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Rating: ★★ Category: Movies Genre: Action & Adventure I've been watching out for this movie since I first saw it as a trailer for one of the movies I saw recently. I just thought that my longing for a great martial arts movie minus the spectacular location shootings and the cast of thousands that usually attend many of the recent films in this genre, e.g. Hero, and House of Dagger of Jet Lee, and without the zany humor that are the mainstay of Jackie Chan movies, would be a little refreshing if not a little nostalgic for the Kung Fu films of the great Bruce Lee. I am happy to note that indeed there were no spectacular scenery shots, and the story and action very serious indeed. Of course, how else can a portrait of an assassin be presented but seriously. But in so far as action ala Bruce Lee was concerned, it didn't quite measure up. If there is one word though that will always be used to describe this movie is Gory. It seems that all the wounds inflicted in all t...

Rating: ★★★★ Category: Movies Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy If it's spectacular entertainment you're after, this movie delivers! With the Himalayas, the highest point on the planet with peaks in excess of 23,000 feet, swallowed in a giant tsunami, it could not get any more spectacular. You will also see familiar landmarks such as the US White House, The Vatican and the giant Cross of the Resurrection in Rio de Janeiro, toppled down like a house of cards and crushed to pieces. And if the spectacular does not quite catch your attention, the thrill and suspense definitely will. It is somewhat a combination of what you'll feel in the movies "Twister" and "The Titanic," and the car-chase sequences of the "Bourne Identity" series. While 2012 may be dismissed as just another end-of-the-world movie, this one apparently is based on a common prediction as foretold in several civilizations including the ancient Mayan history (Mayans are ...