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I have only watched about 10 minutes of the first Undisputed with Snipes and Rhames and have not seen a minute of Undisputed 2 but this was absolutely worth watching. This movie stars Scott Adkins who most have probably only seen under heavy makeup as Weapon XI in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Adkins plays Yuri Boyka one of the top fighters in the world. From what I’ve read Boyka is the villain and loses the final fight in the second film. He is like all the other fighters stuck in prison for “doing bad things”. Apparently prison fights have blown up into a media sensation and a new tournament is being held in Russia, Boyka’s homeland. Mopping floors and recovering from a knee injury (I assume from the final fight of film 2) he does what it takes to gain entry in the tournament. Once in Russia Boyka reluctantly befriends an American boxer and both are subjected to breaking rocks and beatings to try to assure the Columbian tournament favorite wins. In the end none of that really matters, what does is the awesome fight choreography and face breaking action. There is some serious athleticism on display here by all of the fighters, but Adkins really shines. This movie plays like a 90’s Van Damme film with fights that are 1000% more brutal and more legit. I hope they make a 4th with Adkins starring again. In the meantime I will have to check out some of his other work. Recommended for fight and action fans.

Can the semi-finals be any more unexpected and yet to me, boring? First, the toilet bowl winning Seahawks knocked out the defending champ Saints. Then the Jets who played less than stellar in the regular season squeak by the Colts and beat the Patriots easily. Green Bay was probably better than their seed indicated after losing a few late seasons games with Aaron Rodgers banged up. It was no surprise that they won. The Bears and Steelers, two teams I could care less about, handled their games after the bye week in different fashions with the Steelers rallying and the Bears crushing their opponents for wins. I guess I will cheer for the Packers because of their exciting offense or maybe the Bears for a chance to see Devin Hester in the Super Bowl. If you’re a fan, what are your thoughts?

This is amazing. Imagine firing this bad boy up in a dark room. Would have made this kid legit:

This movie was light and fun. There were shifting alliances throughout and some great chemistry between Cruise and Diaz. Sargaard plays a boring villain that never really seems to pose a threat. The movie delivered highly stylized action, noticeable even in the poster images like the one seen above. Bullets fly, cars and planes explode, and the tongue in cheek humor is good. The action scenes are memorable but a downfall of the movie is the characters were not. Ask me in a year to name the last movie where a running bull smashed into a car and I’ll remember. Ask me who played rogue Agent Roy Miller without naming the movie and I will have no clue what you’re talking about. Overall pretty fun if not taken too seriously.

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Picked one of these up from GNC last week and have to say, it really works. I have used it with multiple tap water sources and it really improves the taste dramatically. This cost me $8.00 and will not just save me green but is “green”. As you can see in the picture above one filter is meant to filter the equivalent of 300 bottles of water. Replacement filters are available to order online for $7.00. So far it seems like a pretty good product.

I skipped this movie at the theater and wish I hadn’t. It is exactly what a summer blockbuster popcorn flick is meant to be. A good cast of characters creating chaos in absurd ways to track down some missing money plates. There is more plot, but I lost it at the part where they are flying a tank. Yep, I said flying a tank, the action really is ABSURD in a good way. The effects look decent except towards the end of the film when a ship sinks sends hundreds of containers falling like a deck of cards. Liam Neeson is the leader Hannibal, Bradley Cooper is Face, Sharlto Copley is Murdoch, and Rampage Jackson is Baracus. Neeson and Cooper fit their roles well and Jackson does a good job for a novice actor. For me the surprise is Copley. The only other film I have seen him in was District 9, which I liked, but was mostly void of intentional humor. I loved his Murdoch. He was crazy and on the edge and always seemed to be doing something surprising. Jessica Beil is also in the film and looking lovely. I rented the extended cut which ran 2 hours and 17 minutes but seemed to blow by quickly. In the past week I have been disappointed by a film I thought would be good (Salt) and surprised by this film I never really wanted to see. Check it out and crank up the surround sound.