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
Tag: Action
Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance
Chances are, even if you’ve never even heard of the Lone Wolf & Cub series, you’ve still most likely come across it in some form.
Halo – Season 1, Episode 9: Transcendence
When you consider the long and rocky road getting to the season finale of Paramount+’s ambitious but flawed Halo, you can’t help thinking of the
Headshot
Someone was going to take up the baton of hyper-violent, Indonesian action movies after Gareth Evans mic dropped The Raid 2 all over us and
Halo – Season 1, Episode 8: Allegiance
After our episode long, momentum destroying jaunt to Madrigal in order to round off the arcs of two supporting characters, we’re back to the main
Peacemaker – Season 1, Episode 8: It’s Cow Or Never
After seven anarchic episodes of spraying bullets, squirting gore and more foul-mouthed diatribes than you can shake a shiny helmet at, we finally come to
Beverly Hills Cop III
When Eddie Murphy’s star stopped shining quite as bright as it once was due to a couple of high profile, box office duds, he did
Halo – Season 1, Episode 7: Inheritance
Over the last six episodes, I’ve repeatedly given Paramount+’s Halo series the benefit of the doubt despite constantly having to muscle through endless subplots in
The Raid
I’m always curious to see where the next action sensation comes from, but even I was surprised by The Raid. Erupting from under the radar
Halo – Season 1, Episode 6: Solace
After Halo’s previous episode, which finally gave us a chance to see the show seriously play with some of the awsome toys the video game
Death Sentence
After making his seismic impact on the horror genre with 2004’s Saw, there was the nagging suspicion that fledgling frightmaker James Wan had absolutely no
Shooter
Never was the Mark Wahlberg rule more fully in effect than in Shooter, Antoine Fuqua’s muscular 2007 snipe-fest. What exactly was the Mark Wahlberg rule,
Halo – Season 1, Episode 5: Reckoning
Over the last three episodes of Paramount+’s opening gambit to have a slickly produced, sci-actioner been one of the main draws of their streaming platform,
Æon Flux
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
Halo – Season 1, Episode 4: Homecoming
While it’s fair to say that Halo is coming along with every passing episode, I have to admit, Paramount+’s no expense spared adaptation of the
Beverly Hills Cop II
There’s no two ways about it, a follow up to Beverly Hills Cop should have been nothing short a slam dunk. Just look at the
Halo – Season 1, Episode 3: Emergence
You can’t fault the people behind the Halo series for shooting for the moon – after all, we now live in a time where other
Halo – Season 1, Episode 2: Unbound
One of the main issues with video game adaptations is that, at some point, you’re going to have to pump the breaks on the type
Peacemaker – Season 1, Episode 2: Best Friends, For Never
After a cracking first episode that detailed the rehiring of the unfeasibly toxic alpha-male anti-hero, Peacemaker (aka. Christopher Smith), the second episode follows it up
Halo – Season 1, Episode 1: Contact
For a while now, video game adaptations have been teetering one the brink of not being shit with the latest attempt of the Sonic The
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