The Legend of Drunken Master is a really enjoyable Jackie Chan ("Rush Hour 3") flick. The martial arts and fight sequences are well choreographed and some of the dialogue and characters, especially the step-mother are hilarious. The plot is kind of light. A group of thieves are smuggling Chinese artifacts out of the country and selling them on the black market. Chan has to stop them using a form of fighting of which his father does not approve, Drunken Boxing. This is an entertaining movie and a good showcase of Chan's skills.
I feel that Mike Judge ("Office Space")'s
Idiocracy will get funnier over time. I remember the first viewing of Office Space when I didn't get why everyone thought it was so great. And then I watched it again. And again. Now I love it. Idiocracy has a few laughs and many more chuckles. The story follows an average man who is frozen in an army experiment and forgotten. When he awakens 500 years in the future, he's the smartest man alive. And boy have things changed. Please give this movie a go. It's well worth it.
The Lookout is a interesting thriller/character drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Killshot"), one of my new favorite actors, is fast proving himself as a really, really good actor. Here he portrays a young man who was a popular, successful high school hockey player until a car accident left him with brain damage. He now works as a janitor at a bank and has to write things down to remember them. The movie focuses on Levitt dealing with his injury as well as a group of guys who exploit him to rob a bank. Jeff Daniels ("Mama's Boy") plays Levitt's blind roommate, and he is equally fascinating. This is the directorial debut for writer Scott Frank ("The Interpreter") and I think he shows real vision. The film feels a bit rushed at the end, but the rest of the film makes up for it.