Usually when I hear that a sci-f action movie has been directed by an ex-CGI artist, I tend to gird my loins in preparation for
Tag: Action
Super (2010) – Review
Consider the rather remarkable career trajectory of one James Gunn.Getting his start in the industry toiling in the filmmaking slums of Troma by penning such
The 13th Warrior (1999) – Review
Before Robert Eggers’ The Northman and six seasons of Michael Hirst’s insanely popular Vikings, movies featuring those notoriuos, shaggy Nordic marauders (let alone good ones)
Violent Night (2022) – Review
God, I love a brutal Christmas movie. You know the ones, the films that still manage to give you a warm glow with yule tide
True Lies (1994) – Review
Never let it be said that James Cameron isn’t a man who doesn’t test his limitations – and I’m not just talking about him bankrolling
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
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (2016) – Review
Believe it or not, despite forging a career making movies where countless special forces teams made up of the military and law enforcement wage war
Looper (2012) – Review
Before the resplendent debut of the drawling Benoit Blanc in Knives Out and even the crowd dividing majesty of The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson was
Executive Decision (1996) – Review
Some films just age weird.Some simply have some social norms and behaviours that have regrettably aged like milk while others find that their plots end
Rollerball (2002) – Review
I don’t think I’m saying anything too groundbreaking here (hey, when do I ever?), but one of the primary issues with the majority of modern
Black Adam (2022) – Review
So after being officially cast as Black Adam back in 2014 (!?), Dwayne Johnson finally makes his DCEU debut as the morals-free, anti-Shazam with the
Death Race (2008) – Review
It’s a common fact that when anyone feels the need to defend the patchy career of Paul W.S. Anderson, they’ll slap a mention of Event
The Frighteners (1996) – Review
Between Peter Jackson’s origins with his homegrown, DIY, gore comedies and his cinema conquering days thanks to the herculean task of realising The Lord Of
Pompeii (2014) – Review
I guess we can’t blame Paul W.S. Anderson for wanting to multitask; after all this is a man who once thought it was a good
Ghosts Of Mars (2001) – Review
By the time the Millennium rolled around, John Carpenter had gone from a ferocious vital genre voice who always seemed tantalisingly ahead of his time
Universal Soldier II: Brothers In Arms (1998) – Review
When Jean Claude Van Damme’s Luc Devreaux hit the “on” button on the farming equipment that Dolph Lundgren’s deranged Sergeant Andrew Scott was impaled on
The Woman King (2022) – Review
Ever since Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther decisively threw open the doors for blockbuster movies that feature predominantly black casts, filmmakers and themes, I’ve been patiently
Werewolf By Night
Remember the good old days of the Marvel-One Shots; a bunch of short, micro movies that filled in the odd gaps here and there and
Police Story III: Supercop (1992) – Review
Regularly touted as one of the greatest action movies ever made, I have to confess that the third entry into Jackie Chan’s ground breaking Police
Nowhere To Run (1993) – Review
By the early nineties, the stock of Jean Claude Van Damme had risen to the point where he now was an acceptable draw at the
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