2012 movies review
by dade123 | created - 31 Dec 2012 | updated - 01 Jan 2013 | Publicmovies I have watched in 2012. my reviews and my opinions
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1. The Avengers (2012)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
Votes: 1,458,875 | Gross: $623.28M
I thought they did very good with this movie. I was dissapointed in the choice for hulk but other then that I think it went well 4/5
2. Dredd (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Rachel Wood
Votes: 294,203 | Gross: $13.41M
I thought this was worth a watch but felt it was a ripoff of "the raid : redemption" in a way. glad I got to see it for free cause i wouldnt have wanted to pay for this. 3/5
3. Lockout (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President's daughter from an outer-space prison taken over by violent inmates.
Directors: James Mather, Steve Saint Leger | Stars: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Vincent Regan
Votes: 100,930 | Gross: $14.33M
thought this was good I liked it. original in the way that it didnt remind me of any other movie off the bat. 3/5
4. The Courier (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Josie Ho, Til Schweiger, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 5,205
This was a decent movie I liked it. 3/5
5. Warrior (2011)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Drama, Sport
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison
Votes: 497,732 | Gross: $13.66M
thought this movie was awesome. this put Tom hardy on my map. loved it 5/5
6. Exit Humanity (2011)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Horror
A young man's struggle to survive in the aftermath of a deadly undead outbreak during the American Civil War.
Director: John Geddes | Stars: Brian Cox, Mark Gibson, Dee Wallace, Bill Moseley
Votes: 4,689
thought this was a real original zombie movie. Very creative. liked it alot. 4/5
7. True Legend (2010)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama, History
China, 1861: After rescuing the Qing prince from rebels, General Su retires to start a martial arts school. His foster brother betrays him and Su barely survives. Su has a new enemy to defeat.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Wenzhuo Zhao, Xun Zhou, Andy On, Xiaodong Guo
Votes: 9,223 | Gross: $0.08M
loved this movie. was everything I was hoping for in a martial arts movie. 4/5
8. The Expendables 2 (2012)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Votes: 322,219 | Gross: $85.02M
though this was ok movie. First was way better. Vandamme and Norris was a huge minus in this movie. Loved that they brought in Scott Adkins he is a huge talent in the fight department. 3/5
9. Bad Ass (2012)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Vietnam veteran who becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime.
Director: Craig Moss | Stars: Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, Ron Perlman, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 19,789
thought this was a lil cheesy. watched it all the way through though. 2/5
10. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
Director: Lee Jeong-beom | Stars: Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Tae-hoon, Kim Hee-won
Votes: 74,823 | Gross: $0.01M
this was a good movie. I liked it 3/5
11. Street Fighter Alpha (1999 Video)
TV-14 | 94 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
A dark power threatens to consume famed fighter Ryu, who is visited by a long-lost little brother. Meanwhile, a mad scientist wishes to harness this power for himself.
Directors: Shigeyasu Yamauchi, Masahiro Hosoda, Joe Romersa | Stars: Kane Kosugi, Kazuya Ichijô, Yumi Tôma, Tomomichi Nishimura
Votes: 2,829
thought this was a good movie. loved how they did it with the Dark hado 4/5
12. Blitz (2011)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Director: Elliott Lester | Stars: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, Zawe Ashton
Votes: 91,281
thought this was a good movie. I enjoyed it alot 3 1/2 / 5
13. Arahan (2004)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
As a dorky cop falls in with five Tao masters who admire his c'hi, an ancient foe comes looking for them all.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Ryu Seung-beom, Yoon So-yi, Ahn Sung-ki, Doo-hong Jung
Votes: 4,008
this was a funny goofy movie but good in a way 3/5
14. Tactical Force (2011)
R | 91 min | Action
A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
Director: Adamo P. Cultraro | Stars: Steve Austin, Michael Shanks, Michael Jai White, Adrian Holmes
Votes: 6,099
this was a good movie. 3/5
15. The Assailant (2009)
R | 94 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.
Director: João Daniel Tikhomiroff | Stars: Aílton Carmo, Jéssica Barbosa, Flávio Rocha, Irandhir Santos
Votes: 1,792
eh it was ok 2/5
16. Freerunner (2011)
R | 87 min | Action
With a ticking bomb locked to his neck, a young freerunner races against the clock and all types of baddies to get from one end of the city to the other to save himself and his girlfriend.
