Secret Life Of Pets Movie Review

This is just one of those animations that are a must watch, a few months ago when I had a look at the trailer, i thought to myself that this is going to be a good one, though like all movies I had to wait and see, you know, because they snip out  all the good parts and put it into their trailers then you end up watching it and it's actually very bad, luckily this one is nothing like that.

The story

Max is a happy terrier that lives with his owner, everything seemed to be perfect until she brings back another shady much larger dog from the pound called Duke.

On introduction Max didn't like the idea of a new dog in the house and became jealous over Duke, Max then seeks advice from a cat Chloe, that simply don't care about the situation as much as Max does, giving him the advice to show dominance.

After wrecking the place in order to blackmail Duke, Max, and his friends go for their daily walk to the dog part, where Duke attempts to dump him in a dumpster in an alley, where they are both attacked by Ozone, in the ruckus they get caught by Animal Control.

This is where Snowball rescues them, a stray that is out to dominate the human race, Max and Duke must prove their loyalty by getting bitten by a one fang viper, where they escape the sewers.

Gidget a white Pomeranian after realizing that Max is not with his friends and the dog walker is set on her own journey with her and Max's neighborhood friends, all pets to find and rescue Max.

My ratings and opinions

The movie is well detailed, not just graphically but the story as well, the movie is well paced and the voice acting is excellent, with fitting music.

Besides the drama, Secret Life Of Pets is very funny at the best timed moments, but we didn't expect anything less from the directors of Despicable Me and a budget of $75,000,000.

I will recommend anyone to go and watch this movie, the entire family can enjoy this flick as it is child-friendly but not overly childish, there is a bunch of laughs in store for you.

Movie run time:87 min

Director: Yarrow Cheney, Chris Renaud

My Rating: 7/10

Language: English

IMDb Rating: 6.8 / 10

Skiptrace Movie Review

Did you enjoy Rush Hour? then this movie just might be the one you need to watch next, be warned possible spoilers ahead.

The Story

We all remember Rush Hour, it was a good, funny, action movie, Skiptrace is no different, with only a few things that you will need to overlook.

Following an up stick cop Bennie Chan (Jakie Chan) obsessed over doing his work and bringing down the notorious crime boss Matador, after his late partner's death, Bennie was asked to protect his daughter Samantha (Fan Bingbing).

Samantha gets into trouble and is blamed, that she was helping a man steal from the casino and the only way they will let her go is if she finds him, informing her uncle over the mess Bennie sets out to find this man before they harm Samantha.

Connor Watts (Jhonny Knoxville) an American Conman that cheats casinos in Cina after he was banned from American Casinos, as he was doing what he does best the Russian Kingpin tracks him down for cheating his daughter and has to marry her.

Bennie rescues Connor from the Rusian Kingpin, where Connor burns his passport rendering them to travel all the way back on foot as well by car.

The journey was action packed with some comedy in the scenes of the movie, but do not expect this to be nearly as good as Rush Hour, very similar yes it is, and not to get me wrong the movie is good, Skiptrace has a good solid story, but the comedy is just not there like it was in a few other movies starring Jackie Chan or Jhonny Knoxville.

At the end of this long journey, they split up and like many other movies end up reuniting again to take down Matador, where Samantha will meet someone that meant a lot to her once, to avoid spoilers I will leave it at that.

My rating and opinions

The movie feels like it takes ages to start, and frankly, the comedy will make you laugh if you find things funny easily, other then that there might be a few giggles.

Some better music could have been added, it's very dull and slow and with good music, that alone could have made a big difference in this movie.

The movie starts slow and maintains a sluggish speed throughout the entire movie run time, the action is also filmed most of the times at bad angles.

I found the movie filled with action, though I am unable to rate it very high, due to all the drawbacks, at least all stunts were performed in the flesh on Chan's side so don't expect much cheap CGI effects, which is a major plus.

Movie run time:107 min

Director: Renny Harlin

Language:  Mandarin and English

My Rating: 4/10

IMDb Rating: 5.9 / 10