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The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
Do yourself a favor, don't watch this movie.
I can't really describe how awful this movie was. I'm usually very skeptic and really try to stay away from movies with less than 6.0 score. Too bad this wasn't rated when I made the mistake the watch it.
I actually enjoyed "The Scorpion King" with the Rock, because you could tell that they had bothered to create something watchable, and while not the greatest film, it was at least entertaining.
This one on the other hand has nothing the previous one had. It doesn't have the Rock, which I believe was one of the main reasons to watch "The Scorpion King" to begin with; and it doesn't have any good scenery or even special effects worth mentioning. Action scenes were awful as well.
So all in all, try to stay away from this movie, and if for some strange reason you decide to watch it at least don't do it sober.
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
It felt just like watching another X-Files episode.
I'm going to be honest, I'm deeply disappointed, and the reason is pretty simple: this movie has nothing to do with what I always found to be the main plot of the X-Files series, the alien invasion.
If you think about it, and from what I remember (been a few years since I watched it all) everything revolves around that alien conspiracy and the governments implication in it; Mulder starts from there, with the abduction of his sister; it is the reason why he believed what he did throughout all these chapters of the X-Files.
Maybe it is just me, but when I first heard about this movie I was full of joy, and it wasn't because I longed to see yet another episode of the series (unrelated to the main plot, as many were), but because I really really wanted to see the end I always thought this fantastic show deserved, because the way the 9th season ended just wasn't enough in my eyes.
Felon (2008)
One of the best prison movies.
This movie really kept me entertained from start to finish, despite being labeled only as a drama, as it was very intense and even action packed enough to keep you action-lovers out there pleased I would say. The emotional part of this film, on the other hand, was even better, it really gets through to you, as what happens is really nothing out of the ordinary (unless you have worked at a prison or are a lawyer I guess); and the message it delivers at the end is very interesting as well.
And as of the more technical part of the movie: it had very good acting in my book; the script was quite clear and made sense throughout the whole film; and the camera work I found a bit cheesy at times, but it was still better than average in my opinion.
Overall I would say that this movie is one of the better prison movies out there, certainly not of the caliber of the Shawnshank Redemption in all its aspects, but the feeling it transmits sure is.
Wanted (2008)
I really enjoyed the mindless entertaining once I took this movie for what it is.
I personally value this for what it clearly is, a mindless action flick filled with violent and overdone scenes...but yet, a movie that, if you actually manage to disconnect your pseudo-intellectual mindset for a while, does what it is supposed to do, ENTERTAIN.
And apart from how immorally incorrect this movie might be for some, with all the violence and killing without a good reason, I still believe that it delivers a very clear message at the end, and one that I just can't find anything wrong with: "Get yourself together and do something about your life if you aren't happy with it". In other words, put all the crap aside... don't think about it too much (because this isn't what you're supposed to do, not when you watch or critique this movie), and just do it.
So what can I say, this movie just delivered what it was supposed to deliver in my opinion; and I would dare to think that I'm being a hypocrite if I said that it had delusions of grandeur or compared it to Matrix or Shoot'em Up when it clearly doesn't aspire to have the plot of the first one nor the extreme absurdity (in my opinion at least it doesn't) of the second one.