Director: Lawrence Silverstein | Stars: Sean Faris, Tamer Hassan, Rebecca Da Costa, Danny Dyer
Votes: 5,318
battle royale meets free running 3/5
17. Driven to Kill (2009 Video)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An ex-Russian mobster who is now a crime novelist must confront his past when his family is targeted by violence.
Director: Jeff King | Stars: Steven Seagal, Mike Dopud, Igor Zhizhikin, Robert Wisden
Votes: 6,161
2/5
18. Highschool of the Dead (2010)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
High school students are overwhelmed with the start of the zombie apocalypse.
Stars: Jun'ichi Suwabe, Eri Kitamura, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Hitomi Harada
Votes: 15,467
Loved this. amazing. 5/5
19. Stake Land (2010)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a world of vampires, an expert vampire hunter and his young protégé travel toward sanctuary.
Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis, Gregory Jones
Votes: 44,139 | Gross: $0.02M
was a good movie 3/5
20. Apartment 143 (2011)
R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
A team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomenon occurring in an apartment building.
Director: Carles Torrens | Stars: Kai Lennox, Gia Mantegna, Michael O'Keefe, Fiona Glascott
Votes: 11,761 | Gross: $0.00M
typical possession movie now a days. 2/5
21. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college students.
Director: Eli Craig | Stars: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss
Votes: 193,450 | Gross: $0.22M
funny, I liked it alot 3/5
22. The Traveler (I) (2010)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
A slow, quiet Christmas Eve night at the police station turns into strange horror after a man enters claiming he wants to confess to murder.
Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: Val Kilmer, Dylan Neal, Paul McGillion, Camille Sullivan
Votes: 4,975
awesomely done. good movie val never seems to disappoint 4/5
23. The Howling: Reborn (2011 Video)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A teenage outcast discovers he is a werewolf, and must battle a pack of the brutal creatures when they threaten him and his new girlfriend.
Director: Joe Nimziki | Stars: Landon Liboiron, Lindsey Shaw, Ivana Milicevic, Jesse Rath
Votes: 3,951
sucked. but i did manage to get a new hottie out of it Lindsey shaw. 2/5
24. The Raid: Redemption (2011)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah
Votes: 216,985 | Gross: $4.11M
a-mazing 5/5 highly recommended.
25. Ted (2012)
R | 106 min | Comedy
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear, Ted or his girlfriend, Lori.
Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale
Votes: 657,069 | Gross: $218.82M
very funny. 3/5
26. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five college friends head out to a remote cabin for a getaway, but things don't go as planned when they start getting killed. They soon discover that there is more to the cabin than it seems.
Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz
Votes: 450,486 | Gross: $42.07M
very well done I liked it alot . 4/5
27. Chronicle (2012)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.
Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly
Votes: 264,382 | Gross: $64.58M
I liked it and i could relate to the main guy 4/5
28. Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.
Director: Rupert Sanders | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin
Votes: 302,337 | Gross: $155.33M
eh it was ok 3/5
29. Safe House (2012)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 235,499 | Gross: $126.37M
it was ok not too good 3/5
30. The Dictator (2012)
R | 83 min | Comedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 334,644 | Gross: $59.65M
hysterical, Sasha never seems to dissapoint me 5/5
31. Contraband (2012)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Wahlberg
Votes: 126,305 | Gross: $66.53M
no bueno 2/5
32. The Bourne Legacy (2012)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.
Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn
Votes: 315,525 | Gross: $113.20M
good despite my feelings towards the actor but not as good as others 3/5
33. Underworld: Awakening (2012)
R | 88 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrior Selene leads the battle against humankind.
Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, India Eisley, Stephen Rea
Votes: 161,172 | Gross: $62.32M
liked it. very good 4/5
34. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Alice fights alongside a resistance movement to regain her freedom from an Umbrella Corporation testing facility.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Aryana Engineer
Votes: 150,083 | Gross: $42.35M
ok 2/5 nothing special
35. Safe (I) (2012)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail.
Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke
Votes: 117,554 | Gross: $17.14M
awesome well done 4/5
36. The Possession (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport
Votes: 63,199 | Gross: $49.13M
good. I liked it 4/5
37. The Devil Inside (2012)
R | 83 min | Horror
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama
Votes: 37,497 | Gross: $53.26M
was ok def worth the watch 3/5
38. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Johnny Blaze, tortured by the Ghost Rider's curse, gets a chance of redemption through protecting the Devil's son, whose father is pursuing him.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido
Votes: 126,187 | Gross: $51.77M
boo sucked 1/5
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