VIDEO: RedLetterMedia - DELIVER US FROM EVIL, EDGE OF TOMORROW, TRANSFORMERS
For the first time ever on Half in the Bag, Mike and Jay are reviewing three big summer blockblusters all at once: a movie nobody cared about, a movie nobody saw, and a movie nobody liked.
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"After defeating Sentinel Prime and Megatron's army in Chicago, the Autobots have gone into hiding when the government deemed all transformers as threats, and thus, began to hunt them all down. The government has replaced the Autobots with their own transformers using technology from the fallen transformers. Meanwhile, a mechanic, his daughter and her boyfriend are dragged into the conflict upon discovering Optimus Prime in their possession, and all the while, a mysterious new enemy sets his eyes on earth." |
STARRING Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing, Titus Welliver, T.J. Miller, with voice actors Peter Cullen, John Goodman, Ken Watanabe, and John DiMaggio |
Box Office: $208,800,000
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"The epic science-fiction thriller unfolds in the near future where aliens hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he's dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over. But with each battle, he's able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy." |
Directed by Doug Liman (Jumper, The Bourne Identity), starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Kick Gurry, Dragomir Mrsic, Charlotte Riley, Jonas Armstrong, Franz Drameh, Masayoshi Haneda, Tony Way, and Noah Taylor. |
Box Office: $94,500,000
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"New York police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana), struggling with his own personal issues, begins investigating a series of disturbing and inexplicable crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest (Edgar Ramirez), schooled in the rituals of exorcism, to combat the frightening demonic possessions that are terrorizing their city. Based upon the book, which details Sarchie's bone-chilling real-life cases. |
Directed by Scott Derickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange) and stars: Eric Bana, Édgar Ramírez, Sean Harris, Olivia Munn, Joel McHale, Chris Coy, Dorian Missick, Rhona Fox, and Valentina Rendón. |
Box Office: $25,100,000