitting suicide and then stops a train wreck. Unfortunately, the suicidal guy sues him along with all the survivors of the crash due to injuries. This forces all the supers to be put into witness protection. 15 years later, we see Mr Incredible, now called Rob Parr, married to Elasti-girl (Hunter), called Helen, and has three kids; Dash (Fox), Violet (Vowell) and Jack-Jack. He and his best friends Lucius "Frozone" (Jackson) go out most nights with a police scanner and do vigilante work so they can still be superheroes. This is when Rob gets a message telling him that he is needed for an assignment. He jumps to it, not knowing that he was in danger. When his wife finds out, she goes crazy and follows him to get him back, the kids stow-away in the back. The whole family then team up to take out Syndrome, the bad guy, and save the day.

I think it's awesome and it gives a different perspective on how a super-hero lives (unlike Spiderman who just has emo problems). I love the powers of the family aswell; Rob has super-strength, Helen is elastic, Dash is super fast, Violet can become invisible and create force-fields, Jack-Jack has a large range of powers, and Lucius can create ice out of the moisture in the air.

Watch this film now, it's awesome!

96%

Film #48: Stardust (2007)

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Starring: Ian McKellen, Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer

I thought that this film would have been disappointing and a crap children's film but I was wrong. It's really good and do you want to hear the best part?...Ricky Gervais dies in it!

I couldn't have been happier, when I saw his smug face I thought that this film has really gone downhill and then, suddenly, he was stabbed! Praise Jesus!

Anyway, on with the review! The film is about a small town called Wall that is next to a wall *cough*. Behind the wall is a magical place called Stormhold which no one is allowed to enter. One night, a young man enters it and falls for a woman who lives there. Nine months later, a baby is brought to his door. The baby grows up knowing nothing about his mother or the wall until he sees a falling star. He tells Sienna Miller that he'll fetch the star for her to show her his love. The star fell because the king of Stormhold has died and he sent some jewel off so that whichever one of his sons find it, they can be king. Once there, he finds out that the star is a woman and she fell with the jewel. Now he must take her back to Wall to Sienna Miller before a witch tries to eat her heart and the princes try to take the jewel.

The effects in it are pretty good and the acting is great. Robert De Niro is one of my favourite actors and I'm glad that he's in this film. He plays Captain Shakespeare, the captain of a thunder-catching ship who is a little confused about his sexuality.

All in all, it's a good film. Except for the ending credits song. And Ricky Gervais. But he dies so it doesn't matter.

85%

Film #47: The Jerk (1979)

Directed by: Carl Reiner

Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Shithead the dog

Another Steve Martin film (There seem to be a lot of them on at the moment)!

This one follows Navin, a young man who was brought up by a black family, thus thinking that he is black. On his birthday, he finds out that he's going to stay that colour forever and that his parents aren't his real parents. He then goes off into the real world to explore. He finds a job, a place to stay and a girl (he also gets a dog whom he names Shithead).

It's a really funny film, especially the random murderer guy who "KEEPS SHOOTING THE CANS! HE MUST HATE THESE CANS!"

It does become slightly boring during the middle but the ending is alright. The humour doesn't stop though.

I liked the film so there isn't any reason why you shouldn't.

80%

Film #46: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Directed by: David Yates

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman

This was the worst and most boring book out of the whole Harry Potter series and, unfortunately, it's the same with the film.

You either love Harry Potter or you hate him, so there's no point in going into the storyline.

It's alright but there is so much that was cut from the book, they cut the good parts out and expanded the bad parts. Harry's punishment with Umbridge was short and was only once and Sirius' death was extremely brief.

I am thoroughly disappointed with the film and the only person I can blame is the new director; David Yates.

