Living as we do in the time of Rotten Tomatoes and other online grading platforms, the simple art of the aggressively 3-star action movie seems
Category: Action
Nobody (2021) – Review
The notion of an older gentleman knuckling down to fetch a beating to various bad guys is hardly a new thing in Hollywood. I mean,
Where Eagles Dare (1968) – Review
The “men on a mission” movie has had some cracking entries over the years with everything from most of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies to
Tarzan Escapes (1936) – Review
Obviously seeing that they had a good thing going with their double team of Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan, MGM dove into the deep pools
Zeiram (1991) – Review
Made in 1991 with a vision that far outstrips it’s budget, Zeiram is one of those movies that emerged from Japan at the time that
El Mariachi (1992) – Review
Forged from the same independent fires that gave us Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead and Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste, Robert Rodriguez emerged from the independent
No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987) – Review
Sequels that refuse to follow on from their predecessors are a curious beast – and I’m not talking the Evil Dead’s disinterest in following it’s
Tarzan And His Mate (1934) – Review
Ever since Johnny Weissmuller’s version of Edgar Rice Burroughs legendary beefcake literally first swung into theaters with 1932’s Tarzan The Ape Man, you’d be hard
Tarzan The Ape Man (1932) – Review
The 30’s in Hollywood was a crazy time. As technological advancements meant that filmmakers could experiment as never before and the screen was seeing the
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) – Review
America obviously doesn’t have the same history with the medium of martial arts as the places that birthed them; but when has that ever stopped
‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ – Official Trailer
Studio Canal have released the trailer for Navot Papushado’s much anticipated female assassin revenge thriller ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’. Lena Headey and Karen Gillan play mother and
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – Review
Long before Zack Snyder’s much ballyhooed Army Of The Dead placed the ravenous undead in the sand wastes of Las Vegas Nevada, the third instalment
Army Of The Dead (2021) – Review
While I frequently run hot and cold with the cinematic output of Zachary Edward Snyder, there’s no denying that my favorite movie of his by
White House Down (2013) – Review
In yet another example of seperate Hollywood studios wheeling out the exact same concept to do battle like two hideously unoriginal Pokemon trainers, 2013 saw
Mortal Kombat (2021) – Review
Over the past couple of years, the much maligned genre of video game adaptations has been crawling ever closer to that elusive four star review
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) – Review
After squeezing out the lacklustre (yet depressingly profitable) videogame adaptation Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson decided to move onto pastures new when the temptation to
Stone Cold (1991) – Review
As the 80’s faded into a spandex clad, cocaine dusted memory, the action genre was in a state of flux. It’s holy trinity of guiding
Marked For Death (1990) – Review
1990 wasn’t a good year to be a Jamaican male in an American movie; after all, Disney’s Cool Runnings was still three years away and
2012 (2009) – Review
During his long career as Hollywood’s go to disaster artist, Roland Emmerich has probably toppled more landmarks than the entire Kaiju cast of Destroy All
Jiu Jitsu (2020) – Review
Describing a film by simply giving an example of it as one particular movie “meeting” another has becoming the easiest and quickest way to explain
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