House of the Rising Sun
House of the Rising Sun
R | 19 July 2011 (USA)
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Ray, an ex-cop, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray's watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner's son is shot dead. As his criminal past is exposed Ray hunts for the person responsible for this crime in an effort to clear his own name. Ray must get to the bottom of this as both the mob and cops start to close in on him as their target suspect.

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nikola17

Alright Everyone i Am Series I Do Like This Movie So Much, I Thought Dave Baustia Had Really Good Acting In This Movie Hey Script Might be bit doggedly, but doesn't make movie SO BAD Like what another people say, this movie is actually pretty good written, i don't understand what everyone problems about this movie, expect Officer Down was Pretty Boring Then This movie, this movie is full on thrilling then Officer Down Believe Me. I Thought Story of this movie is really good theirs good twist. i thought it was really well done like it's simple movie and very short like Rush Hour Movies. Ray (Dave Baustia), an ex-con AKA EX Cop, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. He Is Bouncer nightclub he works for, got robbed buy thugs robbed and the Vinnie Marcella (Lyle Kanouse) he is a owner, and his son got shot dead. Ray criminal past is exposed Ray hunts for the person responsible for this crime in an effort to clear his own name. Ray must get to the bottom of this as both the mob and cops start to close in on him as their target suspect. and Villain as always Tony (Dominic Purcell) as everyone knows him and he's character is pain in butt a lot he is not really good villain that much. his in it there and there not much in this movie. to cameos like i always loved (Danny Trejo) as Carlos wasn't much in movie sadly i really wished if Dave and Danny would have scenes together more of them together. Jenny Porter (Amy Smart) Crank & Crank High Voltage. she is in it a lot in movie helps Ray out of his case. now in all movie it's more of Dave Bautista and he play's really of series role but ok their is little problems of movie it may look funny not not funny as in Parody movie But It's One of These Movies Where Bad guy try's to shot lead character but misses well First of All Dave is lead character and if his character dies in movie then who is lead role ? who would be hero at of day his character is hero they all do that in movies, it's Not a big problem with that it's movie forks it's all movie but Dave Character Ray is in really series case and going threw dangerous situations, finding out all these mystery all that but witch is good it's thrilling keeps you watching and watching until end it's not very long movie at all . script would be bit silly all that i understand writing is bit confusing but doesn't make movie everyone confusing leaving them with depends how you understand it. but there's not much confusing in this movie then to Officer Down. When you watch Officer Down Same director Brain A Miller directed this, well look this is more of simply story and script that's it, it doesn't go for longtime slow burning movie. well Slow Burning movie is Officer down for example that's most confusing movie you will ever watch then this believe me i would say give this movie a watch noting really confusing expect for script a bit, but doesn't make you feel your lost in direction. Dave Bautista in this movie is soo great in this movie strong performance because most of his another movies he play's cameo not much of lead role but hey Bushwick good luck with it, it's most disappointing movie then this, if you like happy endings go for this one, Bushwick i understand it's Dave but this movie is better then that. theirs not much i could write because i don't want to spoil movie it has twist in middle of movie makes you watch a lot more, believe you will enjoy it, it's not really bad as it looks to be with annoying Critics, believe it's not waste of your life long as you don't check out Officer Down that's another Brain A Miller movie witch he did House Of Rising Sun then he did Officer Down, This movie is a lot better. Dave not be best actor like Dwayne Johnson but he is great actor has a lot of strong performance in this movie now it's not Oscar's award winning movie. this movie it's great give it a look running time is 1h 30min but at end of credits it would be 1h 29mins of movie.

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Tony Heck

"You find the men who murdered my son and bring them to me." After the club he works at gets robbed on his watch ex-cop Ray (Bautista) is told by the owners that it is up to him to find and retrieve the money and get the man who killed the owners son. When the clues he follows leads him to question everything he wonders who's side he is really working for. This movie surprised me a little. The main reason is that nine times out of ten movies with wrestlers as the main star are not that exciting. They seem fun and good for the first twenty minutes then really drag and become repetitive. This one is the opposite. The last twenty minutes in this one are good, the build up to them is a little slow. For a B-rate action movie starring a wrestler I have actually seen much worse. This is not a great movie, but it was much better then I expected it to be. I did feel that the fighting could have been better, being that Bautista is the lead actor. Overall, not a bad movie. Better then I expected. I give it a B-.Would I watch again? - I don't think I will.*Also try - Blood Out

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newt2440

The trailer for this is actually pretty solid and i thought it would be good because of the supporting cast as well. batista limited to short lines and fightng wouldve been fine, except that they did the opposite. they gave him useless stupid long lines of dialogue, and i think i counted three "action" scenes. I put that in quotations because none of the action aside from maybe the opening shootout was fast paced.this was miscast, in terms of the lead cop who plays a minor foil for batista. he acts all tough, but looks like a scrawny little punk, as does purcell's lead henchmen who looks 160 lbs soaking wet.there were a few unintentionally funny moments where i laughed because the lines/cussing seemed so unnecessary. for instance when in the parking lot, batista wants another file from his ex partner, at the end of it the ex partner randomly goes "f*ck you, asshole!" with a double flick off, then drives off. also after he fights the black guy at the house, batista says, " let's go you big f*ck." end scene.at the very end of the movie after amy smart is shown shoving cops and saying ray for about two tediously long minutes, the last line is "have a great life, jeannie."...jenny...whatever her name is. and that is that.... no real closure. abrupt, silly ending to a very cliché movie with no real action.

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dragons2607

I'm not particularly a wrestling fan. However, there seems to be a growing trend introducing wrestlers to cinema. It's worked in the past for both Steve Austin and Dewayne Johnson, but it's not a set in stone formula.This was not a flick that followed the formula of a successful action film. The plot moves quickly at the beginning, but then stops, takes a few sharp (and typical for this genre) turns. Stops, and then takes a few more wide turns before finally coming to a stop. For this being billed as an action/drama movie, it really doesn't have the characteristics of those. The action and choreography is dull. Right down to it's core. I'd have rather them be too far out there than simply not enough, especially from a man like Bautista who has such a large physique, and a reputation in wrestling for being especially action-packed. There were some cheesy moments with the action, as well. CGI rendered bullet holes, for instance - which I normally don't have a problem with if they're difficult to detect. However, these are laughably noticeable. The acting was pretty atrocious for the most part. There were two saving graces: Amy Smart and Dominic Purcell (Danny Trejo's character doesn't have enough scenes to justify his role). Both Smart and Purcell played their parts very well. Their interaction with the main character is what you would expect for two seasoned actors talking to a dull brute. Bautista cannot act. I'm sure he's excellent at tossing people around the ring and being overly intimidating (I have to admit, he is an incredibly large fellow). However - he should stick to the over dramatization of wrestling and leave acting to people who are actually good at it. The plot was extremely cliché'. Nothing that I haven't seen before, this was just done much more poorly than previous renditions of the same story. I'd suggest staying away from House of the Rising Sun.

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