Mindless Madness..

Hiya.. guys.. i am back .. i know it has been a long long long time since my last post.. I even forgot that i once had a blog.. but the earth can rotate peacefully again knowing that this blog is still alive.. And i (as usual) promise to write regularly and keep this place updated.. okey, so to my next post, ... With the release of the film, "From Paris with love" starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (of match point fame) this year, I realised what I had missed last year.. Action! 2009 was not a great year for action films but I am pretty confident that 2010 will be .. From what I heard "From Paris With love" does not disappoint and also "The Expendables" the stallone , statham , li , rourke starrer is set for a 2010 release.. Anyway it just got me thinking about the films I enjoyed recently mainly because of their mindlessness , raw action , bad-ass protagonists , stylish one liners , mind numbing plot-lines and astronomical body counts.. Also these films do not include the Die hards , the rambos , or the leathal weapons as almost everyone know about them anyway..

so maybe i go for a countdown? u know what, counting form 10 to 1 is always more exciting than a boring list.. so lets start with 10.

10. Crank 1 & 2





It does not get more mad or mindless than chev chelios running around with an artificial heart.. While this movie was not everybody's cup of tea, it definitely had enough speed to be my no.10 . Also it has statham so its existance in this list is acdamic..

9. Gamer



Leonidas of 300 , oh I mean Gerard Butler absolutely kicks a** in this film. The action in this film might be a bit brutal to certain eyes but it had me hooked. It had everything including the protagonists' innocent family. Certainly the shining light of 2009.

8. Hitman


Nothing is as appreciated as a solid video game adaptation.. While this might not please the die hard game fans, it definitely was a film which had a lot of moments of brilliant action.. Yet again containing most of the traits mentioned above.

7. Smokin Aces 1 and 2



Well the sequel (or the prequel) does not match the brilliance of the first film , Smokin Aces in my opinion is one of the most underrated movies of this genre in recent times. If you have not what seen it yet, I recommend you to do so.. You will not be disappointed. Oh did I mention that it has an awesome cast.

6. Man on fire


Denzel can play the rough game too. An action flick that also focuses on the characterization of the protagonist is rare .. This film does it, and it does not hurt when you have a bloody good actor playing the lead role.. Heaven for Washington fans..

5. Transporter 1, 2 & 3

Speaks for itself.Statham does it again . He appears in this list 3 times. An awesome film series. The fact that this is at no. 5 just goes to show the quality of the films to follow.. guaranteed zero bore fest.. enjoy.

4. Wanted

Well Angelina alone is enough to make a film more than watchable. add to that , Mr Morgan Freeman , brilliant acting, slow motion action sequences and bending bullets... Wanted has everything you can ask for in an all action film and more, filled with intriguing plot twists. Watch it again and again until you get bored of it(aint gonna happen).

3. Equilibrium
Ok emotion is the root cause of sorrow.. so lets eliminate emotion. problem solved.. thats how this film goes.. Christian bale is equally adept in both the gun-battles and emotional sequences.. Also an unbelievable body count, does it for me.. wow!

2.Shoot 'em up


non stop. Absolutely non stop. This film reaches impossible dimensions with ease. I never have felt so pissed when any film ended mainly because I wanted it to go on and on.. And of course a brilliant soundtrack .. deserves to be no 1 but loses out to,

1. Death Race

No surprise Jason Statham tops the list.. And of course this film is faster than the cars in it. A race to the death concept has been executed well in animation films before but such a brilliant concept could not have been executed well in a live action film.. No wonder it won the race.. pleeeease watch this film.

btw, forget logic and other crap while watching the above mentioned films. They are meant for you to relax and not to give u a brain exercise. Enjoy and suggest similar films if u know any.

tc bye for now..