Don't Anger Denzel Washington & Tolstoy: Watch This Week
The dry summer in terms of interesting novelties has come to an end, and we can only hope that in the near future the schedule will become more varied and interesting, and the audience will begin to return to cinemas. Several movie premieres will compete for their attention next week. And even if they don't really succeed in reviving the box office, they will definitely be able to please at least fans of their genre. So, at the box office: Denzel Washington, who went on the warpath, teenagers with alien weapons and superpowers, Leo Tolstoy, who stands up for a fair trial, and a horror about the dangers of sleep.The Great Equalizer 2. " You have to pay for mistakes Almost two months after the premiere in his homeland, the crime thriller "Great Equalizer 2" made it to USA screens. Antoine Fuqua's film continues the story of former CIA agent Robert McCall, portrayed by two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington, who administers justice on his own. When the hero's girlfriend, Susan (Melissa Leo), is killed because she crossed the path of dangerous people, he, without hesitation, rushes to take revenge on them. However, this time the enemies are also not a miss ... The Great Equalizer 2 Duplicate Trailer The Great Equalizer 2 was Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua's fourth collaboration, after Training Day, The Great Equalizer and The Magnificent Seven, and the first sequel to both. At home, the film almost completely repeated the fate of the original picture, having collected $ 99 million to date, while the first "Great Equalizer" in 2014 for all the time has mastered a little more than $ 101 million. But if the audience turned out to be more supportive of the second tape, putting it And instead of A-, then critics are more inclined in favor of the first part - on Rotten Tomatoes, films have a rating of 60% and 51%, respectively. Reviewers note the implausibility of everything that happens, senseless violence, the average quality of the action scene and a tortured ending, which at the same time provides a groundwork for the further continuation of the story. And although Denzel Washington is "always great," as one journalist wrote,"this is a very standard and very predictable feed,", his colleague summed up. Dark Reflections ". "We will fight for everyone!" For all lovers of teenage dystopias like The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner, the fantastic thriller Dark Reflections will be released next week. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the writer Alexandra Bracken and tells the story of a world where 98% of American children died as a result of an unknown disease. The remaining 2% have various kinds of superpowers, which is why the government locks them up in special camps. The main heroine of the story, a 16-year-old girl Ruby, escapes from such a camp and joins a group of teenagers who are hiding from the system and are ready to fight for their freedom to the last. Dark Reflections Duplicate Trailer Amandla Stenberg, who will be remembered by the audience for her role as Ruta in the same Hunger Games, will appear as the main rebel on the screen, Mandy Moore (This Is Us), Gwendoline Christie (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Bradley will also appear in the film Whitford (Get Out), Harris Dickinson (Trust), Patrick Gibson (OA) and others. The transfer of the adventure story to the big screens was handled by Jennifer Yu, who has two parts of the animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda" behind her. In the wake of the popularity of dystopias in recent years, many such stories have appeared on the screens about the "most ordinary" girl or boy who, with or without super powers, are ready to resist the regime. Therefore, it is unlikely that "Dark Reflections" will bring something new to the genre, and, alas, the first reviews of critics confirm this. The film's rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 17%. Reviewers call the film "one-off", criticize the very slowly developing action and absolutely unoriginal story, full of cliches and cliches that are so characteristic of teenage dystopias. As for ordinary viewers, they rated the picture very average and they - according to the site CinemaScore "Dark Reflections" received a neutral B rating. History of one appointment ". Or how to deal with army boredom Fans of USA cinema can go to see Avdotya Smirnova's new film "The Story of a Destination", which at the last "Kinotavr" won the Grigory Gorin award for the best script and the audience award. The film is based on a real incident that happened to the writer Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy. It was in 1866, the regimental clerk Vasily Shabunin slaps the