One of the more frustrating aspects of action movies in the 00’s was the unnecessary existences of the “harder cut”. Now, what this would generally
Category: Action
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) – Review
When you find yourself in the position of being a bankable director who has a legitimate franchise to fall back on seemingly whenever you need
Dredd (2012) – Review
After Sylvester Stallone’s disastrous time under the helmet (or lack thereof) in 1995’s Judge Dredd, you’d think that any more attempts to realise the varied,
Bad Boys For Life (2020) – Review
Did anyone honestly see this coming?Now don’t get me wrong, I love the sun-baked, flashy emptiness of the two Bad Boys movies for the crass,
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) – Review
1989 was a ridiculously strong year for action and/or adventure movies of impressively varying quality. Batman, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Roadhouse, Kickboxer, Tango
Creed (2015) – Review
As I’ve most likely mentioned elsewhere, I’m a Rocky buff. For someone who usually balks at the thought of parking myself in front of the
Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) – Review
So… What exactly makes a Die Hard movie a Die Hard movie?Bruce Willis (and his rapidly retreating hairline) is the main ingredient, obviously – but
Angel Has Fallen (2019) – Review
Believe it or not – whether you WANTED it or not – Gerard Butler’s supernaturally death resistant secret service agent, and full-time John McClane rip
Road House (1989) – Review
Years after he instructed uptight parents on the correct placing of Baby (hint: it’s not in the corner) and before he assumed “ditto” was the
Enter The Dragon (1973) – Review
When looked at objectively, the sizable legend of Bruce Lee actually contains a suprisingly small amount of material with a handful of TV appearances and
Die Another Day (2002) – Review
As inevitable as the the ebb and flow of the tide or the inexorable march of the seasons, sooner or later time catches up with
The World Is Not Enough (1999) – Review
A frequent charge leveled at the Bond franchise is that they sometimes have a irritating habit of peaking too early, placing the crown jewel of
6 Underground (2019) – Review
Netflix has come a long way when it comes to it’s film purchases… after all the leap from barely decent action B-movies to barely decent
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) – Review
I guess from this point on, there can be no more discussion about how surprisingly strong the M:I series is or about how it’s a
The Meg (2018) – Review
And so with a massive splash and a shitload of teeth, we get Hollywood’s latest attempt to liberate the killer shark genre from the clutches
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) – Review
After Goldeneye reinstated James Bond as a cinematic force to once again be reckoned with, the stage was set for Pierce Brosnan’s sophomore crack at
Lethal Weapon (1987) – Review
To the strains of Jingle Bell Rock, director Richard Donner leads us by the hand through that OTHER Christmas themed, super violent actioner that for
Goldeneye (1995) – Review
After a couple years off to lick wounds inflicted upon him by the somewhat unfair critical mauling of Licence To Kill, James Bond returned to
Die Hard 2 (1990) – Review
After Die Hard swung in on a firehose from the flaming wreckage of an exploding high rise and changed the face of action movies as
Licence To Kill (1989) – Review
Unfairly maligned on release, Licence To Kill was an attempt to make a 007 adventure that would peak the interest of the “modern” action fan.
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