Plot : A personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has an enviable life in Paris and a beautiful French girlfriend, but his real passion is his side job as a low-level operative for the CIA. All James wants is to become a bona fide agent and see some real action. So when he is offered his first senior-level assignment, he cannot believe his good luck until he meets his new partner, special agent Charlie Wax (John Travolta).
Reese's first test is to have Wax released from airport detention by the French Customs when Wax does not want to surrender the cans of his favorite energy drink. Despite the apparent triviality of an energy drink that Wax could probably purchase in Paris, Wax keeps orally abusing French Customs until Reese places a Diplomatic Mail sticker on Wax's luggage containing the energy drink which makes them immune from Customs and Quarantine requirements.
Once in the car, Wax apologises for his behaviour and opens the tins that contain pieces of his personal stainless steel pistol (named "Mrs. Jones") that he reassembles. Reese discovers Wax is a trigger-happy, wisecracking, loose cannon who's been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack. Beginning with a Chinese restaurant that is a front for a cocaine supply ring, Wax leads James on a white-knuckle shooting spree through the Parisian underworld that has James praying for his desk job. But when James discovers he is a target of the same crime ring they are trying to bust, he realizes there is no turning back...and that Wax himself might be his only hope for making it through the next forty-eight hours alive.
James discovers, the drug-busting mission they set out on is really a mission to trace the money back to a circle of Pakistani terrorists. These Pakistanis are the center of a labyrinth of cocaine and prostitution, and hang around with explosive vests on their tables. Furthermore, their plot is to infiltrate the U.S. Embassy with explosives hidden beneath their burqas.
Ultimately James learns that the terrorists, who he and Wax wiped out mostly, are targeting a summit and that his fiance Caroline (Kasia Smutniak) is one of them. Caroline attempts to suicide bomb the summit while the last remaining terrorist tries to attack the US Motorcade with a car that has a bomb. Wax takes out the terrorist with an AT4 rocket launcher before he can do any damage and James confronts Caroline at the summit. He tries to convince her to stop and is apparently successful at first, but when Caroline reaches to trigger her bomb, James has no choice but to shoot her in the forehead, almost instantly killing her. Wax catches Caroline before she can fall, disarms the bomb and the threat is over. Later, James, now an official agent, escorts Wax to his plane and Wax offers for James to be his full-time partner. The two play a game of chess and James reveals he carries a Desert Eagle Pistol, indicating he is more like Wax now than how he originally was.
Nota Jase : Telah lama di layar perak namun saya baru berkesempatan untuk menonton DVDnya. Sebuah filem yang penuh aksi dan agak ringan dari segi mesej namun menghiburkan. Saya amat berharap yang Charllie (John Travolta) sebenarnya memegang watak jahat, aleh- aleh kekasih James antara penjenayah (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) pula..:) Epilognya pula seakan ingin membuat sequel, kita nantikan saja.
Alhamdulillah, semalam saya, Lisa dan Mas telah sempat menyaksikan persembahan anak-anak muda harapan masa depan dari UTP yang sungguh berbakat menzahirkan karya mereka. Ada persembahan nyanyian, gamelan, orkestra cina, band masakini, tarian kenudayaan dan antarabangsa. Sungguh menakjubkan memandangakn mereka bukanlah penggiat seni sepenuh masa. Persembahan yang agak panjang bermula lebih kurang jam 8.30 malam dan cuma tamat kira-kira jam 11.00 malam dengan 'interval' kira-kira 15 minit sahaja.
Persembahan dimulakan dengan tarian dari ketiga-tiga kumpulan etnik terbesar di Malaysia - Melayu, Cina dan India yang dinamakan 'Malaya - The Beginning'. Kemudian diikuti dengan 'Crossing Cultural Boundries' yang menampilkan Kumpulan Gamelan. Persembahan instrumental ini lebih mengujakan setelah diselang-seli dengan gerak tari dan siulan para pemuziknya.
