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BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC (2020) IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THE BILL N TED FRANCHISE. BILL AND TED PLAYED BY ALEX WINTER AND KEANU REEVES ARE IN THEIR 50'S MIDDLE AGE BUT THEY STILL HAVEN'T COME UP WITH THE SONG THAT WILL UNITE THE WHOLE WORLD ONE DAY. SOON THE DAUGHTER OF RUFUS ARRIVES AND THEY ARE TOLD THEY HAVE 77 MINUTES TO PERFORM THE SONG THAT WILL RE-UNITE THE WHOLE WORLD OR ELSE THE REALITY THEY KNOW WILL DISAPPEAR. THE MOVIE IS COOL WITH FUN GAGS AND LAUGHS BUT STILL LOOKS LIKE A REHASH OF FIRST TWO BILL AND TED MOVIES TIED NEATLY TOGETHER. HENCE WE AGAIN WITNESS THE FAMILIAR JOURNEY OF TIME TRAVEL WITH BILL AND TED WHILE ALSO PAYING A VISIT TO HELL LIKE IN BILL AND TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (1991). THERE IS RETURN OF FAMILIAR CHARACTER 'GRIM REAPER: THE DEATH' AND ITS SUCH A WELCOME RETURN AS DEATH STEALS THE SCENES HE IS IN. ULTIMATELY, BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC IS A SWEETLY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED MOVIE AND WILL MOSTLY PLEASE THE FANS WHO ARE F

  INCEPTION (2010) IS A HIGHLY ORIGINAL MIND-HEIST MOVIE BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN. THE MOVIE IS ABOUT A THIEF-EXTRACTOR PLAYED BY LEONARDO DICAPRIO WHO GOES INSIDE PEOPLE'S DREAMS TO STEAL THEIR SECRETS. LEONARDO IS ACCUSED OF HIS WIFE'S MURDER AND CAN ONLY GO HOME ONCE HE PLANTS AN IDEA OR PERFORMS INCEPTION IN HIS CLIENT'S COMPETITOR'S HEAD. HE FORMS A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FORGER, CHEMIST AND ARCHITECT TO PERFORM HIS MIND-HEIST WHILE ALSO FACING CONSTANT THREAT OF HIS DEAD WIFE DURING ALL THE TIME. THE MOVIE IS NO REMAKE OF ANYTHING SEEN BEFORE AND HENCE IS WHOLLY ORIGINAL AND CONSTANTLY INVENTIVE FROM START TO FINISH. THE MOVIE ITSELF IS A NEAR MASTERPIECE IN THAT REGARD AND WAS DECLARED INSTANT CLASSIC IN 2010 ONLY. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN CREATES A PERFECT WORLD WITH DREAMS WITHIN DREAMS UP TO 4 LAYERS INCLUDING LIMBO AND IT IS A PERFECT MIND-BENDER AND TIME-HEIST MOVIE THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR AGES TO COME.

  MULAN II (2004) IS THE SEQUEL TO HIGHLY ACCLAIMED MULAN (2004). THERE IS WAR GOING TO BREAK OUT IN MIDDLE CHINA AND MULAN AND SHANG MUST ESCORT 3 PRINCESSES TO THE NEIGHBORING NATIONS TO GET THEM MARRIED AND FORM ALLIANCE WITH THE NEIGHBORING NATION AGAINST THE MOGUL INVADERS. THE MOVIE IS HUGE VICTIM OF "DISNIFICATION". MULAN IS REPRESENTED NO LONGER AS A SOLDIER WE SAW HER IN THE FIRST MOVIE BUT AS SOMEONE WHO SAYS TO THE PRINCESSES "FOLLOW YOUR HEART". MULAN LOOKS LIKE CAUGHT UP BETWEEN SINGING AND DANCING AS SHE IS TREATED AS OTHER "DISNEY PRINCESS" RATHER THAN A TOUGH SOLDIER. THE RESULT IS A MOVIE THAT IS UNINSPIRING AND UNWORTHY TO BE CALLED A MULAN MOVIE.

