Friday, April 10, 2009

Why don't we make any more good movies

8. 13 B (Hindi) (5.5/10)
Its not right to put this movie in horror genre. It was more like a thriller. A family moves into a new house and soon the owner realizes that things that are happening in one particular TV serial are exactly the same that later happen in their house. Trying to solve the mystery, they unfold a past 30 years ago about a family who was brutally murdered in the very same area and how they want to contact the world and take revenge about it.

7. The Fan (5/10)
Robert De Niro plays a pathological baseball fan whose obsession is focused on a San Francisco Giants all-star outfielder (Wesley Snipes). While the newly signed baseball star is having trouble getting his favorite uniform number from a competitive teammate, De Niro is having career troubles at the knife company his father founded. To boost morale of his idol, DeNiro kills the competitive team mate and in the process gets so obsessed with Snipes life that he kidnaps his son. What follows is some many a time seen scenes of an obsessed individual (in this case a fan of a baseball player)

6. Maharathi (Hindi) (5.5/10)
The movie started off very good but somewhere round the line lost the steam. Very interesting story wherein a driver played by Paresh Rawal plots with his master's wife to prove his suicide into murder because thats the only way wife can get the insurance money. The wife also has an accomplice in the form of Boman Irani, the lawyer. The game of cat and mouse between all these characters and who can ultimately get the 24 crores in the jist of story. Excellent cast, the film lacked pace of a thriller. It looked more like a TV drama series. Nevertheless, very interesting story.

5. Role Models (4/10)
Its hard to put this film in a genre. It wasn't really a comedy either. The 2 main characters crash the company truck and mess with the cops. COurt orders them jail or community service of mentorship. They become mentors for 2 young kids and the problems and what all they have to o through with it even though they dont want to makes this film. In the process they realize their mistakes of life and try and grow up. Paul Rudd was decent but thats it. It made me laugh at very few places except one scene when Paul Rudd goes to the king for forgiveness.

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