Top 10 Must Watch Movies of 2012

Hollywood movie industry is going to rock 2012. Lots of big budget movies schedule to release on next ten months of the year. So here’s a list of ten movies that you don’t want to miss. As most of the movies in this list haven’t released yet, there will be hits and flops.

10. Men in Black III

Will Smith back after four years with 3rd movie of the Men in Black series. Storyline is about Agent J traveling in time to MIB’s early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history. Young Agent K rule plays by Josh Brolin.

Release Date: 25 May 2012
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones & Josh Brolin

09. World War Z

World War Z is one of three movies that are schedule to release in 2012 starring Brad Pitt. Movie is Zombie themed & about an U.N. employee, who is racing against time and fate, as he travels the world trying to stop the outbreak of a deadly Zombie pandemic.

Release Date: 21 December 2012
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos & David Morse

08. Battleship

Battleship is a movie about battle against an alien species known as “The Regents”. The aliens come to Earth on a mission to build a power source in the ocean. Upon their visit, they come in contact with the naval fleet. Starring, Liam Neeson, Rihanna also plays a rule of FBI agent Raikes

Release Date: 18 May 2012
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker & Liam Neeson

07. Taken 2

Taken was one of my favorite movies of 2008. Here comes the part 2. Taken was about a retired CIA agent (Bryan Mills) rescuing his daughter, who was kidnapped on a trip to Paris. Story continues in Taken 2 as Bryan Mills & his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Release Date: 5 October 2012
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen & Maggie Grace

06. Skyfall

Bond is back with skyfall. This time actor Daniel Craig as James Bond. In this move Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Release Date: 9 November 2012
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory & Javier Bardem

05. The Avengers

This year all the super heroes will be united to fight against evil. Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his various membered army.

Release Date: 4 May 2012
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans & Scarlett Johansson

04. The Amazing Spider-Man

Spider Man comes to big screen after five years. In movie, Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner.

Release Date: 3 July 2012
Director: Marc Webb
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone & Rhys Ifans

03. The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises is intend to be the conclusion of the Christopher Nolan‘s Batman movie series. Where Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent’s crimes.

Release Date: 20 July 2012
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Gary Oldman

02. The Expendables 2

Probably the hit of the year. The Expendables 2 comes with even big cast than first movie. This really is going to rock Hollywood. Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Release Date: 17 August 2012
Director: Simon West
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Chuck Norris & Jet Li

01. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Here comes another movie series from the director of The Lord of the Rings. You can expect back to back movies this time as well. The movie is about Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug.

Release Date: 14 December 2012
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen & Richard Armitage

So that completes the list. It’s not easy to pick ten out of hundreds. Non of this movies are released at the moment of writing. Let’s wait and see.

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