I recently got into an argument with a good friend of mine concerning this forgotten video game adaptation from 2007.The disagreement arose when I noticed
Tag: 2000s
Star Trek (2009) – Review
Star Trek was dead.Just let that settle in your head for a bit – after first being broadcast in 1966 and doggedly remaining vital in
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – Review
What did we do right as a collective species to deserve Stephen Chow? While I have to be honest and admit I haven’t seen the
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) – Review
There’s an old saying that goes: a hero is as only as good as their villain. With that in mind, it’s probably fortuitous that the
3:10 To Yuma (2007) – Review
Western remakes aren’t exactly new – hell, Howard Hawks himself went out and remade Rio Bravo twice in the form of El Dorado and Rio
Shoot ‘Em Up (2007) – Review
Maintaining the equilibrium of an action movie is a surprisingly delicate business for a genre full of screaming bullets and crunching bone. James Bond is
Reign Of Fire (2002) – Review
There’s nothing quite more frustrating to a lover of crazy blockbuster cinema than a mouthwatering concept that isn’t quite executed as well as you’d hoped.
[REC]² (2009) – Review
Undoubtedly one of the better (if not the best) of the found footage horror genre, [REC] bloodily lurched onto the scene with lashings of style
The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) – Review
After the frenetic action gumbo of The Mummy Returns – a hyperbolic action/adventure that placed exhausting action sequences next to career worst examples of CGI
The Mummy Returns (2001) – Review
The early millennium must have been Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory for any filmmaker with adolescent tendencies who had been hired to tackle a sizable summer
Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) – Review
When movies decide to try and pull off a mash up, the results, by definition, are usually a mixed bag. Sometimes the fusing together of
Shaft (2000) – Review
Back in 1971, Shaft was one of leading lights of Blaxploitation cinema, but you kinda feel that the continuing adventures of the black private dick
Stardust (2007) – Review
Once upon a time, Matthew Vaughan was chiefly known as Guy Ritchie’s producer, but one day he plopped himself into the director’s chair with the
The Final Destination (2009) – Review
Whether by design or by fate, Final Destination arguably had one of the neatest horror concepts of the noughties. Essentially a slasher movie where the
The Omen (2006) – Review
If you’re going to take the time to retool a stone cold classic of 70’s, dread inducing horror, you’d better have a damn good reason
Poseidon (2006) – Review
Proving that it wasn’t just horror movies that got noticeably shiny remakes during the noughties is Wolfgang Peterson’s redo of the classic 70’s sinky ship
Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003) – Review
Robert Rodriguez is the very definition of a ‘busy bee’ considering all the shit he seems to have on his plate all the time.Since he
Poultrygeist: Night Of The Chicken Dead (2006) – Review
For decades Troma has prided themselves on making their particular brand of anti-PC, trash epics and unleashing them on an unsuspecting world with all the
Survival Of The Dead (2009) – Review
It’s a sad fact of cinema that a director’s final film usually isn’t their best and this goes doubley true for the Splat Pack of
Final Destination 3 (2006) – Review
Considering how many people manage to tumble through the cracks of Death’s design, it’s a small wonder that Death itself hasn’t taken time off for
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