Movie premieres September 6: The Return of Denzel Washington, historical drama and anime Avdotya Smirnova

Cinema / by admin / December 19, 2019

Great Equalizer 2

Slow and emotional continuation of the famous film.

Original title: The Equalizer 2.
Director: Antoine Fuqua.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal.

Former CIA agent Robert McCall lives a modest life of an ordinary taxi driver. But secretly he is trying to help people and punish criminals and villains, using past skills. Once killed his only close friend. McCall is trying to find out the causes of her death, and faced with his past.

The first "Great Equalizer" created a great atmosphere chamber thriller-action movie, where a middle-aged hero alone dealt with the Russian mafia, using the means at hand. However, Antoine Fuqua decided not to continue the story of thumb - the second movie came out much more emotional, but "slow". There is much more time is given to the everyday lives of the characters and their past, but the drive and fight - only the background for the sequel many critics.

The Story of a destination

Topical historical drama based on real events.

Director: Avdotya Smirnova.
Cast: Alexei Smirnov, Evgeny Kharitonov and Irina Gorbachev, Elizabeth Jankowska.

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Writer Leo Tolstoy at the request of Lieutenant Kolokoltseva taken to protect the clerk, who hit the company commander. Defendant facing the death penalty, but Tolstoy is convinced that he did not deserve such a fate.

Rare case when a film of Russian production hardly criticized for his acting game. Perhaps the fact that Avdotya Smirnova did not artificially try to create a spirit of the age. All the characters speak in modern language, not too much inclined to the old Russian parlance. And it largely makes the story more understandable to the current viewer. It has everything: the opposition Law and Justice, the clash of their own beliefs with the public opinion, and many other relevant issues at any time. Here are just a morality too served in the forehead, it seems to understand even the most attentive audience.

Kin

Inexpensive fiction with James Franco in the role of villain.

Original title: Kin.
Directed by: Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker.
Cast: James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, Carrie Coon.

Ely teenager living with a foster father, is alien weapon of immense power. But then there is his half-brother Jimmy, who draws them both into trouble. Now the heroes have to escape from the evil perpetrator Taylor and his band, relying on the strength of unknown weapons.

Strange, but the Russian distributors have decided not to locate the name. Although in this film worthwhile to translate a word Kin ( "Kin" or "relationship"), partly because the story is linked with family ties. Of movies with James Franco never know what to expect: a year ago, it all away "Oscar" for his role and shooting "Mount creator"And this summer his" World of Tomorrow "has failed in all respects. Here the idea is successful about half. Franco is quite good in the role of villain, but the story itself is more like the pilot of a TV series, not the full story for the big screen.

Club "School"

Teen comedy about first love and socialization.

Original title: Public Schooled.
Director: Kyle Rideout.
Starring: Judy Greer, Daniel Doheny, Siobhan Williams.

16-year-old Liam all childhood he studied at home and made friends only with her mother. He was about to come to Cambridge and went to take the final exam, but met a girl, which immediately fell in love. As a result, Liam flunked an exam to be able to go to school and be closer to his beloved.

This movie could show a rather interesting contrast between a home school education. First, perhaps, it gives more knowledge, but the second child teaches socialization and communication. However, this topic is here serves only as the background, and this conflict is, in fact, no - there's better to turn to "Captain Fantastic", or one of the episodes of "South Park." A "Club" School "" probably just a story of teenage love and understanding with parents without much depth and protest.

Mara. dream Eater

A low-budget horror classic on the topic.

Original title: Mara.
Director: Clive Tong.
Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Javier Boteti.

Psychologist Kate Fuller is involved in a murder investigation. According to investigators, the man while he was sleeping, strangled his own wife. But his eight-year old daughter starts to tell scary stories about the demon that kills people in their sleep. And then at the very start of Kate the same symptoms. And she realizes that the only chance to stay alive - not sleep.

Legacy "A Nightmare on Elm Street"Still is haunted by horror authors, even though most of the franchise for a long time to restart failed. But directors and try to make films about murderers, wielding in their dreams, and people trying to sleep. The "Mare" is used all the same hackneyed plot moves: blurred the line between dream and reality, dark shadows, children who speak a terrible voice, and so on. During the session, you can start several times from successful Screamer, but a good story is better not to wait.

The Secret Life of the penguins

Easy and good anime about growing up and looking for magic in the ordinary world.

Original title: Penguin Highway.
Director: Hiroyasu Ishida.

Aoyama inquisitive student writes in a diary everything that comes with it. He was accustomed to find in the world something new and exciting, but then in his city there is something really weird on the outskirts there is a strange realm, but in the city there are penguins. And it has something to do with the life of Aoyama.

Russian distributors have finally realized that anime They love not only closed booms. And if it is put in wide release, people will watch. However, while that for our cinemas buy only the most simple and positive stories.

Localization name for some reason, due to the recent "The Secret Life of Pets", although there is nothing in common here. But the film looks interesting and really exciting, except that the timing of it is very deep (nearly two hours of screen time). This story is not about penguins, and about growing up, friendship, love, and other simple truths, served nice and cute.

dark reflection

Secondary fiction for children with super powers.

Original title: The Darkest Minds.
Director: Jennifer Yu
Starring: Mandy Moore, Amandla Stenberg, Gwendoline Christie.

After an unknown virus has destroyed 98% of the children in the remaining manifest superpowers. Depending on their survivors changing eye color. Holders of yellow controlled electricity, children with red eyes Pyrokinesis own, and those who have them orange, read thoughts. All children are distributed in the camps, but the main character escapes and joins a group of teenagers who want to oppose the government.

It seems to be "Dark reflections" are trying to play on the same topic as the dozens of other films and TV series - teenagers with supernormal, who oppose cruel world of adults. But in this case something is not set from the beginning. Background spelled out very superficially, and all the members of the older generation polls look sadists. But the worst thing here - the constant feeling of the secondary. All twists the audience was able to see in "Divergent", "The Hunger Games", "X-Men", "gifted"" The Runaways "and many other similar stories. "Dark reflections" take only the standard plots and try to exaggerate them, but it turns out poorly.

Belle and Sebastian: Friends forever

Completion of the touching story of friendship child and dog.

Original name: Belle et Sébastien 3, le dernier chapitre.
Director: Clovis Cornillac.
Starring: Felix Bossuet, Checks Karyo, Clovis Cornillac.

The final part of the franchise about a young Sebastian and his dog. This time, there is the former owner of Belle - a brutal and aggressive man who for four years was looking for a missing pet. He takes away the dog, but Sebastian decides to return his friend.

With this picture is very simple: those who fell in love with the story of the previous films, must see and the finale. Exactly the same atmosphere, the simple truth about loyalty, friendship and loyalty. Taken as nice and emotionally. Those who are not familiar with the first picture is also quite quickly understand all the background, but is unlikely to receive the same portion of the heat - it is rather a meeting with old friends, rather than a single film.