The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is recovering from the brutal assault from her father and step brother while awaiting trial for multiple murders and assault. Seeing her helpless and the vultures gathering, Mikael Blomkovist (Michael Nyqvist) mounts a private crusade to bring her justice as he goes about unveiling a conspiracy spanning decades. Like all the three films, this one too has been diluted. However, Daniel Alfredson has tried to maintain a balance that leaves the film very watchable.

Rating: * * *

Kamui

Terrible movie about a shinobi who absconds from his ninja clan. The hope might have been that the over the top CGI effects and wire works would make up for the lousy action sequences and jerky storyline. Alas it only left me wondering how this pile of krap made it on to my queue.

Rating: *

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Mankind’s constant tinkering to fix things forms the background plot of the film. Hot shot scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) discovers a wonder drug that can repair brain cells. The test subjects are of course apes! Predictably things get out of hand and soon you see the back story behind Planet of the Apes unfold. A tightly wound action flick shot with very little dialog. Given that film is dominated by Andy Serkis playing Caesar it is aptly not required. Which also leads to it being an ideal movie for Freida Pinto to showcase her “skills”.

Rating: * * +

Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel’s main icon finally makes his way to the big screen and unfortunately they have to start at the beginning set in World War II. Steve Rogers goes from skinny kid to super soldier and proceeds to kick Nazi ass. The Red Skull is his main nemesis who is played by Hugo Weaving who still acts like he is Agent Smith. The American propaganda that surrounds the movie is cloying and puke worthy. Thankfully this will be the last we see of it, as we will soon see Avengers Assemble!

Rating: * +