171. This Means War
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: McG
Actors: Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Rebel Wilson, Laura Vandervoort, Til Schweiger
Plot: Two CIA operatives find themselves battling each other when they both fall for the same woman.
172. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brad Peyton
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Kristin Davis, Luis Guzmán
Plot: After his grandfather goes missing, Sean Anderson must team up with his mother's boyfriend in order to find him - an adventure which leads to a mysterious, mythical island.
173. John Dies at the End
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Daniel Roebuck
Plot: A pair of college drop outs is all that stands in the way of an other-worldly invasion when a new drug hits the streets. It does not end well.
174. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rachael Stirling, Amr Waked, Catherine Steadman
Plot: A reserved fisheries expert is approached by an affable, eccentric Arab sheik for a seemingly impossible task: to introduce British salmon into the middle of the desert. Yet as he takes on this task, he begins to emerge from his shell, helped in part by the sheik's beautiful legal assistant, and the idea behind fishing bringing man closer to God.
175. Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yash Chopra
Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Anupam Kher, Jay Conroy, Santi Scinelli
Plot: A one-time army man finds himself trapped between two lives: the one he shares with his wife, and the one he shares with the woman who inspires him. As these worlds threaten to collide, he'll be forced to choose between the two.
176. Being Flynn
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Weitz
Actors: Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Dale Dickey
Plot: A young man working at various homeless shelters in Boston has frequent run-ins with his brilliant yet troubled father.
177. The Deep Blue Sea
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terence Davies
Actors: Tom Hiddleston, Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale, Karl Johnson, Ann Mitchell, Harry Hadden-Paton
Plot: A woman married to a British judge begins an affair with a Royal Air Force pilot and it takes a toll on her life.
178. Bad Ass
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Craig Moss
Actors: Danny Trejo, Ron Perlman, Charles S. Dutton, Craig Johnson, Harrison Page, Richard Riehle
Plot: It's taken 40 years, but Vietnam Veteran Frank Vega is finally recognized as a hero after saving an elderly black man from a pair of skinheads. Yet the fame is short-lived when his best friend ends up murdered and he find the local police unwilling to help, so he takes justice into his own hands.
179. Eden
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Megan Griffiths
Actors: Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Scott Mechlowicz, Matt O'Leary, Ernie Joseph, Tantoo Cardinal
Plot: A young Korean-American girl is kidnapped and forced into prostitution by human traffickers. With not other options, she joins forces with her captors so that she can survive.
180. Reality
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Nello Iorio, Nunzia Schiano, Rosaria D'Urso
Plot: The narrative is set in the world of reality television, and follows a Neapolitan fishmonger who participates in Grande Fratello, the Italian version of Big Brother.
