The shift of gears that took Tom Cruise from smug-faced lead to smug-faced mega star can be traced right back to here. Sure, Top Gun
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From Russia With Love (1963) – Review
For Bond’s sophomore effort you can really tell that the producers wanted to double down on double 0 with what they had previously achieved with
The Punisher (2004) – Review
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
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 –
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
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
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
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
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
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – Review
It starts with an explosion. It’s literally the first thing you see and hear. The first of many – as you’d expect from a film
First Blood (1982) – Review
Before the cartoon patriotism and exploding arrow heads consumed the franchise as it crept deeper into the 80’s there was First Blood; quite possibly the
The Running Man (1987) – Review
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 80’s/90’s genre output usually sits in one of two camps. The first are the timeless classics that age impressively well due to well
Fast And Furious 6 (2013) – Review
After it’s Rio set fifth installment, the Fast And Furious series had seemed to find it’s correct gear, choosing to leave the DVD stealing and
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) – Review
Pardon my age, but I actually remember when I first heard the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger was playing a GOOD Terminator in James Cameron’s whip-smart
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