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Final Destination 2
by Jennifer Nacino |
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The first Final Destination brought about a set of teens experiencing
freak of nature accidents and strange occurrences in death.
The second is somewhat similar. This time around death is
back with a vengeance, or to say that he’s back to tie
up loose ends because of one surviving person, Clear Rivers.
Clear, who wishes to stay in a mental ward is asked for help
by one of the survivors of a deadly car wreck who saw the
accident in a premonition. Like the first, the survivors fight
to stay alive and many fall into a “sort of once in a
lifetime chance accident happenings.”
I hadn’t seen the first Final Destination and I found
it quite intriguing that the story was thought about without
over emphasizing the necessity of real acting. I got an idea
of the possibility that as people you never know how safe
we are, how secure things are around us, and the question
of the higher being at work. The film is directed by David
Ellis and has also done Armageddon 1998. The subject matter
that he brings to film is what caught my attention. It’s
the kind of stories that ask the “what if” question.
Questions that I particularly ask is, “Is that possible
and it is, so what if? In Final
Destination 2, I see many questions coming to me in this form.
I believe situations that occur and place us in death can
be questioned in how it happens, but not why. The characters
of the film go through such parole and mental pain that everything
they do gets to a point of feeling like nothing around them
is safe and it makes them go into a fret of panic. One important
factor that the story brings is the relation of the first
final Destination. It was not implicated until half way through
the film that Clear Rivers was seen, hence audiences related
her to the first. Then when the characters began to talk about
how they managed to dodge death in a so-called coincidences,
they discovered amoungst them that they all knew somebody
from the incident of the first Final Destination. The filmed
runs about an hour and a half and has tons of blood, gore,
drugs, and language, for mature audiences only.
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Shanghai Knights
by Jennifer Nacino |
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In this sequel to Shanghai Noon, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and
Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson) get together for another adventure.
This time Chon’s sister Lin played by Fann Wong has witnessed
their fathers murder and is out to get revenge and to retrieve
the imperial seal. With the help of her brother Chon and his
friend Roy, they cross the seas to London to help Chon’s
sister. They meet up with adventure, fun, and learn a lesson
on friendship.
The film directed by David Millar and written screenplay by
Miles Millar and Al Gough, the action placed Jackie’s
character in yes, looking like it was all natural. His character
seemed to be more so the kind of guy that doesn’t want
any trouble, yet when he is bothered by the bad guy he manages
to jump into action and display the funny side that everyone
loves him for. Jackie Chan is also the Executive producer
for the film and his brother help out also, but I’m not
sure of what his first name is.
The Genre of this film is action, comedy, and sequel and is
rated PG-13 for the action violence and sexual content. In
my opinion the film is certainly great for the comedy, but
the beginning is much better then the last one. I also love
the fact that there are always outtakes at the end of the
film. Most of the film’s that Jackie Chan has done all
have some kind of outtake. In Shanghai Noon and in Shanghai
Knights Jackie makes it fun for everyone by incorporating
the whole cast.
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Gangs Of New York
by Ian Paul |
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Martin Scorsese works his unique ability to tell a one of
a kind story in "The Gangs of New York." With its
colorful and well acted cast, Leonardo Di Caprio, Daniel Day-Lewis,
and Cameron Diaz, the film weaves a sharp view of a violent
world that was almost forgotten. It seems Scorsese's vision,
what some might claim as outlandish in "Gangs,"
takes on a vibrant life of its own, showing the audience a
history almost forgotten and an aura of a young city.
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