Shane Black seems to have devoted the vast majority of his career to the endless quest to make action movies into R-rated Christmas family films
Category: Action
Invasion USA (1985) – Review
There is no such thing as a “perfect” Cannon movie (probably because they never came close to fucking making one), but if you were to
Spawn (1997) – Review
Joel Schumacher’s much maligned 1997 war crime, Batman & Robin, is often touted as one of the worst comic book movies of the modern age.
TMNT (2007) – Review
After the original movie series had devolved into broad slapstick, time travel and the dead eyed thousand yard stare of stripped back animatronic, the Teenage
Versus (2000) – Review
From it’s first shot of a samurai slicing a zombie in two, Ryuhei Kitamura’s 2000 berserker breakout Versus aimed to put a familiar spin on
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze (1991) – Review
After making literally all of the money that 1990 had to offer, a sequel to the adaptation of Eastman and Laird’s gonzo comic concoction was
Peninsula (2020) – Review
Released in 2016 to universal acclaim, Yeon Sang Ho’s Train To Busan was the best thing to happen to the zombie genre in bloody ages.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) – Review
Back in ’84, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s nutzoid, yet devilishly compelling indie comic was unleashed on the world and promptly caught on like fucking
Return To The 36th Chamber (1980) – Review
Having a sharp tonal shift in your franchise is a dicey business and while it may keep things fresh for the faces behind the camera,
Total Recall (2012) – Review
Regardless of how much we all complained, the immensely frustrating habit that the Millennium had of remaking 80’s action classics continued unabated with a glossy,
The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978) – Review
While still relatively new to the sword clashing and empire trashing worlds of Kung Fu that were brought to us by our friends, The Shaw
Battleship (2012) – Review
Thanks to the truly biblical stacks of cash hauled in by Michael Bay’s flashy, trashy Transformers movies, toy company-cum-movie studio Hasbro obviously had the stench
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – Review
In the years since Independence Day cornered the market on crowd pleasing, flag waving alien invasion movies it seems that Hollywood has been trying to
Warrior King (2005) – Review
In the world of martial arts cinema, it’s often interesting to compare the differing styles of face breakage displayed via the same opponents that may
The Night Comes For Us (2018) – Review
After the Indonesian film industry got a shot in the arm (and face, and chest) thanks to Gareth Evans towering The Raid series, it seems
Five Elements Ninjas (1982) – Review
It’s once again time to take another flamboyant trip to ancient Hong Kong to witness bursts of athletic violence interspersed with an over complicated plot
Demolition Man (1993) – Review
There’s a theory I have and it’s quite new – not to mention fairly out there – but stay with me…What if Cobra, Demolition Man
Cobra (1986) – Review
Made when we were coasting through that period of Stallone’s career where he was convinced he could clear up the Cold War by either punching
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) – Review
Let’s be honest now, The Terminator franchise has been in a sizable rut for some time now. Make excuses and defend your favorite installment that
The Flying Guillotine (1975) – Review
Not to be confused with the more popular Master Of The Flying Guillotine (as if you would…), which cheekily hijacked the titular device despite not
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