Inside Job

Want to know what created the 2008 market crash? This documentary does a great job in showing what lead up to Setember 2008, who was responsible, and explains the financial minipulations going on in the verious banking and government institutions. Gets your blood boiling when see all the red flags. See it to get an understanding of how the investor got screwed and the big boys on Wall St got even richer. 3 1/2 bananas

Red

Enjoyable comic/spy spoof with an all star cast. Willis, Malkevich, Mirren and others are being hunted down and killed by their previous emplyer, the CIA. They decide to turn the tables and go after the powers to be which lead them to the highest levels of government. Well done, fun to see and highly entertaining. 3 bananas

Wall Street: Money never sleeps

Michael Douglas as Gordon Gecko, is back from jail and out for revenge. Interesting portrayal of how wall street functions. Gecko's daughter is dating an up and coming super star on wall street who trys to play with the big boys and gets burned. Shaddy dealings and behind closed door deals spark this into a very enjoyable movie. 3 bananas

The Girl who Played with Fire

2nd in Seig Larsons triology, has Noomi Rapace, computer hacker extrodinaire, framed for murder and on the run from a human trafficing cartel trying to kill her. Along the way her past is exposed with dramatic surprises while her publisher friend lends close support. Well done, as good as The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. Sub titles but easy to read and well worth the effort. 3 1/2 bananas

The Town

Ben Affleck and his band of Boston bank robbers, take a female hostage at one of their heists. Once set free, Ben is to determine if she would remember any of the robbers and guess what, love blooms. As the FBI is hot on their trail, the robbers continue with an interesting robbery with disasterous results. Fun with a gun! 3 bananas

Machete

Only seconds into the film and heads are literally flying in this appropriately titled movie. A film in the vain of the Good, The Bad and The Ugly era stars the baddest, ugliest former federale seeking justice with his machete against a US senator and a US/Mexican cartel of dope smugglers. Some pretty big names in this ridculous but fun to see movie that definitely should set back Mexican US relations on immigration. 2 bananas

The American

George Clooney in the role of a bad guy. An assassin who works for some mystery outfit finds himself being hunted in this dark and slow moving drama. Beautifully filmed in Italy with two beautiful lady friends can't help George save this film from the dumpster. 1 1/2 bananas.

The Takers

Pretty good crime drama. Group of guys pull off huge heists but time catches up to them as well as the russian mob, and police. At times a little to much going on but enjoyable still. See it for the action. Great shoot out at the end. 2 1/2 bananas

The Expendables

If you like non-stop action this is for you. All the tough guys, Mickey O'Rouke, Sly, Dolph Lundgren, and many more team up to terminate a bad guy, Eric Roberts, on a South American Island. Roberts has the island and it's army under his control to grow coco beans for drugs. The expendables literally blow up and kill just about everything on the island. Ole Stallone looks pretty good in this movie that he directed as well. See it for the devastation! 2 1/2 bananas

The Other Guys

Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg are stay in the station cops until Farrell bumbles he and his partner into a big time Ponzi scheme aimed at the police assn retirement fund. Hard to tell the good guys from the bad at times in this cop comedy that literally starts out with a bang. Sometimes funny sometimes stupid but if you go stick around through the credits as there is some very enlightening info. 2 bananas