VietNamNetBridge – This month the "Sex Bomb" Margot Robbie will return in the blockbuster "Suicide Squad" and Jason Statham comes back in part two of "The Mechanic".
Suicide Squad
Release date: August 5
Director: David Ayer
Cast:Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Ben Affleck
Genre: Action
Runningtime: 125 minutes
Language:English with Vietnamese and Korean subtitles
Itfeels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous,incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at thegovernment’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic,insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined onlya secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next tonothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked tosucceed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, willthe Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
The Shallows
Release date: August 5
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast:Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Angelo Jose
Genre:Thriller
Runningtime: 100 minutes
Language:English with Vietnamese subtitles
In the taut thriller The Shallows, when Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing on a secluded beach, she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be theultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
Nerve
Release date: August 5
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Cast:Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade
Genre:Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Runningtime: 126 minutes
Language:English with Vietnamese subtitles
Ahigh school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare,where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of"watchers."
The Remains
Release date: August 5
Director: Thomas Della Bella
Cast:Todd Lowe, Samuel Larsen, Nikki Hahn, Lisa Brenner, Brooke Butler, Ashley Crow
Genre:Horror
Runningtime: 88 minutes
Language:English with Vietnamese subtitles
Aftera family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the atticcontaining antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowlypossess each family member, the spirit is hellbent on kidnapping the children.
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
Release date: August 5
Director:Kobun Shizuno
Cast:Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Megumi Hayashibara, YukikoIwai, Ikue Ohtani, Wataru Takagi,…
Genre: Animation
Runningtime: 112 minutes
Language:Japanese with Vietnamese dub and subtitle
Ona dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies—such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken, but public safety officers led by Tooru Amuro arrive just in time. The spy steals a car and escapes. The spy and Amuro are then locked in a dead heat on the highway, and just as it is about to cause an accident with multiple cars, the spy's car is hit by FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle bullet and falls off the roadway. The next day, Conan and his friends go to a newly-remodeled aquarium in Tokyo. Under the main attraction, a Ferris wheel, Conan finds an attractive woman alone and injured. Her left and right eyes are different colors. But the woman has a case of amnesia so severe she doesn't even remember her own name, and thecellphone she's carrying is broken. Conan and his friends promise to help herregain her memories, so they stay with her.
Alice Through The Looking Glass
Release date: August 12
Director: James Bobin
Cast: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Running time: 112 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
In Disney’s “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” an all-new spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories, Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time tosave the Mad Hatter.
Bad Moms
Release date: August 12
Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Cast: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Mumolo with Jada Pinkett-Smithand Christina Applegate
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 105 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Amy has a seemingly perfect life - a great marriage, over-achieving kids, beautiful home and a career. However she's over-worked, over-committed and exhausted to the point that she's about to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other over-stressed moms on a quest to liberate themselves from conventional responsibilities – going on a wild, un-mom-like binge of long overdue freedom, fun and self-indulgence – putting them on a collision course with PTA Queen Bee Gwendolyn and her clique of devoted perfect moms.
Nine Lives
Release date: August 12
Director: Barry Sonnelfeld
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Malina Weissman, Cheryl Hines, Christopher Walken, Robbie Amell
Genre: Comedy, Family
Running time: 90 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Tom Brand (Kevin Spacey) is a daredevil billionaire at the top of his game. His company is nearing completion on the tallest skyscraper in the northern hemisphere. But Tom's workaholic lifestyle has disconnected him from his family, particularly his wife Lara (Jennifer Garner) and daughter Rebecca (Malina Weissman).
Rebecca's 11th birthday is here, and she wants a cat. Tom hates cats but needs a gift. He finds a mystical pet store where the owner, Felix Perkins (Christopher Walken), presents him with a tomcat named Mr. Fuzzypants.
En route to his daughter's party, Tom has a terrible accident. When he wakes he discovers he is trapped in the body of the cat. Adopted by his own family, he begins to experience his life through a new perspective. In order to return to his family as the husband and father they deserve, Tom will have to learn why he has been placed in this peculiar situation.
Train To Busan
Release date: August 12
Director: Yeon Sang Ho
Cast: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong Seok, Jung Yu Mi, Sohee, Su An
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Running time: 112 minutes
Language: Korean with Vietnamese subtitles
Sok-woo and his daughter Soo-ahn are boarding the KTX, a fast train that shall bring them from Seoul to Busan. But right at the moment of their departure, the train station is overrun by zombies which kill the train driver and several others.
