Movie + Drama = Momathon

It has been quite a long holiday for me.. It's 4th Sept now and I haven't done much throughout my 4 months break.. In less then 20 days, I will be back in Semenyih living a boring life.. AGAIN~ Anyway, I would like to say I have watched quite a few movies and dramas this holiday and I would like to share with you my very own movie reviews.

The Bank Job

It is a British 2008 crime film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Jason Statham, based on the 1971 Baker Street robbery in central London. The whole plan took place when Terry, a car dealer was offered by a beautiful model, Martine. Terry has always avoided major scams but finally accepted the offer because he knew that is a lifetime opportunity for him. They targeted a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewellery. Other than Martine, no one knows that the safe contains dirty secrets that will actually thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the british government and the Royal family itself. The producers allege that the story was prevented from being told because of a DA-Notice government gagging request, allegedly to protect a prominent member of the British Royal Family. According to the producers, this movie is intended to reveal the truth for the first time, although it includes significant elements of fiction and the extent to which it represents historical fact is difficult to determine. It is a great action movie I would say and my rating for it - 9/10.

Ninja Cheerleaders

This movie is about 3 hot, intelligent and tough college girls, April, Courtney and Monica. They are currently pursuing their first semester and they are required to do well in their finals in order to enter university. In the day, they are like normal college students and goes for cheerleading practises. In the night, they are dancers at the night club. They took part in a competition beacuse they need that sum of money to pay for their university tuition fees. At the meantime, their guru was kidnapped by the bad guys. The mastermind behind the scene kidnapped the guru because he wants to have his night club back. The whole story is mainly about how the girls made it through to the finals in that competition while trying to save their guru out. I find the story rather illogical as the so called ninja girls are undefeatable till the end when they face another ninja woman. Throughout the show, they have no injuries at all. It's total rubbish. Not interesting, not catchy at all. Meaningless. My rating for it - 3/10.

21

This movie is about how a bunch of bright student earn big money in Vegas. Ben Campbell is a brilliant student who works very hard to earn money for his school tuition fees. He was noticed by one of his lecturer for his genius mind in mathematics and was offered to join a group of the school’s most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend with fake identities. The movie shows how they know the way to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky leading the way, they’ve cracked the code. The team played the game by counting cards and by giving their own signal. Ben joined the team to earn his tuition fees which is 300,000 dollars but in the end he couldn't resist from playing on the game. He ended up got caught and beaten by the casino's enforcer. When he is back from Vegas, he noticed that his room was in a mess and all his money was gone. I love this show very much especially the way the deal with the game. The way they count cards are really terrific. I would rate this awesome action movie 8/10.

Other than the 3 movies mentioned above, I've also watched movies like My Mom's New Boyfriend, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, P.S.I I Love You, Sex and the City, Meet Dave and many more. More reviews will be coming up on the next post! Stay tuned!

Beside movies, I've been a great fan of Hong Kong TVB drama. Those were shown and are showing on Astro On Demand are my all time favourite. The dramas I'm watching now is Moonlight Resonance and Your Class or Mine. Both dramas are equally interesting but both are of different genres.

Moonlight Resonance
This is a story about a big family fighting over power, love and family. The casts are from the previous drama, Heart of Greed (溏心風暴). It all started many years back where Chung Siew Hor and her husband Kam Tai Jo have been working hard for many years to establish a famous reputation for their Moonlight Cake Shop. However, Hor discovers that Jo commits adultery with her best friend Yan Hong and she breaks up with him miserably. Hor brings along her children Hou, Hing and her step daughter Yuet to start a new life with a new cake shop. Hong moves in to live with Jo and she starts playing tricks in the family. She tries pleasing her mother-in-law in every ways while disuniting her stepson and Jo. Outside the family, Hong starts expanding their business rapidly and Hor's younger sister Chung Siew Sa is displeased. Sa decides to fight for the ownership of their cake shop's brand name in court with Hong and their relationship with Hong further deteriorates. Sa is also a person who can betray her family for money.

Apart from the cake shop business, Hor also spends a lot of efforts on her children. Her oldest son, Ka is not interested in managing the cake shop at all and he indulges himself on stock trading. He also develops an entangling relationship with his cousin Ka Mei and Yuet at the same time. Ka Mei is Sa's daughter and acted as if she's a very nice person but actually she does everything for a reason. On the other hand, Hor's younger son Hou takes up the role of a father in the family and he works hard all the time to earn a living. Hou loves his childhood friend Chau whole-heartedly but Chau is in love with the doctor Ling Chi Soon. Hor works hard unconditionally to strive for the well being of her family members. Hong, on the other hand, is a very mean person who values her own benefits only. Jo is caught between the two women all the time and he feels helpless.

One day, a disaster happens at the cake shop. Here comes a time when human nature, family bonds and love are brought to a trail. This is a very interesting drama and worth watching. This drama consists of 40 episodes. Each and every episode brings you joy, pain, disappointment, suspense, anger and all the emotion you can have. Go ahead and watch it! There's too much to write. Why not you watch it and let me know what u think bout it? Trust me, you'll never regret! 2 thumbs up for this drama!

More reviews will be up soon! Remember to stay tune for more movies and dramas reviews!