Battleship Review

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Friday, April 13, 2012 The China Post

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Last weekend

Total

3/23

The Hunger Games (飢餓遊戲)

7.6 mil.

60.4 mil.

3/30

A Simple Life (怒戰天神)

4.7 mil.

25.6 mil.

4/3

J. Edgar (魔鏡，魔鏡)

4.5 mil.

8 mil.

US Box Office (US date & dollars)

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3/23

The Hunger Games (飢餓遊戲)

4/6

American Reunion (美國派：高潮再起)

21.5 mil.

21.5 mil.

4/3

Titanic 3D (鐵達尼號3D版)

17.3 mil.

25.7 mil.

Now Showing

33.5 mil. 302.8 mil.

Compiled by Fan Ruixin Text: Lin Yuting and Lily Lai, The China Post Stills: Courtesy of the films’ distributors

That Summer (偷歡)

★★★☆☆

French with Chinese subtitles Drama 2011 France 95 min.

A couple lives together in Paris, the man a painter, the woman a film actress. They befriend a couple of film extras who fall in love with each other. All four go to Rome where their relationships undergo a profound change. Directed by Philippe Garrel With Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel and

Céline Sallette

I Wish (奇蹟)

★★☆☆☆

Japanese with Chinese subtitles Drama 2011 Japan 128 min.

Rumor has it that a wish made simultaneously upon seeing the northbound and southbound bullet trains will come true. Two brothers separated by their parents’ divorce decide to wish for the reunion of their family. Will the wish be granted? Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda With Koki Maeda, Ohshirô Maeda and

Ryôga Hayashi

Red State (血國)

★★☆☆☆

English with Chinese subtitles Horror 2011 USA 88min.

Three horny high-school boys come across an online ad from an older woman looking for sex. But when they show up for the rendezvous they are drugged and kidnapped by a group of religious fundamentalists with a terrifying agenda. Directed by Kevin Smith With Michael Parks, Melissa Leo and

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Outside s in battle, the film com film’s source guard. the daughter one’s Navy’s succes ion of the aliens’ arrival to one off turns out to be e U.S. Pacific Fleet and St s e th he e, “Battletc ca th x ed plicat ur-plus runtim ays. It rm im ho e nfi oth co s tw cy re its en commander of Stone gets fed up with Ale lly no r ig nd Ove ww ra n strophobic te p us up in a fe superior. Whe to join the Navy, Sam natu Earth — a clau rupt ending. ip” tries to pe ays, kills Alex’s handsh in is m d th ab hi oi s of of D , difficulty and orders d as human by the story’ cries the End her, evokes war veterans s fiancée. The iral e characterize ore es ag becomes Alex’ er, lies in asking for Adm The aliens ar or, but biologically are m older brot ar e sp m di , so ic rev havi es, ous rock mus romance, how on on the marriage. In po their social be phibians. In several scen blasts obnoxi s out military awards and si es is is epr am rm m re pe to n s ith s nd so e’ w ou Nee ings Shan cts plus analog scientists, ha al Shane, Liam their surround y. rt special effe not traying Admir e role as a tough wise gu ly state-of-the-a hes. Yet in the end, hen they scan ed vision, they choose to w rs fe of al ch truc hanc a flouris his familiar ni ientists have enthusiastic als roying infras chanically en spot-on camer have merely won a game t focus on dest help their own bu s u yo an e m Meanwhile, sc con Project, sending sign lik hu ll el so ki you fe et e Bea e world. ■ nery. They al than saved th commenced th aimed at a Goldilocks plan re and machi tu er th ra e of to s ac e nt sp bl ta inhabi into outer s compara wounded. , the human with condition restrial life is likee other hand th on encountern (i.e. a planet up O er Directed by at ed tr nd ex ou re bf he m s w , du om ip (超級戰艦)►ander Skarsgård, th n alienzo y ar ai sh s m an tle el re at m ss B m ve so fil n those of E e ith ie ex th W ith Al , a fleet of al se. strial objects. ess, Peter Berg / Wker and Liam Neeson / ly found). Soon ward the Earth in respon ing extraterre our collective consciousn ec D n ly to h ok e tc ch in ro ac ca oa B s sp 12 / USA / ns would iens appr through themed film rant of the al and institutio tion, Sci-Fi / 20intense sequences of se s no al Ac yne ig er du pa ly vi ev ul Ja t di sf d in Ye lis . an B for an surely stance Rated PG-13 n and destruction, This of the Americ such a circum have huge quesing, members er tournament in Hawaii. le actio , on sooner in to ce s en ith ol em vi se e ” cc ci ship ge / English w , “What ar Navy play a so oduces a vibrant, albeit fa hile one in “Battle and for languaitles / 131 min. / heads saying !” r ei th tr w in , er e on ov m r idea soccer ga ters. Late tions marks Chinese subt Now Showing tertained the orting charac e characters still ? I’ve never en hero, also wears the ns ★★☆☆☆ / roster of supp es ie th al , ns ie hting al ession. supposed w of pr e fla im th n x, nt ai le m re frantically fig A s he hi ch make a co tience thin as one that is e Japanese of manage to ea audiences' pa lculated to be ormation u Asano) is th ca ob om s fr an s em ad ge se (T an a ss Nagat Alex ch his transf recklessne ta lationship with a man,” and ficer whose re aderie as they unite agains cceptable for h is incredibly contrived. “a e ar deat Plemons) is th rivalry to cam upon Stone’s l y. Ordy (Jesse tfu em gh si en in on on m m co long Marine who is clearheaded

John Goodman ★★☆☆☆

Stake Land (末日血慌) English with Chinese subtitles Horror 2010 USA 98 min.

Martin, a young teenage boy whose family is attacked by a vampire, bonds with the mysterious vampire hunter known as “Mister.” The two set out on the road, traveling from the south up north toward Canada, the continent’s new haven of safety.

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Directed by Jim Mickle With Connor Paolo, Nick Damici and

Kelly McGillis ★★★☆☆

Wrecked (殘骸生機)

English with Chinese subtitles Drama 2012 USA 117 min.

A man wakes up, severely injured and trapped in his car at the bottom of a ravine. With no memory of who he nor how he got there, he must piece together what happened to him and try to survive. Directed by Michael Greenspan With Adrien Brody, Caroline

Dhavernas and Ryan Robbins ★★☆☆☆

The Ward (鬼病房) English with Chinese subtitles Horror 2010 USA 88 min.

An institutionalized young woman is terrorized by a mysterious and deadly ghost. After a series of killings of other inmates, danger creeps closer. She must keep sane and find out the truth about the ghost. Directed by John Carpenter With Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer

and Danielle Panabaker

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