Green Lantern: DvD Movie Review

• Release Date: 2011
• Genre: Action / Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Rating: 13 PGVL
• Director: Martin Campbell
• Screenwriter: Greg Berlanti (screenplay), Michael Green (screenplay)
• Starring: Blake Lively, Jenna Craig, Jon Tenney, Mark Strong, Mike Doyle, Peter Sarsgaard, Ryan Reynolds, Temuera Morrison

This may not be my favorite comic-book movie, but is worth watching. We all know Ryan Reynolds and what type of movies he makes. Yha, you guessed it. Comedies is his strong point, now combine that with a comic-book hero and see what you get.

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan. Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before.

But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris, if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

Ryan Reynolds nails down his A-lister status with a big superhero role. He is the Green Lantern in this big, baggy, flavourless 3D extravaganza in which his superheroic powers are explained with a long and tiring “mythic” prelude on a planet far, far away. Reynolds plays Hal Jordan, a test pilot and all-around hunky hothead, who discovers a green ring from another world, which gives him superpowers and a green costume, and also membership of an intergalactic green force that fights evil wherever it may be.

Peter Sarsgaard plays Hector Hammond, a scientist who goes over to the dark side, having ingested alien spores that make him look like the Elephant Man. This is sometimes engagingly daft, but it simply fails to spark, and Reynolds – so good in recent movies like Buried and The Nines – just looks like a slice of inert beefcake. Incidentally, he looks like taking over Matthew McConaughey’s award as the actor most likely to get his shirt off.

Green Lantern is distributed by NuMetro Entertainment

Luan

Love special effects, graphic designing and web development. This is only a hobby though. Have been working with computers for about 16 years now. Started this website to do reviews for companies such as Sony Entertainment, Ster Kinekor Entertainment and NuMetro Entertainment.

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