Ninja Assassin [2009]

Ninja Assassin is an Action| Crime | Drama movie and was released in November 2009. It started with how these ninjas were molded into heartless-controlled assassins. Then one transformed elite emerged to be a renegade turning hero. The movie may serve violence and an appetite for vengeance, but it also depicts extreme discipline, brotherhood, secrecy, and love. And the best parts, where I must admit, were the slashing of the limbs, very deadly it is.

The movie packs a bloody and gory action scenes that you might want to set tomato paste and red sauce aside momentarily, a weak stomach might not want to be digesting food, while this movie is up on screen. I think credits also goes to Rain for having the ripped body that went well in the film, it might have been impossible to have his bod photoshopped - LOLS. This is a great movie if you ever dream of becoming a ninja and hog some bloody money. I'll have a 7/10 rating for the movie.

PERSONAL RATINGS:

• Story - 4/10
• Effects - 5/10
• Casting - 4/10
• Picture - 5/10
• Bloodshed - 8/10
• Nudity - 2/10
• Action - 7/10
• Drama - 4/10
• Comedy - 1/10
• Horror - 2/10
• Actors - 5/10
• Actresses - 3/10

REFERENCES:
Ninja Assassin (2009) Official Site
IMDB - Ninja Assassin (2009)

Smokin Aces 2 : Assassin's Ball [2010]

Smokin Aces 2 : Assassin's Ball is an Action | Crime | Fantasy movie and was released in January 2010. It starts with having the notorious assassins around the world target someone with a big name. Ending up killing themselves allowing the impostor to escape. I'll have a 5/10 rating for this movie.

PERSONAL RATINGS:

• Story - 3/10
• Effects - 4/10
• Casting - 4/10
• Picture - 4/10
• Bloodshed - 6/10
• Nudity - 3/10
• Action - 6/10
• Drama - 3/10
• Comedy - 3/10
• Horror - 2/10
• Actors - 4/10
• Actresses - 4/10

REFERENCES:
Smokin Aces 2 : Assassin's Ball (2010) Official Site
IMDB - Smokin Aces 2 : Assassin's Ball (2010)

Inglourious Basterds [2009]

Inglourious Basterds is a Drama | War | Action movie and was released in November 2009. It starts with the Nazis occupied France and hunting the Jews. A group of Jewish-American soldiers which were chosen to spread fear to the Third Reich. This movie had won and was nominated for several awards like the Oscar, Saturn Award, ACS Award, BAFTA Film Award, Critics Choice Award, ,and many more..

CASTS:

• Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine
• Shosanna Dreyfus as Mélanie Laurent
• Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa
• Eli Roth as Sgt. Donny Donowitz

PERSONAL RATINGS:

• Story - 6/10
• Effects - 4/10
• Casting - 6/10
• Picture - 4/10
• Bloodshed - 5/10
• Nudity - 3/10
• Action - 7/10
• Drama - 5/10
• Comedy - 1/10
• Horror - 1/10
• Actors - 7/10
• Actresses - 5/10

REFERENCES:
IMDB - Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Official Website

A Dangerous Man [2010]

A Dangerous Man is an Action / Thriller movie and was released in February 2010. The movie starts with the big guy released from prison for a crime he didn't commit. Shane Daniels accept not the apology from the State nor the aid extended for him but what he wants to only to be free. Unfortunately, it didn't went well as he witnessed a cop killing by Chinese mafia who have a kidnapped a girl and loads of drug-money. Although Shane agreed to help the girl with her problems, they need the help from the Russian mafia.

CASTS:

• Steven Seagal as Shane Daniels
• Marlaina Mah as Tia

PERSONAL RATINGS:

• Story - 3/10
• Effects - 3/10
• Casting - 5/10
• Picture - 4/10
• Bloodshed - 6/10
• Nudity - 4/10
• Action - 6/10
• Drama - 5/10
• Comedy - 1/10
• Horror - 1/10
• Actors - 5/10
• Actresses - 3/10

REFERENCES:
IMDB - A Dangerous Man (2010)

Brothers [2009]

Brothers is a Drama / Thriller / War movie and was released in December 2009. This movie starts with a family with the husband and a soldier went missing in war and was declared dead. The soldier's younger brother comforts the newly widowed wife. It lasts for about 104mins. The movie was nominated for Golden Globe, Chicago Film Critics Association and Broadcast Film Critics Association. A good movie which is packed with high drama and acting, fighting for family, relationships, brotherhood, and life.

CASTS:

• Jake Gyllenhaal as Tommy Cahill
• Natalie Portman as Grace Cahill
• Tobey Maguire as Capt. Sam Cahill

PERSONAL RATINGS:

• Story - 5/10
• Effects - 3/10
• Casting - 6/10
• Picture - 3/10
• Bloodshed - 3/10
• Nudity - 2/10
• Action - 4/10
• Drama - 8/10
• Comedy - 1/10
• Horror - 3/10
• Actors - 7/10
• Actresses - 4/10

REFERENCES:
Brothers 2009 Official Site
IMDB - Brothers (2009)

The Stepfather [2009]

The Stepfather is a Suspense / Drama movie released in October of 2009. Starts with a story of a man who lost his family and is constantly looking for a new family that questions not his true identity. A loving father and husband but will do anything that threatens his individuality even if it means by exterminating anyone or everyone in the way.

CASTS:

• Dylan Walsh as David Harris
• Sela Ward as Susan Harding
• Penn Badgley as Michael Harding
• Amber Heard as Kelly Porter

PERSONAL RATINGS:

• Story - 6/10
• Effects - 4/10
• Casting - 5/10
• Picture - 4/10
• Bloodshed - 5/10
• Nudity - 4/10
• Action - 4/10
• Drama - 6/10
• Comedy - 1/10
• Horror - 5/10
• Actors - 6/10
• Actresses - 3/10

REFERENCES:

• The Stepfather (2009) Official Site
• IMDB - The Stepfather (2009)

HOT SPOILER:
Amber Heard and Penn Badgley shows off some skin and some more skin..

