Dead Men Tell 1941
6.3 /10
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
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Full Cast & Crew
Charlie Chan
Jimmy Chan
Kate Ransome
Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
Jed Thomasson
(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday
Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday
Dr. Anne Bonney
Gene LaFarge
Bill Lydig
Miss Patience Nodbury
Ship's Cook
Bartender
Insp. Vessey
Sailor with Girl
Dart Game Sailor
Homicide Desk Sergeant
Policeman with Checklist at Debarking
Detective (unconfirmed)
Related Movies To
Skyfall: Quantum of Spectre
This is by far one of my favorite movies from the MCU. The introduction of new Characters both good and bad also makes the movie more exciting. giving the characters more of a back story can also help audiences relate more to different characters better, and it connects a bond between the audience and actors or characters. Having seen the movie three times does not bother me here as it is as thrilling and exciting every time I am watching it. In other words, the movie is by far better than previous movies (and I do love everything Marvel), the plotting is splendid (they really do out do themselves in each film, there are no problems watching it more than once.
Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
The beginning of the film it's fine until towards the second act and there is when it starts to feel a little rushed. Also I do feel like there are scenes missing but there was talk of an extended version on Blu-Ray so that's cool.
I can't right much... it's just so forgettable...Okay, from what I remember, I remember just sitting down on my seat and waiting for the movie to begin. 5 minutes into the movie, boring scene of Tony Stark just talking to his "dead" friends saying it's his fault. 10 minutes in: Boring scene of Ultron and Jarvis having robot space battles(I dunno:/). 15 minutes in: I leave the theatre.2nd attempt at watching it: I fall asleep. What woke me up is the next movie on Netflix when the movie was over.
Bottemline: It's boring...
10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
My favorite is always Chris Evans because of the whole cast he best gets into the spirit of being a superhero. Of all of them, he's already played two superheroes, Captain America and Johnny Storm the Human Torch. I'll be before he's done Evans will play a couple of more as long as the money's good and he enjoys it.
Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
The Avengers raid a Hydra base in Sokovia commanded by Strucker and they retrieve Loki's scepter. They also discover that Strucker had been conducting experiments with the orphan twins Pietro Maximoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who has super speed, and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), who can control minds and project energy. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) discovers an Artificial Intelligence in the scepter and convinces Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) to secretly help him to transfer the A.I. to his Ultron defense system. However, the Ultron understands that is necessary to annihilate mankind to save the planet, attacks the Avengers and flees to Sokovia with the scepter. He builds an armature for self-protection and robots for his army and teams up with the twins. The Avengers go to Clinton Barton's house to recover, but out of the blue, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) arrives and convinces them to fight against Ultron. Will they succeed?
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is an entertaining adventure with impressive special effects and cast. The storyline might be better, since most of the characters do not show any chemistry. However, it is worthwhile watching this film since the amazing special effects are not possible to be described in words. Why Pietro has to die is also not possible to be explained. My vote is eight.
Cast & crew of
Dead Men Tell
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
Jimmy Chan
Kate Ransome
Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
Jed Thomasson
(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday
Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday
Dr. Anne Bonney
Gene LaFarge
Bill Lydig
Miss Patience Nodbury
Ship's Cook
Bartender
Insp. Vessey
Sailor with Girl
Dart Game Sailor
Homicide Desk Sergeant
Policeman with Checklist at Debarking
Detective (unconfirmed)
Similair Movies To
Dead Men Tell
Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
6.5 /10
Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1932-01-24
Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
8 /10
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1934-07-06
Murder by Death (1976)
7.2 /10
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1976-06-23
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
6.8 /10
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1936-01-10
The Black Camel (1931)
6 /10
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1931-06-21
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
7 /10
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1937-09-22
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
6.5 /10
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1937-12-17
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
6.7 /10
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1940-05-02
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
7.6 /10
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1940-09-06
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
6.8 /10
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1940-03-01
Murder Over New York (1940)
6.1 /10
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1940-12-13
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
6.2 /10
In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1941-09-05
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
5.9 /10
Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted son Tommy and his daughter Iris.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1944-02-14
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
6.4 /10
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1944-05-20
Black Magic (1944)
7 /10
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1944-08-19
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
5.794 /10
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1945-09-29
The Red Dragon (1945)
6.5 /10
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1945-08-01
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
5.9 /10
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1945-05-11
The Jade Mask (1945)
6.1 /10
The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1945-01-26
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
5.8 /10
In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
Runtime: MMPA: PG-13 Release: 1946-06-27