Blame ol’ Jack Burton.While it’s true that the lukewarm reception to the chilling wonders of The Thing initially soured the notoriously independent John Carpenter to
Tag: Action
The Expendables 3 (2014) – Review
As the gristly gaggle of action stars once again girded their aging loins (ew) and threw themselves into the breach of a third Expendables movie,
The Expendables 2 (2012) – Review
Bigger, better, faster is usually the go to phrase when crafting a sequel to an earlier hit, but when your first film contained the most
The Expendables (2010) – Review
They’re aren’t many movies that can take a critical licking and yet can keep on ticking, but those that do are usually deemed “critic proof”
Dragons Forever (1988) – Review
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are three martial arts heavyweights who were instrumental in revolutionizing Hong Kong action cinema in the 80’s and
Police Story 2 (1988) – Review
There’s a particular conundrum that I have when passing my own personal judgement on martial arts films that seems to go double for the energetic
Police Story (1985) – Review
Is there a more enduring, living icon in martial arts cinema than Jackie Chan? He’s spent decades regularly sacrificing every bone and sinew in his
The Rocketeer (1991) – Review
Joe Johnston’s hiring for the first Captain America movie was hardly a surprise to anyone familiar with his career to date. Initially a big cog
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
The Mask Of Zorro (1998) – Review
When your most beloved franchises come to a natural end (in these days it’s usually temporarily) it’s natural to find something to fill the gap
Outside The Wire (2021) – Review
Another month and it yet another sci-fi action film materializes on Netflix with barely a week of fanfare to precede it. I’m not sure if
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) – Review
For a while back there, Paul W. Anderson’s hyper active video game adaptation Mortal Kombat was the gold standard for a genre pummeled by the
Guyver: Dark Hero (1994) – Review
Comic book sequels going darker isn’t exactly what you’d call a revolutionary thing but if any movie needed an adjustment of tone it was 1991
The Guyver (1991) – Review
These days, the Anime phenomenon has swept the world with reckless abandon with an insane amount of titles released all the time to sate ravenous
Wanted (2008) – Review
Attempts to adapt the work of Mark Millar, Scottish comic scribe and concept man extraordinaire, has led to some pretty strange shit; be it the
Conan The Destroyer (1984) – Review
Back in 1984, we returned to the times of high adventure with a direct sequel to John Milius’ absurdly macho take on Robert E. Howard’s
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (1985) – Review
Lau Kar-leung’s first two entries in his 36th Chamber franchise were both a couple of zippy training-fests that fused the bond between director and star,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) – Review
I for one never had that much an issue with Michael Bay’s whirring, vorping, clanking and exploding face lift for 2007’s Transformers – after all,
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) – Review
Shane Black seems to have devoted the vast majority of his career to the endless quest to make action movies into R-rated Christmas family films
Invasion USA (1985) – Review
There is no such thing as a “perfect” Cannon movie (probably because they never came close to fucking making one), but if you were to
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