NETFLIX'S 6 UNDERGROUND IS A GLOBE TROTTING ACTION MOVIE THAT TAKES PLACE IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS LIKE FRANCE, HONGKONG, NEVADA, LAS VEGAS, ETC. A TEAM OF 6 PEOPLE LED BY RYAN GOSLING (ALSO KNOWN AS "1" IN THE MOVIE) HAVE LITERALLY GONE UNDERGROUND AFTER FAKING THEIR DEATHS AND ARE IN A GLOBAL MISSIONS TO SERVE JUSTICE BY PROTECTING INNOCENTS AND ELIMINATING THE BAD ONES. THE TEAM ONLY KNOW EACH OTHER BY NUMBERS INSTEAD OF REAL NAMES. THEIR LATEST MISSION TAKES THEM TO ASSASSINATE A DICTATOR LEADER AND REPLACE HIM WITH HIS GOOD, WISE AND NOBLE BROTHER. RYAN GOSLING BEING THE LEADER "1" PUTS HIS CHARISMA AND CHARM INTO EFFORT BUT ITS THE ACTION DIRECTORS UNDER WHOSE SOLDIERS THE HEAVY LIFTING OF THE MOVIE REMAINS FROM ORCHESTRATING SUPERB CAR CHASES TO FLYING PEOPLE IN THE AIR IN THE CLIMAX. AT THE END, RYAN GOSLING AND THE ACTION DIRECTORS MAKE SURE THE FINAL PRODUCT IS STILL "SERVABLE" AND IS ENTERTAINING ENOUGH TILL THE END.

MULAN (2020) IS A LIVE ACTION ADAPTATION AND REMAKE OF THE 1998 DISNEY'S MULAN. THE MOVIE IS ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL MULAN WHO HAS TO TAKE HER FATHER'S PLACE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE NORTHERN INVADERS OF CHINA BECAUSE HER FATHER'S LEG IS CRIPPLED. THE MOVIE TAKES HER TO A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AS A WARRIOR AND HOW SHE SAVES THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. THE ARC THAT SHOWS THAT MULAN IS GIFTED IN FIGHTING AND HAS INCREDIBLE CHI SINCE THE BEGINNING DID NOT BOTHER ME AS IT BOTHERED OTHER CRITICS. THE FACT THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE TO WORK HARD TO RISE AS A WARRIOR IS MERELY A PLOT POINT TO SHOW SHE WAS SPECIAL SINCE THE BEGINNING LIKE THE "WITCH" PORTRAYED BY GONG LI. THE MOVIE DANGLES BETWEEN BEING A GOOD DECENT MOVIE AND JUST OK MOVIE BUT IT EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER WHICH IT DID NOT IS IN ITSELF A FEAT FOR THIS GORGEOUS AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES FILLED MOVIE.

BAD BOYS FOR LIFE IS A BUDDY COP ACTION MOVIE STARRING WILL SMITH N MARTIN LAWRENCE AND IS THE THIRD PART IN THE BAD BOYS FRANCHISE. THE MOVIE HAS FUN ACTION AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, EVEN DRAMA IN THE FIRST HALF. BUT WHAT CAUGHT ME OFF-GUARD WAS THE EMOTION IN THE 2ND HALF. THE MOVIE HAS SURPRISING AMOUNT OF EMOTION IN THE LATTER HALF. WILL SMITH IS COOL CHARMING AND MARTIN LAWRENCE IS COMIC RELIEF THE COMIC-FACTOR FOR THE MOST PART. ITS A VERY WELL-MADE AND WELL-WRITTEN BAD BOYS MOVIE WITH LOTS OF CHARMS.

  1917 IS THE EPIC WORLD WAR MOVIE DIRECTED BY SAM MENDES. THE MOVIE IS ABOUT TWO DEPLOYED SOLDIERS WHO HAVE TO TRAVEL DISTANCE WHILE KEEPING THEMSELVES ALIVE TO INFORM THE HEAD OF THE 1600 BATTALIONS TO STOP THE ATTACK ON THE NAZI SOLDIERS FOR THE BATTALIONS WOULD BE HEADING INTO TRAPS. THE MOVIE IS NON-STOP FEASTS OF LONG CONTINUOUS TAKES AND THE DIRECTOR AND THE CINEMATOGRAPHER TAKE LONG CONTINUOUS TAKES FROM START TO FINISH. IT MAKES THE MOVIE IMMERSIVE AS WELL AS MONOTONOUS. THE DIRECTOR HAS NO MORE TRICKS OTHER THAN SHOOTING LONG CONTINUOUS TAKES BUT STILL THE MOVIE IS ONE HELL OF AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AND SUCCEEDS IN CAPTURING WORLD WAR I TRAGEDY IN A REALISTIC MANNER.

