Blu-Ray Review: 9

9 is an intriguing concept and one you'd have to be crazy not to love it and still be an animation fan. The end result isn't QUITE as good as you may think but still a nice 'un.

9 is a ragdoll, one of 9 of his kind. It turns out humans have been killed by large machines and the ragdolls must carry on humanity.

9 has many action pieces, most of which are intense and would make many blockbuster film makers really stand in awe. The animation is brilliant and shines in Hi-Def. The only problem is the ending that fells a little too much. Spirits come out of devices and feels just a bit like they wanted to pull the heartstrings too much.

That behind, the film is awesome. It's one great film an I see a future for Shane Acker.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 or A-

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Blu-Ray Review: G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

We've already covered Hasbro's first toy-to-film of 2009, so I thought to rewatch G.I. Joe. God help us all, but I also enjoyed this one and felt like it was a lot of fun.

This time, the toys that are live-action are the Joes, a top secret government co-op group. They hire Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (One of The Wayon Bros.), two guys who have a connection with the antagonist: The Baroness. General Hawk (Dennis Quaid) hires them to hunt The Baroness and her team The Cobra down along with Snake Eyes and a few others.

This has breakneck action, something that it continues from it's "brother": Transformers. Soon, we will have Monopoly and Battleship films (Battleship is slated for 8/5/11)., but this may be the last one that really has reasoning behind it to become a big blockbuster. I liked Snake-Eyes and a rare thing happened in here: Character development!! GASP!! You don't see that in regular boom-boom films these days!!

Although it does feel slight cliched mainly in the diolauge (At one point a chartacter says "The Joes will not stop us this time." I kid you not.) It still is a great time. For any needing a little testosterone, this is the genuine aticle for you.

Rating: B+ or 8.6 out of 10

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