The Avengers review

Every year, there comes a Hollywood blockbuster that will send you into a tizzy and give you total paisa vasool entertainment. Such films are generally visual effects-heavy and are superhero films. This one is like the big daddy of all superhero films. Yes, Avengers, it is

Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye form this terrific superhero ensemble. Black Fury is the guy who brings this team together to save the earth from the clutches of Loki from Asgard. The Tesseract is an unlimited source of energy and it lands in Loki's hands. He wants to use this to vanquish the earth. The Avengers stand between him and his mission.

Hulk reigns supreme in many scenes when he shows his anger and aggression. The crowd goes crazy during such instances. Iron Man comes a close second with his AC/DC soundtrack, his casual punchlines and style. Thor is brutal with his physique while Captain America shows his mettle when he leads the team in the final showdown in Midtown Manhattan. Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow is sexy to say the least. Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye is stylish with his moves as the master archer.

Ultimately, this is not a movie to be analyzed much. It is to be experienced on the big screen with 3D glasses. The effects are crazy at times as they just come on your face. Nice gimmickry. The last one hour is pure madness. The action on screen makes the child in you go WOW. There are some sober moments in the first half of the movie which is resurrected by the Iron Man's charm. But. the last hour is unanimously marvelous. There is a sequel as well coming up sometime in the near future.

VERDICT: A marvelous action fest from Marvel Studios and a perfect distraction from the terrible Indian summer. Switch off your mind and get consumed by this high octane action fest

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

Agent Ethan Hunt and his team of 3, are after nuclear extremist Hendricks who is after some codes, files and the tracking satellite to launch a nuclear missile and cause havoc in the US.

The chase for Hendricks starts in Kremlin where Hendricks steals from the Russians and proceeds to Dubai and finally to India. Hunt and team expectedly prevent the missile from blowing off.

All this happens after the IMF is shut down following the implementation of Ghost Protocol.

The Dubai portion of the movie where Hunt performs some incredible stunts in the extremely high rise Burj Hotel to get the files and authentication codes from Wistrom, is the major highlight.

Hits

• Tom Cruise is super agile for his age. Though his physique and face show off his age, his stunts at the Burj are the paisa vasool moments of the film. 
• Paula Patton as the hot team mate of Hunt, is too sexy and seducing, particularly in the Indian leg of the movie, with her cleavage fest. She seduces the silly Anil Kapoor to part with the information she needs. 
• Simon Pegg as Benji pulls off some good funny dialogues with perfect timing. 
• Some scenes showing off the technical expertise of the team like taking printouts through the eye, forming a virtual screen showing the reflection etc. are awe-inspiring. 

Comments

• Jeremy Renner as Agent Brandt doesn't have much to do except some stunts in the Indian leg of the movie 

Misses

• The climax is silly. Like a Vijay movie's. Tom Cruise just punching the keyboard and the missile going bust is so similar to the Sura scene. 
• Passing off Bangalore as Mumbai and showing SUN Network being used for launching nuclear missiles is another silly part of the movie

VERDICT

Starts off well but, peters out in the end.