Balibo [2009]

Balibo is an Australian movie released in 2009. It is based in true events during the Indonesian invasion in East Timor in 1975. The movie starts with the Horta convincing East to go with him to Timor. The events are emotional and deeply-rooted to what had happened in reality. This is a great film and have won several awards in the Australian Film Institute (AFI).

CASTS:

• Anthony LaPaglia as Roger East
• Oscar Isaac as Jose Ramos-Horta
• Nathan Phillips as Malcolm Rennie
• Damon Gameau as Greg Shackleton
• Gyton Grantley as Garry Cunningham
• Tom Wright as Brian Peters
• Mark Leonard Winter as Tony Stewart

PERSONAL RATINGS:

• Story - 8/10
• Effects - 4/10
• Casting - 6/10
• Picture - 5/10
• Bloodshed - 6/10
• Nudity - 1/10
• Action - 6/10
• Drama - 7/10
• Comedy - 1/10
• Horror - 1/10
• Actors - 7/10
• Actresses - 3/10

REFERENCES:

• Balibo Official Site
• IMDB - Balibo (2009)
• Wikipedia - Balibo (2009 film)

Universal Soldier: Regeneration [2009]

Universal Soldier: Regeneration is the third sequel in the Universal Soldier series. Two of the casts reprise their roles from the first Universal Soldier film in 1992. The movie starts with the reign of NGU (Next Generation UniSol), a Universal Soldier of the latest type, while Luc undergoes rehabilitation. The need to save people and the country ended the movie with the match of the Best UniSol. This movie might be a lot better than the previous sequels.

CASTS:

• Jean-Claude Van Damme as Luc Deveraux
• Dolph Lundgren as Andrew Scott
• Andrei Arlovski as NGU

PERSONAL RATING:

• Story - 6/10
• Effects - 5/10
• Casting - 7/10
• Picture - 4/10
• Bloodshed - 7/10
• Nudity - 1/10
• Action - 7/10
• Drama - 5/10
  
• Comedy - 0/10
• Horror - 1/10
• Actors - 7/10
• Actresses - 5/10

REFERENCES:
IMDB - Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)
Wikipedia - Universal Soldier: Regeneration

What Happened to V3?

A celebration of Palmbux of its success when it started way back a year ago. Along with the news was the announcement of running the new Palmbux version V3. The much awaited new Palmbux site. With this new hard-worked place to continue business with it, a new and elegant V3 went online. Lots of members were excited and happy about this.

Here's the forum discussion of V3 launch.
Finally V3.

After the success of the release of V3 online , the real testing of the new site was on, testing the features with the current numbers of members Palmbux have. With lots of people using the net, many possibilities could have happened. And, an announcement was made today from admin. Three days have passed and bugs were found in V3. Many features were damaged due to a DDoS Attack. With the decisive team, Palmbux used the former version while bugs were to be resolved.

Here's what admin said:
We' re already working on the problems of V3

Dear member,

all of you recognized the problems while launching V3. First site was over 1.5 days offline because of a DDoS attack. Then we started V3 and noticed that most of our files were damaged and did not work as for example the view ads or forum page.

All important features and graphics were lost because of this attack. We decided to change to V2 and fix these problems on V3. Right now we' re already working on all these bugs to start V3 in a full working version again.

I just can say sorry - But we will launch V3 and this time it will be big.

Best regards,
admin

Here's the forum discussion on this problem.
8th Dec: Where is V3?

It is a better to use the former version while having the bugs of the new version get fixed. A nice move from the Palmbux Team. Hopefully this would not last so long, as features related to ads were also affected in the former version.

Berserk Continues

Berserk (ベルセルク, Beruseruku) is a long-running dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. He premiered a prototype of Berserk in 1988 and the first volume of the manga was published on November 26, 1990 by Hakusensha in its Jets Comics collection.

The setting is inspired by medieval Europe. It centers around the life of Guts, an orphaned mercenary warrior, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the Band of the Hawk (鷹の団, Taka no Dan). As he ages, Guts changes from a solitary boy into a man who realizes the value of camaraderie. The story contains elements of both fantasy and horror, as it explores both the best and worst of human nature. Both the manga and anime are noted for their heavy violence. It was adapted as an anime, Kenpū Denki Berserk (ベルセルク剣風伝奇, Beruseruku Kenpū Denki), which was produced by Oriental Light and Magic and aired on Nippon Television from October 07, 1997 until March 31, 1998. It ran for 25 episodes and covered the first arc: Golden Age.

This seminal dark fantasy manga, Berserk, is set to resume regular serialization in Young Animal after a long break. Fans are delighted about this comeback and hopefully continues with what happened with Guts and Casca. Young Animal 21, will go on sale on the 24th, at the same time as the 33rd volume of the manga. Young Animal will also carry a commemorative cover by Hachimitsu to Clover mangaka 羽海野チカ / Chika Umino to mark the occasion.

Alternative title:

• Kenpuu Denki Berserk (Japanese)
• Берсерк (Russian)
• ベルセルク (Japanese)
• 剣風伝奇ベルセルク (Japanese)
• 베르세르크 (Korean)

Genres: action, drama, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Themes: bloodshed, demons, rape, sword-fights
Age rating: Mature (may contain nudity, brutality, and gore)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: twenty five (25)

REFERENCES AND REVIEWS:

• Mad Man
• Sankaku Complex
• Wikipedia - Berserk
• Anime News Network