It Chapter Two - 牠 第二章

It Chapter Two (牠 第二章) is an 2019 film. The movie stars Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, and Andy Bean as the older set. The younger set star Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Wyatt Oleff. Bill Skarsgård returns as It, Pennywise the Dancing Clown. This was a sequel to It (牠) from 2017.



Set 27 years after the events of 1989, it is 2016 and they have all grown up. When they find out the Pennywise may not be dead, they must go back to Derry and kill It. Mike Hanlon calls his childhood friends, Bill Denbrough, Eddie Kaspbrak, Richie Tozier, Ben Hanscom, Stanley Uris, and Beverly Marsh to return. When they return back to Derry, they immediately start getting messed with by It. When Mike finds out a way to kill It, they must go about getting things to run a ritual to kill it. All of them must go back to their childhood stomping grounds, oftentimes reliving those horrible events in today's reality. Can they all retrieve their items and get the ritual performed?

This movie was super creepy. I have been watching horror movies since I was a wee lad and very little freaks me out. But Pennywise freaks me out. However, like I did for the first film, I got over It and continued on. In all, it felt totally different from the first film as this moved in more of a detective drama slant. The flashbacks were a good addition to bring things back to before.

Bad Boys For Life - 絕地戰警 For Life

Bad Boys For Life (絕地戰警 For Life) is an 2020 film. The movie stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The supporting cast include Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Theresa Randle, Jacob Scipio, and Joe Pantoliano. This is the third film in the Bad Boys franchise. Due to the successful first week, there will be a fourth installment.




Set 25 or so years after the first Bad Boys movie, Marcus is revealed to have a granddaughter. Mike Lowry is still not interested in retiring when Marcus has a change of heart. In Mexico, the Aretas family matriarch breaks out and finds their millions in stashed money. For revenge, they start to take out everyone that was involved in putting them behind bars. Some of the folks on Mike and Marcus's team are hit and they have to find out who. Unfortunately, when they looking into who it is, there are too many people that they've taken down over the years, so the cat and mouse chase starts.



This was a pretty fun movie. I will be honest, I have not watched either of the previous two Bad Boys in probably 15 years. So I was having a hard time remembering the repeat characters such as those in Marcus' family. However, outside of that, I was pretty much into the movie, the action and the story.

I really like the expansion of the team to AMMO members. The addition of this team made things fresh and melded the tech with the old school police work. If you're looking for a 2+ hours of fun action, this movie will do it in spades.

2020 January Blockbuster Movie Guide

Here are the movies to look out for this month, US Edition.

Dolittle (杜立德)



Like a Boss



Underwater (深海終劫站)



Bad Boys For Life (絕地戰警 For Life)



紧急救援 (The Rescue)





Sources:
IMDB Coming Soon
Box Office Mojo
Wikipedia.org
Taiwan Yahoo! Movies
WMoov Hong Kong

The Peanut Butter Falcon - 花生醬獵鷹的願望

The Peanut Butter Falcon (花生醬獵鷹的願望) is an 2019 film. The movie stars Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, and Dakota Johnson. The supporting cast include John Hawkes, Bruce Dern, Jon Bernthal, and Thomas Haden Church. Peanut Butter Falcon was the highest grossing independent film of 2019.



Shia plays Tyler, a fisherman of sorts who's having a hard time in life after the death of his brother. Zak, played by Zack Gottsagen, has down syndrome and is currently living in a elderly hospice type place. Tyler lights a fire to rival fisherman and is now on the run. Zak successfully escapes his confines and hides on Tyler's boat. They eventually make a bond and go on the run together. Zak is looking for a professional wrestling school in Florida. They are in Georgia. Eleanor, played by Dakota Johnson, was responsible for Zak and is sent looking for him. Eventually, all three meet up and go on the same adventure.



This was one of my favorite films of 2019. I saw a trailer and it looked super interesting. I was not disappointed. The acting was very endearing and the setting they were in was quite interesting. Being a Los Angeles native, seeing that part of the Georgia was quite interesting.

Shia and Zack had such a good bound in the movie that it was quite easy to follow their adventure.

In the description, it was mentioned that this was a modern Huckleberry Finn retelling. Having read Finn 30 plus years ago, I didn't remember the concept, but go figure.



I caught this film via T-Mobile Tuesday Redbox promo.

Charlie's Angels - 霹靂嬌娃

Charlie's Angels (霹靂嬌娃) is an 2019 film. The movie stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska. The supporting cast include Elizabeth Banks, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Pang, and Jonathan Tucker. Cameo appearances from Hailee Steinfeld, Lili Reinhart, Aly Raisman, Chloe Kim, Ronda Rousey, Danica Patrick, Laverne Cox, Michael Strahan, and Jaclyn Smith. This movie combines the television and previous films into a combined universe for the first time. A sequel would be difficult given that it bombed at the box office.



Kristen Stewart plays Sabina Wilson who is trying to get information from Jonny Smith, played by Chris Pang. Jane Kano, played by Ella Balinska, burst in as the information is obtained and they get away. Months later, Elena Houghlin played by Naomi Scott is a scientist that develops a energy conservation device called Calisto. However, the safetly of the device is in question and she tries to get that information out, eventually getting connected with the Angels. Let the fun begin with her employers want kill her. Recruited for an Angel spot, can these three angels save the day and stop Calisto from getting to the public?



This was a pretty entertaining film. I thought the main plot point of Calisto was a good one. A wanna be whistle blower that becomes an Angel. And the expansion of the universe gives it legs. I would even Sony going with a television series instead of a movie franchise. In essence, go back to its roots. But Sony doesn't have a Disney+ type platform to do this.

Kristen Stewart was the star of the movie. Her turn as Sabina was pretty awesome. Stewart is so far from her Eclipse days that I could see her in her element. I'd watch a Stewart film in a Bond type setting any day after this film.