While it’s Loki who’s normally known for his miraculous resurrections, surely the most impressive comeback the Odinson clan have ever pulled off was Thor’s comedy
Category: Action
Shocking Dark (1989) – Review
We’ve stumbled across the works of Bruno Mattei – aka. Vincent Dawn – a couple of times on this site before (arguably too much) but
Interceptor (2022) – Review
The continuing battle for equality in the world of cinema has managed to negotiate many hurdles with equal pay and the treatment of women in
Under Seige 2: Dark Territory (1995) – Review
After the success of Under Seige – the Die Hard on a battleship action extravaganza that saw Steven Seagal bitch-slap his way through a healthy
A Better Tomorrow II (1987) – Review
Those who have seen the original A Better Tomorrow would surely concur that that although it contained many of John Woo’s signature themes, it hadn’t
Lightyear (2022) – Review
Those confused by the canonical aspects of Pixar’s latest movie can take a breath, because in that typical manner that boasts the crisp, intuitive storytelling
Under Siege (1992) – Review
It was inevitable, really. After all, Schwarzenegger and Stallone couldn’t remain at the top of the action ladder forever, could they? Sly was licking his
A Better Tomorrow (1986) – Review
These days, the many themes and visual tricks of action maestro John Woo are incredibly well known as his frenetic, slow motion gunplay, religious iconography
Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 1: Generation Why (2022) – Review
Thanks to the appearance of Disney+, the TV arm of Phase 4 of the MCU has been a blizzard of content that’s given the heroes
Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) – Review
For a franchise whose very inception is about genetically fusing different aspects together to create a being with more teeth than the entire Kardashian clan,
Strike Commando 2 (1988) – Review
We’ve encountered Bruno Mattei on this page before, but for those unfamiliar with possibly Italian cinema’s most blatant rip off artist, here’s a quick run
Blue Thunder (1983) – Review
The helicopter is one of the most important inventions next to the gun and the car when it comes to the action thriller; I mean
Broken Arrow (1996) – Review
After crafting God-level action classics back in his native Hong Kong, John Woo inevitably made the leap to Hollywood after his 1992 epic Hard Boiled
‘The Man From Toronto’ – Official Trailer
Netflix have released the trailer for ‘The Man From Toronto’. A case of mistaken identity arises after a screw-up sales consultant and the world’s deadliest
Strike Commando (1987) – Review
Many, many years ago, back in the age of the reassuring clunkiness of the VCR, I owned an ex-rental copy of Michele Soavi’s poetically camp,
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) – Review
“I have to say, I wasnt expecting to be invited back.” Confesses a slightly more humbled version of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, the fighter pilot blessed/cursed
The Delta Force (1986) – Review
Say what you will about First Blood Part II’s bombastic attempts at catharsis in the wake of the Vietnam war, at least it never contained
Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) – Review
While the landscape has certainly changed since Tremors first surfaced back in 1990, the jocular killer worm franchise has managed to get a lot of
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) – Review
Every now and then a movie comes along that’s utterly unlike anything you’ve seen before, is both mind blowingly original and devastatingly intimate and on
The Crow (1994) – Review
In a tragic parallel to the movie itself, the accidental death of Brandon Lee on the set of 1994’s comic book adaptation of James O’
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