After years of honing his particular brand of Kung fu laced with broad physical comedy in such flicks as Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and
Tag: Action
Universal Soldier (1992) – Review
It wasn’t until 2010’s The Expendables that 80’s action titans Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone finally stood together in the same movie that wasn’t counting
Waterworld (1995) – Review
There’s always a stigma that clings to a film like a barnacal if it flops and it was especially true in the 90’s. If your
Gods Of Egypt (2016) – Review
Surely no other genre in cinema has benefited from the rise of CGI more than the fantasy film with Harry Potter, Middle-Earth and the incest
The Killer (1989) – Review
After the literal smoke had cleared from the iconic climax of A Better Tomorrow II, it seemed that action maestro John Woo was poised to
Paycheck (2003) – Review
If I’m being honest, John Woo’s big move from making home grown, Hong Kong, action bangers to adjusting to a career blowing shit up in
Drunken Master (1978) – Review
When Jackie Chan and Woo Ping Yuen released Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow onto an unsuspecting public back in 1978, it was only to the
Underworld: Blood Wars (2017) – Review
I may have ranted out this particular lament before, but who the Hell insists on watching the Underworld movies enough to the extent that we
Jason Bourne (2016) – Review
After an intriguing spin-off that eventually went utterly nowhere, the powers that be decided that instead of offering up Jeremy Renner-shaped alternatives, maybe it was
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) – Review
Perhaps it’s only fitting that the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies seemed to be getting worse the more money they made at the box office;
The Young Master (1980) – Review
With his second directorial effort, we find injury prone, action/comedy deity immortal, Jackie Chan winding ever closer to kung-fu nirvana with his game changing masterpiece,
Underworld: Awakening (2012) – Review
At this point, I feel I should ask a couple of pertinent questions, like who out there is actually demanding for more Underworld sequels and
The Bourne Legacy (2012) – Review
Usually when the lead character opts out of a franchise, it usually means that the writing is on the wall for that particular series, but
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) – Review
I’ve never really been one to complain about inferior sequels taking the sheen of a glowing original, but I really have to think that the
Day Shift (2022) -Review
Vampire hunters have taken many forms over the years; hell, even Van Helsing himself has had more facelifts than Jackie Stallone, but with Netflix’s new
Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow (1978) – Review
When regarding the ingenious nature of Jackie Chan, action cinema’s beloved whirlwind of punching and prat falls, it’s easy to hold up his 1985 classic,
Resident Evil – Season 1, Episode 8: Revelations (2022) – Review
And so we finally get to the end of Netflix’s incredibly muddled Resident Evil adaptation and I don’t mind telling you, it’s been quite the
Frankenstein Conquers The World (1965) – Review
Japanese Kaiju movies from the 50’s and 60’s tended to come complete with the weirdest plots, but maybe that’s to be expected from a country
Vampires (1998) – Review
During his heyday, genre overlord John Carpenter had an impressive talent of churning out films that were decades ahead of their time. While this often
Bullet Train (2022) – Review
Maybe it’s because of the continuing success of the MCU – a franchise that notoriously cherishes the effects of a good joke – or maybe
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