New UK Cinema Releases: September 23rd 2011, DRIVE, KILLER ELITE and WARRIOR

This has got to be one of the best weeks for cinema releases this year, all four that are going to be mentioned are worth your time in my opinion and as always I'm here to give you the low down.  One thing to mention first, I'm a reformed Batman fan did you catch the review earlier in the week?

First up this week Ryan Gosling is taking the leap into leading man with utter style and class.  Drive is a new action crime drama, it's popularity has rocketed in the past week and it's the first time I have seen a 1000% popularity rise on IMDB.

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston

The movie follows Driver (Ryan Gosling), a Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a get away driver.  Driver soon finds that a contract has been put on his head due to a heist going wrong.

That's pretty much all I got on the movie, there really isn't to much out about it right now.  In my opinion this is the one that should be top of your list to go see this weekend, second to Ryan Gosling the movie also stars Bryan Cranston, leading man and Emmy award winner for his part in hit US TV show Breaking Bad.

Next up this week is a movie which I have really been looking forward to, Killer Elite is based on a true story and also comes with a stellar kick ass cast.

Starring: Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Dominic Purcell

Like I said above this movie is based a a true story and follows Danny (Statham) a retired SAS operative who is forced back into the game when his long time mentor Hunter (De Niro) is taken captive.  A dangerous game of cat and mouse then ensues as Danny and Hunter are pursued by the leader of a secret military society.

The movie has been filmed all over the world, but most of it was shot in the Welsh Breacon Beacons the real SAS training ground, adding to the great cast is Dominic Purcell who played Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break.

I told you this was a kick ass week didn't I!  More ass kicking for you right now with the release of Warrior, the first movie, well big movie about mixed martial art (MMA) fighting.

Starring: Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte

The movie is a story of two brothers who are both professional fighters with the older one exceeding more at first.  Their alcoholic father returns home and trains the youngest brother for a MMA tournament which puts him on a collision course with his older brother.

I'm not to sure what to think of this movie, their will be plenty action no doubt but I think it may be a little cliche.  MMA fans will probably love it and that will be helped in abundance by the acting talents of Tom Hardy.

One more to mention this week but as always I'm sending you over to the IMDB, over there you can check out the trailer for the new Steve Carrell movie Crazy, Stupid, Love which also stars Ryan Gosling.  The movie follows Cal (Carrell) who is in the middle of a mid life crisis, his marriage ain't going to well and he is struggling to manage the relationship with his children.