VietNamNet Bridge - "Edge of Tomorrow", "How to Train Your Dragon 2" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction" are the three most awaited blockbusters by the audiences this month.
1. Edge of Tomorrow
Expected Release Date: 6/6
As the only film of Tom Cruise this year, Edge of Tomorrow is also in the list of anticipated blockbusters of the summer movie season 2014. The film sets in the future as an alien race attacks the Earth. Lt. Col. Bill Cage, who has never experienced battles, is pushed into a “suicide” mission.
Cage realizes that he is caught in a form of time rebirth that he cannot explain. It makes him experience the same fierce battle again and again and he continuously dies and relives... But from there, he understands the weaknesses of the aliens and fights against them side by side with female warrior Rita Vrataski. Edge of Tomorrow has a budget of up to $178 million.
2. The Target
Expected Release Date: 6/6
This is an action movie from South Korea. It is remade form “Point Blank”, a French movie which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The Target is the story about Tae Joon, a normal doctor with a peaceful life besides his gentle and beautiful wife. Their peaceful life ends abruptly when Tae Joon’s family is attacked by a stranger and his wife is kidnapped for unknown reasons.
The only message left by the kidnapper is asking Tae Joon to rescue Yeo Hoon, a mercenary from the hospital. There is no other way, Tae Joon has to join Yeo Hoon to rescue his wife. They have a few days to rescue the hostage while being threatened by both the kidnapper and the police.
3. The Babadook
Expected Release Date: 6/6
In June, those who love horror movies will enjoy many excellent works in this genre. The Babadook is an Australian film that attended the independent Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
Inspired from the typical horror films of the 1930s, director Jennifer Kent used limited budgets to create a haunting story with the main character as single mother Amelia.
Several years after the sudden death of her husband, Amelia has trouble raising her 6-year-old son, Sam, when he repeatedly tells about a mysterious creature which clings to both mother and child. Then one day the book entitled "Mr. Babadook" appears in their house, telling about a horrific creature named Babadook. When Amelia read that book for Sam every night, it seems that Babadook also gradually steps out of the book. The threat comes true.
4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 3D
Expected Release Date: 13/6
This is the most awaited 3D animation work this summer. It's been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. Now, Hiccup and Toothless must unite to stand up for what they believe while recognizing that only together do they have the power to change the future of both men and dragons.
5. The Other Woman
Expected Release Date: 13/6
As the most successful comedy so far this year, The Other Woman stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and model Kate Upton. It is about a strange friendship between the women who are rivals in love. In the movie, all three characters Kate, Carly and Amber love the same man.
Upon discovering this truth, instead of attacking each other to grab love, they unite to teach Mark (Nikolaj Coster - Waldau) - who deceived them - a lesson. The director of The Other Woman is Nick Cassavetes - who brought to the audience a romantic “The Notebook” in 2004.
6. The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Expected Release Date: 13/6
The audience who love "tiny" actor Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones TV series or blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past will see him again this month in the comedy drama The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. It tells about lawyer Henry Altmann - a man who is unhappy in life and is always grumpy. After the accident made by himself, he hears the result of his disease from female doctor Sharon Gill.
So confused of Henry’s behavior plus being exhausted after a bad day, doctor Sharon makes Henry mistake that he has only 90 minutes to live. He frantically rushes to fix the troubles that he did before. For Sharon, she feels guilty when she realizes her fatal mistake so she tries to find Henry to fix the consequences. The Angriest Man in Brooklyn also has the participation of Robin Williams and Mila Kunis.
7. 22 Jump Street
Expected Release Date: 20/6
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
8. Make Me Shudder 2: Mae Nak
Expected Release Date: 20/6
In this Thai horror comedy sequel, Nick, Bew, James and their friend are preparing for their university admissions, but because of James' less than desired results, he brings his friends to get the blessings of Mae Nak. Nick doesn't believe in Mae Nak and constantly makes fun of it. Suddenly, the group finds themselves in the realm of Mae Nak and has to find a way out to return to normality.
9. Mr. Jones
Expected Release Date: 20/6
A young couple moves to the woods and soon finds their nightmares and reality colliding.
10. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 3D
Expected Release Date: 27/6
Part 4 of the Transformers movie series is one of the biggest blockbusters this summer. In Transformers: Age of Extinction, Mark Wahlberg replaced Shia LaBeouf as the leading character.
In part four, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons continues. Two familiar robots of Autobot - leader Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee reappear. In addition, the audience will see more new robot models, with the ability to transform from a variety of motorized vehicles such as super-cars, trucks, tractors, cranes...
Still directed by Michael Bay, Transformers: Age of Extinction promotes a new beauty - Nicola Peltz. Chinese actress Li Bingbing also takes a role in the movie.
T. Van