Riding high over the success of blockbusters like The Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 to name a few, Hollywood in year 2012 created ripples across the world. Known for their spectacular visual effects, daring superheroes, time defying technologies and of course, jaw dropping budgets – Hollywood films are always centre of the attraction for movie buffs. Based upon these aspects, here are few of the Hollywood movies to watch out for in year 2013.
The Last Stand
Director: Kim Ji-woon
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville
Plot: A retired sheriff fights against a notorious drug kingpin with his small town force.
USP: Legendry actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback in Korean action-suspense master Kim Jee-Woon film, an unlimited action genre.
A Good Day to Die Hard
Director: John Moore
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch
Plot: John McClane is back and is bound to save his son from a rogue Russian leader.
USP: The fifth installment of the Die Hard film series is also full of high-flying stunts. Beware goons, here comes Willis.
Oz The Great and Powerful
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz
Plot: The tale of a circus magician who finds himself into a battle amongst the three witches of Oz.
USP: L. Frank Baum’s beloved character on a fantasy land with unique CGI techniques.
Carrie
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Judy Greer, Julianne Moore
Plot: A classical horror tale of a small town shy girl, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being harassed by her peers.
USP: Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King.
Oblivion
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko
Plot: On a spectacular futuristic earth, one man’s confrontation with the past leads him on a journey of redemption and he battles to save mankind.
USP: The sci-fi is shot on stunning digital 4K resolution – experience a new cinematography technology.
Fast & Furious 6
Director: Justin Lin
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson
Plot: Dominic Toretto and his team are back perpetrating another heist but agent Luke Hobbs is still behind them.
USP: Posh cars, over the edge chase scenes and of course, some solid blows.
World War Z
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos
Plot: A United Nations employee traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
USP: Experience a new terror, which is based on Max Brooks’ best-selling novel “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”.
The Wolverine
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee
Plot: The samurai steel of Japan will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.
USP: Hugh Jackman in his never-seen-before action avatar.
Pacific Rim
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba
Plot: To combat the monstrous creatures, a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee stand up as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
USP: A sci-fi action adventure by acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
After Earth
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith
Plot: The harassed tale of a father and son on a stranded earth, which is ruled by animals and an unstoppable alien creature.
USP: A comeback of M. Night Shyamalan with the Smiths
Star Trek into Darkness
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg
Plot: An unstoppable force of terror has detonated, leaving our world in a state of crisis. Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
USP: Pioneering director J.J. Abrams’ explosive action thriller.
Thor: The Dark World
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
Plot: Thor battles to save earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe.
USP: An intense journey of the superhero.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm
Plot: The adventurous journey of Bilbo Baggins into the wild facing treacherous lands swarming with goblins and orcs, deadly wargs and giant spiders, shapeshifters and sorcerers.
USP: Bilbo meets Gollum and the “precious” ring that holds unexpected qualities.
Lo hobbit sicuramente è un film da non sottovalutare anche se per molti aspetti andrebbe migliorato.
Thanks for the updates about these Hollywood films. You know, it is very difficult to have these films here.The only option is to download them and that through proxy servers, since it can be tracked. How I wish that these films are released here.
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