Thanks to movies like Taken, the subgenre of formerly dramatic actors suddenly becoming indestructible avenging angels have become a regular sight when someone wants to
Tag: 2004
Sniper 3 (2004) – Review
The most strange thing about the continuing adventures of Tom Berenger’s legendarily miserable, nine-fingered sniper is that he has continuing adventures in the first place.
Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow (2004) – Review
Nestled somewhere between the CGI sets of George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels and the green screen artistry of Sin City and 300, lies Sky Captain
Species III (2004) – Review
Even though I’d be willing to bet serious money that Peter Medak’s impressively dodgy Species II was a concerted attempted by the director to actually
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) – Review
You have to give the the Ginger Snaps franchise all the respect in the world for the way it approached its sequels when the powers
Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004) – Review
The Anime of Ghost In The Shell was always going to be a tough act to follow, but when it comes to the near-impenetrable world
Steamboy (2004) – Review
Back in 1988, anime director Katsuhiro Otomo established himself as one of the genre’s primary visualists thanks to the herculean accomplishment that was Akira, a
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) – Review
In 2000, out of the frigid Canadian suburbs, loped Ginger Snaps, an absolute belter of a werewolf movie that blended lycanthrope lore and the rigours
Layer Cake (2004) – Review
Once upon a time, long before irreverent Neil Gaiman adaptations, psychotic twelve year-old vigilantes and groovy X-Men movies set in the swinging sixties, Matthew Vaughn
Starship Troopers 2: Hero Of The Federation (2004) – Review
My distrust at the direct to DVD sequels of the 90s and 00s used to be the hill I would happily die on as the
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) – Review
I don’t know about you, but to me it seems like any attempt to sequelize William Friedkin’s seminal horror titan is destined to be as
Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid (2004) – Review
No one ever goes sets out to make a bad sequel – or at least, I hope not. Oh sure, the money men probably can’t
Collateral (2004) – Review
I’m of the admittedly mistaken belief that thanks to the God-tier quality of his 1995 crime epic Heat, everything Michael Mann has produced since has
Secret Window (2004) – Review
“Write what you know” has always been a major piece of advice when it comes to would-be authors and it’s obviously one that’s of prime
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood Of War (2004) – Review
One of the greatest legacies of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is that not only did it infuse the war movie with a brutal new
Toolbox Murders (2004) – Review
In the world of horror cinema, a comeback is firmly in the eye of the beholder – but surely no-one needed one more than the
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) – Review
Most of the time, when filmmakers tackle a sequel to a sleeper hit, there’s an overriding urge to make things exponentially bigger and crazier than
Crimson Rivers II: Angels Of The Apocalypse (2004) – Review
In 2000, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel teamed up with La Haine director Mathieu Kassovitz to deliver The Crimson Rivers, a fidgety psycho thriller that
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) – Review
Technically, Quentin Tarantino has never done a sequel – except that he has. When the bosses at Miramax mistakenly decreed that a general audience wouldn’t
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) – Review
As the direct to DVD sequels to Tremors rumble ever onward, it’s good to know that even someone as jaded as I can be surprised
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