70%

Film #45: Tales From Earthsea (2006)

Directed by: Goro Miyazaki

Starring: Bunta Sugawara/ Timothy Dalton, Okada Junichi/ Matt Levin, Yuko Tanaka/ Willem Dafoe

Remember when I said that Pom Poko would be my last Studio Ghibli film for a while? Well I lied.
Tales From Earthsea is the first film directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son, Goro, and its not that bad. It was originally a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin and although I've never read the books before, I like it.
The plot is about a young boy, Prince Arren, who, for some reason, kills his father and takes his sword. He runs off to the countryside where a wizard called Sparrowhawk helps him and takes him with him. Meanwhile dragons are coming into the normal world and for some reason, we don't find out why.
There is an ominous presence everywhere that Arren and Sparrowhawk go and we eventually find out that it is Cobb, an evil wizard who looks and sounds like a woman (in the japanese version at least, I have yet to hear it in English with Willem Dafoe).
The story has loads of plotholes and never really fills us in on most of the stuff that goes on. By the end of the film, I had more unanswered questions than I would have had if I watched Lost instead.
I liked the fighting in it and I also liked the fantasy parts but the movie had so much confusion about it that I did not understand many other parts.
The voice actors are pretty good (I've only seen it in Japanese so far though) and each voice seems to fit the characters perfectly, e.g. Cobb has an extremely silent voice which kind of makes him sound evil.
Oh, and here's a tip if you are going to watch this film; don't watch the ending at 2 in the morning with no lights on. Cobb's eyes made me shit myself.

75%

Film #44: Lock Up (1989)

Directed by: John Flynn

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Frank McRae

So, Sly Stallone is back on the big screen next week in the new Rambo film and when I saw that this film was on, I thought that it was only right to watch it.

Stallone plays Frank Leone, a prison inmate who is transferred to a different prison under the watchful eye of Donald Sutherland, the warden.

The warden kicks his ass whenever he does something until one day, Leone fights back against the warden along with his friends Dallas, First Base and Eclipse.

I like Sylvester Stallone, I think he's great and this film proves it. It's got plenty of action and the acting is really good.

Not much to say really, just watch it.

90%

Film #43: All Of Me (1984)

Directed by: Carl Reiner

Starring: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin

I haven't put up any reviews for a few days now because I have been away from the computer for one reason or another. So, I watched this film a few days ago but it's still pretty fresh in my mind.

It's about Roger Cob (Martin), a lawyer who is assigned to take care of Edwina Cutwater's will. However, Cutwater tells him that her assets will be going to herself as she will have her soul implanted into someone else's body. Cob thinks that this is crazy and leaves just before Edwina dies. A swami takes her soul and places it into a bowl but just as he is about to put it into another woman, the bowl falls out of the window and hits Cob, thus putting Edwina's soul into Cob's body.

Cob is now desperate to get rid of Edwina and the pair make a hilarious odd couple.

It's alright and has some pretty funny parts in it but is not brilliant by all means.

Steve Martin plays a great part as always and so do most of the supporting cast.

75%

Film #42: Pom Poko (1994)

Directed by: Isao Takahata

Starring: A few hundred Tanuki

I promise that this will be the last Studio Ghibli film for a while (I have seen like 4 of their films in about 2 weeks). I have just ordered Tales of Earthsea though, so I might watch that soon.

Anyway, Pom Poko is about the deforestation of some parts of Tokyo to make way for some development houses. In this process, hundreds of Tanuki have lost their homes and are forced to live together and form a plan against the humans.

I'm sure many people out there don't know what Tanuki are so I'll explain: They are raccoon-dogs that are usually found in Japan. They have gone down in folklore that they can transform into many different things using their *ahem* testicles. They are usually mischevious and play tricks on humans. If you're a gamer then you might recognise the Tanooki suit from Super Mario Bros. 3.

The film delivers a powerful message throughout (and then actually says it right at the end): Be more considerate of all the wild animals and don't destroy their living space.

It's a funny little film that can be hilarious at some times and sad at another, this all adds up to an excellent film. Before watching it though, research a little bit into Japanese culture otherwise you will find this film extremely weird (and rude seeing as the Tanuki stretch their balls to transform).

90%

Film #41: 300 (2007)

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Rodrigo Santoro

Everyone looking at this blog has the internet (either that or you're some kind of technopath) and so you should have at least heard or 300. From the moment everyone saw the "THIS IS SPARTAA!" scene, an internet meme was born. If you're not sure what I'm on about then look at this: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=231 , http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/e/e6/SpartaInMcdo.jpg , http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/e/e0/Base-sparta.jpg etc. There are loads more but I'll leave it up to you to find them.

