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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Watch "Assassin's Creed 2" Online

Watch "Assassin's Creed 2" Online

The game continues shortly after the events of Assassin's Creed, where, in 2012, Desmond Miles (Nolan North) is still a prisoner at Abstergo Industries after searching the memories of his ancestor, the Assassin Altaïr, in the Animus. Abstergo, the modern-day Knights Templar, had been using Desmond to locate powerful out-of-place artifacts called "Pieces of Eden." Using the "Eagle Vision" ability he gained as a result of the "bleeding effect" (from overexposure to the Animus), Desmond is able to see messages and symbols written in blood on his bedroom wall, written by the former test subject, named "Subject 16 (Cam Clarke)". Lucy Stillman (Kristen Bell), a former researcher for Abstergo and an Assassin, frees Desmond and brings him to a secret hideout used by herself and two other Assassins, historian Shaun Hastings (Danny Wallace) and computer expert Rebecca Crane (Eliza Schneider). With their own version of the Animus, dubbed the 'Animus 2.0', they invite Desmond to help them discover the memories of his ancestor, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, for two reasons: to train Desmond in Assassin skills through the bleeding effect, and to find other Pieces of Eden.

During one break from using the Animus 2.0, Desmond suffers a hallucination that returns him to the body of Altaïr in Acre, and has intercourse with Maria, a Templar he had earlier spared (a decoy for Robert de Sable in Assassin's Creed whom Altaïr formed a relationship with in Bloodlines); when Altaïr departs, Desmond finds the memory staying with Maria (thus implying that she is now pregnant with one of his ancestors), and leaves him confused when he recovers. He also learns of the case of Subject 16, one of several previous test subjects used by Abstergo, and the person responsible for writing the images he saw in his room at Abstergo. Subject 16 has managed to hack the Animus and place twenty glyphs that can only be seen and decoded by the Animus user, revealing a video of a man and a woman, claiming to be Adam and Eve, carrying the "Apple of Eden", running through a futuristic setting identified, by a flash of binary code, as Eden.




When Desmond returns to Ezio's memory after he fought off Borgia, they find several corrupted memories, and are only able to return Desmond to Ezio's memories in the year 1499 (The memories comprise the semi-historical siege of Forli by the Orsini family and the Bonfire of the Vanities), where Borgia has since become Pope Alexander VI at Vatican City. Ezio's memories reveal that he and his allies have completed the Codex and discovered that "The Vault" lies in Rome, and realize that the Papal Staff is another Piece of Eden; Borgia's plan, upon deposition of the Medici family, would allow him to become Pope and gain access to the staff and the Vault.

Ezio travels to Rome; while his allies distract the rest of the city, Ezio discreetly enters the Vatican and attempts to assassinate Borgia inside the Sistine Chapel (while he preaches the Nicene Creed in Latin). Borgia manages to escape with both the Apple and the Staff, and attempts to use them to open the Vault, but Ezio catches up and defeats him but does not kill Borgia, since revenge will not bring back his family. In Ezio's hands, the Apple and Staff open the Vault; inside, he finds a holographic figure that identifies him as The Prophet that has brought Desmond and the 21st century observers to the Vault, much to Ezio's confusion. The figure, calling herself "Minerva" and addressing Desmond directly, reveals that she and others of her kind were part of a far more advanced society (Those Who Came Before) that lived on Earth and created humans in their own image (it is hinted several times throughout the game that humans were created as a slave race). Eventually man freed themselves and the two races went to war against one another, soon halted by a natural celestial catastrophe involving a massive solar flare which resulted in the destruction of most life on Earth. The remaining people of both races rebuilt society. The few remaining Ones Who Came Before constructed several "temples" around the world (one being located within the Vatican) that would help the human race to prevent the same disaster from reoccurring once the Ones Who Came Before had become extinct. Minerva insinuates that records of the existence of the Ones Who Came Before, as well as their warning, had been misunderstood and had, over time, evolved into various myths, legends and religions throughout the modern world. As the hologram vanishes, Minerva says "the rest is up to you, Desmond", confusing Ezio.

