Unleashed (2005) – Review

When broken down, modern-set martial arts movies are something of a simple breed. Usually, while the fights and choreography are blisteringly complex, the stories and

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Cursed (2005) – Review

Whether you enjoyed the meta revolution  that came from the success of Scream, or just thought all the self referential jabs got in the way

The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) – Review

If I had to pick out only one difference between James O’Barr’s gently vicious comic book, The Crow and the sequels that came in the

The Brothers Grimm (2005) – Review

Sometimes the studio system and visionary filmmakers simply don’t mix and never has this been more evident than with Terry Gilliam who seemingly has made

Æon Flux (2005) – Review

If there’s nothing that gets on my nerves more, it’s a big budget sci-fi movie that tries to harness a deliriously eccentric animated series while

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) – Review

The only thing that was surprising about insanely influential screenwriter Shane Black making the long overdue jump to directing was that it took so bloody

Red Eye (2005) – Review

After a career boost he enjoyed thanks to a trilogy featuring a certain ghost faced, pop culture obsessed slasher, Wes Craven’s career seemed to be

A History Of Violence (2005) – Review

It may be a slightly immature take, but I’ve always gravitated more towards David Cronenberg’s earlier, genre work than his later, more… well, not conventional

The Island (2005) – Review

After the frantic chaos of Bad Boys II, there was something of a question as to where Michael Bay would go next after a career

Return Of The Living Dead: Rave To The Grave (2005) – Review

After the Return Of The Living Dead franchise was brought back from the grave by the Syfy Channel with the annoyingly dopey fourth installment, Necropolis,

War Of The Worlds (2005) – Review

There’s nothing more annoying than a movie that looks to be destined for greatness only for it to fall down at the last hurdle thanks

Return Of The Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) – Review

Say what you will about the noticably disjointed Return Of The Living Dead franchise, at least it kind of caters to differing tastes. If the

Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) – Review

From Hellraiser’s fourth installment onward, the quality control had been taking a noticable nosedive with every subsequent episode. Slashed budgets and the opting and retooling

Hellraiser: Deader (2005) – Review

As we reach film seven in the Hellraiser franchise’s descent into an inferno far more upsetting than the one Dante went on about, the tears

Assault On Precinct 13 (2005) – Review

When casting an eye across the slew of remakes spawned from the movies of the gaggle of iconic directors who honed their genre craft in

Alone In The Dark (2005) – Review

Sometimes, you just know the movie you’re about to watch is going to be a rough ride, but every now and then you get a

Saw II (2005) – Review

It may sound a little odd to say, but a franchise sometimes really doesn’t start until the second movie appears. Now, before you point out

The Legend Of Zorro (2005) – Review

Back in 1998, the previous Zorro nimbly dived into cinemas, slicing his initial into virtually everything he could find in Martin Campbell’s stonking resurrection of

King Kong (2005) – Review

In many ways, selecting Peter Jackson to helm a remake of King Kong is a no brainer. Fresh from changing cinema history after realising JRR

Land Of The Dead (2005) – Review

Twenty years after the sun went down on George A. Romero’s 1985 zombie epic, Day Of The Dead, fans had anxiously been awaiting to see

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