Anyway, the film follows King Leonidas, king of Sparta, as he fends off advancements from the Persian "God-King" Xerexes. Basically, Xerxes wants Sparta for himself (he tells Leonidas to give up by sending a messenger who tells him that it's madness. We all know that it's not madness though; it's Sparta). The elders tell Leonidas that Sparta cannot go to war so Leonidas only takes 300 men with him and calls them his bodyguards. It's really amazing how just this handfull of men can take on thousands of Persian freaks (seriously, some have crab hands and stuff).

The acting is great; there's not much of it anyway, the choreography is awesome; the battles sequences can rival Lord of the Rings, and the special effects are brilliant.

This film is spectacular in every way and everyone should see it and enjoy it as I did.

95%

Film #40: Scary Movie (2000)

Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Starring: Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Dave Sheridan, Shawn Wayans, Lochlyn Monroe, Shannon Elizabeth, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans

What's your favourite scary movie?

Yes, it's the only good Scary Movie film! The others went crappy and finally spawned their own retarded, inbred lovechild; Epic Movie (I will not italicize it's name because it's not a real movie!). The tag-line makes me laugh though; No Mercy, No Shame, No Sequel. No Sequel my ass!

So, Scary Movie parodies many different horror films, mainly Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, and follows Cindy and co as they try to escape from a serial killer that's out to get them. One by one they are killed off until it's only Cindy left.

It's really funny and has a consistent storyline unlike it's sequels that try too much and are not funny at all. The actors are pretty good and portray their characters well; Lochlyn Monroe looks like a jock and so is at home playing Greg and Shawn Wayans has the character of a gay person so plays one well.

I'm sure everyone has seen this film (every teenager at least) and I'm also sure that they will agree that this is the best out of the series. If they think it's any good is a different matter all together.

85%

Film #39: Whisper of the Heart (1995)

Directed by: Yoshifumi Kondo

Starring: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Keiju Kobayashi

Yes, another Studio Ghibli film! This one however was directed by Yoshifumi Kondo and was his first and last film before his death. It has a very realistic storyline and was so good that it spawned the spin-off film The Cat Returns.

I liked this film and all but it was slightly boring compared to many other Ghibli films.

The plot goes like this: Shizuku is a 14 year old girl who loves reading and translating lyrics (especially "Country Road" by John Denver, the title music is Olivia Newton John's version of this song). One day, she sees a fat cat on the train and decides to follow it to find out where it goes. It takes her to an antique shop where she finds the most beautiful statue of a cat she has ever seen. The shop's owner comes out and tells her that the cat is called 'Baron Humbert Von Gikkingen", the same cat from The Cat Returns.

She then sees Seiju Amasawa, a boy whom she had run into earlier, outside the shop. They exchange words and eventually grow closer to each other as the film moves on.

The film revolves around Shizuku's love life and her hobbies of writing a novel based on the Baron.

It is brilliantly directed and has all the charm of a Studio Ghibli film but I was getting extremely bored near the end. I did like it though.

80%

Film #38: An American Werewolf In Paris (1997)

Directed by: Anthony Waller

Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy

I've heard of the American Werewolf films but have never seen them before and this was on TV so I decided to watch it.

This film is supposed to be a comedy/horror but the comedy parts are not funny yet the horror parts are. The actors are pretty bad and seem to try too hard to be funny.

The storyline is slightly crap aswell; some americans go to paris for a holiday and have a party at the top of the eiffel tower. They see a woman about to jump and one of them saves her by tying a rope around his feet and jumping after her, she runs off and he has her shoe in his hands.

They go to a party for americans only and it turns out that the party organisers are werewolves and eat everyone inside. Two friends escape, one of them being bitten on the foot.

He then starts to feel weird and eventually turns into a wolf. He now has to track down the wolf that bit him and eat it's heart to become human again.

The CGI is extremely funny because it looks so crap and the werewolves themselves are a joke (especially when the woman is transforming and she has hairy boobs).

Please, only see this film if you want to laugh at terrible acting and crap CGI or you are an idiot.

50%

Film #37: Idiocracy (2006)

Directed by: Mike Judge

Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews

I never saw this film promoted anywhere and didn't even know that it had come outin cinema let alone DVD, this is because of the crappy marketing that the producers did; they didn't allow critics to view it prior to release, didn't promote anything and only released it in about 130 cinemas.

