Dhrishyam

Language : Malayalam
Country    : India
Year          : 2013

Genre       : Drama | Crime | Thriller
Duration   :  2hr 40 mins

Director    : Jeethu Joseph
Actors       : Mohan Lal, Meena

I've always wondered why isn't there any novel concept in the Indian movie industry or why isn't there any movie without the cheezy songs or long boring story ? .. Long gone are those days where we used to have a decent thriller .. Decent acting, a good story, plot suspense but most important of all, beautiful execution are few aspects which I personally think was inexistent in any of the Indian movies released last year ... But thanks to Jeethu Joseph for bringing all of them back home with "Drishyam" .. A Great Watch

Hobbit 2 - The Desolation of Smaug

Language : English
Country    : USA
Year          : 2013

Genre       : Drama | Fantasy | Adventure | Thriller
Duration   :  1hr 46 mins

Director    : Peter Jackson
Actors       : Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch


The Hobbit return with its 2nd part of the sequel, The Desolation of Smaug. The movie showcase all the stars from the first part with Benedict Cumberbacth doing voice over for Smaug, the Dragon. The storyline, acting, direction and cinematography is brilliant as it is in the previous part or the LoTR trilogy for that matter. The movie is really fast paced in the first half like you would even believe its the first part, but to me the second half was a bit of a drag. Too much fillers but then again there is lot of the story being weaved in there. So cant really say that it was mehh but I would really blame it even if you do. :) . Nevertheless, it is still a decent movie and I believe it is only the calm before the storm :)

The Frozen Ground

Language : English
Country    : USA
Year          : 2013

Genre       : Drama | Crime | Thriller | Biographical
Duration   :  1hr 46 mins

Director    : Scott Walker
Actors       : Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Venessa Hudgens

This crime thriller story is based on true events as described by Cindy Paulson, on the hunt for the serial killer named Robert Hansen during the 80s in Alaska. Well, its been a long long while since I watched a good or a decent Nicolas Cage movie. Undoubtedly, he has shown true class playing the lead character as Alaskan Trooper, Jack Halcombe, alongside John Cusack, who was equally brilliant portraying Robert Hansen. The movie is decently paced, involving and fairly decent in its attempt to recreate scenario and the surrounding atmosphere. Pretty good movie this :)

Wrong Turn

Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of West Virginia, hunted down by "cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding."

Mad Detective

Language : Cantonese
Country    : Hong Kong
Year          : 2007

Genre       : Drama, Thriller, Investigation
Duration   : 1hr 30mins

Director    :  Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai
Actors       : Ching Wan Lau, Andy On, Ka Tung Lam 

It is a psychological thriller movie about a rookie cop who investigates the case of a serial killer, with the help of an ex detective who has a special gift to sense peoples personality but is seen and live like a crazy guy. Story begins as an investigation on a missing cop but the cop's gun is linked to serial killing. Investigation style of the mad detective is rather amusing and quite interesting to watch really. Besides decent acting and story, the most plausible of all is the direction. The movie looks phenomenally great in the hands of Jonnie to and Wai Ka fai.... brilliant stuff and a very good entertainer.

Spy Game

Year          :  2001
Country    : USA
Language : English

6.9   - IMDb
66% - Rotten Tomatoes

This movie is about a secretive op that CIA official Miura organizes in a 24hr span trying to rescue CIA field agent Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) who was captured by the Chinese while he was trying to rescue the women he loved once. The CIA officials does not want the discredit of doing espionage on China so they try to end the deal with Tom by keeping Miura out of their loop. Miura while being the top cat, sniffs out all what he need behind their back while he was being questioned about the details of Tom. Brilliant plot that pans out into a 2hr suspense thriller movie - Good stuff.

Wu Xia (Dragon)

Year          : 2011
Country    : China
Language : Mandarin/Cantonese

7 /10 - IMDb
80%  - Rotten Tomatoes

Wu Xia is a martial arts thriller movie about a man who worked at a paper mill (Donnie Yen) happen to have brought down 2 convicted murderers who were trying to rob a shop. The autopsy didnt show any signs of physical attack on the body of both who were murdered, which puzzles the investigator (Takeshi Kaneshiro) to look into deeper into the case which unravels the mystery about the silent innocent man. The movie is about how Donnie Yen stands up for his family and kids than his own father or his evil clan. Great movie with good acting and action sequels.

World War Z

Year: 2013

IMDB - 7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes -  67% 

It's uneven and diverges from the source book, but World War Z still brings smart, fast-moving thrills and a solid performance from Brad Pitt to the zombie genre. Story goes like the United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself.