Logan Lucky - 羅根好好運

Logan Lucky (羅根好好運) is an 2017 film. The movie stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, and Daniel Craig. The supporting cast include Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Hilary Swank, Katherine Waterston, and Sebastian Stan. The movie is a heist film in the genre that Steven Soderbergh does so well in.

Channing Tatum has a great plan to rob NASCAR, but they he helps. Enter his brother, played by Adam Driver and Daniel Craig as an locked up robbery expert. But things never go as expected and the FBI starts to get involved. Can Tatum and his crew outsmart the FBI and get away with the money?

This movie was not what I expected. I basically looked at the cast and decided I was going to watch this. But I had no idea it was an heist movie nor from Steven Soderbergh. The acting was great, the story kept me engaged and I was very entertained. I would recommend that you give this film a try.

I rented this via Redbox and currently on Amazon Prime Videos.

Magic Mike - 舞棍俱樂部

Magic Mike (舞棍俱樂部) is an 2012 film. The movie stars Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, and Cody Horn. The supporting cast include Matt Bomer, Olivia Munn, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The movie was directed by the acclaimed Steven Soderbergh.

Channing Tatum plays Michael Lane, a roof specialist in Tampa Florida. When he's called to a job, he's paired with Adam "The Kid", played by Alex Pettyfer, he teaches him the trade. When the two bump into each other on the street, Lane makes The Kid pay him back. That means going to the male strip club, Xquisite, and performing. Lane's one of the stars there with the handle, Magic Mike. Adam eventually gets into the business. The struggle to maintain this hard partying life catches up to them.

Channing Tatum can dance. He was in one of the Step Up movies. Alex and the other guys impressed me more. But they kind of just the "grind" dance most of the time. The movie itself is a nice look into a lifestyle I am not familiar with. What kept me involved was the wooing of Adam's sister by Mike. It made no sense. No sense at all. But it is a movie, things that seem like it should be improbable happen. It happens in real life! I won't be a repeat watcher. Unique story, but not compelling enough for me.

Haywire - 即刻反擊

Haywire (即刻反擊) is an 2012 film. The movie stars Gina Carano. The supporting cast include Channing Tatum, Michael Angarano, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Michael Fassbender, and Bill Paxton. Pretty impressive resume for Gina's debut in film. Gina Carano is best known as an MMA cage-fighter with Strikeforce. The movie is directed by the acclaimed and well respected Steven Soderbergh.

Gina plays, Mallory, a mercenary working on covert operations for the US government. Mallory is the prize agent of her current firm. The firm's head and Mallory had a thing in the past that has recently ended, but it hasn't directly affected their personal lives. On a mission to Spain, things go a little off when they extract out a exiled national from Zhong Guo. When back in our home base of San Diego, she's sent back out into the field, in Dublin. There, things go haywire and she's framed for murders. Back in the US, she tries to go Bourne and find out what happens.

This movie was a lot of non-stop action a la the Bourne movies. Except, you have a female lead in Gina doing the spy thing. The fighting is brutal and the made to be like real life. The story itself was hard to follow as there were so many characters on different sides. Gina didn't have to do too much acting as the movie was a constant motion picture. It reminded me of Japanese movies where they film people walking. Lots of long shots of Gina doing athletic things.

I liked the film for the fact that it was a slight departure from the Bourne and Statham type movies. Gina can kick @$$ and you'd believe it. I'd prolly last all of 10 seconds in the cage with her. 9 seconds of it is running away. Good movie, but the story was quite difficult to follow.