Sunday 13 March 2011

Action Adventure Film- SubGenre- Crime/Thriller

My 2 filmsfor Action Adventure are The fast and the Furious and Sherlock Holmes. These are part of the sub-genre Crime/Thriller. As The Fast and The Furious is part of a series I have decided to choose the first one(as the first ones are always the best).
The Fast and the Furious-
The main stars of this film are:
Paul Walker- Brian O'Conner
Dominic Toretto - Vin Diesel
Michelle Rodriquez- Letty
Matt Schulze-Vince
Jordana Brewster- Mia Toretto
Rick Yune- Johnny Tran and many more.
The director of this film is Rob Cohen. He has only directed this film out of the series but has directed many others like The Rat Pack, The Mummy- Tomb of the dragon empire and many more.
The producer of this film Neal H. Moritz. He has produced all of the Fast and Furious Series and other films like Prison Break-The final break, Blue Streak and many many others. He is well known for production of films.
The company credits of The fast and the furious are to Universal Pictures, Original Film and a few others.
The US Box Office opening weekend was on 22nd June 2001 and made $40,089,015 with 2628 viewings in 2 days. The estimated budget was $38,000,000.
Rotten Tomatoe gave this film a score of 52%.
Som quotations from the films review-
''Visually striking thriller.'' and ''This is probably the most fun to be had at the multiplex so far this year.''


Sherlock Holmes
The main stars of this film are:
Robert Downey Jr- Sherlock Holmes
Jude Law- Dr. John Watson
Rachl McAdams - Irene Alder
Mark Strong- Lord Blackwood and many more.
The director of this film was Guy Ritchie.  He has also produced RocknRolla and is in pre-porduction of the sequel to this called Sherlock Holmes-A game of shadows.
The producer of ths film is Joel Silver. He has also produced The book of Eli, RocknRolla and is also producing the upcoming Sherlock Holmes film and many more.
The company credits ofSherlock Holmes are to Warner Bros Pictures and more.
The US Box Office opening weekend was on 25the December 2009 and made $62,304,277 on the opening weekend with 3626 screenings. The estimated budget was $90,000,000.
Rotten Tomatoe gave this film a score of 70%.
Some quotations from the reviews-
''Proof that Guy Richie can still make good films, though it's not without flaws.''
Rotten Tomatoe gave this film a score of 50%.