Captivity- Lame Saw rip-off.
One Missed Call- Damn, can they please stop making these Ring rip-offs? It's the same plot over and over: A spirit/demon/ghost starts knocking off people in order to avenge/call attention to its murder/violent life and it's up to a psychologist/journalist/etc to solve the bizzare series of deaths. Please, please come up with some new ideas!
The Forbidden Kingdom- What the shit? The trailer did not prepare me for this sappy Karate Kid/Neverending Story-esque failure of a movie. I swear, I saw the trailers on TV and never noticed there was white kid in the mix. I was seriously taken aback when the film started off in modern times and presented us with the film's protagonist and his cliched, one dimensional foil.
It's only redeeming parts are Jet Li as The Monkey King, Jet Li as the Monk, and Jackie Chan as the Drunken Kung-Fu master.
Hot Rod- There's something charming about this quirky and decidedly strange film that pays tribute to films like Rad, The Karate Kidand countless other 80s teen flicks.. Adam Sandberg and his crew are hilarious. I was definitely surprised that it was so funny. Cool Beans!