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John Carter

Disney throw out another live-action blockbuster trying to enthrall the big kids. After a few establishing flashbacks to set the scenery and apparent death of John Carter, the action skips even further back in time and when we catch up with our hero he's far out of his comfort zone on Earth, instead trapped on Mars though not with out some fancy new talents to help him out against some equally new and menacing alien threats. Not a barren land but rather a lively world where warring civilizations struggle for control, the Mars John Carter faces is full of Martian combatants who capture Carter and on seeing his skills plan to use him as a weapon against the other civilizations on Mars. With Red Martians(Human like) warring amongst themselves with the aid of the mysterious Therns and keeping the native martians at bay, Carter is thrown into this new galactic warfare with much distaste and realizes he needs to find his way back to Earth before he too becomes a victim of the war waging

Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance

Nicholas Cage is feeling the heat as Johnny Blaze takes a ride through Eastern Europe to try and escape the curse of the Ghost Rider. As Blaze travels the world in an attempt to escape his curse he finds himself pulled into a new struggle by a mysterious Frenchman named Moreau who wants Blaze's help to rescue a young boy named Danny from the Devil in return assured that Moreau can save him from his curse. Nadya and son Danny like Blaze are on the run, from not just the devil but also an ex boyfriend named Ray who's become a pawn of the Devil. It's up to Blaze as the last chance to save Danny's soul before the Devil can use him for his own grievous undertakings, Blaze will have to channel the wrath of the Rider in order to stop the infamous evil he faces but will even that be enough to take on the Devil, save the boy and finally escape the curse. Nicholas Cage is the headline and clearly driving force of the film, yet to this moment that i type these words if he was in

Safe House

Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington soon realize that nowhere is safe in this high-octane action packed kicker. Young CIA agent Matt Weston isn't enjoying what he thought would be the dramatic and adrenaline fueled life of a US government secret agent, he's stuck staring at the same four walls of a safe house in South Africa everyday just begging for a chance to prove himself. Elsewhere in South Africa renegade CIA agent Tobin Frost finds himself in a deadly scenario with foreign involvements which forces him to turn himself into the protection of the US embassy. Frost is taken to Weston's safe house to be questioned and kept secure but midway through his interrogation his pursuers catch up and massacre the CIA agents. Weston finds himself alone with Frost and only one choice though unwilling to be known as the man who let Tobin Frost escape, he starts out to personally deliver frost and midst the chaos finally prove he has what it takes. Stepping away from Rom-coms and b