As the memory ends and the credits begin to roll, Desmond wakes to find that Abstergo has discovered their hideout and, with his assimilated skills from Ezio and Altaïr, he manages to escape with Lucy and the others. As the scene fades to black with the credits still rolling, they take a van with an Animus 2.0 built inside. Lucy then explains that Minerva was referring to a great celestial catastrophe. She goes on to explain that a weakness in the Earth's magnetic field has been discovered, and that a single solar flare could cause worldwide disaster. This hints towards the 2012 Doomsday prediction. Desmond prepares to re-enter the Animus as the game ends, which allows the player to continue as Ezio after the game has finished.




Friday, October 22, 2010

Watch "Paranormal Activity 2" Online

Watch "Paranormal Activity 2" Online

The film opens with home video footage of Kristi Rey (sister of Katie from the first film) bringing her newborn son Hunter home (which is around the block from Katie and Micah's home in Paranormal Activity) from the hospital. We then follow Hunter through the first several months of his life via a montage of various video clips. During the montage, we meet Kristi's husband Dan; Ali, his daughter from a previous marriage (he is widowed); Martine, the family's housekeeper/nanny and Abby, the family's loyal German Shepherd.

After an apparent break-in and burglary of their home (in which the only thing stolen is a necklace that Katie gave to Kristi) Dan has a number of security cameras installed throughout the house. The family starts to hear noises and see items fall or move on their own. Martine, believing evil spirits are the cause, attempts to cleanse the house of "evil spirits", and Dan fires her after catching her burning incense. Katie and Kristi talk about being tormented by a demon or unknown spirit when they were children. Ali begins investigating the mysterious happenings. She discovers that on occasion, a human can make a deal with a demon for wealth or power by forfeiting the life of their firstborn son. She also realizes that until Hunter, there had not been a male child born in Kristi and Katie's family since the time of their great-great grandmother.

The violence continues to escalate, and Kristi is tormented further; the family dog, Abby, is attacked and pulled violently off camera and is seemingly knocked unconscious. Dan and Ali take the dog to the vet, leaving Kristi alone with Hunter. She goes to check on the baby and notices a light flicker off. She turns the light back on, but then is dragged by an unseen force out of the room and halfway down the stairs before she is released. Kristi runs back upstairs into Hunter's room but she is dragged back downstairs yet again. This time she is dragged into the basement where she stays for over an hour. Finally, the security camera footage shows the basement door opening on its own and Kristi stumbling through the living room in a trance.

The following day, Ali is at home with Kristi, who won't get out of bed. After hearing noises, Ali finds Kristi ignoring Hunter but demanding Ali leave the baby be. The security camera footage stops, then starts again with Ali crying downstairs awaiting Dan, who says he must see how Kristi is doing. Ali, who has now watched the security tapes from the night before, begs him to view the footage of Kristi's attack. Upon seeing the footage, he immediately calls Martine, who then prepares a cross that will pass the demon onto another blood relative, and that Kristi will have no memory of having been possessed. Dan tells Ali that he is going to pass the demon onto Katie so that Kristi and Hunter will be saved.

That night, Kristi violently attacks Dan and snatches Hunter, who chases her into the basement and touches her with the cross, who screams and collapses. The next scene shows Dan putting Kristi to bed and then burning a photo of a young Katie (which Micah later would find in the attic of their house, as depicted in the original film).
Three weeks later, Katie visits and explains how things have now begun happening at her house. After Katie leaves, we see her arrive at her and Micah's house, where he has just purchased the camera, as depicted in the opening scenes of Paranormal Activity. The next scene cuts to the night after Micah is murdered. Katie, possessed and bloodstained from the murder of Micah, breaks into the home and kills Dan and Kristi. The final scene is Katie leaving the room with Hunter. The ending credits say that Ali was on a school trip and returned home to find her father and step-mother dead. Katie and Hunter's whereabouts remain unknown.






Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Watch "Born To Raise Hell" Online

Watch "Born To Raise Hell" Online
Samuel Axel (Steven Seagal) is an Interpol agent assigned to a task force in Eastern Europe. His target is those that traffic guns and dope throughout the Balkans. When an investigation puts him on the trail of a Russian gun dealer he learns how deadly life in Eastern Europe can truly be. Axel and his team are witness to a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and the Russians. And when the investigation turns fatal for one of his team members, Axel becomes consumed with the need for vengeance. Using his own brand of “hands on” street justice he applies pressure to anyone who gets in his way. Axel embarks on an mission to hunt down those responsible for his friend’s death. And in an explosive climax Axel will be forced to form an unlikely alliance with one of the very men he swore to take down.



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