Madea Goes to Jail (2009)

Director: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Derek Luke
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142800/

Don't let the title fool you the movie really isn't even about Madea going to jail at all. The movie is about a prostitute named Candy and her old life long lawyer friend Joshua that is trying to get her off the streets. Madea really only makes a few cameo appearances and at that it cuts to Candy and Joshua everytime she goes on a rampage. Madea and Candy end up meeting in jail and long story short she changes her ways.

Madea Goes to Jail is barely watchable at best and only has a select few shots that have real meaning to them. The few chuckles I got from the movie was from the guy sitting next to me who looked oddly enough like Don King and he kept yelling, "hallelujah" every time Madea made a brief cameo.

I give this movie one * out of five for being another dime a dozen Tyler Perry movie.

- The Assman

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

Director: Steve Carr
Starring: Kevin James, Keir O'Donnel, Raini Rodriguez, and Jayma Mays
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114740/

Paul Blart, a New Jersey security officer, is a middle aged single dad that takes his job too seriously. When burglars take over the mall he takes it upon himself to rescue the hostages; his daughter and the woman of his dreams.

It was pretty entertaining giving me a few good laughs but left wishing it had been more. The movie was relatable with the classic nice guy that cares too much. The problem mainly was that it was just too slapstick for its own good. The cheesy comedy outweighs the comedy or true meaning to the film If your looking for a fun family comedy then this is a good movie for you.

I give it 3 ***'s out of five for being a fun movie but that just lacked a little.

-The Assman

Gran Torino (2008)

Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, and Ahney Her
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/

For the second time in recent Clint Eastwood has shown Hollywood how it’s done. In Gran Torino Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a very hard headed, traditional, gun slinging Vietnam vet. After the passing of his wife he finds his community turning into an ethnic ring. After a failed attempt at stealing his 1972 Gran Torino his neighbor Thao Lor played by Bee Vang is forced by his family to work off his wrongs. Walt reluctantly begins to defend the Lor family from the Hmong gangs surrounding the Lor family.

This movie did it for me. If you’ve been looking for something well worth your time go see this. Eastwood truly makes this film, if you stay for the credits you’ll even get to hear the old goat sing. Hidden within this movie are underlying deeper connotations and messages that Eastwood makes so subtly apparent, but we won’t get into that. If you haven’t seen this yet, then do, nuff’ said.

I give this five *'s because it's just that good.

-The Assman