VietNamNet Bridge – This month audiences will see the return of Margot Robbie in "The Legend of Tarzan", Matt Damon as Jason Bourne and Korean movie star Lee Min Ho in Chinese movie "Bounty Hunters."
The Legend of Tarzan
Release date: 1/7
Director: David Yates
Cast: Margot Robbie, Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson
Genre: Action, Adventure
Running time: 112 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Robbie) at his side.
Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom (Waltz).
But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.
Bounty Hunters
Release date: 1/7
Director: Tae-ra Shin
Cast: Lee Min-ho, Siu-Wong Fan, Karena Ng
Genre: Action, Comedy
Running time: 106 minutes
Language: Chinese and Korean with Vietnamese subtitle
Chinese youth groups have become bounty hunters in the United States, specializing in fugitive outlaws to receive bonuses. After going through a series of challenges, theyare successful in arresting dangerous criminals.
The Adderall Diaries
Release date: 1/7
Director: Pamela Romanowsky
Cast: Amber Heard, James Franco, Christian Slater
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Running time: 117 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
As a writer stymied by past success, writers block, substance abuse, relationship problems and a serious set of father issues, Elliott's cracked-out chronicle of a bizarre murder trial amounts to less than the sum of its parts.
Not long into the 2007 trial of programmer Hans Reiser, accused of murdering his wife, the defendant's friend Sean Sturgeon obliquely confessed to several murders (though not the murder of Reiser's wife).
Elliott, caught up in the film-ready twist and his tenuous connection to Sturgeon (they share a BDSM social circle), makes a gonzo record of the proceedings.
The result is a scattered, self-indulgent romp through the mind of a depressive narcissist obsessed with his insecurities and childhood traumas.
The Secret Life of Pets
Release date: 1/7
Director: Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney
Cast: Ellie Kemper, Kevin Hart, Lake Bell
Genre: Animation
Running time: 100 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle and dub, and Korean subtitle
For their fifth fully-animated feature-film collaboration, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day.
The Whole Truth
Release date: 8/7
Director: Courtney Hunt
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Renée Zellweger
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running time: 123 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Keanu Reeves stars as Richard Ramsey, a small town Louisiana lawyer who takes up the murder case of family friend’s son who may have murdered his father in cold blood. To make matters worse, his young client refuses to speak to anyone on the matter except to say that he is guilty. The boy’s mother, played by a barely recognizable Renée Zellweger, begs Keanu to save her son from prison but does she have her own secrets to hide?
Ice Age: Collision Course
Release date: 8/7
Director: Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu
Cast: Nick Offerman, Adam Devine, Simon Pegg
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Running time: 124 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
Marauders
Release date: 8/7
Director: Steven C. Miller
Cast: Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista
Genre: Action
Running time: 110 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner and his high-powered clients. But as a group of FBI agents dig deeper into the case - and the deadly heists continue - it becomes clear that a larger conspiracy is at play.
The Neon Demon
Release date: 8/7
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves
Genre: Horror
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Jesse (Elle Fanning) moves to Los Angeles just after her 16th birthday to launch a career as a model. The head of her agency tells the innocent teen that she has the qualities to become a top star. Jesse soon faces the wrath of ruthless vixens who despise her fresh-faced beauty. On top of that, she must contend with a seedy motel manager and a creepy photographer. As Jesse starts to take the fashion world by storm, her personality changes in ways that could help her against her cutthroat rivals.
Fan Cuong (Fanatic)
Release date: 15/7
Director: Charlie Nguyen
Cast: Thai Hoa, Johnny Tri Nguyen, Phuong Trinh Jolie
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Running time: 100 minutes
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitle
A funny story about Thai, a crazy fan of a famous singer - Gia Nghi -.who could risk everything he has just to secure his idol's glory, including travelling through time. However the more Thai tries, the messier Gia Nghi's life becomes.
Cold War 2
Release date: 15/7
Director: Lok Man Leung, Kim-Ching Luk
Cast: Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung Ka Fai
Genre: Action, Crime
Running time: 115 minutes
Language: Chinese with Vietnamese subtitle
In this sequel to the 2012 Hong Kong megahit, rival police chiefs battle it out both on the streets and at the station, kicked off by a psychotic killer's desperate escape attempt.
