Category: Action

In The Grey (2026) – Review

It’s amusing to think that once upon a time, Guy Ritchie was criticised for typecasting himself as a director who solely made “mockney” gangster flick

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Runner (2026) – Review

In something of a confusing move, we find that only a couple of weeks after Amazon released Gal Gadot’s abysmal jog-or-die action/thriller, The Runner, Alan

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Freebie And The Bean (1974) – Review

While Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon is frequently credited for crystallising the rules and tropes of the buddy cop movie for 80s audiences, there were plenty

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The Death Of Robin Hood (2026) – Review

Famous tales, especially the old ones, are always open to reinterpretation, but even by gritty, grisly, grounded standards, Michael Sarnoski’s The Death Of Robin Hood

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The Runner (2026) – Review

Am I mistaken, or has Gal Gadot fallen from portraying one of the big three of the DC lineup, to becoming the poster girl of

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Mayday (2026) – Review

OK, I know what you’re thinking. A direct to streaming action/comedy with Ryan Reynolds as the star? It’s hardly a badge of quality these days

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Striking Distance (1993) – Review

When crafting a movie, it helps to have something of a cohesive vision of what the final product will look like. Tone, plot, characters –

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Mutiny (2026) – Review

Oh Jason Statham, where will you turn up next?I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but are we getting more Statham movies a year

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Salt (2010) – Review

For a while there, it seemed like the spy movie was predominantly a boy’s club that gave such agents as James Bond, Jason Bourne and

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The Commuter (2018) – Review

Does Liam Neeson suffer from problems with unfamiliarity or something? I mean, we all like a daily routine, but by 2018 it really did seem

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Bastille Day (2016) – Review

Anyone else think how it’s genuinely weird it is that so many horror directors suddenly find themselves directing action flicks nowadays? If it isn’t the

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Bulletproof (1987) – Review

It’s not like we need any more examples, but just in case you felt a more under the radar example was needed to prove that

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3000 Miles To Graceland (2001) – Review

Some movies feel like they were always destined to be made. That their creation was perfectly timed and formed in the very stars themselves, that

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The Furious (2025) – Review

It seems that every decade, the gods of ludicrously brutal martial arts movies see fit to deliver us generational examples of very angry people pounding

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Homefront (2013) – Review

Whether you appreciate the bald, hard-hitting stylings of Jason Statham or not, you have to admit that he’s certainly etched his name into the mighty

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Night Of The Juggler (1980) – Review

I suppose I’d best make space in that file in my brain that’s labeled “How The Hell Had I Not Seen This Before?”, because I

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Priest (2011) – Review

Sometimes your first instinct is bang on the money. Based on a Korean comic book I’ve never read which was in turn based on a

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Non-Stop (2014) – Review

While Taken certainly has the bragging rights for making Liam Neeson a late-career action star, you really can’t under-sell the efforts of director Jaume Collet-Serra

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Premium Rush (2012) – Review

Bike messengers. Not exactly the most beloved members of our city streets, are they? Whizzing in and out of traffic, mounting pavements and generally being

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Normal (2025) – Review

Should we be concerned about Bob Odenkirk’s self confidence, or something? The former Saul Goodman may appear, Liam Neeson style, as a mature-aged action stalwart

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