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
Tag: 2004
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
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – Review
Roland Emmerich is infamous for making his name levelling whole cities in the cause of some good, clean, blockbuster fun that still manages to casually
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
Final Destination 2 (2004) – Review
“Faster, more intense” may be a term far more notorious for George Lucas’ directing style but it’s also a fitting description for a horror sequel’s
Saw (2004) – Review
Any of you out there snorting in derision at the 5-star rating I’ve decided to heap upon James Wan’s legendarily grimy debut needs to to
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) – Review
After squeezing out the lacklustre (yet depressingly profitable) videogame adaptation Resident Evil, Paul W.S. Anderson decided to move onto pastures new when the temptation to
Van Helsing (2004) – Review
Back in 1999, Stephen Sommers updated a genuine horror classic and raised The Mummy from it’s metaphorical sarcophagus thanks to Brendan Frasier’s innate likeability, a
Catwoman (2004) – Review
We currently live in a time where a female character can headline a superhero movie pretty much like it’s a normal, everyday thing. Wonder Woman,
Dawn Of The Dead (2004) – Review
I’ve been fairly vocal in the past about the works of one Zachary Edward Snyder – a man who seemingly has no use for the
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