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Tag: Action
Atomic Blonde (2017) – Review
Charlize Theron climbed the action mountain with her superlative role in the sublime Mad Max: Fury road and now she’s returned to the genre with
Predators (2010) – Review
Try as they might, filmmakers just a can’t seem to give the Predator that flawless second outing he so richly deserves. The original is a
Total Recall (1990) – Review
Snuggled neatly in the centre of Paul Verhoven’s magnificent unofficial Sci-fi trilogy, sits Total Recall (we don’t count Hollow Man, Kevin Bacon’s invisible penis thriller,
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009) – Review
Over my many years of watching blockbuster movies, I feel I’ve developed quite the bullshit detector when it comes to hype. Taking trailers, on-set reports
Commando (1985) – Review
Let’s all be honest with each other; Commando is a ridiculous piece of shit. It’s loud, it’s stupid and whenever you think of a basic
Furious 7 (2015) – Review
When the sun gets high and hot and the days get longer and longer, we reach the glorious time when the IQ of movies drop
King Kong (1933) – Review
Comfortably perched on it’s own metaphorical Empire State Building as the greatest action/adventure movie ever made, King Kong lives up to his name. Inspiring virtually
The Fate Of The Furious (2017) – Review
OK, first things first, yeah? If the testosterone fuelled, physics mocking, rubber burning, super-franchise that is the Fast & Furious universe still isn’t your thing
X-Men (2000) – Review
In this time of MCU’s and Nolanverse’s, where costumes, characters and plots can to some extent be ripped clean out of a comic book, it’s
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) – Review
Well… The critics have REALLY been up and down on comic book movies this year, haven’t they?Being next out of the gate after the frankly
Hellboy (2019) – Review
Despite what you may have heard, this latest iteration of Mike Mignola’s hard drinkin’, skull crackin’ agent of the BPRD isn’t actually THAT horrendously awful,
Predator 2 (1990) – Review
It’s tough being a sequel sometimes… It’s even tougher being a sequel to one of the greatest science-fiction action movies of all damn time, but
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) – Review
Ok, so Alien Vs. Predator wasn’t any great shakes – I think we can all agree on that – but surely Paul Anderson’s ADD infused,
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) – Review
Gullimero Del Toro’s sophomore crack at Mike Mignola’s crimson skull cracker is somewhat of a bittersweet experience. Sweet because with the triumph of Pan’s Labyrinth
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) – Review
With the release of John Wick, a marvellously stripped back revenge flick that saw Keanu Reeves slickly give dog lovers all over the world a
Hellboy (2004) – Review
Guillermo Del Toro’s third crack at U.S. cinema has all the hallmarks of a mega-sized home run. Pre-dating the holy/wacky match of director and material
John Wick (2015) – Review
Keanu Reeves is a strange one… People have joked for years about his acting talent (or perceived lack thereof) and has constantly had down as
Ant-Man (2015) – Review
As we all know (and probably getting quite sick of hearing it) Marvel Studios have garnered quite the rep when it comes to risk taking,
Iron Man (2008) – Review
And so it all began right here, the irresistible epicentre of the unstoppable force of cinematic nature that became the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The rebirth
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