As action franchises go, The Marine has had some odd goals throughout its run. Starting as a launchpad for John Cena to make the oft-made
Tag: 2010s
Tomorrowland (2015) – Review
Before acquiring a whole bunch of viable sci-fi projects from their purchase of Twentieth Century Fox, Disney has always had something of a lousy string
Death Race 2 (2010) – Review
Sometimes the weirdest things manage to get franchise… Take Death Race for example – Paul WS Anderson’s grungy, big budget remake of Roger Corman produced
John Carter (2012) – Review
Originally titled John Carter Of Mars and not to be confused with John Carpenter Of Mars (which technically would be Ghosts Of Mars), Pixar’s Andrew
Hostel Part III (2011) – Review
Was the world screaming out for a third Hostel movie – especially one without Eli Roth’s involvement? That’s actually a trick question because in the
Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017) – Review
So unfortunately the time has come to once again plunge into that most thorny of movie debates – to separate the art from a legitimately
Hatchet III (2013) – Review
Despite original claims that it was a bold return to classic horror values, the Hatchet franchise didn’t really add all that much to the long,
The Marine 5: Battleground (2017) – Review
When history remembers the wrestlers who left the squared circle to try their hand at this movie lark, I’ll genuinely have no clue what they’ll
Rush (2013) – Review
There are seemingly two ways to properly come at a sports movie (we won’t count the third which are parodies like Baseketball and Dodgeball); the
The Girl With All The Gifts (2016) – Review
Remember that time when you couldn’t move for zombie related projects? I know that I haven’t exactly narrowed it down much, what with the steady
Stranger Things – Season 1, Chapter 1: The Vanishing Of Will Byers (2016) – Review
When you cast your mind back, the arrival of Stranger Things managed to change the game in quite a few ways. Not least of all
Hatchet II (2010) – Review
“Mr. Crowley”, sung Ozzy Oborne once “What went on in your head?”. Well, when it comes to the mindset of director Adam Green, is seems
The Marine 4: Moving Target (2015) – Review
Out of all the long running, low end action franchises out there, surely The Marine series was one of the most directionless. Starting out as
xXx: Return Of Xander Cage (2017) – Review
Let me relay to you my idea of a concept of absolute Hell. Imagine this: you’re sat at a PC, trying to write a screenplay
Seal Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines (2014) – Review
As long as I’ve been watching examples of needless, cinema bypassing movie sequels to long defunct franchises, I’ll never truly understand why they’re allowed to
The Marine 3: Homefront (2013) – Review
While the existence of The Marine franchise may prove to be somewhat perplexing to those who tend to avoid direct to DVD actioners, you can’t
The Karate Kid (2010) – Review
80s fashions, nutzoid Vietnam vets, weird cultural appropriation, Joe Esposito’s “You’re The Best” blaring on the soundtrack – for a lot of people, The Karate
Apostle (2018) – Review
While I’d like to think that I’m cool with my cinematic heroes attempting to try new things other than the genre that first brought them
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) – Review
Kids these days have it so easy. You see, back in my day, people didn’t make horror movies for seven year-olds, you just let seven
Drive (2011) – Review
It’s always a fascinating thing when a director with a more elusive style makes something that accessible enough to be embraced by the general audience.
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