This film offers up an extremely valid point in it's storyline however. The film starts with some interviews with couples, one couple have high IQs whereas the other one has low. Clevon, the stupid guy, has lots of stupid kids with his stupid wife then has an affair and has more stupid kids with lots of other stupid women. Once the stupid kids are grown up, Clevon Junior has lots more stupid kids with lots more stupid girls and while all this hillbilly breeding is happening, the smart couple are focusing oon their careers and have no children, when the husband dies of a heart attack later on, having no children. It then goes to the main story: Joe Bauers (Wilson) is a mediocre soldier who has no family, no friends and no life so he is the perfect candidate to be a guinea pig in testing out human hibernation. The scientists can't find a suitable female so get a prostitute (Rudolph) to agree with it by paying her. The plan is to store them in a pod for a year but the scientists are captured for illegal activity and the pods are left there for 500 years.

In that time, the stupid race of people took over and now everyone are dumb shits. Joe tries toget a diagnosis at the hospital where he realises the date.

He is arrested and sent to prison which he just walks out of. He is then told of a time machine and goes in search of it to return to his own time.

This film is just my type of humour and I laughed most of the way through it. It also stars one of my favourite people ever; this guy:

I love this guy, he's so awesome. He plays the president of Uhh-Merica in this film; President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Pervert Camacho, porn star and five-time ultimate smackdown wrestling champion.

He makes every film 100% better, but I can't really give this film above 100% even if that is the case.
Joe is found out to be the smartest man on Earth and is employed by the President.
This film is pretty damn good and there are so many bits I would love to tell you about but I have waffled on for ages so I'll leave it at that.

90%

Film #36: Atonement (2007)

Directed by: Joe Wright

Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan

My sister has been going on about this ever since she read the book for her English coursework. She went crazy when she realized a film was coming out but never actually went to see it in the cinema due to other circumstances. She finally got the DVD when she preordered from Play and demanded that we all watch it.

I did and thought that, even though it's not my kind of film, it's quite good.

The direction is excellent and it's no surprise that this film is nominated for so many awards.

Keira Knightley plays Cecilia, the eldest sister out of two and one of the main characters, who falls in love with Robbie (James McAvoy).

Obviously, there are no nice stories in literature anymore so this film is as obvious as Romeo and Juliet is. Briony (Ronan), Cecilia's younger sister, sees her sister and Robbie speaking by the fountain outside when she sees him shout something at her before she strips off her over-garments and jumps into the water. The sister misinterprets everything she sees, hears and reads throughout the first half until she accuses Robbie of raping her cousin and he is taken to prison. Cecilia is distraught and leaves her family while Robbie can either stay in prison or join the army (it's set around 1932).

I'm not going to ruin anymore, so either read the book or watch the film to find out the rest.

All the actors are superb, especially Saoirse Ronan who somehow draws in the audience without speaking but with her eyes. McAvoy does a great job also and it's weird to see someone who was in Shameless to play a posh guy in the 1930's.

I'm not saying that I don't think that this film is amazing, because it is, but it's just not my favourite genre.

90%

Film #35: Miss Potter (2006)

Directed by: Chris Noonan

Starring: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Lloyd Owen, Emily Watson

Everyone knows who Beatrix Potter is, everyone knows the story of Peter Rabbit but not many people know her life story.

This film is basically a biopic of Beatrix Potter. Following from when she went to the publishers for the first time, to when she buys her own cottage in the countryside.

It is slightly inaccurate and does make Miss Potter look a bit crazy when she talks to her paintings but is still quite good.

It's funny, it's sad and it's dramatic.

I'm not quite sure what to say. It's good but not really my cup of tea.

80%

Film #34: Ocean Waves (I Can Hear The Sea) (1993)

Directed by: Tomomi Mochizuki

Starring: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto

So, after watching Only Yesterday, I still couldn't be bothered to turn off the 360 so let this film carry on (note: it was 2 in the morning).

This film is about a love triangle of sorts between two friends and a new girl who has transerred from Tokyo.

Both friends fall for the girl but Morisaki (whom the film follows) sees the real side of her when she asks him for money and doesn't pay it back, she uses the money to go to Tokyo and then drags him along, and she is downright rude to him and his best friend.

So, we've got two friends who like this horrible girl and then they both find out what she's like, and fall out until they meet up again for a reunion. Luckily it has a happy ending.