officer who persecuted him, and for this now, according to the laws of the military court, he must be shot. Tolstoy learns about this incident from a friend of lieutenant Grigory Kolokoltsev and is so imbued with the fate of the clerk that he agrees to be his lawyer. A Story of One Assignment Trailer The role of Leo Tolstoy was performed by Evgeny Kharitonov ("Brest Fortress"), the writer's wife, Sophia, played by Irina Gorbacheva ("Arrhythmia"), the image of Kolokoltsev was embodied by Alexei Smirnov ("About Love"), the hero of Philip Gurevich will have to take the rap before the tribunal (" Executioner"). Smirnova entrusted the camera work to her longtime colleague Maxim Osadchy ("Two Days"), but the music for the film was written by Vasily Vakulenko, aka Basta. According to critics who watched the film at Kinotavr, Avdotya Smirnova has a very modern and relevant story, which, starting as a vaudeville, grows into a real tragedy. And even though this excessive "modernity" sometimes interferes with empathizing directly with the heroes of the picture, the tape still turned out to be an excellent illustration of“growing up and disappointment of a young man”and another confirmation, as Avdotya Smirnova herself put it, of the immortal statement of Chernomyrdin:"We wanted the best, but it turned out as always". Keene ". Don't get into trouble "There is no greater strength, and there are no bonds stronger than family", - says the trailer for a new fantastic action movie called "Keene" (USA distributors for some reason suddenly decided not to translate the title of the tape from English, although initially it was known as "Relatives"). The plot of the picture revolves around a teenager named Eli, who, walking through an abandoned warehouse, accidentally stumbles upon a futuristic gun left by some people in alien armor. The guy takes the find for himself and very soon uses it to save his older brother, who has just returned from prison and has already managed to get into trouble by owing money to a local bandit. Of course, brother Eli was saved, but now not only gangsters and special services, who want to get an incredibly powerful weapon, but also an army of aliens, are beginning to hunt them down. returning for her invention. Keene Duplicate Trailer The film's directorial chair was shared by the full-length debut brothers Jonathan and Josh Baker, the lead roles were played by Miles Truitt (Atlanta, Black Lightning) and Jack Raynor (Strange Angel), and they were accompanied by Dennis Quaid, Zoe Kravitz and James Franco. In the United States, the picture was released on August 31, the first viewers gave it an average rating of B +, but the critics' rating of the tape looks more depressing - on Rotten Tomatoes it received only 33%. Among the main complaints of reviewers - poorly written characters and relationships between the characters, not at all what you expect from a movie called "Kinsfolk", directed by the twin brothers, and too convoluted storyline. Instead of focusing on one thing, the filmmakers tried to fit everything in it, from family drama and science fiction, to road movies and crime thriller. “Mara. Eater of dreams. " Just don't sleep, just don't sleep ... Next week the British-American horror movie Mara. Eater of dreams. " The inspiration for the creators of the picture was such a strange and terrifying phenomenon in itself, as sleep paralysis, that is, a transitional state between sleep and wakefulness, during which muscle paralysis occurs. The main character of the tape, Kate Fuller, is assigned to investigate the murder of a man who, according to the police, was strangled in a dream by his own wife. However, delving deeper into this matter, Kate learns about the existence of an ancient demon that kills in a dream. Before that, he marks his victims, and judging by the symptoms and nightmares, the heroine is next in line. So, until she breaks the curse, sleep becomes literally deadly for her ... “Mara. Dream Eater Dubbed Trailer The main role in the mystical horror "Mara. Eater of dreams "went to Olga Kurylenko. Among the producers are Stephen Schneider, who is responsible for the Paranormal and Astral franchises, while the film directors are screenwriter Jonathan Frank (The Tournament of Survival) and director Clive Tong, for whom the film is a feature-length debut. ... It took a relatively long time for the project to reach the screens, for the first time it became known about Kurylenko's participation in Mara back in 2013, but the creators pin great hopes on him and talk about a potential franchise. Be that as it may, the cult killer Freddy Krueger, wielding dreams, last appeared on the screens in 2010, so looking at his new brother in the genre is at least curious. The Topic of Article: Don't Anger Denzel Washington & Tolstoy: Watch This Week. |