'Birth of a Nation - Malaysia is Formed' pula menampilakn tarian daripada suku kaum di Sabah dan Sarawak. Penonton dihiburkan dengan klip video Hari kebangsaan PETRONAS yang lucu dan menginsafkan sementara menunggu persiapan pentas untuk Persembahan Orkestra Cina yang menampilakn lebih daripada 100 pemizik yang terdiri daripada pelajar berbangsa cina dan cuma seorang sahaja yang berbangsa India. Ada tiga momen menarik di dalam persembahan ini iaitu 'Love Song', 'Tanah Pusaka' dan 'Prince Sang Nila Utama dan Singa'.
Usai rehat selama lebih kurang 15 minit, para penonton dihiburkan dengan lagu daripada 13 negeri & 1 Wilayah Persekutuan. Dendangan 'Ayam Didik' telah membuatkan saya teringat akan kampung halaman di Kedah. namun begitu, bagi saya kemuncak kepada semua persembahan pada malam tersebut ialah persembahan 1UTP, 1Malaysia, 1World yang dipersembahkan oleh UTP Performaing Arts Group dan UTP International Cultural Group yang menampilakan kepelbagaian tarian tradisi daripada para pelajar UTP sendiri seperti Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, Turkmenistan dan Mozambique antaranya. Jelas sungguh kesungguhan mereka menampilkan gerak tari dari setiap pelusuk dunia tersebut meskipun ada antara budaya yang ditampilkan amat asing sekali. Di raut wajah setiap penari pula jelas kelihatan mereka menari dengan penuh keseronokan dan keikhlasan.
Persembahan ditutup dengan dendangan 'You Raised Me Up' dan 'Stand By Me' yang penuh nostalgia dan bermakna.
Secara peribadi saya ingin mengucapakan TAHNIAH yang tidak terhingga kepada semua yang terlibat secara langsung menzahirkan 'Tapestry of Colours'. Memang berbaloi saya membeli tiket !!! Untuk rekod, Yayasan UTP yang ditubuhkan pada tahun 2007 adalah bertujuan untuk melangsungkan tujuan utama pendidikan di dalam negara dan juga menyokong pembangunan masa depan untuk menjadikan UTP sebagai sebuah institusi kecemerlangan. Antara lain tentulah Yayasan UTP bertanggungjawab memberi biasiswa kepada pelajar terpilih yang sedang melanjutkan pelajaran mereka di UTP.
Mizz Nina feat Colby O'Donnis :What You Waiting For?"
CHORUS Colby Baby I never seen someone wit your body You make me wanna get this party started, Hey baby come and tell me what's the score Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
CHORUS Mizz Nina Baby I never seen someone with your body You make me wanna get a little naughty Hey baby come and get me it's all your's Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
VERSE Colby It's your birthday so tell me what you wanna do
Mizz Nina It's my birthday I really wanna get with you
Colby Drop the beat now and baby we can get it started
Mizz Nina We'll go insane and take it to the after party HOOK
Colby So what's your name, hey baby what's your name, oh yeah
Mizz Nina Sexy's my name, yeah sexy is my name
Colby Ok, and what's your game, hey baby what's your game
Mizz Nina Ok I like to play, I, I like to play, ay,
CHORUS Colby Baby I never seen someone wit your body You make me wanna get this party started, Hey baby come and tell me what's the score Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
CHORUS Mizz Nina Baby I never seen someone with your body You make me wanna get a little naughty Hey baby come and get me it's all your's Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
VERSE 2 Colby Hey sexy girl from kuala la la lumpur
Mizz Nina Hey baby that's me, I'll be on the dancefloor
Colby I got chu a surprise, we're poppin up in vip
Mizz Nina And if I ask nice can I take you home with me
HOOK x2
CHORUS Colby Baby I never seen someone wit your body You make me wanna get this party started, Hey baby come and tell me what's the score Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
CHORUS Mizz Nina Baby I never seen someone with your body You make me wanna get a little naughty Hey baby come and get me it's all your's Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
Bridge Colby Baby, lets get crazy, come on loose control, ol, ol
Mizz Nina We're gonna tear up the after party, I know you want some more, oh, oh, oh
Colby I wanna see ya, work that body, Drop it down real low, low, low
Mizz Nina Hey baby, come and get me, tell me, what chu, what chu, what chu, what chu waiting for.
