17 movies to be released in Vietnam in Sept.

1. Mune

Date of release: 2/9

Genre: Animation, Adventure

Stars: Michael Gregorio, Izïa Higelin, Omar Sy

Director: Alexandre Heboyan, Benoît Philippon

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

In a mythical world, Mune, a small, facetious faun, is made the guardian of the Moon, against his own wishes. His job is to bring along the night and to watch over the world of dreams. But he causes disasters one after the other and provides the guardian of the shadows with an opportunity to steal the Sun. With the assistance of Sohone, the Sun's proud guardian, and fragile Wax, Mune then sets out on an extraordinary quest which will make him a legendary guardian.

2. The Transporter: Refueled

Date of release: 4/9

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Stars: Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson

Director: Camille Delamarre

Duration: 96 minutes

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

When Frank is hired by cunning femme fatale Anna and her three stunning sidekicks, he quickly discovers he’s been played.Anna and her cohorts have kidnapped his father (Ray Stevenson) in order to coerce Frank into helping them take down a ruthless group of Russian human traffickers. Fueled by revenge, he will break all his rules and stop at nothing to rescue his father in this action-packed thrill ride across the French Riviera.

3. Barely Lethal

Date of release: 4/9

Genre: Action, Comedy

Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L Jackson, Jessica Alba, Thomas Mann, Sophie Turner, Dove Cameron, Gabe Basso, Toby Sebastian

Director: Kyle Newman

Duration: 98 minutes

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

A teenage special ops agent yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as an exchange student in a typical American high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of being a teenager can be more difficult than international espionage.

4. Dark Places

Date of release: 11/9

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Duration: 113 minutes

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.

5. Visions

Date of release: 11/9

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Stars: Anson Mount, Isla Fisher, Jim Parsons

Director: Kevin Greutert

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

After moving to a vineyard to start a new life with her husband, a pregnant woman begins to experience terrifying visions.

6. Sicario

Date of release: 18/9

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Stars: Emily Blunt, Jon Bernthal, Josh Brolin

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Duration: 121 minutes

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

7. Zipper

Date of release: 18/9

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Stars: Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Ray Winstone

Director: Mora Stephens

Duration: 103minutes

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

Sam Ellis is a man on the rise - a federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with a high-end escort instead turns into a growing addiction. His moral compass unraveling, his new demon threatens to destroy his life, family and career.

8. Everest

Date of release: 18/9

Genre: Adventure

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Duration: 103 minutes

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

9. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Date of release: 18/9

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Director: Wes Ball

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

In this next chapter of the epic "Maze Runner" saga, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

10. The Intern

Date of release: 25/9

Genre: Comedy

Stars: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, Nat Wolff

Director: Nancy Meyers

Duration: 121 minutes

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

11. Hotel Transylvania 2

Date of release: 25/9

Genre: Animation, Comedy

Stars: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Version: English with Vietnamese Subtitles

The Drac pack is back for an all-new monster comedy adventure in Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 2! Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania... Dracula's rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn't showing signs of being a vampire. So while Mavis is busy visiting her human in-laws with Johnny - and in for a major cultural shock of her own - "Vampa" Drac enlists his friends Frank, Murray, Wayne and Griffin to put Dennis through a "monster-in-training" boot camp. But little do they know that Drac's grumpy and very old, old, old school dad Vlad is about to pay a family visit to the hotel. And when Vlad finds out that his great-grandson is not a pure blood - and humans are now welcome at Hotel Transylvania - things are going to get batty!

12. Attack on Titan

Date of release: 4/9

Genre: Action, Adventure

Stars: Haruma Miura, Kiko, Mizuhara, Kanata Hongo, Satomi Ishihara

Director: Tetsurō Araki

Duration: 100 minutes

Version: Japanese with Vietnamese subtitle

It is set in a world where the remains of the human population live inside cities surrounded by enormous walls due to the sudden appearance of the Titans, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans seemingly without reason. The story centers around the life of Eren Jaeger and his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman, whose lives are changed forever after the appearance of a colossal titan brings about the destruction of their home and the death of their mother.

13. Trum Co

Date of release: 11/9

Genre: Action, Comedy

Stars: Trấn Thành, Việt Hương, Thu Trang, Quang Đăng, Hari Won

Director: Phan Minh

Duration: 98 minutes

Version: Vietnamese with English subtitle

The heir of a beautiful meadow decides to trade off his fortune for a dream of becoming a music star. Unaware of city-life dangers, he is brought to a gang where the so-thought priceless herbal plant shines him an on-stage spotlight.

14. The Assassin

Date of release: 18/9

Genre: Action, Drama

Stars: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki

Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou

Duration: 107 minutes

Version: Chinese with English subtitle

During the ninth century, a general's young daughter is kidnapped and trained to become an exceptional assassin. When she doesn't execute a mission, she is ordered to kill her betrothed, forcing her to choose between love, family and the assassins.

15. Memories of the Sword

Date of release: 18/9

Genre: Action, Drama, History

Stars: Byung-hun Lee, Do-yeon Jeon, Go-eun Kim

Director: Heung-Sik Park

Duration: 110 minutes

Version: Korean with English subtitle

While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to avenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryo Dynasty.

16. Jian Bing Man

Date of release: 25/9

Genre: Comedy

Stars: Chengpeng Dong, Amber Kuo, Yan Liu, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Director: Chengpeng Dong

Duration: 113 minutes

Version: Chinese with Vietnamese subtitle

A story of a disgraced actor struggling to find a way back to the top, finding the meaning of true friends on the way.

17. Obsession

Date of release: 25/9

Genre: Horror

Stars: Yaya Trương Nhi, Hiếu Nguyễn, Trần Tuấn Lương, Hoàng Yến Chibi, Minh Thuận, Kim Xuân

Director: Bảo Nguyễn

Duration: 113 minutes

Version: Vietnamese with English Subtitles

This is the latest horror movie for Vietnam cinema this summer. The film is about Thu (Yaya Truong Nhi), a shy and reticent girl from the countryside. Family problems caused Thu to seek quick wealth and success. Thu became a pragmatic and materialistic girl, who used her boyfriend Nam (Tran Tuan Luong) to achieve her purpose.

Seeing Hoang (Hieu Nguyen) - a player with a stylish, wealthy look – Thu immediately left Nam for Hoang, who turned Thu’s life into a nightmare. Thu later died, leaving Hoang in doubt.