Tucker and Dale Versus Evil

This is surely a messed up show, funny but messed up. Think of it as Americans Shaun of the Dead. Don't worry, there isn't any zombies on this one. Just gruesome ways to die, very much like Final Destination.

The show revolves around the misunderstanding of college students camping out in the wild and a pair of hillbillies spending time at their vacation home. During a swim at night, one of the college girls slipped while getting in the pool and knocked herself unconscious. The two hillbillies, Tucker and Dale came to the rescue while the college misunderstood them as abducting their friend and ran away in fear.

In attempt to "rescue" their friend from the hillbillies, each friend got killed by accident and elevates the grudge against the poor innocent hillbillies. Don't be too judgmental, communicate and learn from one another - if not death. Well it sure seems that way in Singapore currently.

Ratings: 4
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Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa

Another KRU movie productions that I was anticipating after Magika. It's said to be the second most expensive movie ever produced, the first being Puteri Gunung Ledang which is also a great movie.

Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa or The Malay Chronicles: Bloodline, tells the tales of the early Kedah and Merong Mahawangsa, a warrior turned King of Langkasuka (Later known as Kedah). The Malay Chronicles boast great battle for a malay movie. The show also include many foreign actors to portray the many empires that help build the peninsula.

The show is truly remarkable and the show does not look like a Malaysian made movie. Kudos to Yusry KRU and his vision to take another step up in his directorial position.

Ratings: 3.5

Your Highness

Comedy and fantasy adds together might be a great combination. I remembered watching Robin Hood: Men in Tights and it was surely a hilarious show. And now came Your Highness, it's very much like National Lampoon meets LOTR.

Your Highness is a tale of 2 prince, one a warrior (Fabious - James Franco) and the other a bump (Thadeus - Danny McBride). When Fabious returns from his quest, he plans to wed his girlfriend to celebrate his victory. And during the wedding ceremony, they were interrupted by an evil sorcerer who kidnap his bride-to-be.

To prove his worth as a prince, the king forced Thadeus to set on a quest with his brother to bring back his bride. Captured and made to fight in an arena, the brothers met Isabel(Natalie Portman) and found her a worthy warrior set out on a revenge for her fathers death. The trio managed to escape the area and continued their quest towards the evil sorcerer.

Though Your Highness is not a light-hearted comedy, it brought a good sense of adventure and fantasy. The humor can get a bit too grotesque yet enjoyable for some.

Ratings: 3

Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs Evil

It has been a pretty slow movie month partly due to Ramadan, I'll either be rootless to stay up for the show or I'll be away assisting my mum with her orders. But I managed to catch a few and finally able to review it.

First on the Ramadan movie list is Hoodwinked Too. The first show was a great spoof to the fairy tale world but with a low quality animation. Hoodwinked Too! is no different. Plot wise, it's a mash-up of a multiple element especially espionage. A genre of I'm fond but mixing it with fairy tales may seem a tad too rydikulez.

Animation is an eyesore. A poor grade animation that even students are able to produce and a really bad voice coordination. With a poor plot and a poor animation, I wondered how I managed to complete the show with so much multiple yawning in between.

Ratings: 1

Shaolin

Karma can be a b!tch sometimes. What goes around comes around, so you better be good. Now add karma with martial arts, wouldn't that be awesome? That is where Shaolin comes in.

Hou Jie (Andy Lau) is a ruthless warlord who killed his rival within the shaolin temple ground in front of many monks and left with a graffiti insulting the Shaolin way of life.

During an attempt to assassinate his sworn brother, Cao Man (Nicholas Tse), Hou Jie's deputy turned the tide and attempted to assassinate Hou Jie and his family. Hou Jie managed to escape with his daughter who is wounded by a horse carriage accident and fled to the Shaolin temple. Pleading for his daughter life, the monks were not able to safe her but prayed for her departure. Due to his daughters death, Hou Jie accepted karma and became a monk.

Shaolin features the quality of karma. Think of your actions and the consequences it may occur.

Ratings: 3