With the end of the semester just weeks away and summer coming upon us, it feels fitting to talk about upcoming films that will be hitting cinemas this summer.
In a two-part guide, The Centurion has gone ahead and broken down the summer movie premiers into two categories.
“Summer hits,” what we expect to be a huge success, and a great movie outing and “Summer flops,” the movies that will be belly-flopping their way into theaters this summer.
Summer Hits :
“Terminator Genesis” is a reboot of the Terminator franchise and looks to cater towards Teenage audience members as well as adults. John Connor (Jason Clarke) leader of the human resistance sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back in time to 1984 to protect his mother, Sarah (Emilia Clarke), from a Terminator assassin. However, an unexpected turn of events creates an altered timeline. Faced with unlikely allies and dangerous new enemies, Reese sets out on an unexpected new mission: reset the future. Suffice to say, the weekend July 4 will be an interesting one for Schwarzenegger fans.
The weekend of July 17 is essentially in the bag with Marvel’s “Ant-man” to take the top spot, and odds are that “Ant-man” will play very well through July and will be one of the highest grossing films of this summer. Paul Rudd stars in the film as a con man with the ability to shrink in size but grow in strength. Together with his mentor Dr. Hank Pym, Rudd must protect the secret of his Ant-Man suit and pull off a heist that will save the world.
During the last weekend of July “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation,” hits theaters and will undoubtedly become a huge box-office success. Tom Cruise hopes to show the world that he can still play an action hero at the age of 52. Cruise will continue as Ethan, as he and his team
take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
To start off the last month of the summer, Marvel’s reboot of “The Fantastic Four” hits theaters on August 7. “The Fantastic Four” is one of those films that will top the box-office on its opening weekend and will undoubtedly bring about some sequels. Four young scientists achieve superhuman abilities through a teleportation experiment gone haywire. They must now use these abilities to save the world from their archenemy Dr. Doom.
Summer Flops:
“Minions,” the spin-off of the “Despicable Me” films and hopes to cash in on that franchise, but does not bring much else to the table. This time around three minions set out on an adventure to find a new master to serve, and meet the first female supervillain ever, Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock).
“Selfless,” is set to release on July 10. The premise is an extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems. “Selfless” has received very little attention, despite its impressive cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode, and Natalie Martinez to name a few.
“The Gallows,” looks to be a complete waste of money. It’s another tiring high school horror/thriller film set 20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play. The students at the school resurrect the failed show to honor the anniversary of the tragedy, but soon discover that some things are better left alone. The producers have done little to market the movie, which does not forebode well.