The Ruins: Many years ago there was a movie about four teenagers who swap out to a raft on a lake, and are stranded when a dark swamp like substance surrounds the raft. The Ruins is great for the same reason, five college students decide to go visit a ancient Mayan ruin, when village of mayans hold them at gun point to stay on the cursed ruin. Little do they know that the ruin has a secret of it's own which may take many of thier lives. The plot is quiet entertaining, literaly being between a rock and a hard place. Despite the plot, at times the movie despite a strong perfomance by Jena Malone, struggles to be completely believable and is a bit dry at points which leaves it out of the A marks.
Overall Rating: 87 B+
The Street Kings:The Street Kings, with the cast of Forrest Whitiker and Hugh Laurie had solid potential, despite the lead choice of Keeanu Reeves. Surprising, Reeves and Laurie were fanatasitc playing a bad cop and internal affairs captain respectively. Although the plot being quite complcated at times, with a few surprising twists, Whiteker and the supporting cast come across as a watered down band of extras from "Training Day". If your looking for a good copy bad cop crime thriller, Kings is a good fit, anything more and you'd bbe better off renting "Training Day".
Overall Rating: 86 B
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