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Synopsis: Desperate for money to pay for his wife's surgery, Marine veteran Will Sharp goes to his adoptive brother, Danny, a career criminal, for help and reluctantly agrees to participate in a bank robbery. When the heist goes awry and Will shoots a police officer, the pair hijack an ambulance with the wounded officer and a paramedic, Cam, inside. They then attempt to elude the Los Angeles Police Department while doing everything they can to keep the officer alive so they can avoid a murder charge too. Who's in it? The movie stars  Jake Gyllenhaal ,  Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , Eiza González ,  Garret Dillahunt and  Cedric Sanders . Review: I've had this movie saved to my library for a few weeks and my wife and I finally had a chance to sit down and watch it yesterday evening. Overall, I thought it was a good choice. There are a couple things I found I really liked about this film. One of the main ones is just how desperate brothers' situation is. They aren't give...

Synopsis: Keller Dover and his family are celebrating Thanksgiving with another family when his daughter, Anna, and her friend, Joy, go missing. Keller suspects they were kidnapped by a man driving an RV but, when the man, Alex, is found by the police, they can find no evidence supporting Keller's theory, forcing him to take matters into his own when the lead investigator, Det. Loki, looks at other suspects. Who's in it? The movie stars Hugh Jackman , Jake Gyllenhaal , Viola Davis , Maria Bello and Paul Dano. Review: My wife remembered she still had two library movies we hadn't watched yet and were due back soon. So, even though this film was quite a bit longer (2 1/2 hours) than we would normally prefer on a Sunday evening, we ended up watching it. Overall, it ended up being an OK film. I think the thing I liked best about this movie was the overall mystery surrounding Anna ( Erin Gerasimovich ) and Joy ( Kyla-Drew Simmons ) disappearing. Alex (Dano) was in the neighbo...

Synopsis: While examining a soil sample from Mars, a team of scientists on board the International Space Station discover an inert single-celled life form and revive it so they can study it. However, when the alien creature grows at a rapid pace and becomes dangerous, they must find a way to destroy it before it kills all of them and finds a way to Earth. Who's in it? The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal , Rebecca Ferguson , Ryan Reynolds , Hiroyuki Sanada and Ariyon Bakare . Review: I received this movie on DVD from Netflix in August and, for a variety of reasons, just never got around to watching it. My wife pointed this out to me a couple days ago and, after losing interest in A Christmas Story Live, we ended up watching this film instead. Science fiction movies are a bit hit or miss (at least in my opinion) and I wasn't really sure what to expect from this film as a result. But, it turned out to be a pretty good movie. The thing I found I liked most about this fil...