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A classic Mike Myers film and hilariously funny, a story about how Guru Pitka (Mike Myers) goes to Toronto to fix the love relationship of a star hockey player (Romany Malco) and his wife (Meagan Good), who left him for rival Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake). At the same time, Pitka meets the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (Jessica Alba) and realizes that he must solve his own love problems as well. The movie had me laughing the whole time, especially about the jokes that included Coach Punch Cherkov (Vern “Mini-Me” Troyer). Plain and simple, if you liked Austin Powers, you’ll love this movie.

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A good cast does its best to make Armored roll, but while this heist flick certainly has its moments, it’s ultimately arrested by a predictable story, cliché-ridden dialogue, and ham-fisted direction. Matt Dillon plays Mike, the leader of a sextet of guards working for an armored truck company; other members of the team are portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, and Amaury Nolasco, but the key is newcomer Ty (Columbus Short), an Iraq War veteran whose parents have both died, leaving Ty to support his troubled younger brother and somehow pay the mortgage on the home their folks left behind. When Mike and the others cook up a scheme to steal a cool $42 million on their next delivery and then claim they were hijacked, Ty is dead set against it–until he goes home and is greeted by a child-welfare official who threatens to put his brother into foster care unless Ty can prove himself capable of looking after the kid (this is but one of the handy plot conveniences designed to push the story forward). Predictability is one thing, but director Nimrod Antal and screenwriter James V. Simpson’s setups are so on-the-nose that Helen Keller could see what’s coming (“Promise me nobody gets hurt,” Ty says to Mike, which guarantees that the body count will start to mount almost instantly). Armored has some good action sequences, a gritty look, a couple of welcome surprises, and the occasional tense moment. But when the great heist movies are recalled, from Topkapi to Sexy Beast, this one is unlikely to be among them. –Sam Graham

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I have to say without a doubt one of the best movies that have come out recently and in my opinion met the expectations of the viewer as well as James Cameron the director who also just took a whopping six Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. This is the first time he has been to the red carpet since 1997, where he won just about every award then also.

Without spoiling the movie and its plot, the story is about a marine named Jake (Sam Worthington) who is a paraplegic and wants to get use of his legs again. The army has given him a chance if he gathers intel on an indigenous people living on another planet (Pandora), the Na’vi. Needles to say Jake falls in love with a native girl, Neytiri (Zoë Saldana), and the plot thickens.

The dialog is this movie might leave a bad taste in your mouth but for me the movie was so exciting I did not notice it too much. At times the movie really is predictable however I was surprised at the ending which I always like in a movie.

I would give this movie 5 stars, for the sci-fi-action, cause James Cameron really pulled out all the stops on this one like he has so many times in the past. I would also give this movie 5 stars cause of the love story involved.

This movie also as an all star cast, you will recognize many faces. Great movie to see check it out. I will keep this post up to date as to when the DVD is released.

(Get it on Blu-Ray here)