In Hollywood’s seemingly neverending quest to successfully transfer Marvel Comic’s The Punisher to celluloid, we eventually come to it’s second attempt in 2004. Hower, instead
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Dr. No (1962) – Review
The year is 1962 and woman plays baccarat in a casino. The man she is playing against is cool, calm and – most importantly –
The Punisher (1989) – Review
Why is it so fucking hard to get The Punisher right?After four separate actors have been hurled at the role like sacrifices dumped into a
Maniac Cop 3: Badge Of Silence (1993) – Review
You’d think that being an undead, practically unkillable engine of destruction would garner you certain privileges in the world of the horror franchise but it
Maniac Cop (1988) – Review
Just outside the inner circle of horror icons who have become household names, lurk the also-rans. Where your Freddys and Jasons and Michaels and Leatherfaces
Starship Troopers (1997) – Review
After giving deleriously bullet drenched, 80’s face lifts to cyberpunk (Robocop, Total Recall), Paul Verhoeven’s third highly satirical, stunningly violent science fiction epic may just
Gemini Man
Ang Lee is no stranger to blockbusters where the main lead struggles with a digitally manipulated, darker version of his id – after all the
Blade (1998) – Review
Before the MCU, before Spider-Man and even before the X-Men – there was Blade.Hardly gifted the most memorable of comic origins, this 70’s blaxploitation throwback
Face/Off (1997) – Review
Action maestro John Woo’s much touted leap from his native Hong Kong to the shores of American filmmaking hadn’t really produced everything we’d hoped back
The Hidden (1987) – Review
In the constant shifting land mass that is how people view their movies it’s somewhat inevitable that certain titles get lost in the shuffle. From
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance (2011) – Review
When attempting to review the second attempt to slap the skull-faced Spirit Of Vengeance into a second attempt at cinematic glory, a few things become
Robocop 3 (1993) – Review
By the time Robocop’s third outing had clunked and clanged into the cinemas it had come quite apparent that the wheels had totally come off
Rambo: Last Blood (2019) – Review
When reviewing Rambo: Last Blood it’s tough to know which way to turn.Turning up your nose at a Rambo film for being virtually repellent in
Blade: Trinity (2004) – Review
When you consider how much of an influence the original Blade is credited with when it comes to the meteoric rise (and rise) of the
Robocop (1987) – Review
Picture the scene if you will as a Disney-eyed, painfully innocent 11-year-old me pops into a local corner shop and emerges having being rented Robocop
London Has Fallen (2016) – Review
The dumb action movie has to be smarter than it looks if it has a chance at cinematic immortality. Speed, The Rock, Con Air and
Robocop 2 (1990) – Review
You wouldn’t think that the adventures of Officer Alex Murphy 2.0 would be so hard to sequelize. The ultra-violent original told the story how the
The Story Of Ricky (1992) – Reviews
Even though I myself have used the phrase before – possibly in one of these very reviews – I’ve never really liked the term “guilty
Rambo (2008) – Review
After an extended leave of absence, and thanks to the critical success of the immensely satisfying comeback of Rocky Balboa, Stallone’s OTHER iconic character returns
Rambo III (1988) – Review
When Sylvester Stallone puts his mind to it his screenplays are timely and full of conscience, be it the tackling intercity poverty or the fate
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