CHORUS Colby Baby I never seen someone wit your body You make me wanna get this party started, Hey baby come and tell me what's the score Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
CHORUS Mizz Nina Baby I never seen someone with your body You make me wanna get a little naughty Hey baby come and get me it's all your's Baby, baby, tell me, what chu, what chu, waiting for
Nota Jase : Jika ayahnya digelar 'The Singing Banker', maka sekarang muncullah 'The Rapping Daughter' pula. Itu gelaran Nina untuk dirinya. "Paling penting adalah merealisasikan impian saya," ujar anak bongsu Pengerusi Kumpulan AmBank Berhad, Tan Sri Azman Hashim ini. Dan saya.... cuma baru mengenali Mizz Nina ketika menonton Konsert Usher tempoh hari. Lagu ini sungguh nakal dan catchy...!!!
Ini adalah antara klip video yang sedang menjadi sebutan ramai ketika ini. Bukan kerana kecanggihan klip video ini yang menampilkan teknik CGI yang maha indah dan penuh dengan 'wow' tetapi adalah kerana video ini memaparkan 'story board' yang agak 'berpaling' daripada bait-bait lirik lagu ini. Jika di tatapi, lirik lagu 'Tak Mungkin Berpaling' ini memang adalah lagu cinta 100% yang tiada langsung maksud tersirat (penulisan lirik lagu rock balada awal 90an memang sebegitu). Namun begitu jika diteliti klip video versi baru Mawi yang menampilkan Zamani ini (yang juga penyanyi asal lagu ini ketika bersama Slam) agak lari dan mengelirukan. Kisahnya berkenaan sekumpulan perompak. Tafsirannya membuatkan kita berpaling 180 darjah daripada kebiasaan kemungkinannya. Namun begitu mungkin ini adalah tindakan paling kreatif dan wajar yang boleh dihasilkan daripada tenaga kreatif terbabit. Mungkinkah begitu?
Apa-apapun tahniah Mawi kerana berjaya mngembalikan nostalgia lagu ini buat saya. Bagi mereka yang ingin memiliki lagu ini secara original, sila dapatkan CD terbaru Mawi "The Best of Mawi" dengan harga RM 26.90 yang baru sahaja beredar di pasaran. Banyak lagi lagu-lagu menarik yang terdapat di dalam album bekembar ini. Antaranya ialah Mungkin Langitmu Lebih Biru, Doa Dalam Lagu (duet bersama Heliza), Talally Maak ('live' duet bersama Salima), Kian, Aduh Saliha, Hanya Untukmu (dari filem Pesona Non Grata) Saksi (duet bersama Rabbani) dan Gadis Melayu ('live' duet bersama Jama Abdillah).
General Plot: This series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she remains unable to find a husband. In fact, her assignment in the U.S. was really a demotion after she ruined her career track over a man. So why was she chosen as the boss of the new division? Even though the detectives are talented, they all have some kind of issue or flaw, and they are considered to be the "problem children" of the police force. In the end, the division's true purpose is just to isolate these problematic detectives.
Nota Jase : I just finished watching this detective drama late last week after one week bought the original DVD at of of the DVD outlet at ground floor of Wangsa Walk. Yes, I have been following Takenouchi Yutaka since his Beach Boys time. In 1998 if I am not mistaken. It has been quite a while after his last mini series 'Tomorrow' that I watched 2 years ago. My general feeling about this series are some of the case are too complicated yet very easy to resolve. The main charactor, the Lady Boss (Amami Yuki) - centre of attraction played her card well. Like usual Japanese series, most charactors have thier own characteristics that make the series more flamboyant. Quite entertaining good release tension. Takenouchi Yutaka won the Best Supporting Actor in the Japan 61st Television Drama Academy Awards for his role in this series. Boss is currently screening on 8TV every Sunday @ 3.00 pm.
