Aeon Flux is a 2005 film that most people never heard of or choose not to remember. While the producers spent loads of cash on special effects and cast, they forgot one thing, to make sure the story was good. The film flopped.

It stars Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux; she’s an assassin and is supposed to kill the leader of the government. Only when she goes to do so, she seems to recognize the leader and fails to carry out her mission. Since she failed to kill her mission, now the rebels want her dead, and people come after her, etc, etc…

It’s such a banged up movie, it’s really not worth writing anymore about. Save your money and time – the films terrible.

Budget: $62 million
Director: Karyn Kusama
Starring:
Charlize Theron
Marton Csokas
Jonny Lee Miller
Sophie Okonedo
Frances McDormand

The Island is a 2005 Michael Bay film about a group of people that think they are survivors of a surface apocalypse. they live underground waiting to win the lottery, that will someday take them to the only inhabitable surface area -the island.

Only thing is, the lottery is really your death ticket and there are no winners.

The film was really good and interesting from a futuristic point of view. Some of the audience didn’t care for the film, though it seemed to be one of those films where they really couldn’t explain why. Either you like it or you don’t.

It’s loaded with eye candy for both men and women, with a really good plot and plenty of twists and turns.

A very good rental or own.

Budget: $122 million
Director: Michael Bay
Starring:
Ewan McGregor
Scarlett Johansson
Djimon Hounsou
Sean Bean
Steve Buscemi
Michael Clarke Duncan
Ethan Phillips
Noa Tishby

House of Wax is a 2005 horror film, that has done well over the long term, but didn’t do so well in theaters and with audiences initially. We thought is was a great film, creative, and original, but for some reason, audiences didn’t respond to it too well.

the film is about a group of student friends, that are on their way to a football game. Similar to Wrong Turn, they get stuck out in the woods, far from the nearest city. They eventually accept a ride from one of the rednecks that scrapes road kill for a living and end up in the town of Ambrose, where everyone is made of wax.

Only after the local wants to make him part of their collection do they learn that the wax people used to be real people and were made they way they are. The film revolves around the town House of Wax, which is literally made of wax, along with everything in it.

The film is a great Friday night rental, good for more than a few scary moments on a first date.

Budget: $30 million
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring:
Elisha Cuthbert
Chad Michael Murray
Brian Van Holt
Paris Hilton
Jared Padalecki
Jon Abrahams
Robert Ri’chard

Most people love this film when they see it, even if they didn’t quite understand what was going on all the time. The film itself, with the unique cinematography, lighting and action makes it a great film. What’s gonna make it even better is that Sin City 2 is scheduled for release next year, with Sin City 3 following the year after.

Most of this film was shot in front of a green screen, which gives credit to the actors, since most of the time, they were responding and acting to things that weren’t there.

The movie is loaded with action, hot women, and an all star cast.

Budget: $40 million
Director: Frank Miller
Starring:
Bruce Willis
Clive Owen
Brittany Murphy
Jessica Alba
Mickey Rourke
Alexis Bledel
Benicio Del Toro
Michael Clarke Duncan
Rosario Dawson
Jaime King

Like all films, whether successful or not – it started with an idea. That idea was SAW, not necessarily a franchise, but if it comes about, who’s going to say ‘no.’

That idea was started by two guys; James Wan & Leigh Whannell. They met each other during film school. James wanted to be a director and Leigh was a screenwriter; a perfect combination.

The two got together and hashed out the idea for SAW, in 2003, they created a short film around the concept and began pitching it.

Lionsgate picked up the film in 2004 for financing and once produced, it was featured at the Sundance Film Festival. The following October, like all the Octobers after that, they released the film theatrically. The film and the sequels have been very successful. So successful, year after year, the budget grew, and another film was produced.

With less than an estimated $50 million dollars spent on production of all the films, the SAW franchise has gone on to make over three quarters of a billion dollars in revenue. Not a bad investment on Liongate’s part.

Below are some of the posters and characters from each of the films.

In all 6 films have been released, with a 7th planned for production February 2010.

Total Budgets: $61.5 million
Gross (all films): $603 million
Directors:
James Wan
Darren Lynn Bousman
Kevin Greutert
David Hackl
Starring:
Leigh Whannell
Cary Elwes
Danny Glover
Shawnee Smith
Donnie Wahlberg
Tobin Bell
Beverley Mitchell
Dina Meyer
Costas Mandylor
Bahar Soomekh
Julie Benz

Flightplan is another thriller which does not bore simply because it’s got an innovative plot. The movie follows the story of a mother whose daughter vanishes in a plane 38,000 feet in mid-air intercontinental flight from Europe to New York . The absurdity of it all “from the mother’s point of view” was that no one else in the plane remembered her daughter on board, thereby making the mother herself presuming that she’s delusional. Bordering already on insanity, the mother maintains her conviction that her daughter has really vanished and is on a distressed stage. The mother then embarks on an exclusive search for her daughter.