Martin Campbell has something of an impressive record when it comes to bringing back faded actioners to their former glories. After all, not only did
Tag: 2000s
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) – Review
If we were to rank the famous cannibalistic families of the horror genre, I don’t think anyone would dare contradict me when I say that
Transporter 2 (2005) – Review
Back in 2002, Luc Besson’s seemingly never ending goal to turn every, random, adolescent idea hes ever had into flashy, eccentric, middle-of-the-road actioners hit something
Taken (2008) – Review
Maybe Liam Neeson’s sudden veer into action movies shouldn’t have surprised us as much as it did back in 2008 when he showed up in
The Transporter (2002) – Review
These days, Jason “The Stath” Statham is rightly regarded as one of the top action stars of his generation and one of the top three
Wrong Turn (2003) – Review
In the 2000s, horror found itself at something of a crossroads. Having being fairly dormant at the box office for most of the 90s, the
Rogue (2007) – Review
With the merciless Wolf Creek, antipodean director Greg McLean gave us a chilling vision of exactly how dangerous the outback can be courtesy of Mick
Queen Of The Damned (2002) – Review
In 1994, Neil Jordan’s take on Anne Rice’s sumptuous vampire novel managed to do the impossible and finally bring the author’s brooding, romanticized blood suckers
Dead Snow (2009) – Review
Cinematic comfort food takes many different forms depending upon who you are and what floats your boat, but when concerning hardcore horror fans, sometimes all
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) – Review
Emerging from the the grainy, black and white frazzle of an 80s avant garde, art house experiment, came Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man, a
Night Of The Demons (2009) – Review
What constitutes a good remake? Is it the adapting of an existing plot into contemporary times that makes the original concept as fresh as ever?
Identity (2003) – Review
I have to admit, when Identity first was released, was fairly nonplussed about its “classy” slasher stylings and a left field plot twist that felt
Edmond (2005) – Review
On paper, a union between splattery horror director Stuart Gordon and celebrated writer David Mamet seems like an odd combination. Had Gordon hit the mainstream
Highlander: The Source (2007) – Review
When a franchise loses it’s way as much as the Highlander movies have, you often find yourself being quite surprised about how far the series
The Tailor Of Panama (2001) – Review
The responsibility of playing James Bond comes with far more dangers and pitfalls than just having to talk your way out of having your penis
Highlander: Endgame (2000) – Review
We now live in a time when a franchise can now effortlessly slip between the boundaries of TV and cinema with relatively simple ease with
Inside (2007) – Review
As the new wave of savagely violent French horror films continued traumatizing audiences throughout the 2000s, it seems that no taboo was sacred. However, while
30 Days Of Night (2007) – Review
In 2007, a mere year before Twilight turned the popular view of cinematic vampires into glittery navel gazers who play baseball and yearn for high
Frontier(s) (2007) – Review
In a 2000s horror landscape that saw the rise of torture porn, not to mention a clutch of horror remakes that were trying to out-shock
The Strangers (2008) – Review
For decades, the slasher movie seemed to operate on a particular set of tropes, forged in the blood of countless teens who thought that getting
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