DISNEY'S 1998 MULAN WAS FUN LIVELY AND ENTERTAINING. THERE WAS SINGING AND DANCING IN THE MOVIE LIKE EVERY DISNEY ANIMATIONS. IT TAKES US TO THE ORIGIN ROOTS OF ONE OF DISNEY'S PRINCESS NAMELY MULAN AND HOW SHE BECAME A SOLDIER AND SAVED THE MIDDLE KINGDOM CHINA FROM A GROUP OF INVADERS NAMELY HANS. THIS VERSION OF DISNEY ANIMATION IS SWEET BEAUTIFUL AND IS LIGHT-HEARTED AND CANT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. ITS HAVING ITS MOST FUN FOR THE MOST PART.

  TENET IS A HIGHLY COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING FILM BY CHRISTOPHER FILM BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN. THE MOVIE IS A LOVE LETTER TO JAMES BOND CINEMA WITH TIME BENDING ELEMENT KNOWN AS "INVERSION" IN THE MOVIE AND A RUSSIAN VILLAIN. THE MOVIE TAKES PLACE IN SUPPOSEDLY 7 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AS THE PROTAGONIST (ALSO KNOWN BY THE NAME "THE PROTAGONIST" IN THE MOVIE) RACES AGAINST CLOCK/ TIME TO SAVE HUMANITY FROM END OF THE WORLD SCENARIO. THE MOVIE IS FAST PACED AND ALSO IS HEADACHE INDUCING AS THE CHARACTERS MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD AT THE SAME TIME AS ITS DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS WHO AND WHY. ITS A CEREBRAL EXERCISE FROM GREAT CHRISTOPHER NOLAN AND ITS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CATCH UP EVERYTHING AT FIRST TIME. SO IT HAS HIGH RE-WATCHABLE VALUES. DESPITE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHO HOW AND WHY, IT STILL IS A FUN RIDE FULL OF ACTIONS AND SPECTACLES

  BILL AND TED BOGUS JOURNEY IS 1991 MOVIE STARRING KEANU REEVES AND ALEX WINTER AND IS A SEQUEL TO 1989 BILL AND TED EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. IN THE MOVIE, BILL AND TED YET HAVE TO COME UP WITH A SONG THAT WOULD BE LOVED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD ELEVATING THEM TO GLOBAL ROCK-STARS. MEANWHILE, TWO KILLER ROBOTS LOOKING EXACTLY LIKE BILL AND TED BUT WITH INSIDES MADE OF METAL AND WIRES HAVE BEEN SENT FROM THE FUTURE TO KILL REAL BILL AND TED TO END THE LEGACY OF BILL AND TED IN THE FUTURE. THE MOVIE TAKES THEM TO HELL AND BACK AGAIN TO THE REAL WORLD. THE MOVIE IS BIZARRE LOOKING IN VISUALS DURING PORTRAYAL OF HELL BUT STILL IS WILDLY ENTERTAINING. YOU CANT STOP THE FEELING THAT DESPITE BEING FOOLS, BILL AND TED STILL GOT THE CHARMS AND ATTITUDES TO BE GREAT INSPIRING GLOBAL FIGURES.

  KNIVES OUT (2019) IS A MURDER MYSTERY THRILLER BY RIAN JOHNSON. A GRANDFATHER IN A RICH FAMILY HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE AND SOMEONE ANONYMOUS HAS TIPPED DANIEL CRAIG TO INVESTIGATE THE CRIME AND FIND THE MURDERER. THE MOVIE IS A NICELY LOCKED MURDER MYSTERY PUZZLE WITH BELIEVABLE CHARACTERS INSIDE AS EVERYONE IN THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY SEEMS TO HAVE A REASON TO MURDER THE GRANDFATHER. IT HOOKS THE AUDIENCE FROM START TO FINISH AND IS A NICELY KNITTED SUSPENSE THRILLER WITH LESS CLUES AND MORE MYSTERIES AROUND IT.

    INTERSTELLAR (2014) IS CHRISTOPHER'S NOLAN SPACE SCIENCE-FICTION AND HIS ANSWER TO KUBRICK'S "2001: A SPACE ODDESSY". THE PLANET EARTH IN THE MOVIE IS DYING AS ITS BEING SWALLOWED BY NON-BREATHABLE DUST AND NITROGEN GAS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THE MOVIE IS AN ORIGINAL AND AUDACIOUS PIECE OF SCIENCE FICTION WE REALLY NEED UNTIL THE THIRD ACT WHEN LOGIC TAKES A BACKSEAT AND WE ARE TOLD TO BELIEVE IN "LOVE". STILL, THE MOVIE IS BREATH-TAKING LOOKING AND IS ONE OF THE AUDACIOUS HIGH BUDGETS PROJECTS FROM NOLAN WITH INCREDIBLE IMAGINARY AND SPECTACLES.