Upcoming Movies: January 2010

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 15:42

With the new year comes a new array of movies.. From Jackie Chan as a babyistter to Mel Gibson as a homicide detective, things are shaking up this winter.

 By Brad McKay

DAYBREAKERS
January 8; Horror, rated R; Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan

A plague has taken humanity by storm, converting those infected into vampires. Before long, very few humans remain, with many being harvested for their blood. The vampires have complete control over the world, thinking that nothing can stop them. Only the high government officials know the truth—the vampire race will become extinct within a few years, due to a blood shortage. As top scientists race the clock to find a blood substitute, a small group of outcasts find an extraordinary cure to vampirism. Can they convince a world of immortals to take the cure?

THE SPY NEXT DOOR
January 15; Comedy, rated PG; Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, George Lopez

Jackie Chan stars as Bob Ho, an undercover CIA Spy who wants nothing more than to give up his life of espionage to settle down with his girlfriend, Gillian. To make it work, Bob has to win over Gillian's distrusting children. Bob soon gets his chance to prove his worth when Gillian has to go out of town, leaving Bob in charge. Unfortunately, one of the children accidentally tips off Bob's arch nemesis about his location, and before long, the neighborhood turns into a battlefield, forcing Bob to square off against his dangerous foe, while making sure the children don't miss their bedtime.

EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES
January 22; Drama, rated PG; Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell

Riding the fast track to success, John Crowley has everything one could ask for: a loving wife, beautiful children and a high-paying job. Just as John settles into this picturesque life, his two youngest children are afflicted with a fatal disease. He turns his back from the corporate world to create a biotech company whose focus is to find a cure. He befriends scientist Robert Stonehill and begins the seemingly impossible task of finding the cure his children need. Just as the solution is in front of them, the relationship between the two men takes a turn for the worse, with his children's lives hanging in the balance.

EDGE OF DARKNESS
January 29; Thriller, rated R; Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston

Thomas Craven (Gibson) is a homicide detective whose only love is his daughter, twenty-four year-old Emma. Thomas's world is torn asunder when Emma is brutally murdered on the steps outside his home. With his sanity on the edge, Thomas embarks on a mission to find his daughter's killer, which plunges him into a corrupt world of corporate corruption, government cover-ups, murder and greed. As he begins to discover more details about his daughter's secret life, Thomas slowly descends into a black world that he might never return from. With a strong plot, clever writing staff, and, of course, Gibson, Edge of Darkness could be the first big film of 2010.