Le Fantôme de Canterville (The Canterville Ghost)
Release date: 15/7
Director: Yann Samuell
Cast: Audrey Fleurot, Michaël Youn, Michèle Laroque
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 120 minutes
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle
In the depths of a British legend, the ghost of Eleanor Canterville is condemned to haunt the castle of his family and to scare away any inhabitant. It fulfills this task perfectly, helped by Gwilherm, his faithful servant. But when Otis, a family fleeing Parisian life, buy the castle, Eleanor is upset because she cannot scare this tribe of the twenty-first century ... children ridicule and parents are unaware ! Only Virginia Otis, aged fifteen, moved by the fate of Canterville Ghost, will seek to deliver a curse on it ...
Skiptrace
Release date: 22/7
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan
Genre: Action, Comedy
Running time: 93 minutes
Language: English and Chinese with Vietnamese subtitle
Skiptrace follows Bennie Chan (Jackie Chan), a Hong Kong detective who has been tracking notorious crime boss Victor Wong for over a decade.
When Bennie’s goddaughter Samantha (Bingbing Fan) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, Bennie must track down the man whose actions got her there: the fast-talking American gambler Connor Watts (Johnny Knoxville).
Bennie soon discovers, however, that in bringing Connor back to Hong Kong, he’s ensuring more than his goddaughter’s fate; Connor also possesses knowledge about Victor Wong that, if exposed, could finally bring the corrupt businessman to justice.
As Bennie races against the clock to return with Connor to Hong Kong, the unlikely pair embarks on an entertaining and perilous adventure that spans from the mountains of Mongolia to the dunes of the Gobi desert…
The BFG – The Big Friendly Giant
Release date: 22/7
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall, Bill Hader
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Running time: 120 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
Ten-year-old Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance).
Naturally scared at first, the young girl soon realizes that the 24-foot behemoth is actually quite gentle and charming.
As their friendship grows, Sophie's presence attracts the unwanted attention of Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater and other giants.
After traveling to London, Sophie and the BFG must convince Queen Victoria to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all.
Lights Out
Release date: 22/7
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia
Genre: Horror
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and terrifying events that had once tested her sanity and threatened her safety. A frightening entity with a mysterious attachment to their mother, Sophie, has reemerged.
Star Trek Beyond
Release date: 22/7
Director: Justin Lin
Cast: John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Sofia Boutella, and Idris Elba
Genre: Action, Adventure
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
Star Trek Beyond," the highly anticipated next installment in the globally popular Star Trek franchise, created by Gene Roddenberry and reintroduced by J.J. Abrams in 2009, returns with director Justin Lin (“The Fast and the Furious” franchise) at the helm of this epic voyage of the U.S.S.
Enterprise and her intrepid crew. In “Beyond," the Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Jason Bourne
Release date: 29/7
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Matt Damon, Julia Stiles
Genre: Action
Running time: 120 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne. Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures’ Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA’s most lethal former operative drawn out of the shadows.
Ghostbusters
Release date: 29/7
Director: Paul Feig
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon
Genre: Action, Comedy
Running time: 116 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of new characters.
Thirty years after the beloved original took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his take to the supernatural comedy, joined by Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they're here to save the world!
Viral
Release date: 29/7
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Cast: Sofia Black-D'Elia, Analeigh Tipton, Travis Tope
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Running time: 119 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitle
Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.
Monkey King: Hero is back
Release date: 29/7
Director: Tian Xiao Peng
Cast: Jackie Chan, Nickie Bryar, Feodor Chin
Genre: Animation
Running time: 119 minutes
Language: Chinese with Vietnamese subtitle
The all-powerful Monkey King once roamed freely between Heaven and Earth, but after angering the Gods, he was imprisoned within an ice cage deep within the mountains. 500 years later, monsters attack a small village and a child flees to the mountains. Unknowingly, the child releases the Monkey King from his curse. With the help and encouragement from this special child, Monkey King saves the village from the evil monsters.
Compiled by Thanh Van