THE OTHER GUYS

Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L Jackson



Behind every hero is someone doing all the paperwork. This movie is all about those guys. When the toughest city in the world loses its two hero cops, Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) answer the call.


As you would expect, this movie is hilarious. Will Ferrell teams back up with Adam McKay (Director of Anchorman, Step Brothers, Talladega Nights etc) and the results don't disappoint. Mixing action in with the brand of humour the pair are known for makes this movie a winner. I wasn't sure about Mark Wahlberg in a comedy, but he does an awesome job of keeping up with the always ridiculous Will Ferrell. Eva Mendes is great as Ferrell's unappreciated, smoking hot wife and Michael Keaton plays the police chief to a tee. If you like the rest of Adam McKays work, you will definitely enjoy this movie.

DATE NIGHT

Starring: Steve Carrell, Tina Fey, Common, Mark Wahlberg, Leighton Meester, Mila Kunis and James Franco



The movie is about Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carrell), a married couple who's marriage turned has into more of a routine than marriage bliss. When discovering that their friends were splitting for that very reason, the couple hit an exclusive Manhattan restaurant in an effort to inject some much needed excitement back into their lives. A case of mistaken identity turns their night upside down and gives them more excitement than they could have ever imagined.


When watching the trailer for this movie, i thought it had potential. Steve Carrell and Tina Fey are both really funny so the thought of them teaming up encouraged me to see the flick. How wrong i was. Besides the odd laugh here and there, and the cameos from Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and James Franco, this movie was very disappointing. It dragged on to the point where i was looking at my watch waiting for it to end. Id definitely give this one a miss if i were you but feel free to disagree.

IRON MAN 2

Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L Jackson



This movie kicks off where the last one ended. Tony Stark reveals himself as Iron Man and soaks up all the publicity he can in the process. But while this is all going on, the invention that is keeping him alive is also slowly killing him.

Delivering what it promises, Iron Man 2 is full of action, humour and a tiny bit of romance thrown in at the end. Mickey Rourke plays the new "bad guy" to a tee and causes some problems for Tony Stark and his new side kick "War Machine" (Don Cheadle). I'm pretty sure there were some parts of this flick that only readers of the marvel comics would have picked up on, but it isn't essential to the movie.

I recommend this movie if you want a no thinking involved, easy to watch, action movie.