VietNamNet Bridge – The blockbuster “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”, “Hercules” and horror movie “Take Souls” are the noteworthy movies that will be released in Vietnam this month.
1. Doraemon 2014
Director: Hideo Nishimaki
Runtime: 1 hour and 51 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Animation
Release Date: 04/07/2014
The movie about the intelligent robot cat from Japan – Doraemon – and his close friends will open Vietnam’s cinemas this month.
In the new movie, Nobita finds an stray dog and brings him home, little does he knows that the dog is actually a prince in his homeland, a world apart deep in the African “Smokers Forest” were the dogs evolved and have their own empire, so he and his friends take on a journey to take the young prince back to his homeland but when they get there, things have changed…
2. Begin Again
Director: John Carney
Runtime: 1 hour and 44 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musicals
Release Date: 04/07/2014
This is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners from high school. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label executive, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent.
3. Deliver Us from Evil
Director: Scott Derrickson
Runtime: 1 hour and 53 minutes
Genre: Crime/Gangster, Horror, Thriller / Suspense
Release Date: 04/07/2014
NY police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana), investigates a series of crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest (Edgar Ramirez), schooled in the rituals of exorcism, to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city.
4. The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – 3D
Director: Matt Reeves
Runtime: 2 hours and 11 minutes
Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Release Date: 11/07/2014
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.
5. Earth to Echo
Director: Dave Green
Runtime: 91 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Release Date: 11/7
After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted messages, a group of kids embark on an adventure with an alien who needs their help.
6. Free Ride
Director: Shana Betz
Runtime: 86 minutes
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release Date: 11/7
A single mom caught up in the Florida drug trade during the late 1970s tries to make a better life for her two girls.
7. A Million Ways to Die in the West
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Runtime: 115 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 18/7
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
8. Planes: Fire Rescue – 3D
Director: Roberts Gannaway
Runtime: 155 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Release Date: 18/07/2014
When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.
9. 13th Sins
Director: Daniel Stamm
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Release Date: 25/07/2014
Elliot Brindle is a bright, meek salesman, drowning in debt – and desperate as he’s about to marry the love of his life. Upon receiving a phone call informing him that he’s on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a sum total cash prize of $6.2M, Elliot dismissively follows through with his first two instructions: swat the fly that is currently bothering him, then eat the fly. With thousands of dollars suddenly appearing in his bank account, Elliot remains skeptical, though comforted by the knowledge that he can stop playing at anytime if only to lose every penny that he’s won. Trapped into the horrors manipulated by unseen spectators, Elliot’s need to complete the game escalates as the tasks grow more extreme, to a devastating point of no return.
10. The Anomaly
Director: Noel Clarke
Runtime: 97 minutes
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Release Date: 25/07/2014
A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has a few moments to figure out how he got there.
11. Hercules – 3D
Director: Brett Ratner
Running Time:
Genre: Action, Adventure
Release Date: 25/07/2014
Having endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord.
Compiled by T. Van