46. THE ADMIRAL : ROARING CURRENTS (2014)

THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS

Language    -  Korean (South Korea)
Genre          -  Naval War
Director      -  Kim Han-min
*ing            -  Choi Min-sik (Yi Sun-sin), Ryu Seung-ryong (Kurushuma)
IMDB        -   7.2
PLOT
                                            It is during the time of Japanese invasion of Korea. The Korean navy had suffered heavy loss in the battle of Chicheollyang and their naval fleet has been reduced to 12. Yi Sun-sin, the greatest admiral of the Joseon province is again restored in command, considering the situation, Japanese Chancellor sends Kurushima Michifusa who is an expert in naval wars and even known as pirate among his fellow man. Yi is facing an extremely adverse situation before the war. Most of his officers and soldiers are in fear to face a huge enemy whose fleet comprises of more than 200 war ships. They doesn't have any single ray of chance. Their only hopes lies on the turtle ship (a ship which is uses to ram through the opponets one) but in one night one of the deserter in the Battle of Chicheollyang burns the turtle ship and tries to kill Yi but he escapes the trecherous act and kills him. Now the entire men lost their all hopes with the destruction of turtle ship. But Yi Sun-sin is determined to face the enemy, he is trying to convert the fear of his men into valour for war. Will he succeed over the big enemy?

                                    " Admiral: The roaring currents" is one of the biggest hits in South Korea, it surpasses the record of Avatar in their country for maximum shows and view. It tells the real story of Battle of Myeongyang. Just like the history it shows the courageous effort of Admiral Yi who faces a huge enemy with his mere number of battleships. The movie is not a work of unwanted CGI scenes(its a trend we are seeing nowadays in Hollywood), but instead a very good work of VFX. Its a complete show of Choi Min-sik (oldboy, I saw the Devil fame) who produces an outstanding perfomence as the Admiral Yi, another great aspect of the movie is its incredible background music, it really goes in pace with the movie. It can be considered as one of the greatest war movies of all time. 

Trailer-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PBIHkKi0wM

45.THEERAN ADHIGAARAM ONDRU (2017)

THEERAN ADHIGAARAM ONDRU

Language   -  Tamil (India)
Genre         -  Crime, Thriller
Director      - H. Vinoth
*ing            - Karthi (Theeran), Rakul Preet Singh (Priya),                                      Abhimanyu Singh (Oma)

PLOT
                                   Tamil Nadu DGP orders the entire police force to convert their criminal cases manuscript in the digital format, inspector Sasi comes across an old case file and he contacts the officer who was in charge of that case, Theeran. This phone call makes Theeran to recall a case which changes the life of him as well as his colleagues. Theeran Thirumaran was popular among the police department for his unique way of handling cases, so he is appointed to Ponneri where a dacoital attack takes place. A bullet, footwear evidence from the crime spot makes them to think that the culprits doesnt belongs to Tamil nadu, so they makes nation wide hunt for the criminals, their wide search reveals to them that they are dealing with something brutal and spine chilling mysteries.

                                      Theeran Adhigaaram is the second movie of the director H. Vinoth after the acclaimed and the popular movie Sadhurangai Vettai. This movie is based on the real Operation Bawaria Incident, which results in the gunning down of two members of Bawaria criminal tribe from Uttar Pradesh and arrest of other members who were involved in the dacoital attack on houses along the National Highways of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh in late 90s and early 2000. These incidents gained nation wide attention ath the moment when they murder AIDMK(a political party), member Sundarsanam. This movie is a pure crime thriller, the way in which the antagonists are presented will surely bring nightmares to the viewers. The auntenticity of the movie was even praised by the Police officers who played the major role in The Bawaria Operation. The scorching heat and the unbarren lands of North India are purely portrayed in the movie, the crew had suffered many health issues while shooting in the northern sides. Even if its a crime thriller, it also tells a beautiful love story of Theeran and his wife Priya, Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh shows excellent chemistry between them.
                                                         So it will be a treat as a crime thriller and also satisfy who favors romance.

44.THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR (2016)

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR

Language - English (United States)
Genre     -   Fantasy, Action, Thriller
Director  -  Cedric Nicolas Troyan
*ing        -  Chris Hemsworth (Eric), Jessica Chastain (Sara), Emily                     Blunt (Freya), Charliz Theron (Ravenna)
IMDB Score - 6.1

PLOT

                          Long before the time of Snowhite, the sorceress Ravenna had a sister Freya, whom was not intrested in her own magical powers. She was in love with the nobleman Andrew but when andrew kills their own child, Freya ravages and kills him by using her ice power. She moves towards the north to built her own kingdom. In the present time, the magical mirror went missing with the  convoy while its journey towards the sanctuary. The queen snowhite is also suffering from the powers of the mirror. So his husband William asks the help of the Huntsman Eric. During their conversation Eric destroys the spy owl of Freya, so he understands that their conversation is being watched by Freya, knowing that the magical mirror will only make her stronger, so Eric agrees to find out the mirror.

                                   The Huntsman: Winter's War can be said as both a prequel and sequel to the movie Snowhite and the Huntsman. It shows the early life of the Huntsman Eric and his love for Sara, then it shows the incidents after the dethrown of queen Ravenna. Its predecessor movie was huge hit in the box office, but this one failed make an impact in the market. It was really an unecessary movie in the Snowhite series, Its spins around the life of Eric only. The charming element Kriesten Stewert was not even present in guest role also.It lacks pace and an engaging screenplay. The promotional song of Halsey "Castle" for the movie is really a fine work. I think it have a good romance elements than the first one. It can only be passing time movie, but if you are such a hardcore lover of the Huntsman Eric then it will be intresting as it is completely based on him.

Halsey "Castle" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0xkd8qs9I
Movie Trailer    -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2-_OQL9fBk