While the KTX is shooting driver-less to Busan, the passengers have to fight for their naked lives against the zombies.
Line Walker
Release date: August 12
Director: Wen Weihong
Cast: Francis Ng, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Charmaine Sheh
Genre: Action, Crime
Running time: 112 minutes
Language: Mandarin with Vietnamese and English subtitles
Line Walker is an upcoming Hong Kong-Chinese suspense crime action drama film directed by Wen Weihong and starring Francis Ng, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung and Charmaine Sheh
Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
Release date: August 12
Director: Park Dae-min
Cast: Yoo Seung-ho, Ko Chang-seok, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Min-seok (Xiumin – EXO), Cho Jae-hyun
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Running time: 122 minutes
Language: Korean with Vietnamese subtitles
KIM Inhong (YOO Seung-ho), a genius con man, has everything, the looks, the brain and guts. He leaves a trail of legends wherever he goes, and is always looking for the biggest score of his life.
With the help of Bowon, a master of disguise, and Madame Yoon, a phony psychic and rookie Gyun, Inhong runs the best band of con artists in Joseon.
They have now set their eyes on Joseon’s most valuable commodity; tobacco. As they prepare the sting, they learn that SUNG Daeryun, the most powerful man of the time, is behind the tobacco trade. To fool Sung, they put up the Daedong River as the bait…
Ben-Hur
Release date: August 19
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: Jack Huston, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Running time: 120 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army.
Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery.
After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Also starring Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro.
Kubo and The Two Strings
Release date: August 19
Director: Travis Knight
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara
Genre: Animation, Family
Running time: 120 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Kubo lives a quiet, normal life in a small shoreside village until a spirit from the past turns his life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta.
This causes all sorts of havoc as gods and monsters chase Kubo who, in order to survive, must locate a magical suit of armor once worn by his late father, a legendary Samurai warrior.
War Dogs
Release date: August 19
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Miles Teller, Bradley Cooper, Ana de Armas
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Running time: 144 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life.
But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events.
Time Raiders
Release date: August 19
Director: Daniel Lee
Cast: Lu Han, Boran Jing, Sichun Ma
Genre: Adventure
Running time: 122 minutes
Language: Mandarin with Vietnamese subtitles
Time Raiders is a fantasy-action-adventure film directed by Daniel Lee and starring Luhan and Jing Boran. It is based on the online novel series Daomu Biji written by Xu Lei.
Pete's Dragon
Release date: August 26
Director: David Lowery
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Karl Urban, Robert Redford
Genre: Adventure, Family
Running time: 105 minutes
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
A reimagining of Disney’s cherished family film, “Pete’s Dragon” is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon.
Mechanic: Resurrection
Release date: August 26
Director: Dennis Gansel
Cast: Jason Statham, Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Alba
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
The most dangerous hitman in the world, Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.
One Piece Film: Gold
Release date: August 26
Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto
Cast: Mayumi Tanaka, Ikue Ôtani, Kappei Yamaguchi
Genre: Animation
Running time: 122 minutes
Language: Japanese with Vietnamese dub
The stage of this movie is the independent states called Gran Tesoro. Hundreds of famous big spenders and pirates in the world have gathered in the entertainment city. Even the government can’t control them and the city is untouchable…
The dominator of the city named Guild Tesoro appears in front of Luffy. Guild Tesoro is controlling pirates, government, everything with the power of money (gold) and his unsatisfied desires become bigger and bigger. Then the power balance of the new world has started to change.
League Of Gods
Release date: August 26
Director: Koan Hui
Cast: Bingbing Fan, Xiaoming Huang, Louis Koo
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Running time: 139 minutes
Language: Mandarin with Vietnamese substitle
Based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Feng Shen Yan Yi (The Investiture of the Gods), the story tells of how King Zhou of Shang becomes a tyrant due to the wiles of Daji, a vixen spirit who is disguised as one of his concubines.
Sunny
Release date: August 31
Director: Dong Dang Giao
Cast: Hoai Linh, Tran Thanh, Thu Trang, Kieu Minh Tuan, Tien Luat, Kim Thu
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running time: 100 minutes
Language: Vietnamese
The movie is about a cute five-year-old girl named Nang (Sunny) living with her mom, Mua (Rainy) who is mentally impaired, in a small abandoned house but full of happiness and sometimes great noodles from a kindhearted neighbor - Mr Ba, to save their stomachs from bad lottery ticket selling days. Despite all odds, will the simple life of these good people forever be happy with the love they have for each other?
Thanh Van