This was actually a movie done especially for TV and it's surprising that something made for TV can be so good and subtle.

80%

Film #33: Only Yesterday (1991)

Directed by: Isao Takahata

Starring: Miki Imai, Yoshibo Yanagiba, Yoko Honna

I actually meant to put Ocean Waves on last night but it's on the same disc as Only Yesterday and I can't read Japanese so accidentally put the wrong one on. I didn't realise until about 5 minutes in and I couldn't be bothered to turn it off and put the other on.

Anyway, this film follows 27 year old, unmarried Taeko who has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She goes to the country-side to live with her sister's in-laws for a while and help out with the safflower harvest and get away from city life.

While travelling, she revisits her past and brings her 10 year-old self with her. She becomes very nostalgic while on her trip and remembers forgotten memories about her childhood romances, puberty and the troubles of math and drama.

The film switches between 1966 and the present day using small animations that go on inside Taeko's head.

Takahata does an excellent job at directing this film, as always, and made the characters move and talk more realisticly by recording the audio before animating the faces.

This is a great film and a must-have for all studio ghibli fans/ collectors. However, it did have a few downpoints. The subtitles went by too quickly; not because I'm a slow reader but because two sentences went past in the space of half a second. All the more reason to learn Japanese.

Another bad point was that it can get a tad boring towards the end. Still doesn't spoil the film though.

85%

Film #32: The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

Directed by: David Twohy

Starring; Vin Diesel, Dame Judi Dench, Thandie Newton

I read somewhere that this film had mostly negative reviews and for the first half an hour watching it, I agreed with them. There are a few battles between two armies and its like watching a crappy version of Lord of the Rings with a strobe light in the room.

Thankfully, that finishes but it is quite annoying.

This is a sequel to Pitch Black, a film that I haven't seen. It follows Riddick, a criminal who can escape anything and has night-vision eyes. There is a bounty on Riddick's head and a few bounty hunters are after him. Mix that with a weird cult called the Necromongers (lol) and you've got a confusing storyline (sort of).

Now, despite the bad reviews, I actually liked this film. There was action, fantasy, a sunrise of 700 degrees and Riddick was a badass, it makes a pretty good film.

Not great but still good.

75%

Film #31: Father of the Bride (1991)

Directed by: Charles Shyer

Starring: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Martin Short

I'm sure every woman has seen this film (and most of the men too). It's a classic starring funnyman Steve Martin.

The film starts off with George Banks (Martin) telling us a story from his armchair and it seems that there has been a party beforehand (there is silly string, balloons and champagne everywhere and he has a tux on). He tells us that his little girl has just gotten married and then looks back 6 months ago. The story then follows his life as he struggles to accept that his little girl is getting married and how much the wedding is costing.

Steve Martin delivers most of this film's comedy along with Martin Short who plays the Wedding Planner Franck.

It's hilarious and heart-warming at the same time.

If you have never heard of or seen this film, then go ask your mom and she'll tell you all about it. She may even pull out the VHS from the old cupboard and put it on for you to watch.

I can't think of much else to say so I won't ruin it by adding jibberish.

90%

Film #30: Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Starring: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker

Yes, I know this is a sequel and I haven't reviewed the first one but it doesn't matter.
This buddy cop movie (explained previously in the 48 Hours review) follows chief inspector Lee and his LA Detective friend, Carter, on their holiday to Hong Kong.
Unfortunately, their holiday is cut short when some Americans are killed at the embassy and Lee is called in for duty.
Some guy called Ricky Tan, who played a role in the murder of Lee's father, is now the leader of the Triads and is laundering fake money.
This is a film that is usually remembered for it's humour and not it's storyline. It's a tad confusing. Go on, ask someone about Rush Hour 2, they'll say "Oh, I like that film, it's funny!" Now ask them what it's about and they'll say "Um...Jackie Chan and the black guy chase a bad guy, who is chinese". They won't know unless they study this film again and again.
I am a huge fan of Jackie Chan and so there is little surprise when I say that I enjoy this film. It is incredibly funny and has some superb actors.
Chris Tucker is usually the one making jokes but i find Jackie Chan more funny, he has a certain quality that makes what he does and says funny.
I'm sure most people will enjoy this film so I would recommend it.

89%