VietNamNet Bridge – “Minions”, “Ant-Man,” “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” will be the focal points at local cinemas in July.
1. Hollywood Adventures
Release date: 3/7
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast: Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei
Director: Timothy Kendall
Duration: 100 minutes
Version: Chinese with English Vietnamese Subtitles
This movie will open Vietnamese cinemas in July. The film has the presence of many Asian movie stars as Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, and Sung Kang (star of the Fast Furious series).
This is a story of how a man thousands miles away from America arrives in a beautiful land to look for his girlfriend and how the journey turns his head around, literally.
2. Minions
Release date: 10/7
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm
Director: Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda
Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
The story of Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters.
Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters – from T-Rex to Napoleon – the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he – alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob – ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow.
The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill, the world’s first-ever female super-villain.
They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind… from annihilation.
3. Barely Lethal
Release date: 17/7
Genre: Action, Comedy
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Alba, Sophie Turner, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Kyle Newman
Duration: 96 minutes
Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
A teenage special ops agent coveting a “normal” adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.
4. The Gallows
Release date: 17/7
Genre: Horror
Cast: Cassidy Gifford, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos
Director: Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing
Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
Twenty years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy – but soon discover that some things are better left alone.
5. Connasse Princesse Des Coeurs
Release date: 17/7
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Camille Cottin, Marie-Christine Adam, Stéphane Bern
Director: Eloïse Lang, Noémie Saglio
Duration: 80 minutes
Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
A young woman, unsatisfied with her social class, decides to marry someone rich and powerful to be able to stop working and have whatever she wants for the rest of her days. This movie is entirely shot with hidden cameras.
6. Harbinger Down
Release date: 17/7
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Camille Balsamo, Matt Winston
Director: Alec Gillis
Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
A group of grad students have booked passage on the fishing trawler Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas in the Bering Sea.
When the ship’s crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, things get downright deadly.
It seems that the Russians experimented with tardigrades, tiny resilient animals able to withstand the extremes of space radiation. The creatures survived but not without mutation.
Now the crew is exposed to aggressively mutating organisms. And after being locked in ice for three decades, the creatures aren’t about to give up the warmth of human companionship.
7. Ted 2
Release date: 17/7
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Duration: 115 minutes
Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of law.
8. Ant-Man
Release date: 24/7
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Hayley Atwell
Director: Peyton Reed
Duration: 117 minutes
Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
9. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
Release date: 31/7
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Cast: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Hiromi Tsuru
Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Duration: 93 minutes
Version: Japanese with Vietnamese Subtitles
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ is the second film personally supervised by the series creator himself, Akira Toriyama.
The new movie showcases the return of Frieza – one of the most iconic villains of all time. Even the complete obliteration of his physical form can’t stop the galaxy’s most evil overlord.
After years in spiritual purgatory, Frieza has been resurrected and plans to take his revenge on the Z-Fighters of Earth.
Facing off against Frieza’s powerful new form, and his army of 1,000 soldiers, Goku and Vegeta must reach new levels of strength in order to protect Earth from their vengeful nemesis.
10. The Hero Chi You
Release date: 31/7
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Cast: Kevin Tan, Qin Xue, Han Dong, Zhang Hengping, Liang Dawei, Zhang He, Wang Jianguo
Director: Zhao Jian
Duration: 104 minutes
Version: Mandarin with Vietnamese Subtitles
The movie is about a hero of the H’mong tribe.
11. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Release date: 31/7
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Duration: 104 minutes
Version: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
T. Van