VietNamNet Bridge – “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Step up All In” are the outstanding movies in the last month of the summer movie season this year.
1. Guardians of the Galaxy 1 – 3D
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Running Time: 2 hours and 2 minutes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Release Date: 01/08/2014
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits-Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand-with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.
2. Nicolas on Holiday
Release Date: 1/8
Nicholas on Holiday is directed by Laurent Tirard and stars Valerie Lemericer and Kad Merad. The sequel is based on the third book of Goscinny and Sempé’s classic series and follows Little Nicholas, his parents and Granny as they hit the road heading for the sea and move into the Beau-Rivage Hotel.
3. Mr. Jones
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1h 24m
Actor: Jon Foster, Sarah Jones, Mark
Director: Karl Mueller
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Release date: 1/8
As a follow up “found footage” film style, using real video was found to flank the content to increase the realism of the film, Mr. Jones promises to take audiences to experience a labyrinth of horrors while enjoying the movie
In the movie, the two main characters is Scott (Jon Foster) and Penny (Sarah Jones) has just moved to a small house, isolated in a forest to escape the pressures of the outside world, enjoy the new atmosphere that they would blow into his artwork. However, they soon realized the dark forest also has an eccentric artist was hiding. People only know him by the name Mr. Jones (played by Mark Steger)
This is a man who does not like to be bothered, just go out at night to attract the bizarre sculptures was deep in the forest. Curiosity of Scott and Penny were broken the private space of Mr. Jones and that’s when he pushed them into a world filled with terrifying nightmare and panic.
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – 3D
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner
Running Time: 1 hour and 36 minutes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Release Date: 08/08/2014
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil and her cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan.
5. Into the Storm
Director: Steven Quale
Cast: Sarah Wayne Callies, Richard Armitage, Jeremy Sumpter
Running Time: 1 hour and 29 minutes
Genre: Action, Thriller / Suspense
Release Date: 08/08/2014
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot. Told through the eyes and lenses of professional storm chasers, thrill-seeking amateurs, and courageous townspeople, “Into the Storm” throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme.
6. No Tears for the Dead
Director: Jeong-beom Lee
Cast: Dong-gun Jang, Min-hee Kim, Brian Tee
Running Time: 1 hour and 53 minutes
Genre: Action
Release Date: 08/08/2014
Language: Korean with English, Vietnamese subtitles
Abandoned by his mother shortly after immigrating to America, Gon is raised by the mafia and grows up to become a cold-blooded hitman. Though usually flawless in taking out his targets, Gon makes a terrible mistake of killing an innocent young girl. Swamped by feelings of regret, guilt and shame, Gon no longer wants to be a hitman, but his boss gives him one last mission.
So Gon finds himself in Korea, the land of the mother that abandoned him, on the trail of his last target. But in bitter irony, that target is Mo-gyeong, the mother of the dead child. Mo-gyeong is a risk manager at an investment firm who now lives in a fog of despair, caring for her senile mother while reliant on alcohol and drugs to get by following the loss of her husband and daughter. She is oblivious to her involvement in a much larger conspiracy until a man approaches her, claiming to know the truth behind her daughter’s death.
Gon agonizes and faces a life or death choice ― to follow the order to kill his target or to risk his own life at the price of redemption for his past.
7. The Expendables 3
Director: Patrick Hughes
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li
Running Time: 1 hour and 46 minutes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller / Suspense
Release Date: 15/08/2014
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables – but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.
8. Lucy
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Analeigh Tipton, Morgan Freeman
Running Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Genre: Action, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Release Date: 22/08/2014
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
9. Exequy Dresser
Release Date: 15/8
Genre: Horror, thriller
Director: Ma Wu
Actor: Miu Miu, Zuo Da, Ma Wu, Wang Xi Wei
Language: Cantonese with Vietnamese subtitles
May – a corpse make-up artists – spends most of her time working at the morgue. At the nightclub, she meets new friends, gradually entangled in the mysterious mystery without knowing it. And then something bad happens in a time machine to work till late in the morgue, her friend Che Li did die and this May and fear haunted by the ghosts around her.
10. Step Up All In – 3D
Director: Trish Sie
Actor: Alyson Stoner, Briana Evigan, Adam G. Sevani
Running Time: 1 hour and 52 minutes
Genre: Drama, Musicals, Romance
Release Date: 22/08/2014
Language: English with Vietnamese Subtitles
In the next exciting chapter of the international phenomenon STEP UP, all-stars from previous installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
11. The Prince
Director: Brian A Miller
Cast: Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Jessica Lowndes
Running Time: 1 hour and 33 minutes
Genre: Action, Thriller / Suspense
Release Date: 29/08/2014
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
A retired assassin is drawn back into the life he gave up when his daughter is kidnapped. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival.
12. Scandal 2
Director: Victor Vu
Cast: Trang Nhung, Chi Bao, Than Thuy Ha, Kieu Minh Tuan, Kinh Quoc, Chieu Xuan
Genre: Drama, Thriller / Suspense
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Scandal: The Comeback is the story of Bella, a once-famous actress trying to recapture her old glory days with the help of plastic surgery. Unfortunately, the surgery fails and Bella dies on the operating table. But a few months later, Bella suddenly comes back. It shows us some glimpses into the dark side of the showbiz industry and their obsessions with plastic surgery.
13. The Missing Corpe
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Cast: Tina Tinh, Hoang Phuc, Only C
Director: Do Thanh An
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Release date: 15/8
A mysterious crime on the river, the corpse was missing, mother and daughter Y Linh and Ban Mai became the only suspects. They are both identified themselves as perpetrators of Doctor Sinh’s death. Is the testimony of Y Linh and Ban Mai is the truth?
Who should take responsibility for Mr. Sinh’s death? Where is his body? There is also the fourth witness who knows about Sinh’ death. Who is he?
T. Van